George Robert Dawson's, controversial 'surrender' speech at a banquet in Derry Londonderry, 12 Aug 1828
Illustration by William Henry Margetson (1861-1940) from Cassell's Century Edition History of England, pub circa 1901 George Robert Dawson's controversial speech at a banquet in Derry Londonderry, which announced his conversion to Catholic emancipation at a Dinner to celebrate the raising of the siege in 1689, sparked off an outburst of Irish Protestant anger, coming on top of O’Connell’s victory in the Clare by-election, and led to a major political crisis. because of his connections to Peel and Wellington it was seen as kite flying by the government. The Catholic Relief Act was actually passed in 1829
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