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Irish politician (1763-1798)

Key facts

Born
Theobald Wolfe Tone , ( 1763-06-20 ) 20 June 1763, Dublin , Ireland
Died
19 November 1798 (1798-11-19) (aged 35), Dublin, Ireland
Resting place
Bodenstown Graveyard
Education
Trinity College Dublin ( BA ) King's Inns
Agents
Society of United Irishmen Catholic Committee and Convention
Spouse
Matilda Tone ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1785 ) ​
Allegiance
United Irishmen , French Republic
Conflicts
French Revolutionary Wars Irish Rebellion of 1798 Battle of Tory Island ‡‡

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Theobald
Gender
male
Place of birth
Dublin
Place of death
Dublin
Occupation
lawyer
Languages spoken
English language
Military rank
adjutant general
Image
Portrait of Theobald Wolfe Tone (4672711).jpg
Residence
Dublin
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date of death
1798-11-19
date of birth
1763-06-20
manner of death
Suicide
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Commons category
Wolfe Tone
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Theobald Wolfe Tone
name in native language
Theobald Wolfe Tone
cause of death
exsanguination
writing language
English language
start of work period
1791-00-00
birth name
Theobald Wolfe Tone
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Encyclopedic overview

Theobald Wolfe Tone (Irish: Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 1763 – 19 November 1798), posthumously known as Wolfe Tone, was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure for Irish republicanism. Convinced that if his fellow Protestants feared to make common cause with the Catholic majority, the British Crown would continue to govern Ireland in the English interest, in 1791 he helped form the Society of United Irishmen.

Fuelled by the popular grievances of rents, tithes and taxes, driven by martial-law repression, and despairing of reform, the society developed as an insurrectionary movement. When, in the early summer of 1798, it broke into open rebellion, Tone was in exile soliciting assistance from the French Republic. In October 1798, on his second attempt to land in Ireland with French troops and supplies, he was taken prisoner. Sentenced to be hanged, he died from a reportedly self-inflicted wound.

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