William Trant Fagan

William Trant Fagan (31 January 1801 – 16 May 1859)[1][2] was an Irish writer and Member of Parliament (MP) from Cork.

[4] defeating the sitting Repeal MP Alexander McCarthy and taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

[5] Fagan resigned from Parliament on 14 April 1851 by appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds[6] to become a Commissioner of Insolvency.

[7] He was re-elected in 1857[8] and at the general election on 6 May 1859,[9] but died ten days later, aged 57.

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