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'''The Royal Commission for inquiring into the condition of the poorer classes in Ireland''' was an initiative to investigate the causes of widespread destitution in Ireland at the beginning of the 19th century. The Commission conducted its extensive survey over three years, from 1833 until 1836, during which time it published various reports of its findings and recommendations.
According to its first report in 1835, the members initially appointed were:<ref>{{cite book|title=First Report from His Majesty's Commissioners for inquiring into the Poorer Classes in Ireland with Appendix (A) and Supplement|publisher=HM Stationery Office|location=University of Southampton|date=8 July 1835|edition=Digitised by EPPI |url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view?did=c1:62950&p=3|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524110019/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieXRzK8V?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:62950&p=3|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2024|accessdate=2009-07-30}}</ref>
* [[Richard Whately]]
* [[Daniel Murray (archbishop)|Daniel Murray]]
* [[Charles Vignoles]]
* [[Richard More O'Ferrall]]
* [[James Carlile]]
* [[Fenton Hort]]
* John Corrie
* [[Lenox Naper|James Naper]]
* [[William Battie-Wrightson]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20240524105524/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieWw8OHn?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:111378&p=3 Index to reports of Irish Poor Law Commissioners, 1835-39] 1845 633 pages
* [https://archive.today/20240524105605/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieX1CNAW?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:111378&p=4 Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: first report: appendix A and supplement] 1835 1218 pages
* [https://archive.today/20240524105643/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieX9Z3Tk?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:58519&p=1&sdid=c1:58639 Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: second report]  1836 17 pages
* [https://archive.today/20240524105725/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieXBDYYR?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:65245&p=1&sdid=c1:66405 The condition of the poorer classes in Ireland; third report] 1836 592 pages
* [https://archive.today/20240524105804/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieXChXbs?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:65245&p=593&sdid=c1:66406 The condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: Charitable institutions in the principal towns and Dublin report] 1836 566 pages
* [https://archive.today/20240524105847/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieXDzeAA?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:66828&p=2 Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: answers to queries put to magistrates] 1836 191 pages
* [http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view?did=c1:110744&p=34&sdid=c1:110778 Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: appendix G: state of the Irish poor in Great Britain (Summary of)] 2 pages
* [https://archive.today/20240524105927/https://www.webcitation.org/5ieXOsmND?url=http://www.eppi.ac.uk/eppi/digbib/view%3Fdid=c1:75035&p=95&sdid=c1:75174 Condition of the poorer classes in Ireland: remarks by G. C. Lewis on the third report] (confidential) 1837 38 pages
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