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3 de abr. de 2024 · John Redmond (born Sept. 1, 1856, Dublin, Ire.—died March 6, 1918, London, Eng.) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party (commonly called the Irish Nationalist Party, or the Nationalists) who devoted his life to achieving Home Rule for Ireland.
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John Edward Redmond (1 September 1856 – 6 March 1918) was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He was best known as leader of the moderate Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) from 1900 until his death in 1918.
John Edward Redmond (1 de setembro de 1856 - 6 de março de 1918) foi um político nacionalista irlandês, advogado e deputado na Câmara dos Comuns do Reino Unido. Ele era mais conhecido como líder do moderado Partido Parlamentar Irlandês (IPP) de 1900 até sua morte em 1918.
He was a heavy man of imposing appearance, ‘with the face and figure of a Roman emperor’ (Gwynn, John Redmond, 25), and in later years Prime Minister Asquith's nickname for him was ‘Leviathan’. His physical presence reinforced his eloquence.
In 1890, Redmond assumed leadership of the Irish Nationalist Parliamentary Party. His approach was more moderate than that of Parnell, reducing agrarian radicalism and adopting a softer approach to Irish Home Rule.
March 2018 marks the centenary of the death of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, which had dominated party political life since the heyday of Parnell in the 1880s. It would all but be wiped out by Sinn Féin in the December 1918 General Election.
1 de mar. de 2018 · Raised in a Catholic minor gentry family in the south east of Co Wexford, Redmond inherited constitutional nationalism from his father, Ireland’s first Home Rule MP and co-founder of the Irish...
