Dockrell of Dawson Court
Maurice Edward Dockrell married Margaret Shannon
born 21 Dec 1850 27 Jul 1875 born 18 Mar 1849
died 5 August 1929 St Stephen’s Church died 29 Jun 1926
Monkstown Monkstown
Maurice Edward Dockrell born 21 Dec 1850 Whitehouse Terrace, Circular Road, Dublin son of Thomas
Dockrell, glass merchant and his wife Anne Morgan. He was an Irish businessman and politician from
Dublin being Chairman and Director of Thomas Dockrell and Co. He was knighted in 1905 elected as
Irish Unionist Alliance MP for Rathmines, Dublin from 1918 to 1922 and Maurice took his seat in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He married Margaret Shannon on 27 Jul 1875 at St
Stephen’s Church, Dublin. Maurice ran the Dockrell family business of builders' providers in Dublin.
Margaret was the eldest child of George William Shannon, solicitor of Leeson Park and Emily Goodman.
She attended Alexandra College, and later lectures for women at Trinity College Dublin. She was a
suffragist and philanthropist and the couple had seven children. She went on to become a director
and member of the board of her husband's family company: Messrs Thomas Dockrell & Sons & Co
Ltd of North Great George’s Street. Margaret Dockrell ran as a candidate in the Urban District Council
(UDC) of the Monkstown ward of Blackrock, Co Dublin in the 1898 local elections becoming one of only
4 women councillors elected in Ireland. In 1899 she attended the International Congress of Women in
London, where she spoke on the subject of women in local government. She was the only woman
councillor on that UDC until the election of Ellen O'Neill in 1925. Margaret was the first woman chair of
a UDC when she was elected to the position in 1906. There was controversy over the legality of her
appointment, but town clerk Finlay Heron, an expert on UDC procedure was of the opinion that it was
quite legal and welcomed Lady Dockrell as the first woman chair of a UDC. She was not made a JP,
which the chair was entitled to, but after a discussion with the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper it was
discovered that the law (section 21 of the Local Government Act) excluded women from the entitlement.
It would be 1920 before Margaret became one of four women JP's after the Sex Disqualification (Removal)
Act 1919 was enacted, (Lady (Emily) Arnott, Lady (Oswaldina) Redmond and Elizabeth Palles being the
other three). Margaret died 29 June 1926 at Camolin and was buried at Deansgrange. Maurice died
5 Aug 1929 at Camolin, Monkstown and was buried at Deansgrange.
1 Thomas Edward Dockrell eldest son born 2 Jan 1878 at 10 Waltham Terrace. He emigrated
to America, he was married, an author and died 16 Jan 1915 in New York.
2 Henry Morgan (HM) Dockrell born 17 Apr 1880 at 10 Waltham Terrace attended Trinity
College. He was an Irish swimmer and water Polo champion, even beating is brother George
on occasion. Henry married Alice Evelyn Hayes on 6 Jun 1906 at Christchurch, Carysfort, and
they had five children. Alice was the only daughter of Thomas Hayes of Lynmere, Blackrock.
HM was appointed by the Irish Amateur Swimming Association to attend a roundtable
conference in London 1908. He was chair of the Dublin Industrial Development Association
in 1917. They lived at Dawson Court from 1921 to 1927. He was also a talented photographer
and won a gold medal from the Photographic Society of Ireland in 1933. He became MD of
Messrs Dockrell on the death of his father. They were living at 36 Clarinda Park East, Dun
Laoghaire in 1937 and Henry was Director of Celtic Insurance Co, Vice President of The
Chamber of Commerce, Trustee of Dublin Savings Bank and chairman of Dockrells. He was a
member of the Dáil from 1832 to 1948 and the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. He was also
Chairman of Sherwin Williams and the Metropolitan Building Society. Henry died 26 Oct 1955
at Termon, Sandycove. His funeral service was at St Paul’s Glenageary and was buried at
Deansgrange. Alice died 1 Dec 1969 and was buried at Deansgrange with her husband.
1 Thomas Hayes (Hayes) Dockrell born 16 March 1907 at 1 Herbert Park was the holder
of the Irish Mile swimming championship and an international water polo player. He
competed in the men's Water Polo tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He
graduated Trinity and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland in 1935. He specialised as an orthopaedic surgeon and worked at Mansfield
Orthopaedic Hospital and was with the RAMC. Captain Hayes Dockrell married Ena
Claire Newton on 15 Jul 1940 at Kettering Parish Church. Ena was the daughter of
Frank Newton, solicitor.
2 Maurice Edward Dockrell, second son born 6 Oct 1908 at 1 Herbert Park married
Isobel Pound on 9 Jul 1938 at St Patrick’s. Dalkey. Isobel was the youngest daughter
of Alfred Pound of Vancouver. Maurice became a Fine Gael TD.
