Abstract is: Mervyn Edward Archdale DL (27 January 1812 – 22 December 1895) (known as Mervyn Edward Archdall until 1875), was an Irish soldier, High Sheriff and MP. He was born the eldest son of Edward Archdall of Riversdale, County Fermanagh, who had been Sheriff of Fermanagh in 1813. He was educated at private schools in England and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1830 but did not graduate. He joined the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, becoming a cornet in 1832, a lieutenant in 1835 and a captain in 1841. He retired on half pay in 1847. In 1834 was elected the Member of Parliament for Fermanagh following the retirement of his uncle Mervyn Archdall. He was returned unopposed in the following nine elections, sitting until 1874. He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1879. In 1857 he inherited the family seat of Castle Archdale and Trillick in County Tyrone from his uncle William Archdall. He was a noted member of the Orange Order and became treasurer of the grand lodge of Ireland. He also kept racehorses. He died in 1895 at Cannes in the south of France. He had married Emma Inez, the daughter of Jacob Goulding of Kew, Surrey, with whom he had two sons, Mervyn Henry and Hugh James and three daughters. His estates passed to his brother, William Humphrys Archdale, who also took over the representation of Fermanagh in Parliament.
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P2949 | WikiTree person ID | Archdall-58 |
P3602 | candidacy in election | 1835 United Kingdom general election | Q1834355 |
1837 United Kingdom general election | Q2037966 | ||
1841 United Kingdom general election | Q2073185 | ||
1857 United Kingdom general election | Q4345446 | ||
1847 United Kingdom general election | Q2073198 | ||
1868 United Kingdom general election | Q2074525 | ||
1865 United Kingdom general election | Q2074533 | ||
1852 United Kingdom general election | Q3943728 | ||
1859 United Kingdom general election | Q4345445 | ||
P40 | child | Mervyn Henry Archdale | Q75351145 |
Hugh Archdale | Q75502564 | ||
Blanche Mary Mervyn Archdale | Q75638977 | ||
Evelyn Jane Archdale | Q75638980 | ||
Georgina Emma Matilda Archdale | Q75638983 | ||
P1343 | described by source | Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 | Q19036877 |
P69 | educated at | Brasenose College | Q899030 |
P22 | father | Edward Archdall | Q75411188 |
P735 | given name | Mervyn | Q1922174 |
Mervyn | Q1922174 | ||
P1412 | languages spoken, written or signed | English | Q1860 |
P25 | mother | Matilda Humphrys | Q75411190 |
P1559 | name in native language | Mervyn Edward Archdale | |
P106 | occupation | politician | Q82955 |
P39 | position held | member of the 11th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582546 |
member of the 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582548 | ||
member of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582550 | ||
member of the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582553 | ||
member of the 15th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582555 | ||
member of the 16th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582556 | ||
member of the 17th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582557 | ||
member of the 18th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582558 | ||
member of the 19th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582559 | ||
member of the 20th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582560 | ||
P21 | sex or gender | male | Q6581097 |
P26 | spouse | Emma Inez Goulding | Q75638952 |
P937 | work location | London | Q84 |
Q75638952 | Emma Inez Goulding | spouse | P26 |
Q94778180 | Archdall, Mervyn Edward | main subject | P921 |
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