Patrick Whitty

Background

Whitty was born at 6 Lady Lane in Waterford City in May 1894, the son of Doctor Patrick Joseph Whitty.

Education

He was educated at Saint Vincent"s College, Castleknock, Dublin and trained as an accountants

Career

He practised as an accountants Whitty received some Unionist support, while Hamill received separatist support. Whitty was aged just 21, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament at the time.

He was the nephew of Richard Hazleton, elected Member of Parliament for the seat in December 1910 but subsequently unseated on petition (although Hazleton continued to sit for North Galway where he had been elected at the same election).

Whitty was imposed on the constituency of North Louth by the Party leadership in what was widely ridiculed as an act of nepotism. Doctorate.P. Moran"s paper the Leader referred to him as "Whitty the Kid" and published a cartoon in which his victory procession included a pram labelled "The Next Candidate".

The constituency was abolished in 1918, and Whitty retired from Parliament at the general election that year. He died in Birmingham, England on 28 July 1967, the last survivor of the pre-1918 Irish Parliamentary Party.

Membership

30th United Kingdom Parliament.

Connections

opponent:

Bernard Hamill