George Ogle was an Irish

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 Tory

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 politician.

Ogle was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland

Privy Council of Ireland

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 from 17 October 1783. He represented Wexford County

Wexford County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 in the Irish House of Commons

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 from 1769 to 1797, when he refused to stand again. The Hobart's Relief Bill of 1793 had allowed Catholics who owned free-holdings of at least 40 shillings of annual rental value to vote and Ogle was staunchly against Catholic Emancipation. In 1798, Ogle returned to parliament, where he represented Dublin City

Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 until the Act of Union in 1801.

In the following Parliament of the United Kingdom

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 he retained his seat for Dublin City

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 and sat as Member of Parliament

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 without a fresh election. In the general election of 1802

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 Ogle lost his seat to Whig

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 candidate John La Touche

John La Touche (politician)

John La Touche was an Irish Whig politician.La Touche represented Newtownards in the Irish House of Commons from 1796 to 1798, Newcastle in 1798, and Harristown from 1797 until the Act of Union in 1801. Subsequently La Touche became a Member of Parliament in the new Parliament of the United...

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