George Ogle

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George Ogle (14 October 1742-10 August 1814) represented Wexford in the Irish House of Commons from from 1790?-1797. He refused to re-run in the 1797 election because of the Hobart's Relief Bill of 1793 had allowed Catholics who owned at least 40s in free-holdings to vote. He was staunchly against Catholic Emancipation.

was a Tory UK Member of Parliament representing Dublin City from 1801-1802. He was also a member of the Privy Council of Ireland from 17 October 1783.

Before 1801 George Ogle represented Dublin City in the Irish House of Commons. Under a provision of the Act of Union 1800 he retained his seat in the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom 1801-02 without a fresh election.

In the UK General Election of 1802 Ogle lost his seat to Whig candidate John La Touche.

[edit] Sources

  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
  • The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
  • Whelan, Kevin. “Politicisation in County Wexford and the Origins of the 1798 Rebellion” in Ireland and the French Revolution, edited by Hugh Gough and David Dickson, 156-178. Dublin: Irish Academy, 1990.

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