Thomas Sexton (Irish politician)

Thomas Sexton
Sexton, c. 1880s
Member of Parliament
In office
1880–1885
Preceded byDenis Maurice O'Conor and Edward King-Harman
Succeeded byConstituency divided
ConstituencyCounty Sligo
In office
1885–1886
Preceded byNew Constituency
Succeeded byEdward Joseph Kennedy
ConstituencySouth Sligo
In office
1886–1892
Preceded byJames Horner Haslett
Succeeded byH. O. Arnold-Forster
ConstituencyBelfast West
In office
1892–1896
Preceded byJohn Stack
Succeeded byMichael Joseph Flavin
ConstituencyNorth Kerry
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1888–1890
Preceded byTimothy Daniel Sullivan
Succeeded byEdward Joseph Kennedy
Personal details
Born1848
Ballygannon, County Waterford, Ireland
Died1932 (aged 83–84)
Political partyIrish Parliamentary Party (until 1891)
Irish National Federation (1891 to 1896)

Thomas Sexton (1848–1932) was an Irish journalist, financial expert, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1880 to 1896, representing four different constituencies.[1] He was High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1887 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1888 to 1890.[2] Sexton was a high ranking member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, raised up by Charles Stewart Parnell himself. However, Sexton broke with Parnell and joined the Anti-Parnellites in 1891 following Parnell's marriage scandal. Sexton was disheartened by the subsequent infighting amongst the Anti-Parnellites and pulled back from politics. He thereafter became the chairman of the Freeman's Journal, one of the largest newspapers in Ireland.

  1. ^ Maume, Patrick (1999): The long Gestation, Irish Nationalist Life 1891–1918, "Who's Who" p.243, Gill & Macmillan, ISBN 0-7171-2744-3
  2. ^ Boylan, Henry (1999). A Dictionary of Irish Biography. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. p. 393. ISBN 0-7171-2945-4.