The Honourable

The Honourable

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 George Knox PC

Privy Council of Ireland

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, FRS (14 January 1765 – 13 June 1827), was an Irish

Ireland

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 Tory

Tory

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 politician.

Knox was the fifth son of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland

Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland

Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland , known as The Lord Welles between 1781 and 1791, was an Irish politician.-Background:...

. In 1790, Knox entered the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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 for Dungannon

Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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. Subsequently he sat Dublin University

Dublin University (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dublin University was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1603 to 1801.-History:This university constituency was first enfranchised as a Parliamentary constituency in 1603...

 until the Act of Union in 1801. Thereafter Knox sat as a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and represented Dublin University from 1801 to 1807. He was also elected for Dungannon

Dungannon (UK Parliament constituency)

Dungannon was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:...

in 1801 and 1806, but chose to represent Dublin University both times.