Henry Barniville

Irish politician and surgeon (1887–1960)

Henry Barniville
Senator
In office
27 April 1938 – 23 September 1960
ConstituencyNational University
Senator
In office
11 December 1922 – 29 May 1936
Personal details
Born(1887-04-10)10 April 1887
Belfast, Ireland
Died23 September 1960(1960-09-23) (aged 73)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse
Brigid Wymes
(m. 1919)
Children3
RelativesDavid Barniville (grandson)
EducationRockwell College
Alma materNational University of Ireland

Henry Leo Barniville (10 April 1887 – 23 September 1960) was an Irish politician and surgeon who served as a Senator for the National University from 1922 to 1936 and 1938 to 1960.[1]

Life and career

Barniville was born in Belfast in 1887, to John Banniville and Mary Burke. He was educated at Rockwell College, County Tipperary and studied medicine at the National University of Ireland.[2] After graduation in 1916, he worked as house surgeon at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, eventually becoming senior surgeon at the hospital.[3] He was professor of surgery at University College Dublin from 1928 to 1958.[2]

He was elected to the new Free State Seanad in 1922 for 3 years. He was re-elected in 1925 for a 12-year term and served until the Free State Seanad was abolished in 1936. When the new Seanad Éireann was established in 1937, he was elected by the National University constituency. He was re-elected at each subsequent election and served until his death in office in 1960.[1]

He holds the record as the second-longest serving member of the Seanad, as he was a member for a total of 35 years, 11 months.

He died in Dublin on 23 September 1960.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Henry Leo Barniville". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary". British Medical Journal. 1 (5220): 215. 1961. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5220.215. PMC 1952912.
  3. ^ "Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Barniville, Henry". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ Dempsey, Pauric J. "Barniville, Henry Leo". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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