biography
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| lived:
| (1754–1834)
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| biography:
| Lawyer and humanitarian, born in Dublin, Ireland. He studied at Cambridge, became an MP for Jamestown (1776–83), Lanesborough (1798–1800), and Galway (first united parliament 1801–26), and in 1822 sponsored a bill to make the cruel treatment of cattle illegal, the first legislation of its kind. Through his efforts the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was formed in 1824. He supported Catholic emanicipation, and worked to abolish the death penalty for forgery and to secure counsel for criminals charged with capital crimes. He declined a peerage and withdrew to Boulogne, France, where he died. |
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