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Robert Woods in 1921

Sir Robert Henry Woods (27 April 1865 – 8 September 1938) was an Irish surgeon and otorhinolaryngologist and also an Independent Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament.

Personal life

He was born at Tullamore, King's County (now County Offaly), the son of Christopher Woods and Dorothea Lowe.

He attended Wesley College, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin as well as studying in Vienna, before graduating in medicine in 1889.

In August 1894, he married Margaret Shaw, daughter of county court judge James Johnston Shaw; they raised five children.

He became President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1910–11. He was Professor of Laryngology and Otology at Trinity College. He was knighted in 1913.

Political career

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He was MP for Dublin University between 1918 and 1922, having previously been defeated in a 1917 by-election for the same constituency.

Woods left the House of Commons at the dissolution of 1922 when his constituency ceased to be represented in the House of Commons.

Death

Robert Henry Woods died in Ballybrack, Dublin on 8 September 1938, aged 73.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byArthur Samuels
Edward Carson
Member of Parliament for Dublin University
1918–1922
With: Arthur Samuels to 1919
William Jellett from 1919
Constituency abolished
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin University constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin University (constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
1st 1918 Arthur Samuels
(U)
Robert Woods
(Ind U)
2 seats under 1918 Act
1919 by-election William Jellett
(U)
2nd 1921 Ernest Alton
(Ind U)
James Craig
(Ind U)
William Thrift
(Ind U)
Gerald Fitzgibbon
(Ind U)
3rd 1922 Ernest Alton
(Ind)
James Craig
(Ind)
William Thrift
(Ind)
Gerald Fitzgibbon
(Ind)
4th 1923 3 seats
from 1923
5th 1927 (Jun)
6th 1927 (Sep)
7th 1932
8th 1933
1933 by-election Robert Rowlette
(Ind)


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