Background
He was the son of Patrick "Patt" Lalor of Tenakill, Mountrath, Queen's County, who had himself been an Member of Parliament His mother was Anna, daughter of Patrick Dillon of Sheane.
Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom
He was the son of Patrick "Patt" Lalor of Tenakill, Mountrath, Queen's County, who had himself been an Member of Parliament His mother was Anna, daughter of Patrick Dillon of Sheane.
He was educated privately and became a civil engineer and tenant farmer.
Foreign Queen's County in 1832-1835. He became a magistrate for Queen's County. He headed the poll as a Parnellite Home Ruler in the election for the two Queen's County seats in 1880, ousting the former Home Rule member, Kenelm Digby.
T. P. O"Connor described him in 1886: ‘Today he is a feeble and bent man with wearied eyes and a thin voice, but his spirit is exactly the same as in his hot youth.
In 1848 he had his pike and his thousands of pikemen ready for action. Today, as then, he is the unconquerable and irreclaimable rebel – the Blanqui of Irish politics.’
When the Irish Parliamentary Party split in December 1890 over the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell, Lalor supported Parnell.
However failing health prevented him from campaigning in the general election of 1892, and he was ousted from his seat. He died at his home at Tenakill, Queen's County, on Monday 13 November 1893.
22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament.