Robert Henry Metge

Robert Henry Metge JP (1850 – 19 September 1900)[2][3] was an Irish Home Rule League politician.

Robert Henry Metge

MP JP
Member of Parliament
for Meath
In office
31 March 1880 – 21 February 1884
Serving with Edward Sheil (April 1882 – 1884)
Michael Davitt (February 1882 – April 1882)
Alexander Martin Sullivan (May 1880 – February 1882)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1880 – May 1880)
Preceded byCharles Stewart Parnell
Nicholas Ennis
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born1850
Died19 September 1900(1900-09-19) (aged 49–50)
NationalityIrish
Political partyHome Rule
Spouse(s)
Lilian Margaret Grubb (m. 1892)

Frances Thomasina Virgina Lambart (m. 1874)
Children15
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin[1]

He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Meath in 1880, but resigned the seat on 30 July 1883.[4]

His second wife Lillian Margaret Metge was a leading suffragette. After his premature death, she was arrested for causing an explosion, damaging the Cathedral in Lisburn.

References
  1. "Metge Family". Navan & District Historical Society. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
  3. "Captain Robert Henry Metge". The Peerage. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Stewart Parnell
Nicholas Ennis		 Member of Parliament for Meath
1880 – 1883
With: Edward Sheil (April 1882 – 1884)
Michael Davitt (February 1882 – April 1882)
Alexander Martin Sullivan (May 1880 – February 1882)
Charles Stewart Parnell (1880 – May 1880)		 Constituency abolished


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