3 Marguerite Dorothy Dockrell born 10 Mar 1912 at Churston, Sydney Avenue,
Blackrock attended Alexandra College and was an Irish swimmer. She competed in
the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. She married
John Eugene John Mason on 26 March 1940 at St Patrick’s Church, Dalkey. John was
manager of National Provincial Bank, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
4 Henry Percy Dockrell born 27 Dec 1914 at Churston, Sydney Avenue, Blackrock
married Dorothy Brooks on 24 Sep 1942 at Rathgar Presbyterian Church. Henry was
a solicitor and became a Fine Gael TD in 1945. Dorothy was a Trinity graduate and the
daughter of John Brooks of Templeogue.
5 Rodney Beresford Dockrell was a medical doctor.
3 Maurice Dockrell third son born 31 May 1883 at Maryville, Eglinton Road, Donnybrook. Lieut
Dockrell of RAMC married Vera Esposito on 25 Jul 1917 at Holy Trinity Church, Southshore,
Blackpool. Vera was the second daughter of Signor Esposito, St Ronan’s, Sandford Road.
4 James Dockrell born 21 Feb 1884 at Eglinton Road, Donnybrook died 30 Aug 1888 at Camolin,
Monkstown and was buried at Mount Jerome.
5 George Shannon Dockrell born 22 Oct 1886 at Camolin, Monkstown educated at Trent College,
Nottingham and Trinity College. He created a new record for 100 yards for the Irish
championship in 1907. He was an Olympic swimmer and competed in the 1908 Summer
Olympics in the men's 100 metre freestyle event for Great Britain. He enlisted and attained
the rank of Major. He was wounded by shrapnel in Flanders in 1915. He died on 23 Dec 1924
at the Officers Hospital, Richmond, Surrey from injuries received during the war and was buried
at Letchmere, Ham Common.
6 Kenneth Brooks Dockrell born 9 Jan 1888 at Camolin, Monkstown educated at Tonbridge
school and Trinity College. He was called to the bar in 1910 and joined the North East circuit.
He married Frances Elizabeth McKeever on 26 July 1921 at St Anne’s Parish Church, Dublin.
Frances was the daughter of Francis Gervias McKeever, solicitor of Bettystown House,
Drogheda. The couple had three children. Kenneth died 11 Mar 1937 and was buried at
Mount Jerome.
7 Anne Dorothy Dockrell born 26 Jan 1890 at Camolin, Monkstown. She took a degree in medicine
and practiced from 30 Fitzwilliam place. Dr Dockrell was a director of Messrs Dockrell and was
admitted to practice at the Free State Bar by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court in 1938. She
was joint managing director in 1962.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2022
Maurice Edward Dockrell married Margaret Shannon
born 21 Dec 1850 27 Jul 1875 born 18 Mar 1849
died 5 August 1929 St Stephen’s Church died 29 Jun 1926
Monkstown Monkstown
Maurice Edward Dockrell born 21 Dec 1850 Whitehouse Terrace, Circular Road, Dublin son of Thomas
Dockrell, glass merchant and his wife Anne Morgan. He was an Irish businessman and politician from
Dublin being Chairman and Director of Thomas Dockrell and Co. He was knighted in 1905 elected as
Irish Unionist Alliance MP for Rathmines, Dublin from 1918 to 1922 and Maurice took his seat in the
House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He married Margaret Shannon on 27 Jul 1875 at St
Stephen’s Church, Dublin. Maurice ran the Dockrell family business of builders' providers in Dublin.
Margaret was the eldest child of George William Shannon, solicitor of Leeson Park and Emily Goodman.
She attended Alexandra College, and later lectures for women at Trinity College Dublin. She was a
suffragist and philanthropist and the couple had seven children. She went on to become a director
and member of the board of her husband's family company: Messrs Thomas Dockrell & Sons & Co
Ltd of North Great George’s Street. Margaret Dockrell ran as a candidate in the Urban District Council
(UDC) of the Monkstown ward of Blackrock, Co Dublin in the 1898 local elections becoming one of only
4 women councillors elected in Ireland. In 1899 she attended the International Congress of Women in
London, where she spoke on the subject of women in local government. She was the only woman
councillor on that UDC until the election of Ellen O'Neill in 1925. Margaret was the first woman chair of
a UDC when she was elected to the position in 1906. There was controversy over the legality of her
appointment, but town clerk Finlay Heron, an expert on UDC procedure was of the opinion that it was
quite legal and welcomed Lady Dockrell as the first woman chair of a UDC. She was not made a JP,
which the chair was entitled to, but after a discussion with the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper it was
discovered that the law (section 21 of the Local Government Act) excluded women from the entitlement.
It would be 1920 before Margaret became one of four women JP's after the Sex Disqualification (Removal)
Act 1919 was enacted, (Lady (Emily) Arnott, Lady (Oswaldina) Redmond and Elizabeth Palles being the
other three). Margaret died 29 June 1926 at Camolin and was buried at Deansgrange. Maurice died
5 Aug 1929 at Camolin, Monkstown and was buried at Deansgrange.
1 Thomas Edward Dockrell eldest son born 2 Jan 1878 at 10 Waltham Terrace. He emigrated
to America, he was married, an author and died 16 Jan 1915 in New York.
