Henry Percy Dockrell (27 December 1914 – 22 November 1979) was an Irish

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politician who served for twenty years as a

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(TD). 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. He stood as a candidate for

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but was not elected. His father

Henry Morgan Dockrell Henry Morgan Dockrell (17 April 1880 – 26 October 1955) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael politician who was elected to both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. Early life Dockrell was born on 17 April 1880 at the family home, 1 ...

and his brother Maurice E. Dockrell were also

TDs. His grandfather Sir

Maurice Dockrell Maurice Dockrell may refer to: * Maurice Dockrell (Unionist politician) Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell (21 December 1850 – 5 August 1929) was an Irish businessman and politician from Dublin. At the 1918 general election, he was elected ...

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,Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council – Blackrock Councillors – archived 2 March 2004
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, and in William's case on its successor

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