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Grattan

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Grat·tan  (grtn), Henry 1746-1820.
Irish politician and orator who supported suffrage for Catholics and opposed the union of Ireland with England (1800).
Grattan [ˈgrætən]
n
(Biographies / Grattan, Henry (1746-1820) M, Irish, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: orator) Henry. 1746-1820, Irish statesman and orator: led the movement that secured legislative independence for Ireland (1782), opposed union with England (1800), and campaigned for Catholic emancipation


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In this writing I supply the only answer that I am able to make--Caspar Grattan.
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That was a very fine thing of him,--taking into his house that poor lad Grattan, who shot his mother by accident.
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