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

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