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22 de jun. de 2020 · June 4th 1820. Henry Grattan gives his name to the period of the Irish Parliament 1782 -1800. When Ireland could make its own laws and had independence from the House of Commons. Henry Grattan was a great orator and was vocal on issues that concerned Ireland. He was born in Dublin in 1746 and was educated at Trinity College where he studied Law.
Grattan, Henry (1789–1859), MP, biographer, and newspaper proprietor, was the second son of Henry Grattan (qv), MP and landowner, and Henrietta Grattan (née Fitzgerald). Much of his childhood was spent at Tinnehinch, his father's country estate in Co. Wicklow. After the act of union (1801) his disillusioned father retired temporarily from ...
21 de mar. de 2016 · Henry Grattan, the Regency Crisis and the emergence of a Whig party in Ireland, 1788–9 - Volume 32 Issue 128 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
Appears in 317 books from 1795-2008. Page 237 - Majesty, that we humbly conceive that in this right the very essence of our liberties exists ; a right which we, on the part of all the people of Ireland, do claim as their birthright, and which we cannot yield but with our lives. Appears in 67 books from 1782-2007.
Henry Grattan. The Irish statesman and orator Henry Grattan (1746-1820) led the nationalist fight for Ireland's legislative independence from England, for parliamentary reform, and for Catholic emancipation. Henry Grattan distinguished himself at Trinity College, Dublin, where he acquired his passion for the classics and for eloquent oratory.
Grattan entered the Irish parliament in December 1775, soon after Flood had forfeited the movement's leadership by accepting government office. Initially, Grattan sat for Lord Charlemont's borough of Charlemont; from 1790 he was MP for Dublin city. By 1778 Henry Grattan's brilliant oratory had made him a leading spokesman of the Irish ...
Grattan played a diminishing role in the Parliament of 1818, though he signed the requisition to Tierney to lead the opposition. His final defence of the Catholic claims, 3 May 1819, was spoken of as his last speech, but on 5 May, for the third time, he supported his colleague Shaw’s motion against the Irish window tax.
