Michael Dobbyn Hassard (1817 – 7 April 1869)
was an
Irish Conservative Party politician from
County Waterford
County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...
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Biography
Hassard was educated at
Trinity College Dublin, where graduated with a gold medal (the university's award for an outstanding student), and became a lawyer.
In 1846 he married his cousin Anne Hassard, the daughter of Sir Francis John Hassard.
They lived at Glenville, County Waterford,
and had 2 sons: William and Richard.
He was elected at the
1857 general election as the
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
(MP) for
Waterford City
"Waterford remains the untaken city"
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and was re-elected in
1859
Events
January–March
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In each session, he acted as Chair of Committees.
He stood down from the
House of Commons at the
1865 general election, and became a member of the House of Commons Court of Referees,
which considers whether a petitioner is entitled to make a challenge against a
Private Bill.
Hassard died aged 51 on 7 April 1869, at his home in Glenville, after being ill with a fever for three weeks.
References
External links
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1817 births
1869 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Waterford constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1857–1859
UK MPs 1859–1865
Irish Conservative Party MPs
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
19th-century Irish lawyers