The Times, 13 April 1880: The new Members of Parliament
Metge R.H. (County Meath)
Mr. Robert Henry Metge, of Athlumney near Navan, County Meath, elected as a Home Ruler, and a follower of Mr. Parnell, in the place of Mr. Nicholas Ennis, is the third son of the late Mr. John Charles Metge, of Dardistown, County Westmeath, by his marriage with Eliza, daughter of the late Mr. Henry Cole, of Twickenham, Middlesex. He was born in the year 1850, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin where he graduated L.L.B. He is a magistrate for County Meath, and married in 1874, Miss Fanny Lambart, daughter of the Rev. Charles Lambart.