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Percy Nugent

{{Short description|Irish politician (1797–1874)}}

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Sir Percy Fitzgerald Nugent, 1st Baronet (29 September 1797 – 25 June 1874), was an Irish politician.

He was made a baronet on 30 September 1831, of Donore in the County of Westmeath.{{London Gazette |issue=18851 |date=16 September 1831 |pages=1897–1898 }} He was pricked High Sheriff of Longford for 1836.{{cite book|title=Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanack|year=1837| page=215}} He was commissioned as a Captain in the disembodied Westmeath Militia on 29 June 1840.* Arthur Sleigh, The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List, April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9, p. 153.

Nugent was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Westmeath in 1847, and held the seat until 1852.

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  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231534/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Wcommons3.htm Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages: W]}}

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Category:1797 births

Category:1874 deaths

Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Westmeath constituencies (1801–1922)

Category:Politicians from County Westmeath

Category:UK MPs 1847–1852

Category:High sheriffs of Longford

Category:Nugent baronets

Category:Westmeath Militia officers

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