Michael Dunne (MP)

Michael Dunne (1800 – 20 September 1876)[1] was an Irish Liberal, Whig and Independent Irish Party politician.[2]

Michael Dunne
Member of Parliament
for Queen's County
In office
19 July 1852  22 July 1865
Preceded byJohn FitzPatrick
Thomas Vesey
Succeeded byJohn FitzPatrick
Francis Plunkett Dunne
Personal details
Born1800
Died20 September 1876(1876-09-20) (aged 75–76)
NationalityIrish
Political partyLiberal/Whig
Other political
affiliations
Independent Irish

He was a farmer and lived in Ballymanus, Stradbally, Queen's County, a house and land the family rented from the Grattans. Michaels son William Dunne(1843-1915) was a racehorse trainer and bred 2 consecutive Irish Derby winners(Soulouque in 1879 and King of the Bees in 1880) and Cortolvin who went on to win the 1867 Grand National.

Michael was a Justice of the Peace.

Dunne became an Independent Irish Party MP for Queen's County at the 1852 general election and, standing as a Whig in 1857 and a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[2]

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "Q"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 309. ISBN 978-0901714121.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John FitzPatrick
Thomas Vesey
Member of Parliament for Queen's County
18521865
With: Francis Plunkett Dunne (18591865)
Charles Coote (18521859)
Succeeded by
John FitzPatrick
Francis Plunkett Dunne


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