Henry Grattan | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Martin Archer Shee | |
| Member of Parliament for Dublin City | |
| In office 17 December 1806 – 14 April 1820 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Shaw |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Ellis |
| Member of Parliament for Malton | |
| In office 4 March 1805 – 17 December 1806 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Dundas |
| Succeeded by | Charles Wentworth |
| Member of Parliament for Wicklow | |
| In office 10 August 1800 – 1 January 1801 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Grahan |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Dublin City | |
| In office 1 May 1790 – 19 July 1798 | |
| Preceded by | Travers Hartley |
| Succeeded by | John Claudius Beresford |
| Member of Parliament for Charlemont | |
| In office 26 October 1775 – 1 May 1790 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Caulfield |
| Succeeded by | Richard Sheridan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1746 Fishamble Street, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 4 June 1820 (aged 73) Portman Square, London, England |
| Resting place | Westminster Abbey, London, England |
| Political party | Patriot (until 1801) Whig (until 1820) |
| Spouse(s) | Henrietta Fitzgerald (m. 1782; d. 1820) |
| Children |
|
| Alma mater | Trinity College Dublin |
| Signature |  |
Henry Grattan (3 July 1746 – 4 June 1820)[1] was an Irish politician and lawyer who campaigned for legislative freedom for the Irish Parliament in the late 18th century from Britain. He was a Member of the Irish Parliament (MP) from 1775 to 1801 and a Member of Parliament (MP) in Westminster from 1805 to 1820. He has been described as a superb orator and a romantic. With generous enthusiasm he demanded that Ireland should be granted its rightful status, that of an independent nation, though he always insisted that Ireland would remain linked to Great Britain by a common crown and by sharing a common political tradition.[2]
Grattan opposed the Act of Union 1800 that merged the Kingdoms of Ireland and Great Britain, but later sat as a member of the united Parliament in London.
- ^ "Grattan, Henry (bap. 1746, d. 1820), politician". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11303. Retrieved 3 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ R. B. McDowell (1994) "The Protestant Nation (1775–1800)," in T. W. Moody and F. X. Martin, eds., The Course of Irish History. 2nd ed. p. 233. ISBN 978-1570980152