Charles Gavan Duffy
Politician
1816 – 1903
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Who was Charles Gavan Duffy?
The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC, Irish nationalist, journalist, Poet and Australian politician, was the 8th Premier of Victoria and one of the most colourful figures in Victorian political history. Duffy was born in Dublin Street, Monaghan Town, County Monaghan, Ireland, the son of a Catholic shopkeeper. Both his parents died while he was still a child and his uncle, Fr James Duffy, who was the Catholic Parish Priest of Castleblayney, became his guardian for a number of years.
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- Born
- Apr 12, 1816
Monaghan - Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Australia
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- St. Malachy's College
- Lived in
- County Monaghan
- Died
- Feb 9, 1903
Nice
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on July 23, 2013
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