2 Henry Morgan (HM) Dockrell born 17 Apr 1880 at 10 Waltham Terrace attended Trinity
College. He was an Irish swimmer and water Polo champion, even beating is brother George
on occasion. Henry married Alice Evelyn Hayes on 6 Jun 1906 at Christchurch, Carysfort, and
they had five children. Alice was the only daughter of Thomas Hayes of Lynmere, Blackrock.
HM was appointed by the Irish Amateur Swimming Association to attend a roundtable
conference in London 1908. He was chair of the Dublin Industrial Development Association
in 1917. They lived at Dawson Court from 1921 to 1927. He was also a talented photographer
and won a gold medal from the Photographic Society of Ireland in 1933. He became MD of
Messrs Dockrell on the death of his father. They were living at 36 Clarinda Park East, Dun
Laoghaire in 1937 and Henry was Director of Celtic Insurance Co, Vice President of The
Chamber of Commerce, Trustee of Dublin Savings Bank and chairman of Dockrells. He was a
member of the Dáil from 1832 to 1948 and the Seanad from 1948 to 1951. He was also
Chairman of Sherwin Williams and the Metropolitan Building Society. Henry died 26 Oct 1955
at Termon, Sandycove. His funeral service was at St Paul’s Glenageary and was buried at
Deansgrange. Alice died 1 Dec 1969 and was buried at Deansgrange with her husband.
1 Thomas Hayes (Hayes) Dockrell born 16 March 1907 at 1 Herbert Park was the holder
of the Irish Mile swimming championship and an international water polo player. He
competed in the men's Water Polo tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He
graduated Trinity and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland in 1935. He specialised as an orthopaedic surgeon and worked at Mansfield
Orthopaedic Hospital and was with the RAMC. Captain Hayes Dockrell married Ena
Claire Newton on 15 Jul 1940 at Kettering Parish Church. Ena was the daughter of
Frank Newton, solicitor.
2 Maurice Edward Dockrell, second son born 6 Oct 1908 at 1 Herbert Park married
Isobel Pound on 9 Jul 1938 at St Patrick’s. Dalkey. Isobel was the youngest daughter
of Alfred Pound of Vancouver. Maurice became a Fine Gael TD.
3 Marguerite Dorothy Dockrell born 10 Mar 1912 at Churston, Sydney Avenue,
Blackrock attended Alexandra College and was an Irish swimmer. She competed in
the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1928 Summer Olympics. She married
John Eugene John Mason on 26 March 1940 at St Patrick’s Church, Dalkey. John was
manager of National Provincial Bank, Banbury, Oxfordshire.
4 Henry Percy Dockrell born 27 Dec 1914 at Churston, Sydney Avenue, Blackrock
married Dorothy Brooks on 24 Sep 1942 at Rathgar Presbyterian Church. Henry was
a solicitor and became a Fine Gael TD in 1945. Dorothy was a Trinity graduate and the
daughter of John Brooks of Templeogue.
5 Rodney Beresford Dockrell was a medical doctor.
3 Maurice Dockrell third son born 31 May 1883 at Maryville, Eglinton Road, Donnybrook. Lieut
Dockrell of RAMC married Vera Esposito on 25 Jul 1917 at Holy Trinity Church, Southshore,
Blackpool. Vera was the second daughter of Signor Esposito, St Ronan’s, Sandford Road.
4 James Dockrell born 21 Feb 1884 at Eglinton Road, Donnybrook died 30 Aug 1888 at Camolin,
Monkstown and was buried at Mount Jerome.
5 George Shannon Dockrell born 22 Oct 1886 at Camolin, Monkstown educated at Trent College,
Nottingham and Trinity College. He created a new record for 100 yards for the Irish
championship in 1907. He was an Olympic swimmer and competed in the 1908 Summer
Olympics in the men's 100 metre freestyle event for Great Britain. He enlisted and attained
the rank of Major. He was wounded by shrapnel in Flanders in 1915. He died on 23 Dec 1924
at the Officers Hospital, Richmond, Surrey from injuries received during the war and was buried
at Letchmere, Ham Common.
6 Kenneth Brooks Dockrell born 9 Jan 1888 at Camolin, Monkstown educated at Tonbridge
school and Trinity College. He was called to the bar in 1910 and joined the North East circuit.
He married Frances Elizabeth McKeever on 26 July 1921 at St Anne’s Parish Church, Dublin.
Frances was the daughter of Francis Gervias McKeever, solicitor of Bettystown House,
Drogheda. The couple had three children. Kenneth died 11 Mar 1937 and was buried at
Mount Jerome.
7 Anne Dorothy Dockrell born 26 Jan 1890 at Camolin, Monkstown. She took a degree in medicine
and practiced from 30 Fitzwilliam place. Dr Dockrell was a director of Messrs Dockrell and was
admitted to practice at the Free State Bar by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court in 1938. She
was joint managing director in 1962.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2022