William Jellett

William Morgan Jellett, QC (19 May 1857 – 27 October 1936) was an Irish Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party.

William Jellett
Member of Parliament for Dublin University
In office 28 July 1919 – 6 December 1922
Preceded by	Arthur Samuels Robert Woods
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	(1857-05-19)19 May 1857 Dublin, Ireland
Died	27 October 1936(1936-10-27) (aged 79) Dublin, Ireland
Political party	Irish Unionist
Other political affiliations	Unionist Anti-Partition League
Spouse	Janet McKenzie Stokes
Children	4, including Mainie
Parent	John Hewitt Jellett (father)
Relatives	Eva Jellett (sister)
Alma mater	Trinity College Dublin

Biography

He was born in Dublin, the son of Rev. John Hewitt Jellett, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and his wife and cousin Dorothea Charlotte Morris. His sister Eva Jellett was a pioneering female doctor.

He attended Trinity College Dublin, before being called to the Irish Bar in 1882.^[1] He became a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1899.^[1] He was private secretary to Lord Ashbourne, the Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1885 to 1886, 1886 to 1892 and 1895 to 1905.^[2]

Jellett stood for election in the Dublin University constituency at the 1918 general election.^[3] On 28 July 1919, he was elected in a by-election,^[3] being the last United Kingdom MP elected in the twenty-six counties which became the Irish Free State in December 1922. Jellett ceased to be an MP on 26 October 1922 on the dissolution of parliament, and his constituency ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament.^[4]

He married Janet McKenzie Stokes,^[1] a talented musician, and they had four daughters, including the celebrated artist Mainie Jellett, and Dorothea (Bay) Jellett, who for many years conducted the orchestra at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.^[5]