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]

Percy Dockrell
Teachta Dála
In office
October 1961 – June 1977
In office
May 1951 – March 1957
ConstituencyDún Laoghaire and Rathdown
Personal details
Born
Henry Percy Dockrell

(1914-12-27)27 December 1914
Dublin, Ireland
Died22 November 1979(1979-11-22) (aged 64)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse
Dorothy Wadsworth Brooks
(m. 1942)
Children2
Parent
Relatives

Dockrell first stood as a Fine Gael candidate for the Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency at the 1948 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 general 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 September 1942 he married Dorothy Wadsworth Brooks. 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

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  1. ^ "Henry Percy Dockrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Henry Percy Dockrell". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  3. ^ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council – Councillors – archived 9 October 1999
  4. ^ Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council – Blackrock Councillors – archived 2 March 2004