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Later Life and Death
With his wife Margaret Sarah Dockrell and children, Sir Maurice E. Dockrell settled between Belgrave Road, Blackrock, and Monkstown, Dublin, in his later years. Dockrell became head of the Dockrell family business ‘Thomas Dockrell Sons, and Co (Ltd)’ in the 1880s after his father passed, Thomas Dockrell. The company was first established in 1871 and re-registered in 1914 as a window, glass, oil, and colour manufacturer, and a cement and concrete merchant, located on South Great George's Street and Stephen Street. It was a well-known merchant and contractors that had over 700 employees; and despite running a large company, Dockrell remained actively involved in politics until his death. During the 1913 Lockout, he was outspoken in his opposition to the strikers, a conflicting opinion at the time, and blamed the strikes on a weak government. He advised his workers to arm themselves if they did not wish to participate in the strikes as there were no military forces to act as protection for them. Furthermore, he was a longstanding Irish Unionist Alliance (IUA) member, and intended to be a representative at the Irish Convention in 1917, but declined due to personal reasons. Following the 1916 Easter Rising, Dockrell decided to run in the 1918 general election, and with only two Unionists being elected in the Dublin University constituency Dockrell was successfully elected as the Unionist candidate in Rathmines. He was the only Irish Unionist outside of Ulster to be elected in the last open contest; he opted not to hold a seat with Sinn Féin in the first Dáil, choosing to sit in the British House of Commons instead. From 1918 to 1922, Dockrell was a Unionist Member of Parliament for the Dublin Rathmines constituency, concluding his term at the age of seventy-one and retiring from active parliament service shortly after. Sir Maurice E. Dockrell died on the 5th of August 1929 in Monkstown, Ireland, at the age of seventy-eight and is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery in Ireland beside his wife Margaret Sarah and three of his children.

Legacy
Along with three others, Dockrell visited Éamon de Valera at the Mansion House between July 4 and 8, 1921. These assemblies facilitated the start of discussions with the British government, which eventually led to the imposition of a cease-fire in the Irish War of Independence. Dockrell limited his involvement in public life after this, however, he had several children with his wife Margaret Sarah Dockrell, creating a lasting political legacy for years to come.
 * Thomas Edward Dockrell (2nd Jan. 1878 - 16th Jan. 1915)
 * Henry Morgan Dockrell (17th April 1880 - 10th March)
 * Dr Maurice Dockrell (Abt. 1883)
 * James Dockrell (Abt. 1884 - 30th Aug. 1888)
 * George Shannon Dockrell (22nd Oct. 1886 - 23rd Dec. 1924)
 * Kenneth Brooks Dockrell (13th April 1888 - 11th March 1937)
 * Dr Anne Dorothy Dockrell (24th Feb.1890 - 24th Jan. 1976)

Henry Morgan Dockrell
Henry Morgan Dockrell (17th April 1880 - 16th Jan. 1915) was an Irish trader and politician who joined his father's company 'Thomas Dockrell, Sons and Co. Ltd' in 1990, becoming manager in 1929. He sat in the Dáil and the Seanad for both Cumann na nGaedheal and Fine Gael, between the years 1932-1944. He was originally elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin County constituency in the 1932 general election, where he was re-elected for five consecutive years. Dockrell was elected to the 6th Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel after his with-drawl from the Dáil in 1948. Dockrell had five children with his wife, Alice Evelyn Hayes. Henry Percy Dockrell and Maurice Edward Dockrell, two of his sons, were Fine Gael TDs and councillors. Marguerite Dockrell, his daughter, was a swimmer.

Henry Percy Dockrell
Henry Percy Dockrell (27th Dec. 1914 – 22nd Nov. 1979), known as Percy Dockrell, was a solicitor and Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for a total of twenty years. Dockrell originally ran for the Dun Laoghaire and Rathdown constituency as a Fine Gael candidate in the Irish general election of 1948. Although he was unsuccessful, he was elected in the 1951 general election and then re-elected in the 1954 general election. He lost his seat in the 1957 election but won it again in the 1961 general election and was re-elected three times for the same seat.

Maurice Edward Dockrell
Maurice Edward Dockrell (6th Oct. 1908 – 9th Dec. 1986) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who was elected to Dáil Éireann ten times in succession and served for thirty-four years as a Teachta Dála (TD). He was first elected to the Dáil as a Fine Gael TD for the Dublin South seat in 1943 and re-elected in 1944; Dockrell was also elected to the Dublin South-Central constituency in the 1948 general election after constituency boundaries were revised in 1947. After this, he was re-elected five times. In the general elections of 1969 and 1973, he was elected twice as a TD for Dublin Central. In the 1977 general election, he ran for Dublin South-Central but was defeated when Fianna Fáil became the leading party. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1960 to 1961.

Marguerite Dockrell
Marguerite Dockrell (10th March 1912 – Sept. 1983) was a well-known swimmer from Ireland and at the 1928 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's 100-meter freestyle event.

George Shannon Dockrell
George Dockrell (22nd Oct. 1886 - 23rd Dec. 1924), born William Robert, was an Olympic swimmer primarily known for representing Great Britain in the men's 100-meter freestyle event in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He had a longstanding swimming and military career until his death in 1924, at the young age of 38. Dockrell did not marry, and he had no children.