Leonard Dobbin was an Irish Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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  politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837.

Dobbin was a clerk of the peace in Armagh

Armagh

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. In the 1832 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1832

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 Dobbin was elected as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Armagh

Armagh (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He held the seat until 1837. Dobbin then became High Sheriff of Armagh

High Sheriff of Armagh

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 in 1838.

Dobbin died at the age of 69. His daughter Mary married William Hamilton Maxwell

William Hamilton Maxwell

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

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