William Archer Redmond (1886–17 April 1932) was the son of John Redmond, the Irish nationalist politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. He was one of a tiny handful of people who served as a Members of Parliament in the British House of Commons as well as a Teachta Dála of Dáil Eireann, the Irish parliament. 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... John Redmond, MP John Edward Redmond (September 1, 1856 – March 6, 1918) was the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...

Early career

Redmond was educated at Clongowes Wood College and Trinity College Dublin. Clongowes Wood College is a private secondary boarding school for boys in County Kildare, Ireland run by the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) since 1814, making it one of Irelands oldest Catholic schools. ... The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin or more commonly Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, is the only constituent college of the University of Dublin, Irelands oldest university. ...

Redmond was elected MP for Tyrone East in 1910. When his father called for support for the British war effort in the First World War, Redmond joined the British Army and served on the western front for the duration of the war, first in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and then in the Irish Guards, rose to the rank of captain and was awarded the DSO. His fellow MP and uncle Willie Redmond, John's brother, also joined up and was killed in 1917. When his father died in March 1918, William Archer Redmond resigned his Tyrone seat and successfully defended his father's seat of Waterford. Famously he campaigned in his army uniform and wearing a black armband. His victory ended a run of Sinn Féin victories at by-elections and gave a big, albeit temporary, boost to the morale of supporters of the Irish Parliamentary Party. East Tyrone was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1918. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Official name The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1908) Nicknames The Blue Caps The Dubs The Lambs The Old Toughs Motto Anniversaries Marches Slow: The British Grenadiers St Patricks Day Unnofficial: The Dublin Fusiliers Alliances Description Line Infantry regiment Creation... This article deals with the current British Army regiment, for historical regiments, see Historical Irish Guards regiments. ... DSO may stand for: Distinguished Service Order Dallas Symphony Orchestra Darkstar Orchestra Dartford Symphony Orchestra Deep sky object Defense Science Organization Defense Spectrum Office (U.S. DoD) Designated School Official Detroit Symphony Orchestra Device Software Optimization (www. ... Major William Hoey Kearney Redmond (1861–9 June 1917) (commonly known as Willie Redmond) was an Irish Parliamentary Party and First World War fatality. ... Waterford City was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. ... Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish) is a name used by a series of Irish political movements of the 20th century, each of which claimed sole descent from the original party established by Arthur Griffith in 1905. ... In 1882 Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, formed the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), replacing the Home Rule League, as a parliamentary party with strict rules. ...

In the general election of December 1918, he was re-elected for Waterford City, becoming the only Irish Parliamentary Party MP outside Ulster, and he spoke out strongly in the House of Commons against British military policy in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence. The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. ... Combatants Irish Republic and those who supported it, see Irish Republicanism United Kingdom, see Unionism(Ireland) Strength Irish Republican Army c. ...

Into the Dáil

Following independence, Redmond was elected as an independent deputy for Waterford in the 1923 Irish election. In 1926, he co-founded the National League, appealing to former supporters of the Irish Parliamentary Party, ex-servicemen, and others, mainly publicans, alienated by the policies of the Cumann na nGaedheal government. The new party did quite well, winning eight seats in the general election of June 1927. However Redmond alarmed his supporters by entering into a voting pact with the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil to bring down the Cumann na nGaedheal government, and replace it with a minority Labour–National League administration supported from outside by Fianna Fáil. The attempt failed and in the ensuing general election in September 1927, the League won only one seat in addition to Redmond's own. The following year the National League was dissolved and in 1930 Redmond joined Cumann na nGaedheal. He died in 1932 and was succeeded as Fine Gael deputy for Waterford by his wife, Bridget Redmond. The Irish general election of 1923 was held on August 27, 1923. ... The National League was a political party in Ireland. ... Cumann na nGaedheal (League of the Gaels) was an Irish language name given to two Irish political parties. ... See also: Government of the 5th Dáil Categories: Elections in Ireland | 1927 ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; (mistranslated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though a literal translation is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland),¹ is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of September 1927 was held on September 15, 1927. ... Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicized to (approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership of over 34,000. ...