Feargus O'Connor

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Feargus O'Connor was a prominent 19th-century Irish-born radical politician and journalist who became the most influential and charismatic leader of the British Chartist movement for democratic reform.

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instanceOf Chartist leader
human
journalist
politician
advocatedFor abolition of property qualifications for MPs
annual parliaments
equal electoral districts
payment of MPs
secret ballot
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath mental illness
countryOfCitizenship Ireland NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1794-07-18
dateOfDeath 1855-08-30
editorOf The Northern Star NERFINISHED
educatedAt Portarlington Grammar School NERFINISHED
Trinity College Dublin NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Irish
familyName O'Connor NERFINISHED
father Roger O'Connor NERFINISHED
founded Chartist Land Company NERFINISHED
givenName Feargus NERFINISHED
imprisonedFor seditious libel
knownFor mass mobilization of working-class support
oratory skills
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalEducation King's Inns, Dublin NERFINISHED
movement Chartism NERFINISHED
notableFor Chartist Land Plan NERFINISHED
advocacy of universal male suffrage
leadership of the Chartist movement
notableWork The Northern Star NERFINISHED
occupation Member of Parliament
barrister
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
participatedIn Chartist Convention of 1839 NERFINISHED
Kennington Common demonstration of 1848 NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Connorville, County Cork NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDetention York Castle NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment radical
politicalMovement democratic reform
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Cork County
Member of Parliament for Nottingham
relative Arthur O'Connor NERFINISHED
religion Protestantism NERFINISHED
residence England NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
sibling Francis O'Connor NERFINISHED

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O'Connor hasNotableBearer Feargus O'Connor
Chartism notableLeader Feargus O'Connor