Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859-1936)

Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859-1936)

Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 – 20 March 1936) was an Irish nationalist author, politician and MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented the constituency of Newry from 1885-1892.

He was the son of Justin McCarthy, and authored various novels, plays, poetical pieces and short histories. He was briefly married to Cissie Loftus.

Among other works, he wrote biographies of Sir Robert Peel (1891), Pope Leo XIII (1896) and W. E. Gladstone (1898). He also wrote:
*"Modern England" (1898)
*"The Reign of Queen Anne" (1902)
*"If I Were King" (1902, St James's Theatre)
*"Reminiscences" (2 vols., 1899).

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