Senate of Southern Ireland Totally Explained

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The Senate of Southern Ireland (1921-1922) was the upper house of the Parliament of Southern Ireland theoretically established by the 1920 Government of Ireland Act. The Senate convened in 1921 but was boycotted by Irish nationalists. Only fifteen members attended its first meeting and it only met on two further occasions. It was formally abolished with the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922.

Composition

The Government of Ireland Act provided for a Senate of 61:

The Lord Chancellor of Ireland (who would be chairman).
Fifteen Peers of the Realm resident in Southern Ireland (elected by a constituency of all Southern Ireland peers).
Eight privy councillors (elected by all members of the Privy Council of Southern Ireland).
Two representatives of the Church of Ireland.
Two representatives of the Catholic Church.
Fourteen individuals nominated by the Lord Lieutenant.
Two individuals nominated by the Lord Lieutenant upon consultation with the labour movement.
Seventeen individuals elected by members of the county councils (divided into a number of geographical constituencies).

In practice, however, only forty senators were selected, as the labour movement, the Catholic Church and the county councils (controlled by Sinn Féin) refused to cooperate¹.

Members of the Senate of Southern Ireland, 1921

(Members who actually attended the first meeting of the Senate in bold) Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Sir John Ross (too ill to attend) Peers of the Realm

The Lord Cloncurry

The Lord de Freyne

The Earl of Desart

The Earl of Donoughmore

The Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl

The Lord Oranmore and Browne

The Lord Rathdonnell

The Viscount Powerscourt

The Marquess of Sligo

The Earl of Wicklow Privy Counsellors

Sir William Goulding

The Earl of Granard

W. McMurrough Kavanagh

Sir Bryan Mahon

The Earl of Meath

Sir Thomas Stafford

L. A. Waldron¹

The Earl of Westmeath Church of Ireland

Archbishop C. F. D'Arcy

Archbishop J. A. F. Gregg Appointees of the Lord Lieutenant

E. H. Andrews

Sir John Arnott

Sir Andrew Beattie

J. W. R. Campbell

F. F. Denning

Sir Nugent Everard

C. G. Gamble

H. P. Glynn

Sir John Purser Griffith

H. S. Guinness

A. Jameson

Sir John Moore

Sir William Taylor

G. O'Callaghan Westropp

Footnote

1. Waldron resigned before the first meeting of the Senate, reducing the official membership to 39.

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