Edward James Saunderson (1 October 1837 - 21 October 1906) was an Irish politician. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

He was born at Castle Saunderson, County Cavan. He was the son of Alexander Saunderson, M.P. for Cavan (d. 1857), his mother being a daughter of the 6th Baron Farnham. The Irish Saundersons were a 17th century branch of an old family, originally of Durham; a Lincolnshire branch, the Saundersons of Saxby, held the titles of Viscount Castleton (Irish: cr. 1628) and Baron Saunderson (British: cr. 1714) up to 1723. Cavan (Irish: An Cabhán) is a county in the Republic of Ireland. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city in the north east of England. ... The title of Viscount Castleton was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1627, along with the subsidiary title of Baron Saunderson. ...

Edward Saunderson was educated abroad, and, having succeeded to the Cavan estates, married in 1865 a daughter of the 3rd Baron Ventry, and in the same year was elected M.P. for the county as a Palmerstonian Liberal. He lost his seat in 1874, and by 1885, when he again entered parliament for North Armagh, he had become a prominent Orangeman and a Conservative; the question of Irish home rule had now come to the front, and Saunderson's political career as a representative Irish Unionist had begun. Palmerston is the name of several places, and also of several notable people. ... The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation largely based in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which also has a worldwide membership. ... The word Unionist, simply meaning one espousing a union, has a number of connotations, depending on context: Unionists are people in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales who were historically in favour of uniting their nations into a United Kingdom, or who in modern times wish their nations to remain part...

He had entered the Cavan militia (4th battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers) in 1862, and, was now major (1875), becoming colonel in 1886 and in command of the battalion from 1891 to 1893. Almost from the first he became leader of the Irish Unionist party in the House of Commons, his uncompromising speeches being full of force and humour. In 1898 his services were recognized by his being made a privy councillor. He died in 1906. 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... This article concerns the British Sovereigns Privy Council. ...

In private life Colonel Saunderson was well known as a keen yachtsman; his character was deeply marked by stern religious feeling, and his fine sincerity, while endearing him to his friends, never lost him the respect of his opponents. A yacht was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ...

See the Memoir by Reginald Lucas (1908).

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