Leonard Dobbin

Leonard Dobbin (29 September 1762^[1] – 19 February 1844) was an Irish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837.

Dobbin was a clerk of the peace in Armagh. In the 1832 general election Dobbin was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Armagh. He held the seat until 1837.^[2] Dobbin then became High Sheriff of Armagh in 1838.^[3]

Dobbin gave to the city an area of parkland beside the Ballinahone River in Armagh.^[4] This is commemorated in the song Dobbin's Flowery Vale.^[5]

References[]

^ Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, page 183, http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/nbl/lh_nbl_show5.php?id=050591
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
^ The High Sheriffs of County Armagh
^ The Dublin Penny Journal 1835
^ Helen Roche

External links[]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Leonard Dobbin

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[1] Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, page 183, http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/nbl/lh_nbl_show5.php?id=050591

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)

[3] The High Sheriffs of County Armagh

[4] The Dublin Penny Journal 1835

[5] Helen Roche

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