Percy Dockrell
(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).[1]
Dockrell was first elected as a Fine Gael TD for the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency at the 1951 general election, and was re-elected at the 1954 general election. He was defeated at the 1957 election, but regained his seat at the 1961 general election and was re-elected a further three times for the same constituency until he was defeated at the 1977 general election.[2]
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. Percy Dockrell's two sons, John H. Dockrell and William Dockrell served as councillors on the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire a predecessor of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.
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References
- ^ "Mr. Henry Percy Dockrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Henry Percy Dockrell". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
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