Michael_Dunne_(MP)

Michael Dunne (MP)

Michael Dunne (MP)

Politician, died 1876

Michael Dunne (1800 – 20 September 1876)[1] was an Irish Liberal, Whig and Independent Irish Party politician.[2]

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He was a farmer and lived in Ballymanus, Stradbally, Queen's County, a house and land the family rented from the Grattans. Michael's son William Dunne (1843-1915) was a racehorse trainer and bred two consecutive Irish Derby winners (Soulouque in 1879 and King of the Bees in 1880) and Cortolvin who went on to win the 1867 Grand National.[citation needed]

Michael was a Justice of the Peace.[citation needed]

Dunne became an Independent Irish Party MP for Queen's County at the 1852 general election and, standing as a Whig in 1857 and a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "Q"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 309. ISBN 978-0901714121.
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