Charles Skeffington Clements

Charles Skeffington Clements (1807 – 29 September 1877)[1][2][3] was an Irish Whig politician.[4][5]

The Honourable Charles Skeffington Clements
Member of Parliament for Leitrim
In office 12 August 1847 – 26 July 1852 Serving with Edward King-Tenison
Preceded by	Samuel White William Clements
Succeeded by	Hugh Lyons-Montgomery John Brady
Personal details
Born	1807
Died	29 September 1877 (aged 70)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Whig
Parents	Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim Mary Bermingham

Clements was the third son of Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim—one of the first two MPs to sit for Leitrim after the Acts of Union 1801—and Mary Bermingham, daughter of William Bermingham and Mary née Ruttledge.[2] A captain in the army, he died unmarried in 1877.[3]

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.[2][3][6]

References

1. Rayment, Leigh (4 September 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
2. "Leitrim, Earl of (I, 1795 - 1952)". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
3. Lundy, Darryl (10 May 2011). "Hon. Charles Skeffington Clements". The Peerage. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
4. "Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Leitrim (Country)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 291. ISBN 978-0901714121.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Hon. Charles Clements