John Joseph Esmonde

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John Joseph Esmonde
MP
In office
1910–1915
Preceded by Michael Hogan
Succeeded by John Lymbrick Esmonde
Personal details
Born (1862-01-27)27 January 1862
Drominagh, County Tipperary,
Ireland
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Spouse(s) Rose Magennis (d. 1901),
Eily O'Sullivan (d. 1957)

Dr John Joseph Esmonde LRCSI, (27 January 1862 – 17 April 1915) was an Irish nationalist MP for North Tipperary 1910–1915.[1]

Family

Esmonde was born on the 27th January 1862 in Drominagh, Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland. Esmonde's father, James Esmonde, was the younger brother of Sir John Esmonde, 10th Baronet, and his mother was Caroline Sugrue. He was the second child of four.[2]

Esmonde had three sons and three daughters from his first marriage to Rose Magennis whilst living in Ingleside, Pontesbury, England,[3] including:

Following the death of Rose in 1901, Esmonde married Eily O'Sullivan in 1904 and had seven more children.[3] The family returned to Ireland in 1910. A son from his second marriage, Eugene Esmonde, was awarded a Victoria Cross posthumously in 1942.[1] Esmonde's youngest son, Paddy, was awarded the Military Cross whilst serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps at the Rhine in 1944.

Death

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House of Commons London panel commemoration Capt John J. Esmonde

On 17 April 1915, while serving as Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Esmonde died from "pneumonia and heart failure consequent on the strain of overwork".[1] He is buried in his family vault in Terryglass, County Tipperary.

References

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for North Tipperary
1910–1915
Succeeded by
John Lymbrick Esmonde

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