He was the seventh son of Luke and Mary Hayden of County Roscommon, and was educated at St Comans, Roscommon. In 1912 he married Henrietta Hill, daughter of Thomas Scott of Hannaville, Greenisland, County Antrim.
Hayden founded the Westmeath Examiner in 1882, when he was not yet 20. In his early days he also made valuable contributions to Irish literature. He was an active campaigner during the Land War and Plan of Campaign of the 1880s. Like his older brother Luke Hayden, MP for South Leitrim and later for South Roscommon, John Hayden supported Charles Stewart Parnell during the split in the Irish nationalist movement from 1890 over Parnell's leadership. As a result, the Westmeath Examiner was subjected to a clerically organized boycott, and only survived commercially through a pact between Unionists and Parnellites on the Mullingar Board of Guardians, dividing advertising between pro-Parnellite and Unionist papers and excluding the clericalist Westmeath Independent.
On Luke's unexpected death in 1897, John Hayden was adopted as the Parnellite candidate to succeed him at South Roscommon. He was returned unopposed at the ensuing by-election and remained unopposed in the same seat at each succeeding general election until 1918, when he was defeated by the prominent Sinn FéinerHarry Boland by 10,685 votes to 4,233. Fitzpatrick (2003, pp. 109–12) gives a vivid account of the turbulent election campaign at South Roscommon in 1918.
In spite of his role as a land campaigner, in the early 1900s Hayden was himself the target for hostile agitation headed by Laurence Ginnell, who saw him as symbolising the Irish Party's hypocritical tolerance of ‘grazing’, the operation of large tracts of land for cattle-rearing rather than as smaller holdings for poorer farmers.
Hayden was a close associate of the leader of the Irish Party, John Redmond. He was consulted by Redmond before he made his historic statement in the British House of Commons in August 1914 committing Irish Volunteer support for Britain and her Allies and in the First World War. He was also one of the committee of six who drafted the Irish Parliamentary Party manifesto for the 1918 general election.
After his Parliamentary defeat, Hayden continued to take an active part in the editorship of the Westmeath Examiner until a fortnight before his death. By the time Hayden died at the age of 91 in July 1954, he was thought to be the last survivor of the Irish Parliamentary Party which had dominated Irish politics up to 1918 (but see entry on Patrick Whitty).
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Paul Bew, Conflict and Conciliation in Ireland 1890–1910: Parnellites and Radical Agrarians, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987
john, patrick, hayden, april, 1863, july, 1954, irish, nationalist, politician, member, irish, parliamentary, party, served, house, commons, united, kingdom, great, britain, ireland, from, 1897, 1918, member, parliament, south, roscommon, also, editor, proprie. John Patrick Hayden 25 April 1863 3 July 1954 was an Irish nationalist politician As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he served in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1897 to 1918 as Member of Parliament MP for South Roscommon He was also editor and proprietor of the Westmeath Examiner published in Mullingar County Westmeath and a member of the Irish Board of Agriculture He was imprisoned four times by the British administration under different Coercion Acts John Patrick HaydenMember of Parliamentfor South RoscommonIn office 15 July 1897 25 November 1918Preceded byLuke Patrick Hayden Parnellite Succeeded byHarry Boland Sinn Fein MajorityElected unopposedPersonal detailsBorn 1863 04 25 25 April 1863County RoscommonDied3 July 1954 1954 07 03 aged 91 CitizenshipBritish then IrishPolitical partyIrish Parliamentary Party from 1900 Parnellite Irish National League to 1900 SpouseHenrietta Hill m 1912 RelationsLuke Patrick Hayden MP brother ProfessionEditor and proprietor Westmeath Examiner He was the seventh son of Luke and Mary Hayden of County Roscommon and was educated at St Comans Roscommon In 1912 he married Henrietta Hill daughter of Thomas Scott of Hannaville Greenisland County Antrim Hayden founded the Westmeath Examiner in 1882 when he was not yet 20 In his early days he also made valuable contributions to Irish literature He was an active campaigner during the Land War and Plan of Campaign of the 1880s Like his older brother Luke Hayden MP for South Leitrim and later for South Roscommon John Hayden supported Charles Stewart Parnell during the split in the Irish nationalist movement from 1890 over Parnell s leadership As a result the Westmeath Examiner was subjected to a clerically organized boycott and only survived commercially through a pact between Unionists and Parnellites on the Mullingar Board of Guardians dividing advertising between pro Parnellite and Unionist papers and excluding the clericalist Westmeath Independent On Luke s unexpected death in 1897 John Hayden was adopted as the Parnellite candidate to succeed him at South Roscommon He was returned unopposed at the ensuing by election and remained unopposed in the same seat at each succeeding general election until 1918 when he was defeated by the prominent Sinn Feiner Harry Boland by 10 685 votes to 4 233 Fitzpatrick 2003 pp 109 12 gives a vivid account of the turbulent election campaign at South Roscommon in 1918 In spite of his role as a land campaigner in the early 1900s Hayden was himself the target for hostile agitation headed by Laurence Ginnell who saw him as symbolising the Irish Party s hypocritical tolerance of grazing the operation of large tracts of land for cattle rearing rather than as smaller holdings for poorer farmers Hayden was a close associate of the leader of the Irish Party John Redmond He was consulted by Redmond before he made his historic statement in the British House of Commons in August 1914 committing Irish Volunteer support for Britain and her Allies and in the First World War He was also one of the committee of six who drafted the Irish Parliamentary Party manifesto for the 1918 general election After his Parliamentary defeat Hayden continued to take an active part in the editorship of the Westmeath Examiner until a fortnight before his death By the time Hayden died at the age of 91 in July 1954 he was thought to be the last survivor of the Irish Parliamentary Party which had dominated Irish politics up to 1918 but see entry on Patrick Whitty Sources editPaul Bew Conflict and Conciliation in Ireland 1890 1910 Parnellites and Radical Agrarians Oxford Clarendon Press 1987 Dod s Parliamentary Companion 1912 David Fitzpatrick Harry Boland s Irish Revolution Cork University Press 2003 Stephen Gwynn John Redmond s Last Years London Edward Arnold 1919 Irish Times 5 July 1954 F S L Lyons John Dillon A Biography London Routledge amp Kegan Paul 1968 Patrick Maume The Long Gestation Irish Nationalist Life 1891 1918 Dublin Gill amp MacMillan Brian M Walker ed Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy 1978 Who Was Who 1951 1960External links edit Hayden John P Thom s Irish Who s Who Dublin Alexander Thom and Son Ltd 1923 p 106 via Wikisource Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byLuke Hayden Member of Parliament for South Roscommon1897 1918 Succeeded byHarry Boland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Patrick Hayden amp oldid 1169612120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
