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= Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell =

Early life and family
Sir Maurice Edward Dockrell was a merchant and unionist politician born on the 21st of December 1850. His father was Thomas Dockrell, of Monkstown, Co. Dublin, and his mother was Anne Morgan Dockrell. He was the fifth of ten children. Three of his siblings died in childhood. He resided at 1 Eaton Square in Monkstown, County Dublin with his parents and siblings. His father, Thomas Dockrell was a skilled carpenter and timber merchant, he worked at Bishop St., Dublin from 1829. By 1841 Thomas Dockrell moved to a warehouse located on Whitefriar Street and by the time of Maurice Edward's birth in 1850 he had expanded his business and he moved to Stephen St., where he now included the provision of oil and colours. His father's firm continued to expand and by 1865 included provision of paper as well as building supplies. Maurice later joined the family business. Maurice Edward Dockrell attended Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh and later studied at Trinity College Dublin.

He married Margaret Sarah, daughter of George William Shannon, solicitor, of Dublin. They got married on the 27th of July in 1875 and had seven children. Their children were Thomas, Dorothy, Henry Morgan, George, Maurice, Kenneth Brooks and KC Dockrell. one of their children had died in infancy and two other's predeceased Maurice. Along with his wife and children he lived at 10 Waltham Terrace. Blackrock, and by 1888 at Camolin, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. His wife, Margaret Sarah was chairman of Blackrock urban district council from 1906 until 1907. She was a noted suffragist during the Suffragette Movement. His son, Henry Morgan Dockrell born 17th of April 1880 was a businessman and politician. He was a Cumann na nGaedheal TD and then went on to become a Fine Gael TD for Co. Dublin (1932–48) and was the first ex-unionist and protestant in the Dáil who was not elected as an independent. Maurice Edwards' grandsons Percy and Maurice Dockrell were also politicians and Fine Gael TDs.