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 first stood as a Fine Gael candidate for the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency at the 1948 Irish general election. He was unsuccessful, but was elected 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. The constituency was divided for the 1977 general election.[2] He stood as a candidate for Dún Laoghaire but was not elected.
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. On 24 Sep 1942 he married Dorothy Wadsworth Brooks (14 Oct 1914-20 Jan 1996). Percy Dockrell's two sons, John H. Dockrell and William Dockrell,[3][4] served as councillors on the Corporation of Dún Laoghaire, and in William's case on its successor Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.
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References
- ^ "Henry Percy Dockrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ "Henry Percy Dockrell". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ^ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council - Councillors - archived 9 October 1999
- ^ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council - Blackrock Councillors - archived 2 March 2004