# Benjamin Haughton

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Irish businessman and politician (1855–1932)

Benjamin Haughton Haughton in 1922 Senator In office 11 December 1922 – 12 December 1928 Personal details Born 1855 Cork, Ireland Died 1932 (aged 76–77) Cork, Ireland Party Independent Spouse Margaret Goodbody Children 5

**Benjamin Haughton** (1855–1932)[1] was an Irish businessman from [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)) city, who was an [independent](/source/Independent_politician_(Ireland)) member of [Seanad Éireann](/source/Seanad_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)) from 1922 to 1928.[2] He was from the Cork branch of a [Quaker](/source/Quaker) family whose Carlow branch included social reformer [James Haughton](/source/James_Haughton_(reformer)) and scientist [Samuel Haughton](/source/Samuel_Haughton).[3][4] Benjamin was head of Haughton's timber and iron merchants in Cork and a supporter of the local [YMCA](/source/YMCA).[5][3]

During the [Irish War of Independence](/source/Irish_War_of_Independence) he was involved with the [Irish White Cross](/source/Irish_White_Cross) and among a group of liberal [Southern unionists](/source/Southern_Irish_unionism) who sought conciliation with [Sinn Féin](/source/Sinn_F%C3%A9in) in Cork in the lead-up to the 1921 truce.[6][5] Upon the coming into force of the [Constitution of the Irish Free State](/source/Constitution_of_the_Irish_Free_State) in 1922, [W. T. Cosgrave](/source/W._T._Cosgrave) as the [President of the Executive Council](/source/President_of_the_Executive_Council_of_the_Irish_Free_State) nominated 30 of the initial 60 senators, including Haughton.[7] These were subsequently divided by lottery into two cohorts of 15, serving terms of six and twelve years respectively, with Haughton drawing a six-year term.[8] He lost his seat at the 1928 Seanad election.[2]

He and his wife Margaret Elizabeth Goodbody had five children.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Lot 429/0301: A Corkman's Voyage to New York in the Year of the Titanic"](https://fonsiemealy.ie/auctions/lot-4290301/). *Auction 0301: Rare Book Sale — December 5th, 2017 — Tara Towers Hotel, Dublin*. Fonsie Mealy. 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_2-1) ["Benjamin Haughton"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Benjamin-Haughton.S.1922-06-12/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Carloviana_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Carloviana_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Carloviana_3-2) ["Haughton Family Tree"](http://carlowhistorical.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Carloviana-No-63-2015.pdf#page=13) (PDF). *Carloviana* (63). Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society: 10–11: 11. 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Jessop, W. J. E. (1973). ["Samuel Haughton: A Victorian polymath"](https://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/discourses/discourses/1973_W.J.E.%20Jessop%20on%20S.%20Haughton.pdf#page=7) (PDF). *Hermathena* (116): 3–26: 8. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0018-0750](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0018-0750). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [23040464](https://www.jstor.org/stable/23040464). Retrieved 5 November 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Murphy2011_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Murphy2011_5-1) Murphy, Gerard (2011). ["The Cork YMCA"](https://books.google.com/books?id=GNv4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT115). *The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork 1921–1922*. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780717151653](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780717151653). Retrieved 5 November 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Members of the First Seanad: Biographies – Haughton, Benjamin"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/seanad100/members-of-the-first-seanad/members-of-the-first-seanad-biographies/#Haughton). *Houses of the Oireachtas*. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["President's nominees for Seanad"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-12-06/9/). Houses of the Oireachtas. 6 December 1922. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Selection of Nominated Senators — To Hold Office for 12 Years"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1923-02-08/3/). *Seanad Éireann (1922 Seanad) debates*. Oireachtas. 8 February 1923. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

v t e « 1922 Seanad « Members of the 1922 Seanad (1922–1925) » 1925 Seanad » Cathaoirleach Lord Glenavy (Ind) Elected in 1922 3 years Henry Barniville (CnaG) Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Richard A. Butler (Ind) John Counihan (Ind) Peter de Loughry (CnaG) Cornelius Irwin (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph Clayton Love (CnaG) Edward MacEvoy (CnaG) Edward MacLysaght (Ind) Eamonn Mansfield (Ind) George Nesbitt (Ind) Michael O'Dea (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) James Parkinson (CnaG) 9 years William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) Thomas MacPartlin (Lab) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG) Nominated by the President 6 years John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) Lord Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind) 12 years Earl of Mayo (Ind) Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Earl of Kerry (Ind) Sir Horace Plunkett (Ind) Sir Hutcheson Poë (Ind) George Sigerson (Ind) Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind) Elected or appointed later Feb. 1923 William Cummins (Lab) Nov. 1923 Thomas Foran (Lab) Dec. 1923 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind) 1925 Douglas Hyde (Ind) John O'Neill (CnaG) CnaG: Cumann na nGaedheal FP: Farmers' Party Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 1922 Seanad « Members of the 1925 Seanad (1925–1928) » 1928 Seanad » Cathaoirleach Lord Glenavy (Ind) Elected in 1925 6 years John Counihan (CnaG) 9 years Thomas Westropp Bennett (CnaG) Sir Edward Coey Bigger (Ind) Francis McGuinness (CnaG) 12 years Henry Barniville (CnaG) Sir Edward Bellingham (Ind) William Cummins (Lab) James Dillon (FP) Michael Fanning (CnaG) Thomas Foran (Lab) Sir William Hickie (Ind) Cornelius Kennedy (CnaG) Thomas Linehan (FP) Joseph O'Connor (CnaG) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Michael F. O'Hanlon (FP) Stephen O'Mara (CnaG) James Parkinson (CnaG) Thomas Toal (CnaG) Elected in 1922 9 years William Barrington (Ind) Eileen Costello (Ind) James G. Douglas (Ind) Michael Duffy (Lab) Thomas Farren (Lab) Alice Stopford Green (Ind) Sir John Griffith (Ind) Patrick W. Kenny (CnaG) James J. MacKean (CnaG) John MacLoughlin (Ind) William Molloy (Ind) Maurice George Moore (Ind) Brian O'Rourke (CnaG) William O'Sullivan (CnaG) Nominated by the President in 1922 6 years John Philip Bagwell (Ind) Henry Givens Burgess (Ind) Lord Glenavy (Ind) Sir Nugent Everard (Ind) Edmund W. Eyre (Ind) Oliver St. John Gogarty (CnaG) James Perry Goodbody (Ind) Henry Greer (Ind) Benjamin Haughton (Ind) Earl of Wicklow (Ind) Arthur Jackson (Ind) Andrew Jameson (Ind) Sir Bryan Mahon (Ind) Marquess of Headfort (Ind) W. B. Yeats (Ind) 12 years Earl of Mayo (Ind) Countess of Desart (Ind) James Charles Dowdall (Ind) Sir Thomas Esmonde (Ind) Martin Fitzgerald (Ind) Earl of Granard (Ind) Henry Guinness (Ind) Sir John Keane (Ind) James Moran (Ind) Earl of Kerry (Ind) Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl (Ind) Jennie Wyse Power (Ind) Elected or appointed later Feb. 1926 Samuel Lombard Brown (Ind) Jan. 1927 P. J. Brady (Ind) Mar. 1927 Patrick Hooper (Ind) Mar. 1928 Sir Walter Nugent (Ind) CnaG: Cumann na nGaedheal FP: Farmers' Party Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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