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- William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (13 October 1813 – 26 April 1894) was an Irish Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons for English constituencies variously between 1848 and 1885. Torrens was the son of James McCullagh of Greenfield, Dublin, and his wife Jane Torrens, daughter of Andrew Torrens of Dublin. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1835 he was Assistant Commissioner of the Irish Poor Inquiry and was called to the bar in Ireland in 1836. He was an original member of the Anti-Corn Law League founded in 1838. In 1846 he was private secretary to Henry Labouchere when he was Chief Secretary for Ireland. Torrens stood for parliament unsuccessfully at Dundalk in 1847 but was seated as Member of Parliament on petition in March 1848. He held the seat until 1852 when he stood unsuccessfully for Yarmouth. Torrens was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1855. He was elected MP for Yarmouth in 1857 but his election was declared void on petition. In 1863 he adopted the additional surname Torrens. In 1865 he was elected MP for Finsbury. He held the seat until 1885. He introduced in 1866 the "Artisans and Labourers Dwelling Bill" and carried the lodger franchise in the Reform Act 1867. He obtained a Select Committee on Extradition in 1869 and in 1874 brought in and carried the Building Societies Bill. Torrens published a number of works including
* Lectures on the Use and Study of History
* Life of Lord Melbourne
* Industrial History of Free Nations
* Empire in Asia
* Memoirs of Wellesley Torrens died at the age of 80 after being knocked down by a hansom cab. Torrens married firstly Margaret Henrietta Gray daughter of John Gray of Claremorris, County Mayo in 1836. She died in 1873 and he married secondly Emily Harrison, daughter of William Harrison of Leamington in 1878. (en)
- William Torrens McCullagh Torrens, född den 13 oktober 1813, död den 26 april 1894, var en engelsk politiker och författare. Torrens blev advokat 1836 och var 1847–1852 samt ånyo 1865–1885 medlem av underhuset. Han var utpräglat liberal och mycket verksam för rösträttens utvidgande 1867 samt för sociala framsteg. Torrens parlamentariska insatser bar frukt genom lagen om 1868 och upprättandet av Londons skolråd 1870. Dessutom skrev han Industrial history of free nations (1846), Empire in Asia (1872), Twenty years in Parliament (1893) och History of Cabinets (1894) samt levnadsskildringar av James Graham (1863), lord Melbourne (2 band, 1877) och lord Wellesley (1880). Wikimedia Commons har media relaterad till William McCullagh Torrens. (sv)
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- Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth (en)
- Member of Parliament for Finsbury (en)
- Member of Parliament for Dundalk (en)
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- March 1857 – August 1857 (en)
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- William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (13 October 1813 – 26 April 1894) was an Irish Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons for English constituencies variously between 1848 and 1885. Torrens was the son of James McCullagh of Greenfield, Dublin, and his wife Jane Torrens, daughter of Andrew Torrens of Dublin. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1835 he was Assistant Commissioner of the Irish Poor Inquiry and was called to the bar in Ireland in 1836. He was an original member of the Anti-Corn Law League founded in 1838. In 1846 he was private secretary to Henry Labouchere when he was Chief Secretary for Ireland. (en)
- William Torrens McCullagh Torrens, född den 13 oktober 1813, död den 26 april 1894, var en engelsk politiker och författare. Torrens blev advokat 1836 och var 1847–1852 samt ånyo 1865–1885 medlem av underhuset. Han var utpräglat liberal och mycket verksam för rösträttens utvidgande 1867 samt för sociala framsteg. Torrens parlamentariska insatser bar frukt genom lagen om 1868 och upprättandet av Londons skolråd 1870. Dessutom skrev han Industrial history of free nations (1846), Empire in Asia (1872), Twenty years in Parliament (1893) och History of Cabinets (1894) samt levnadsskildringar av James Graham (1863), lord Melbourne (2 band, 1877) och lord Wellesley (1880). (sv)
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