John Sadleir
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John Sadleir was an Irish financier and politician, who became notorious as a political turncoat, and committed suicide after the failure of his financial speculations. He served as the model for seve
John Sadleir in about 1856
William Keogh
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William Nicholas Keogh PC was an unpopular and controversial Irish politician and judge, whose name became a byword in Ireland for betraying one's political principles.
John Sadleir
…is also based on Sadleir. Because the Independent Irish Party were pledged not to take office, the decision of Sadleir and his friend and colleague William Keogh to do so was considered by the Irish public to be an unforgivable betrayal. To "be another Sadleir or Keogh" entered the Irish political vocabulary as…
Caricature of William Keogh by Harry Furniss.
Effigy of Judge Keogh, published June 1872