John Gray MD
 
 
Born                            1816, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.

Educated                    Glasgow University.

Occupation                Physician. Chairman of the Vartry Water Works Committee.  Knighted
                                    30th June 1863. MP for Kilkenny 1865- 1875.  Supporter of the Home
                                    Rule movement. Owner of Freeman’s Journal.

                                    Statue erected in his honour on O’Connell St. Dublin in 1878.

Died                            9 April 1875, Bath.

Buried                        Glasnevin.
   
Father                         John Gray.
      
Mother                      Elizabeth, died 17 May 1849, Claremorris. 

Spouse                      Mary Anna Dwyer, Limerick.

Children                    Edmund Dwyer Gray. Father of Edward John Chisholm Dwyer-Gray,
                                   Premier of Tasmania.
                                   William Gray, lived Detroit, USA.
                                    Joseph B Gray.

Sources                     Newspaper Articles, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Will Calendars.

Contributor               Mairead Lynch

Date                           22 June 2017