Michael Dunne (MP)

Michael Dunne (1800 – 20 September 1876)^[1] was an Irish Liberal, Whig and Independent Irish Party politician.^[2]

Michael Dunne
Member of Parliament for Queen's County
In office 19 July 1852 – 22 July 1865 Serving with Francis Plunkett Dunne (1859–1865) Charles Coote (1852–1859)
Preceded by	John FitzPatrick Thomas Vesey
Succeeded by	John FitzPatrick Francis Plunkett Dunne
Personal details
Born	1800
Died	20 September 1876(1876-09-20) (aged 75–76)
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Liberal/Whig
Other political affiliations	Independent Irish

He was a farmer and lived in Ballymanus, Stradbally, Queen's County, a house and land the family rented from the Grattans. Michael's son William Dunne (1843-1915) was a racehorse trainer and bred two consecutive Irish Derby winners (Soulouque in 1879 and King of the Bees in 1880) and Cortolvin who went on to win the 1867 Grand National.^{[citation needed]}

Michael was a Justice of the Peace.^{[citation needed]}

Dunne became an Independent Irish Party MP for Queen's County at the 1852 general election and, standing as a Whig in 1857 and a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.^[2]