Word: galway
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...years and has had a brilliant career, rising from a newspaper reporter to the position he now holds. In 1870 he became an editor of the London Daily Telegraph and later became the publisher of three successful London papers. He began his parliamentary career, as a member from Galway in 1880, and this constituency has returned him at every election since then...
This period of his life, to use his own words, was one of utmost misery: By hard work and perseverance he won considerable personal distinction, and acquired many close friends, through whose influence was opened to him the political career which he then took up. Despite influential opposition at Galway he was elected in 1880 member of Parliament for that constituency. In 1885 he returned for Galway and Liverpool and has since returned...
...representative of the Irish Nationalist Party, of which he has been leader for the past 27 years. He is a man of broad education and experience, having studied at the College of the Immaculate Conception, Athlone, Ireland, the place of his birth, and at Queen's College, Galway, where he graduated in 1866 when 18 years...
...Liberal Unionist in party, and at one time represented South Dublin in Parliament. In the recent election he endeavored to be returned to Parliament from the district of Galway but was defeated by Colonel Lynch who served as a Boer officer in the English-Boer...