Nicholas Maher | |
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Member of Parliament for Tipperary | |
In office 10 February 1844 –18 October 1851 Servingwith Robert Otway-Cave (1844–1845) Richard Albert Fitzgerald (1845–1847) Francis Scully (1847–1851) | |
Preceded by | Robert Otway-Cave Valentine Maher |
Succeeded by | Francis Scully James Sadleir |
Personal details | |
Died | 18 October 1851 |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Repeal Association |
Nicholas Valentine Maher (died 18 October 1851) [1] was an Irish Repeal Association politician. [2] [3]
He was the son of Thomas Maher,a medical practitioner,and his wife Margaret. In 1845,he married Margaret Jane Herbert,the daughter of Walter Otway Herbert and Mary Miles. [2] [4]
Maher was first elected Repeal Association MP for Tipperary at a by-election in 1844—caused by the death of his cousin,Valentine Maher—and held the seat until his own death in 1851. [2] [5]
He was also a member of the Reform Club. [2]