Thomas Sexton (Irish politician)

Thomas Sexton
Sexton, c. 1880s
Member of Parliament
In office 1880–1885
Preceded by	Denis Maurice O'Conor and Edward King-Harman
Succeeded by	Constituency divided
Constituency	County Sligo
In office 1885–1886
Preceded by	New Constituency
Succeeded by	Edward Joseph Kennedy
Constituency	South Sligo
In office 1886–1892
Preceded by	James Horner Haslett
Succeeded by	H. O. Arnold-Forster
Constituency	Belfast West
In office 1892–1896
Preceded by	John Stack
Succeeded by	Michael Joseph Flavin
Constituency	North Kerry
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office 1888–1890
Preceded by	Timothy Daniel Sullivan
Succeeded by	Edward Joseph Kennedy
Personal details
Born	1848 Ballygannon, County Waterford, Ireland
Died	1932 (aged 83–84)
Political party	Irish Parliamentary Party (until 1891) Irish National Federation (1891 to 1896)

Thomas Sexton (1848–1932) was an Irish journalist, financial expert, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1880 to 1896, representing four different constituencies.^[1] He was High Sheriff of County Dublin in 1887 and Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1888 to 1890.^[2] Sexton was a high ranking member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, raised up by Charles Stewart Parnell himself. However, Sexton broke with Parnell and joined the Anti-Parnellites in 1891 following Parnell's marriage scandal. Sexton was disheartened by the subsequent infighting amongst the Anti-Parnellites and pulled back from politics. He thereafter became the chairman of the Freeman's Journal, one of the largest newspapers in Ireland.