# Matthew Corbally

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Politician, died 1870

Matthew Corbally MP Member of Parliament for Meath In office 10 June 1842 – 25 November 1870 Serving with Edward McEvoy (1855–1871) Frederick Lucas (1852–1855) Henry Grattan (1842–1852) Preceded by Daniel O'Connell Henry Grattan Succeeded by Edward McEvoy John Martin In office 4 February 1840 – 9 July 1841 Serving with Henry Grattan Preceded by Morgan O'Connell Henry Grattan Succeeded by Daniel O'Connell Henry Grattan Personal details Born April 1797 Died 25 November 1870(1870-11-25) (aged 73) Resting place Saint Colmcille's Church, Skryne, County Meath Party Liberal Other political affiliations Independent Irish (1852–1859) Whig (before 1852) Spouse Matilda Margaret Preston ​ ​ (m. 1842)​ Children Mary Margaret Stourton, Baroness Stourton Parent(s) Elias Corbally, Mary Keogh

**Matthew Elias Corbally** (April 1797 – 25 November 1870)[1][2][3][4] was an [Irish](/source/Ireland) [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_(UK)), [Whig](/source/Whigs_(British_political_party)) and [Independent Irish Party](/source/Independent_Irish_Party) politician.[5]

## Family

Corbally was the son of Elias Corbally and Mary née Keogh.[2][3] He married Matilda Margaret Preston, daughter of [Jenico Preston, 12th Viscount Gormanston](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jenico_Preston,_12th_Viscount_Gormanston&action=edit&redlink=1) (1775–1860) and Margaret Southwell, in 1842.[3][4] They had one child, Mary Margaret Corbally (1845–1925), who married [Alfred Stourton, Baron Mowbray, Segrave and Stourton](/source/Alfred_Stourton%2C_23rd_Baron_Mowbray) and had ten children. They lived at Corbalton Hall in [County Meath](/source/County_Meath).[6] Corbally and his wife are buried in a sealed vault at Saint Colmcille's Church, [Skryne](/source/Skryne).[7]

## Education

He was educated by Rev. Richard Norris in Drogheda, and then at [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin).[8]

## Political career

Corbally was first elected unopposed as a Whig-[Radical](/source/Radicals_(UK)) MP for [Meath](/source/Meath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) at [a by-election in 1840](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1840_Meath_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1)[9] but he did not stand for re-election at the next [general election in 1841](/source/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election). When [Daniel O'Connell](/source/Daniel_O'Connell) was elected for both Meath and [County Cork](/source/County_Cork_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) a [by-election](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1842_Meath_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1) was called at which Corbally was again elected as a Whig unopposed.[5][10] He then held the seat for the remainder of his life in 1870, joining the Independent Irish Party shortly after the [general election in 1852](/source/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election) and joining the Liberal Party when it was formed in 1859.[11] He was a supporter of the abolition of tithes, reform of corporations, and reform of the ballot, and was opposed to privileges being given to the [Bank of Ireland](/source/Bank_of_Ireland).[4]

## Other activities

Corbally was also a [Justice of the Peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) and, in 1838, he was [High Sheriff of Meath](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Meath).[3] He was also a captain in the [Royal Meath Regiment](/source/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1684%E2%80%931922)).[4]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)](https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Mcommons2.htm)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stourton_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stourton_2-1) [Stourton, Charles](/source/Charles_Stourton%2C_24th_Baron_Mowbray) (1899). [*The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KAARAwAAQBAJ&q=matthew+elias+corbally&pg=PA709). Рипол Классик. p. 709. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9785880603800](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9785880603800). {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#invalid_isbn_date))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-burke_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-burke_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-burke_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-burke_3-3) [Burke, John](/source/John_Burke_(author)); [Burke, Bernard](/source/Bernard_Burke) (2009). [*A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1*](https://books.google.com/books?id=C8fTAAAAMAAJ&q=matthew+elias+corbally&pg=PA263) (2nd ed.). [Henry Colburn](/source/Henry_Colburn). p. 263. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dods_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dods_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dods_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-dods_4-3) [Dod, Charles Roger](/source/Charles_Roger_Dod); Dod, Robert Phipps (1847). [*Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Volume 15*](https://books.google.com/books?id=k1MNAAAAYAAJ&q=matthew+elias+corbally&pg=PA150). [London](/source/London): [Dods Parliamentary Companion](/source/Dods_Parliamentary_Companion). p. 150.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-1842election_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-1842election_5-1) ["Election News"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000418/18420618/011/0003). *Cambridge Independent Press*. [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire). 18 June 1842. p. 3. Retrieved 2 March 2018 – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-thepeerage_6-0)** ["Matthew Elias Corbally"](http://www.thepeerage.com/p6118.htm#i61175). *The Peerage*. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Morris, Louis. ["A history of Saint Colmcille's Church, Skryne"](http://www.rathfeigh-historical-society.org/cms_admin/plugins/innovaeditor/assets/A%20History%20of%20St%20Colmcille's%20Church%20Skryne.pdf) (PDF). *Rathfeigh Historical Society*. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** *Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of [Trinity College in the University of Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin) (1593–1860)*, [George Dames Burtchaell](/source/George_Dames_Burtchaell)/[Thomas Ulick Sadleir](/source/Thomas_Ulick_Sadleir) p. 178: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Meath"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000393/18400201/034/0004). *Gloucestershire Chronicle*. 1 February 1840. p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2018 – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["The Globe states that Mr. Matthew Elias Corbally, who declined"](http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/28th-may-1842/11/the-globe-states-that-mr-matthew-elias-corbally-wh). *[The Spectator](/source/The_Spectator)*. 28 May 1842. p. 11. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-walker_11-0)** Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). *Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922*. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0901714127](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0901714127).

## External links

- *[Hansard](/source/Hansard)* 1803–2005: [contributions in Parliament by Mr Matthew Corbally](https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-matthew-corbally)

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by Daniel O'Connell Henry Grattan Member of Parliament for Meath 1842 – 1870 With: Edward McEvoy (1855–1871) Frederick Lucas (1852–1855) Henry Grattan (1842–1852) Succeeded by Edward McEvoy John Martin Preceded by Morgan O'Connell Henry Grattan Member of Parliament for Meath 1840 – 1841 With: Henry Grattan Succeeded by Daniel O'Connell Henry Grattan

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