Henry Grattan
Irish politician in Irish and UK parliaments (1746-1820) · Politicians · Died at 73
Henry Grattan 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.
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The Irish House of Commons by Francis Wheatley (1780) shows Grattan (standing on right in red jacket) addressing the House of Commons
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Henry Grattan, MP, 1792
Gillray's 1798 cartoon of Henry Grattan
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The bust of Henry Grattan in Merrion Square, Dublin
Grattan statue beside the old Irish Parliament, College Green, DublinAbout this person
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.
