Sarah Persse

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Sarah Henrietta Persse (10 March 1866 – 14 April 1927) was an Irish suffragist.

Biography

Persee was born at Glenarde House, Galway to Henry Sadlier Persse, a high sheriff and owner of Nun's Island Distillery, and Eleanor Persse, a philanthropist.[1][2][3] Persse was the third eldest of ten children. A member of the Persse family through her father, Persse was distantly related to Lady Gregory.[1][4]

In 1899 she was one of two women candidates in the west and south ward of Galway's Poor Law Unions. She withdrew from consideration as a Poor Law Guardian a day before the elections owing to the death of her father in 1900, and did not contest any future election.

Following her brother, William Persse, and his family moving into Glenarde House, Persse left the family home and later settled in Berkeley Square, London.[1][5] On 14 April 1927, Persse died in London.[1][2][5]

See also

References

  1. Clancy, Mary (10 December 2018). "Sarah Persse: Pioneering woman candidate withdrew from politics before polling day". The Irish Times. Dublin. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  2. "Connaught". Irish Independent. Dublin. 18 April 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 28 April 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Estates: Persse (Roxborough & Moyode)". Landed Estates. Galway: University of Galway. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  4. Clancy, Mary (1996). "The Western Outpost: Local Government and Women's Suffrage in County Galway 1898–1918". In Moran, Gerard; Gillespie, Raymond; Nolan, William (eds.). Galway History & Society: Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County. Dublin: Geography Publications. pp. 557–587. ISBN 0906602750.
  5. "PERSEE, Sarah Henrietta". Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England; 1927; Labat–Pyzer. London: Principal Probate Registry: 626. 1927.