Edmund Dwyer Gray

The title of this article is ambiguous. For Irish-Australian politicians with a similar name, see Edmund Dwyer-Gray (1870–1945).

Edmund Dwyer Gray (born December 29, 1845 in Dublin , † March 27, 1888 ibid) was an Irish journalist and politician.

Early life and family

Edmund Dwyer Gray was born in December 1845, the second son of John Gray and Anna Dwyer. After the death of his father in 1875, he took over the management of Freeman's Journal . In 1866, Gray saved five people from drowning in Dublin Bay . Caroline Agnes Chrisholm, the daughter of Christine Chrisholm, was one of the witnesses to this crime . The two were introduced to each other a short time later and soon married. Gray converted to Catholicism for this . The marriage resulted in a son, the future politician Edmund Dwyer-Gray. For his rescue operation in Dublin Bay, Gray received the Tayleur Medal, which is the Royal Humane Society's highest award .

Political career

In 1875 Gray was elected to the Dublin City Council ( Dublin Corporation ). There he was particularly committed to reforming the city's health system. In 1880 he was the Lord Mayor of Dublin and in 1882 he was the High Sheriff of Dublin . He was still a member of the city council in 1883.

In 1877, Gray was elected to the House of Commons in a by- election. He had already participated unsuccessfully in the by-election to fill his father's parliamentary seat in 1875. Gray belonged to the House of Commons like his father until his death. He died at the age of 42 after a brief illness on March 27, 1888 and was buried on March 31 in Glasnevin Cemetery .

literature

• George Barnett Smith :  Gray, Edmund Dwyer . In: Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (Eds.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 23:  Gray - Haighton. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1890, pp. 5 - 6 (English).
• GB Smith: Gray, Edmund Dwyer (1845-1888). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of January 2006 (rev. Alan O'Day, not viewed).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of Dublin (PDF; 42 kB)