Charles Skeffington Clements (1807 – 29 September 1877)
was an
Irish Whig politician.
Clements was the third son of
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim
Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC (Ire) (9 May 1768 – 31 December 1854), styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician.
Early life
Clements was born in Dublin ...
—one of the first two MPs to sit for
Leitrim after the
Acts of Union 1801
The Acts of Union 1800 were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of G ...
—and Mary Bermingham, daughter of William Bermingham and Mary née Ruttledge.
A captain in the army, he died unmarried in 1877.
Clements was elected Whig MP for
Leitrim at the
1847 general election and held the seat until 1852 when he was unseated, finishing third and bottom in the poll.
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1807 births
1877 deaths
Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Leitrim constituencies (1801–1922)
85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) officers
Politicians from County Leitrim
UK MPs 1847–1852
Younger sons of earls
37th Regiment of Foot officers
35th Regiment of Foot officers
Military personnel from County Leitrim
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