Stephen Gwynn | |
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Member of Parliament for Galway Borough | |
In office 3 November 1906 – 14 December 1918 | |
Preceded by | Charles Ramsay Devlin |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 February 1864 St Columba's College, Dublin |
Died | 11 June 1950 Terenure, Dublin | (aged 86)
Political party | Irish Parliamentary Party (before 1919) Irish Centre Party (1919) Irish Dominion League (1919) |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1915-1919 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) Connaught Rangers |
Battles/wars | First World War |
Awards | Legion of Honour (1915) |
Stephen Lucius Gwynn (13 February 1864 – 11 June 1950) was an Irish journalist, biographer, author, poet and Protestant Nationalist politician. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he represented Galway city as its Member of Parliament from 1906 to 1918. He served as a British Army officer in France during World War I and was a prominent proponent of Irish involvement in the Allied war effort.[1] He founded the Irish Centre Party in 1919, but his moderate nationalism was eclipsed by the growing popularity of Sinn Féin.