Henry Grattan
Politician
1746 – 1820
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Who was Henry Grattan?
Henry Grattan was an Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century. He opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain, but later sat as a member of the united Parliament in London.
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- Born
- Jul 3, 1746
Dublin - Spouses
- Henrietta Fitzgerald
(1782 - )
- Henrietta Fitzgerald
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Ethnicity
- Irish people
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Lived in
- County Dublin
- Died
- Jun 6, 1820
London - Resting place
- Westminster Abbey
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on July 23, 2013
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