Matthew Peter D'Arcy (18 June 1821 – 28 November 1889) was an Irish

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politician.

Family and early life

D'Arcy was the son of John and Eliza (née Selgrave) D'Arcy. After receiving a MA from

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p210: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 he first married Emma Knaresborough, daughter of William and Maria (née Corballis) Knaresborough in 1853, and they had three children: John Francis Aloysius (1854–1874); William Matthew Joseph (born 1855); and James Frederick Herbert (1857–1918). After Emma's death in 1858, he remarried to Christina Margaret Daly, daughter of James Peter and Margaret (née Dolphin) Daly, in 1860. Before they divorced in 1887, they had six children: Emma Teresa Mary; Mary Louisa Christina; Margaret Rita Mary (1861–1915); Eliza Mary (1863–1926); Christina Mary (1867–1931); and Matthew Stephen Rodolph (1868–1901).

Political career

D'Arcy was elected at the 1868 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for

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. He held the seat until 1874 when he stood down.

Other activities

D'Arcy was also a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant and, in 1872, a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'Arcy, Matthew Peter 1821 births 1889 deaths High sheriffs of Dublin City Irish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1868–1874 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Wexford constituencies (1801–1922) Alumni of Trinity College Dublin