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Isaac Butt QC MP (6 September 1813 – 5 May 1879) was an Irish barrister, editor, politician, Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, economist and the founder and first leader of a number of Irish nationalist parties and organisations.
1 mag 2024 · Isaac Butt was a lawyer and Irish nationalist leader who, if not the originator of the term Home Rule, was the first to make it an effective political slogan. He was the founder (1870) and first chief of the Home Government Association and president (1873–77) of the Home Rule Confederation of Great.
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Butt was Conservative MP for Harwich from May to July 1852, being elected later that year for Youghal, holding the seat until defeated in the election of July 1865; he sat for Limerick from September 1871 until his death.
Isaac Butt, the man responsible for calling the meeting, was the final speaker of the evening and was perhaps the most influential man in attendance. A large, barrel-chested man with a shock of white hair, thick lips, unfashionably clean-shaven and a bit dishevelled in appearance, Butt appeared older than his 56 years.
Nazionalista irlandese (Glenfin 1813 - Dundrum, Dublino, 1879); prof. di economia politica all'univ. di Dublino (1836), dal 1852 alla Camera dei Comuni, sedette tra i liberal-conservatori.
This chapter examines the contribution of Isaac Butt in the agitation for Irish self-government in 1870. Butt proposed not only the dismantling of the United Kingdom but its federalisation, with England, Scotland, and Ireland having local parliaments subordinate to Westminster.
Isaac Butt was born on 6 September 1813 near Stranorlar in Glenfin, County Donegal. His father was the rector of the Anglican parish of Stranorlar. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin and trained as a barrister. A brilliant debater, he started his career as a Tory politician for Dublin Corporation.
