Charles Stewart Parnell

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Born

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June 1846 in County Wicklow

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1875

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Elected to parliament as a member of the Home Rule League1

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1877

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Elected president of the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain

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1879

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Became president of the Irish National Land League

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1880

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Elected leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party

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1881

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Suspended and expelled from parliament
Arrested and imprisoned

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1882

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Released from prison

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1886

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Joined with the Liberals to defeat the Tory government

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1890

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Replaced as leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party

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Death

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1891

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Education

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Educated at schools in England
University of Cambridge but left without a degree

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1874

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Started to seriously consider a career in politics

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His Mother

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American
Family anti-English
Husband (Parnell’s dad) died when (Parnell) was 13
She has sympathy with the Fenians in 1860s

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Member of parliament

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Elected as Home Ruler for the Irish constituency of Meath at a by-election in 1875 (at age 29)
In early days he was a poor speaker - hesitant and highly strung
Turned himself into an effective MP
Supported obstruction - identified with militant section of Home Rule Party

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Irish leader

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Established himself as the greatest Irish leader since O’Connell

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Nickname

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‘the uncrowned King of Ireland’

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Successes

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Land Reform
Rejected violence