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John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare

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John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the Attorney-General for Ireland from 1783 to 1789 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1789 to 1802.

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John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the Attorney-General for Ireland from 1783 to 1789 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1789 to 1802. He remains a deeply controversial figure in Irish history, being described variously as an old fashioned anti-Catholic Whig political party hardliner and an early advocate of the Act of Union between Ireland and Great Britain.

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Lived 1748 to 1802 · aged 54
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