Michael Dobbyn Hassard (1817 – 7 April 1869) was an

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politician from

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Biography

Hassard was educated at

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, 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

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(MP) for

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, and was re-elected in 1859. In each session, he acted as Chair of Committees. He stood down from the

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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

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. Hassard died aged 51 on 7 April 1869, at his home in Glenville, after being ill with a fever for three weeks.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassard, Michael D 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