Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron Dunalley (3 March 1775 – 19 October 1854) was an

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politician. Dunalley was the son of

Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley Henry Prittie, 1st Baron Dunalley (3 October 1743 – 3 January 1801) was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. Prittie was the son of Henry Prittie of Kilboy, County Tipperary. He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Banagher in 1767 ...

, by Catherine Sadleir, daughter of Francis Sadleir and widow of John Bury.

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, was Dunalley's half-brother. He was elected to the

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for Carlow Borough in 1798, a seat he held until the Irish Parliament was abolished in 1801. The same year he succeeded his father as second Baron Dunalley, but as this was an

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it did not entitle him to an automatic seat in the

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. In 1819 Dunalley became a

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(MP) in the

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for

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, and represented this constituency until 1824. He was elected an

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in 1828, and sat in the House of Lords until his death. Lord Dunalley married, firstly, Maria Trant, daughter of Dominick Trant, in 1802. After his first wife's death in 1819, he married, secondly, Hon. Emily Maude, daughter of

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, in 1826. Lord Dunalley died in October 1854, aged 79. Both his marriages were childless and he was succeeded in the barony by his nephew Henry Prittie.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunalley, Henry Prittie, 2nd Baron 1775 births 1854 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Prittie, Henry Sadleir Prittie, Henry Sadleir Prittie, Henry Sadleir Prittie, Henry Sadleir Prittie, Henry Sadleir Prittie, Henry Sadleir Prittie, Henry Sadleir UK MPs who inherited peerages Irish representative peers