William Henry Magan

William Henry Magan
Member of Parliament
for Westmeath
In office
10 August 1847 – 10 May 1859
Preceded byHugh Morgan Tuite
Benjamin Chapman
Succeeded byWilliam Pollard-Urquhart
Richard Levinge
Personal details
Born1820
Diedc. September 1861
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig
Other political
affiliations		Independent Irish Party
Repeal Association

William Henry Magan (1820 – c. September 1861)[1] was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician.[2][3][4]

Magan was elected a Repeal Association Member of Parliament (MP) for Westmeath at the 1847 general election and, becoming an Independent Irish Party MP in 1852 and then a Whig again in 1857, held the seat until 1859 when he did not seek re-election.[2]

  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (11 October 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "W"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 320. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  3. ^ "The New Parliament". Lincolnshire Gazette. 20 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.