Plumptre, Anne. Narrative of a Residence in Ireland. Henry Colburn.
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Henry Grattan
Standard Name: Grattan, Henry
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural formation | Anna Wheeler | AW
came from a wealthy and socially prominent Protestant
Irish landowning family; she was the god-daughter of the Irish nationalist Henry Grattan
. Her family life was intellectual and enlightened, as well as prosperous: the... |
| Education | Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan | Their father sent them there so that, following his wife's death and his bankruptcy, he could join a travelling company. At this Huguenot, French-speaking school they met the daughters of politician Henry Grattan
and those... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Charlotte Grace O'Brien | CGOB
quotes Henry Grattan
on her title-page, Edmund Burke
at the head of the first chapter in volume two, and, to head the opening chapter of volume one, words from the Fenian Captain MacKay... |
| Leisure and Society | Eliza Lynn Linton | In London, Eliza Lynn drank in artistic life. She championed the singing of Jenny Lind
against those who preferred Alboni or Malibran. She performed for Samuel Laurence
the role of uninformed art critic or foolometer... |
| Textual Features | Anne Plumptre | She aims, she says, at accuracy . . . impartiality . . . . fidelity, |
| Textual Production | Melesina Trench | MT
printed through J. Ridgway
(brother-in-law of her earliest publisher) A Monody on the Death of Mr. Grattan OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
Timeline
19 April 1780: Henry Grattan made an impassioned declaration...
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19 April 1780
Henry Grattan
made an impassioned declaration to the Irish parliament
of the legislative independence of Ireland from England.
June 1789: Henry Grattan and others founded the Whig...
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June 1789
Henry Grattan
and others founded the Whig Club in Dublin, one of whose aims was to prevent Union with England.
15 May 1797: Henry Grattan and other Opposition members...
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15 May 1797
Henry Grattan
and other Opposition members seceded from the Irish parliament
(i.e. ceased to attend); they saw it as a tool of despotism.
13 May 1813: Henry Grattan's Catholic Emancipation Bill...
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13 May 1813
Henry Grattan
's Catholic Emancipation Bill (introduced on 30 April) was deferred for lack of support in Parliament.
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