Henry Morgan Dockrell (17 April 1880 – 26 October 1955) was an Irish

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; "Society of the Gaels") was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. In 1933 it merged with smaller groups to form the Fine Gael party. Origins In 1922 the pro-Treaty G ...

and

Fine Gael Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil � ...

politician who was elected to both

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and

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Early life

Dockrell was born on 17 April 1880 at the family home, 10 Waltham Terrace,

Blackrock, Dublin Blackrock () is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, northwest of Dún Laoghaire. Location and access Blackrock covers a large but not precisely defined area, rising from sea level on the coast to at White's Cross on the N11 national primary road. ...

. He was educated privately, and for a time at Trinity College Dublin (from 1898). He joined the family firm of Thomas Dockrell, Sons and Co. Ltd in 1900, becoming managing director and chairman on his father's death in 1929.

Family life

Dockrell married Alice Evelyn Hayes in June 1906, and they had four sons and one daughter. Two of his sons, Percy Dockrell and Maurice E. Dockrell were also

TDs and councillors. His daughter was the swimmer,

Marguerite Dockrell Marguerite Dockrell (10 March 1912 – 9 September 1983) was an Irish swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Early life Marguerite Dockrell was born on 10 March 1912 in Blackrock, Coun ...

. His father, Sir

Maurice Dockrell Maurice Dockrell may refer to: * Maurice Dockrell (Unionist politician) Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell (21 December 1850 – 5 August 1929) was an Irish businessman and politician from Dublin. At the 1918 general election, he was elected ...

, was a Unionist

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. His mother,

Margaret Dockrell Lady Margaret Dockrell (18 March 1849 – 29 June 1926) was an Irish suffragist, philanthropist, and councillor. Early life and family Margaret Dockrell was born Margaret Shannon on 18 March 1849, at 18 Charlotte Street, Dublin. She was the el ...

, was a

suffragist Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

, philanthropist, and councillor.

Politics

He was first elected at the 1932 general election as a Cumann na nGaedheal

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(TD) for the Dublin County constituency, and was re-elected five times for the same constituency until he retired at the 1948 general election. After retiring from the Dáil, Dockrell was elected to the

6th Seanad This is a list of the members of the 6th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. These Senate, Senators were elected or appointed in 1948, after the 1948 Irish general election, 1948 gene ...

by the

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in 1948, but was defeated in the 1951 election for the 7th Seanad.

References

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Early life

Family life

Politics

See also

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