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About John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare
John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare PC (Ire) was an Anglo-Irish politician who served as the Attorney-General for Ireland from 1783 to 1789 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1789 to 1802. He remains a deeply controversial figure in Irish history, being described variously as an old fashioned anti-Catholic Whig political party hardliner and an early advocate of the Act of Union between Ireland and Great Britain.
Everything about John FitzGibbon, 1st Earl of Clare →- Occupation
- judge, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland, Member of the Privy Council of Ireland
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Born
- 1748
- Died
- January 28, 1802