Charles Gavan Duffy
| Sir Charles Gavan Duffy | |
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| 8th Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 19 June 1871 – 10 June 1872 |
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| Preceded by | Sir James McCulloch |
| Succeeded by | James Francis |
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| Born | 12 April 1816 Monaghan, Ireland |
| Died | 9 February 1903 (aged 86) Nice, France |
| Nationality | Irish, Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Emily McLaughlin, Susan Hughes, Louise Hall. |
| Profession | Politician. |
The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, KCMG, PC (12 April 1816 – 9 February 1903), 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.
He was educated at St Malachy's College in Belfast and was admitted to the Irish Bar in 1845. Even before being admitted to the bar, Duffy was active on the Irish land question, and in that connection in 1842 he became an ally of James Godkin. Duffy became a leading figure in Irish literary circles. He edited Ballad Poetry of Ireland (1843) and other works on Irish literature.
Gavan Duffy was one of the founders of The Nation and became its first editor; the two others were Thomas Osborne Davis, and John Blake Dillon, who would later become Young Irelanders. All three were members of Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association. This paper, under Gavan Duffy, transformed from a literary voice into a "rebellious organisation".
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