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ARTHUR MACMORROUGH KAVANAGH (1831-1889) , Irish politician, son of See also: Thomas 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 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 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 Mary Leathley
.
Assisted by his wife, he was a most philanthropic landlord, and was an active county magistrate and chairman of the See also: board of guardians
.
A Conservative and a See also: Protestant, he sat in 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 Commission
.
In 1886 he was made a member of the Privy Council in Ireland
.
He died of See also: pneumonia on the 25th of See also: December 1889, in See also: London
.
It is supposed that his extraordinary career suggested the idea of " LucasSee also: Malet's
novel, The See also: History of See also: Sir See also: Richard Calmady
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