Leonard Dobbin
Leonard Dobbin (29 September 1762[1] – 19 February 1844) was an Irish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837.
Dobbin was a clerk of the peace in Armagh. In the 1832 general election Dobbin was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Armagh. He held the seat until 1837.[2] Dobbin then became High Sheriff of Armagh in 1838.[3]
Dobbin gave to the city an area of parkland beside the Ballinahone River in Armagh.[4] This is commemorated in the song Dobbin's Flowery Vale.[5]
References
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1912, page 183, http://griffiths.askaboutireland.ie/gv4/nbl/lh_nbl_show5.php?id=050591
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "A" (part 2)
- ^ The High Sheriffs of County Armagh
- ^ The Dublin Penny Journal 1835
- ^ Helen Roche
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