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John Monck Mason (1726–1809) was an Irish politician and literary scholar. ==Life== Born in Dublin, he was eldest son of Robert Mason of Mason-Brook, County Galway, by Sarah, eldest daughter of George Monck of St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. On 12 August 1741 he entered Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated B.A. in 1746, M.A. in 1761. In 1752 he was called to the Irish bar. Mason sat in the Irish House of Commons as member for Blessington, County Wicklow, in 1761 and 1769, and for St. Canice, County Kilkenny, in 1776, 1783, 1790, and 1798. In parliament he was a frequent speaker. He introduced in 1761 a bill to enable Roman Catholics to invest money in mortgages on land, which was carried, but then rejected by the English privy council. In the next session a similar bill, strongly opposed by the government, was rejected by 138 to 53. The government made a bid for Mason's support by appointing him in August 1771 a commissioner of barracks and public works, Dublin, and in 1772 a commissioner of revenue, an office which he held until 1793; and Mason deserted the opposition. Again he introduced his mortgage measure in 1772, once more unsuccessfully. When Lord Harcourt's government, in 1773, wished to do something for the Catholics, Mason and Sir Hercules Langrishe were asked to bring in the same bill, together with another permitting Catholics to take leases for lives of lands; but both were suddenly dropped.〔 During the free trade agitation of 1779 Mason made himself very unpopular: in November of that year he explained to the Speaker that to attend the House would be a danger to his life. He was made a privy councillor, and in the last Irish parliament he voted for the Union with Great Britain.〔 Mason sold Mason-Brook to Denis Daly. He died in Dublin in 1809.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Monck Mason」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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