William Findlater was an Irish Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Findlater was the son of WIlliam Findlater, a merchant of Londonderry. He became a solicitor in 1846 and was also a partner in the Mountjoy Brewery. In 1878 he was elected president of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

At the 1880 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1880

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 Findlater was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Monaghan

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. He held the seat until 1885.

Findlater died at the age of 81.

Findlater married firstly in 1853 Mary Jane Wolfe, daughter of John Wolfe a solicitor of Dublin, and secondly Marion Park, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Park of the Indian Army.

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