John Maguire (MP)

John Francis Maguire (1815 – 1 November 1872) was an Irish writer and politician.

He actively supported the Liberal Party's legislation on the disestablishment of the Church as well as the land question.

Scourfield had argued that Jane Austen would be against women's suffrage, but Maguire responded that he thought she would be for it, because, were she alive, she would have allied herself with the deepest thinkers and most brilliant writers of the day, who supported it.

There were other parts of this book that were not directly related to those subjects, but that of the actual passage and perils on the seas that those travelling experienced.

He was interested in explicitly educating his Irish readership, bringing attention to the reasons for committing crime, and pointing out some of the positive traits the Irish brought with them, such as a love for life, a strong sense of loyalty, and a strong work ethic.