__NOTOC__ John Dillon Nugent (22 December 1869 – 1 March 1940) was an

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, insurance representative and company director. He was born at

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, the son of grocer John Nugent and Sarah Dillon. He was educated at National Schools there. He married in August 1896 and with his wife Mary, née Nolan, had seven children. He was the national secretary of the

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(AOH) from 1904 until his death. Patrick Maume described him as

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's 'right-hand man'. Marie Coleman in the ''Dictionary of Irish Biography'' states that he used the AOH to intimidate the Irish Party's opponents, and that he orchestrated the attacks on

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at the infamous

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‘baton convention’ of 1909. Nugent was a member of Dublin Corporation from 1912 and a Poor Law Guardian from 1908 to 1920. He was elected as MP for the constituency of Dublin College Green at the by-election of 11 June 1915 following the death of

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, defeating the Labour candidate

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, who stood on a separatist programme, by 2445 votes to 1816. He was defeated at the 1918 general election by

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contesting Dublin St Michan's. At the

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, Nugent was elected as a Nationalist in the

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seat. He was defeated at the 1925 general election. Following this defeat he concentrated on his insurance and other business interests.

References

Publications

* ''The AOH and its Critics'', Dublin, pr. Curtis, 1911

Works

* Dictionary of Irish Biography (online) * Patrick Maume, The Long Gestation: Irish Nationalist Life 1891–1918, New York, St Martin's Press, 1999 * Brian Walker (ed.), Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1978

External links

* Warning: As of June 2011, the listing of Nugent's Parliamentary contributions given by online Hansard on this webpage was severely defective, implying that he only spoke in a single debate. It will hopefully be corrected in due course. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nugent, John Dillon 1869 births 1940 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–1925 Nationalist Party (Ireland) members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland UK MPs 1910–1918 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Dublin constituencies (1801–1922) People from Keady Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Armagh constituencies