William Findlater (Irish politician)

Sir William Findlater (1824–1906) was an Irish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Findlater in 1880

Findlater was the son of William Findlater, a merchant of Derry. He became a solicitor in 1846 and was also a partner in the Mountjoy Brewery. In 1878, he was elected president of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland,[1] for which he was knighted.

He served as a director of the Dublin Artisans' Dwellings Company.[2]

At the 1880 general election Findlater was elected Member of Parliament for Monaghan. He held the seat until 1885.[3] He was president of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland between 1891 and 1894.

Findlater married firstly in 1853 Mary Jane Wolfe, daughter of John Wolfe a solicitor of Dublin, and secondly Marion Park, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Park of the Indian Army.[1]

Findlater died at the age of 81.

References
  1. Debrett's House of Commons. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Dean. 1867.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Hogan, Daire (2009). "Findlater, Sir William". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)


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