Keyes O'Clery
Count Patrick Keyes O'Clery (c. May 1845 – 23 May 1913), was an Irish soldier, barrister, author, and politician. He was Home Rule M.P. for County Wexford.
Biography
Patrick Keyes O'Clery was the son of John Walsh O'Clery, The O'Clery. He was born in Kilfinane, County Limerick and educated at Trinity College Dublin.
He served with distinction in the Zouaves, seeing action in the 1867 campaign that repulsed Giuseppe Garibaldi's invasion of the papal territories; during the defence of Rome in 1870 he fought at the Porta Pia, where revolutionary troops breached the Aurelian Walls and entered the city. For these services he was made a knight of the Order of Pope Pius IX and of St Gregory the Great, the latter conferring the title of chevalier. He was called to the bar by the Middle Temple in 1874.
Keyes O'Clery served as an M.P. from 1874 to 1880. At the general election of 1880, although he was backed by the Catholic clergy, he was defeated by the Parnellite candidate Garrett Byrne. During the campaign, there was a serious outbreak of violence at a meeting at Enniscorthy on Easter Sunday, 28 March 1880, in which Parnell himself was physically attacked.[1] In the election the following month, Byrne was elected by a majority of over 2,000.
In 1903, he was created a Count by Pope Leo XIII. He was also a Private Chamberlain at the Vatican Court and a Knight Grand Cross of the Spanish Order of Isabella the Catholic. By coincidence, Sir George Bowyer, Bt., with whom he shared the representation for Co. Wexford, also had a number of Papal decorations.
He died at Twyford Abbey near Ealing.[2]
His widow, Katherine Countess O'Clery, died aged 77 on 4 August 1919 at St. John's Villa, St. Leonards-on-Sea.[3]
Works
- The History of the Italian Revolution: First Period: The Revolution of the Barricades (1796–1849) (1875)
- The Making of Italy (1892)
Notes
- ↑ F. S. L. Lyons, Charles Stewart Parnell, London, Collins, 1977, pp.119-21
- ↑ Obituary, The Times Tuesday, 27 May 1913; pg. 11; Issue 40222; col B
- ↑ Death notice, The Times Saturday, 9 August 1919; pg. 1; Issue 42174; col A
References
- Coulombe, Charles A. (2008). The Pope's Legion. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
External links
- Works by Patrick Keyes O'Clery at Hathi Trust
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Keyes O'Clery
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for County Wexford 1874 – 1880 With: Sir George Bowyer, Bt |
Succeeded by John Barry Garrett Michael Byrne |
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