John Edward Redmond (Seán Éamonn Mac Réamoinn) (September 1 1856 - March 6 1918) was an Irish nationalist politician, barrister, MP. in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. He was a moderate, constitutional and conciliatory politician who attained the twin dominant objectives of his political life, party unity and finally in 1914 achieving Irish Home Rule under an Act which granted an interim form of self-government to Ireland. Unfortunately for Redmond, implementation of the act was suspended by the intervention of World War I.
He was the elder brother of William (Willie) Redmond and father of William Archer Redmond both of whom were to serve as MPs in his party.
