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Percy Dockrell

1914 – 1979

Irish politician

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About Percy Dockrell

Lived 1914 – 1979 (aged 64). Percy Dockrell was an Irish politician.

Henry Percy Dockrell (27 December 1914 – 22 November 1979) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served for twenty years as a Teachta Dála (TD).

Dockrell first stood as a Fine Gael candidate for the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency at the 1948 general election. He was unsuccessful, but was elected at the 1951 general election, and was re-elected at the 1954 general election. He was defeated at the 1957 general election, but regained his seat at the 1961 general election and was re-elected a further three times for the same constituency. The constituency was divided for the 1977 general election. He stood as a candidate for Dún Laoghaire but was not elected.

His father Henry Morgan Dockrell and his brother Maurice E. Dockrell were also Fine Gael TDs. His grandfather Sir Maurice Dockrell had been a Unionist MP before independence. On 24 September 1942 he married Dorothy Wadsworth Brooks. Percy Dockrell's two sons, John H. Dockrell and William Dockrell, served as councillors on the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire, and in William's case on its successor Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.

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Teachta Dála, Substitute member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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Henry Percy Dockrell

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Percy Dockrell?

Irish politician (1914–1979)

When was Percy Dockrell born?

Percy Dockrell was born on 27 December 1914 in Dublin.

When did Percy Dockrell die?

Percy Dockrell died on 22 November 1979.

What was Percy Dockrell's occupation?

Percy Dockrell was a politician.

What nationality was Percy Dockrell?

Percy Dockrell was Irish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Percy Dockrell

· Wikidata: Q7167307

· DBpedia: Percy Dockrell

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