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Margaret Waring

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Margaret Waring
Member of the Northern Irish Parliament
for Iveagh
In office
1929–1933
Personal details
Born(1887-11-14)14 November 1887
Died9 May 1968(1968-05-09) (aged 80)

Margaret Alicia Waring (14 November 1887 – 9 May 1968) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician.

The daughter of Joseph Charlton Parr of Grappallhen Heyes, Warrington, she married Major Holt Waring of Waringstown, County Down in 1914. He was killed in action at Kemmel Hill, 18 April 1918. The couple had no children.

She lived at her late husband's estate, Waringstown. She was elected as the MP for Iveagh in 1929,[1] but stood down at the next election, in 1933. The Waringstown estate was inherited by her nephew, Michael Harnett, Esq., who still resides there.

References

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  1. ^ "Card catalogue of debates and oral and written questions in the Northern Ireland House of Commons and Senate, arranged by subject, 1921-1972". Sources for Irish Women’s History. Irish Manuscripts Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of Northern Ireland
New constituency Member of Parliament for Iveagh
1929–1933
Succeeded by