Henry Grattan (3 July 1746-4 June 1820) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the Whig MP for Charlemont from 1775 to 1790, for Dublin City from 1790 to 1798, for Wicklow from 1800 to 1801, for Malton from 1805 to 1806, and for Dublin City from 1806 to 1820.
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Henry Grattan was born on Fishamble Street in Dublin, Ireland, and he came from a Protestant Anglo-Irish family. Distinguishing himself at Trinity College Dublin, he became a lawyer in 1772 and became a Whig member of the Irish Parliament in 1775. Grattan became a leader of the Irish Patriot Party and became known for his powerful, romantic oratory and for his belief in an independent Ireland linked to Great Britain by a common crown and political tradition. He opposed the 1800 Acts of Union, but he returned to Parliament from 1800 to 1801, from 1805 to 1806, and from 1806 to 1820, leaving retirement. His influence over the Irish nationalist movement declined as Daniel O'Connell and other Catholics rose to the forefront, and he died in 1820.
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