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Charles Stewart Parnell was born in Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland. He was an Irish politician and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He was one of the most important figures in 19th century Great Britain and Ireland, and was described by Prime Minister William Gladstone as the most remarkable person he had ever met. Parnell was first elected to the House of Commons as a Home Rule League Member of Parliament for County Meath on 21 April 1875 in a by-election backed by Fenian Patrick Egan.