The Royal Commission for inquiring into the condition of the poorer classes in Ireland was an initiative to investigate the causes of widespread destitution in Ireland at the beginning of the 19th century. The Commission conducted its extensive survey over three years, from 1833 until 1836, during which time it published various reports of its findings and recommendations.
According to its first report in 1835, the members initially appointed were:
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Richard Whately
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Daniel Murray
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Charles Vignoles
Charles Blacker Vignoles (31 May 1793 – 17 November 1875) was an influential British railway engineer, and eponym of the Vignoles rail.
Early life
He was born at Woodbrook, County Wexford, Ireland in May 1793 the son of Capt. C ...
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Richard More O'Ferrall
Richard More O'Ferrall (10 April 1797 – 27 October 1880) was an Irish politician, a high level British government official and a Governor of Malta. Born to a noble Irish Catholic family at Balyna, he was the eldest son and heir of Ambrose M ...
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James Carlile
James Carlile (1784–1854) was a Scottish clergyman from Paisley. He was a joint minister of a Scots church in Dublin and an Irish commissioner of education. He introduced a different style of education in Ireland whereby children of differen ...
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Fenton Hort
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James Naper
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William Battie-Wrightson
William Battie-Wrightson (6 October 1789 – 10 February 1879) was a British landowner and Whig politician.
He was the elder son of William Wrightson of Cusworth Hall, near Doncaster, MP for Aylesbury. He undertook the Grand Tour of Europe wi ...
References
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Index to reports of Irish Poor Law Commissioners, 1835-391845 633 pages
Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: first report: appendix A and supplement1835 1218 pages
Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: second report 1836 17 pages
The condition of the poorer classes in Ireland; third report1836 592 pages
The condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: Charitable institutions in the principal towns and Dublin report1836 566 pages
Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: answers to queries put to magistrates1836 191 pages
Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: appendix G: state of the Irish poor in Great Britain (Summary of)2 pages
Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: remarks by G. C. Lewis on the third report(confidential) 1837 38 pages
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