Leonard Dobbin

Who was Leonard Dobbin?

Leonard Dobbin was an Irish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837.

Dobbin was a clerk of the peace in Armagh. In the 1832 general election Dobbin was elected as Member of Parliament for Armagh. He held the seat until 1837. Dobbin then became High Sheriff of Armagh in 1838.

Dobbin died at the age of 69. His daughter Mary married William Hamilton Maxwell.

Dobbin gave to the city an area of parkland beside the Ballinahone River in Armagh. This is commemorated in the song Dobbin's Flowery Vale.