Oliver Dowell John Grace (Mantua, Co. Roscommon, Ireland, 19 October 1791 – Mantua, 25 January 1871) was a landowner in Co. Roscommon and politician who served at various times as a magistrate, a Grand Juror of Roscommon (1820s and 1830s), High Sheriff of Roscommon (1831), and as a member of Westminster Parliament for the county (1847-1859). Grace was elected as a Whig MP in 1847, as an Independent Irish Party MP in 1852, and again as a Whig in 1857. In 1867, Grace was appointed Vice Lieutenant of Roscommon, an office he held until his death five years later.
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19 October 1791
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25 January 1871 (aged 79)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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