John Egan (chairman)
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John Egan (1750?-1810) was an Irish barrister, politician, and chairman of Kilmainham, County Dublin.
Life
Egan was born around 1750 at Charleville, County Cork, where his father was a beneficed clergyman. Having entered Trinity College Dublin, as a sizar, he graduated there B.A. 1773, and LL.B. 1776; the degree of LL.D. (honoris causa) was conferred upon him in 1790.
He was
He had taken a large share of business as a practising barrister, but a quarrel with Henry Grattan damaged him professionally. In the Irish House of Commons he for some years represented the borough of Tallaght, County Waterford, prominent on the question of the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland. He died in 1810.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Egan, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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