Justin M’Carthy

Justin M’Carthy (born Nov. 22, 1830, Cork, County Cork, Ire.—died April 24, 1912, Folkestone, Kent, Eng.) was an Irish politician and historian who first made his name as a novelist with such successes as Dear Lady Disdain (1875) and Miss Misanthrope (1878) but then published his History of Our Own Times (1879–1905), which won general recognition. M’Carthy began his career as a journalist, but in 1879 he entered Irish politics and became vice chairman of...