John Hatchell PC (1788–1870) was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was born in

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, Ireland, to an old established family, the son of Henry Hatchell of Wexford and Mary Lambert. He was educated at the

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where he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1807 and Master of Arts in 1810. He lived at Fortfield House,

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, and Kingsland, Co. Wexford. He was called to the

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in 1809 and became

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in 1833. He was appointed

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in 1847, and

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in 1850, resigning in 1852. He was elected

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(MP) for

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in 1850. He was a Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors Court and a Commissioner for National Education. As a politician he was praised for his "zealous advocacy of civil and religious liberty" and his commitment to entrenchment and economy in every department of state. Rather surprisingly, he never became a judge. He married Elizabeth Waddy, daughter of Richard Waddy of Clougheast Castle, County Wexford, a member of a prominent local family, who were descended from

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settlers, and his wife Penelope Hatchell, daughter of Nicholas Hatchell. Elizabeth died in 1848.

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, the soldier and politician, was her brother. They had three children, John, Mary, and Penelope. Mary was the second wife of Sir

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. Penelope married John Perrin, one of the many sons of the eminent High Court judge

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; they were the parents of the well-known

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Mary Perrin. They lived with her parents at Fortfield House, which was demolished in 1934. The younger

John Hatchell John Hatchell PC (1788–1870) was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was born in County Wexford, Ireland, to an old established family, the son of Henry Hatchell of Wexford and Mary Lambert. He was educated at the University of Dublin where ...

was MP for

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatchell, John 1788 births 1870 deaths UK MPs 1847–1852 Solicitors-General for Ireland Attorneys-General for Ireland Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies People from County Wexford Alumni of Trinity College Dublin