Richard Dowse
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Richard Dowse PC
(1824 – 14 March 1890) was an Irish policitian and barrister. He was elected as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Londonderry City (UK Parliament constituency)
at the 1868 general election
. He was appointed a Baron of the Court of the Exchequer. He was Attorney-General
and Solicitor-General for Ireland
in the 1870s.
Dowse resided at 38 Mountjoy Square in Dublin's north city centre. He was considered one of the finest and wittiest Parliamentary speakers of the age; by comparison his judgements are generally cosidered dull.
His obituary notice in The Times
of 15 March 1890, read
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Privy Council of Ireland
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(1824 – 14 March 1890) was an Irish policitian and barrister. He was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Londonderry City (UK Parliament constituency)
Derry
Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. The name Derry is an anglicisation of the Irish name Doire or Doire Cholmcille meaning "oak-wood of Colmcille"...
at the 1868 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1868
The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...
. He was appointed a Baron of the Court of the Exchequer. He was Attorney-General
Attorney-General for Ireland
The Attorney-General for Ireland was an Irish and then United Kingdom government office. The holder was senior to the Solicitor-General for Ireland, and advised the Crown on Irish legal matters...
and Solicitor-General for Ireland
Solicitor-General for Ireland
The Solicitor-General for Ireland was the holder of an Irish and then United Kingdom government office. The holder was a deputy to the Attorney-General for Ireland, and advised the Crown on Irish legal matters. At least one holder of the office, Patrick Barnewall played a significant role in...
in the 1870s.
Dowse resided at 38 Mountjoy Square in Dublin's north city centre. He was considered one of the finest and wittiest Parliamentary speakers of the age; by comparison his judgements are generally cosidered dull.
His obituary notice in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
of 15 March 1890, read
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