Maurice Brooks (1823 – 6 December 1905) was an
Irish
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Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
Home Rule League
The Home Rule League (1873–1882), sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was an Irish political party which campaigned for home rule for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, until it was replaced by the Irish Par ...
politician, and woman's suffragist.
He was elected Home Rule
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...
(MP) for
Dublin City in 1874, and remained MP until the seat was abolished in 1885.
In February 1871, at the end of a woman's suffrage tour of Ireland undertaken by
Isabella Tod, Brooks attended the formation in Dublin of a committee (which he regularly attended with the
Orangeman and unionist MP for Belfast,
William Johnston) from which emerged the
Dublin Women's Suffrage Association. At Westminster he regularly presented the Association's suffrage petitions.
Brooks was
Lord Mayor of Dublin
The Lord Mayor of Dublin ( ga, Ardmhéara Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the honorary title of the chairperson ( ga, Cathaoirleach, links=no ) of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The ...
for 1874.
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UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
1823 births
1905 deaths
Home Rule League MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Dublin constituencies (1801–1922)
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