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Caleb Powell

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Caleb Powell
Member of Parliament
for County Limerick
In office
10 July 1841 – 14 August 1847
Preceded byWilliam Smith O'Brien
Richard FitzGibbon
Succeeded byWilliam Smith O'Brien
William Monsell
Personal details
Born1793
Died21 February 1881(1881-02-21) (aged 87–88)
NationalityIrish
Political partyRepeal Association
Other political
affiliations
Whig
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Caleb Powell (1793 – 24 February 1881)[1] was an Irish Repeal Association and Whig politician.[2][3]

Powell was first elected Whig MP for County Limerick at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1847 when, standing as a Repeal Association candidate, he was defeated.[2][3][4]

He was High Sheriff of County Limerick in 1858.

References

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  1. ^ Rayment, Leigh (30 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "L"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "Caleb Powell". Members of Parliament after 1832. History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 232. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Limerick
18411847
With: William Smith O'Brien
Succeeded by