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ARTHUR MACMORROUGH KAVANAGH (1831-1889)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 701 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARTHUR MACMORROUGH See also:KAVANAGH (1831-1889)  , Irish politician, son of See also:Thomas See also:Kavanagh, M.P., who traced his descent to the See also:ancient See also:kings of See also:Leinster, was See also:born in Co . See also:Carlow, See also:Ireland, on the 25th of See also:March 1831 . He had only the rudiments of arms and legs, but in spite of these See also:physical defects had a remarkable career . He learnt to ride in the most fearless way, strapped to a See also:special See also:saddle, and managing the See also:horse with the stumps of his arms; and also fished, shot, See also:drew and wrote, various See also:mechanical contrivances being devised to supplement his limited physical capacities . He travelled extensively in See also:Egypt, See also:Asia See also:Minor, See also:Persia and See also:India between 1846 and 1853, and after succeeding to the See also:family estates in the latter See also:year, he married in 1855 his See also:cousin, See also:Miss Frances See also:Mary Leathley . Assisted by his wife, he was a most philanthropic landlord, and was an active See also:county See also:magistrate and chairman of the See also:board of guardians . A Conservative and a See also:Protestant, he sat in See also:Parliament for Co . See also:Wexford from 1866 to 1868, and for Co . Carlow from r868 to 1S80 . He was opposed to the disestablishment of the Irish See also:Church, but supported the See also:Land See also:Act of 1870, and sat on the See also:Bessborough See also:Commission . In 1886 he was made a member of the Privy See also:Council in Ireland . He died of See also:pneumonia on the 25th of See also:December 1889, in See also:London .

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idea of " See also:Lucas See also:Malet's novel, The See also:History of See also:Sir See also:Richard Calmady .

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