George Gore Ousley Higgins

George Gore Ousley Higgins
George Gore Ousley Higgins
Member of Parliament ; for Mayo
	In office; 29 July 1850 – 10 April 1857 Serving with George Henry Moore
Preceded by	George Henry Moore; Robert Dillon Browne
Succeeded by	George Henry Moore; Roger Palmer
Personal details
Born	15 October 1818
Died	8 May 1874 (aged 55)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Whig
Other political; affiliations	Independent Irish

George Gore Ousley Higgins (15 October 1818 – 8 May 1874)[1][2] was an Irish Whig and Independent Irish Party politician.[3][4][5][6]

The second son of Fitzgerald Higgins and Mary née Ouseley, Higgins first entered work as a civil servant for the Colony of Jamaica, and was also a Justice of the Peace for County Mayo.[2]

Higgins was elected Whig MP for Mayo at a by-election in 1850—caused by the death of Robert Dillon Browne—and, becoming an Independent Irish MP in 1852, held the seat until 1857 when he stood again as Whig but was defeated.[3]

References

Rayment, Leigh (23 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1847). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I — A to L. London: Henry Colburn. p. 571. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-0901714121.
"Notice". Tipperary Free Press. 10 July 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"Dublin Weekly Nation". 20 July 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
"The Mayo Election". Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser. 31 July 1850. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr George Higgins

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[leighrayment-1] Rayment, Leigh (23 June 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "M"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[burke-2] Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1847). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I — A to L. London: Henry Colburn. p. 571. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.

[walker-3] Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 302–303. ISBN 978-0901714121.

[4] "Notice". Tipperary Free Press. 10 July 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] "Dublin Weekly Nation". 20 July 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] "The Mayo Election". Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser. 31 July 1850. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.