George Nesbitt (Irish politician)
George J. Nesbitt (b. 1870/71 – d. after 1925)[1][2][3] was an Irish businessman and Free State senator from Kimmage, Dublin.[4][5] He was manager of Kernan & Co, a mineral water producer in Camden Street.[1][3][6][7] He married Enid (b.1880/81) in 1906 or 1907.[1] He was a member of the National Literary Society and a founding member of the Irish National Theatre (now the Abbey Theatre).[8] He was among those who left the Theatre in 1906 to form the Theatre of Ireland (Cluithcheoirí na hÉireann), where he served as stage manager.[9][10]
In 1916, he was active in the Irish National Aid Association, which supported republicans killed or imprisoned after the Easter Rising and their dependents.[11] In 1918 he was appointed co-treasurer of Sinn Féin, alongside Jennie Wyse Power, after the previous board were arrested during the "German Plot" scare.[3][12] During the Irish War of Independence, he was interned in Ballykinler camp, where he staged a play on Easter Sunday 1921.[13] In 1922, he was among the founders of Irish Photoplays, which financed three feature films.[14]
He was a member of the Seanad of the Irish Free State from its creation in 1922, being 26th of the 30 Senators elected by the Third Dáil.[2][15] He was an independent, though generally supportive of the then government of Cumann na nGaedheal.[5] He nominated himself for re-election in the 1925 Seanad election, finishing 59th of 76 candidates for 19 seats.[2][5]
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