The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885. The first general election after an extension of the franchise and redistribution of seats, it saw the Liberals
William Ewart Gladstone, 1892
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Charles Stewart Parnell Brady Handy
Justin McCarthy (politician)
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Justin McCarthy was an Irish nationalist, journalist, historian, novelist and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1879 to 1900, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
McCarthy in 1891
McCarthy caricatured by Spy in Vanity Fair, 1885