Charles Owen O'Conor

Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don PC (Irish: Cathal Eóghan Ó Conchubhair Donn; 7 May 1838 – 30 June 1906),[1] was an Irish politician

Portrait of O'Conor

Life

The eldest son of Denis O'Conor, Charles O'Conor was educated at Downside School in England and became an Irish Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Roscommon from March 1860 until his defeated at the 1880 general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Wexford in 1883. He was appointed High Sheriff of Sligo for 1863 and High Sheriff of Roscommon for 1884.

He was also President of the Society for the Preserving the Irish Language, a precursor of the Gaelic League. He wrote a history of his family called "The O'Conors of Connacht".

He married twice; firstly Georgina Mary, the daughter of Thomas Perry, with whom he had four sons, and secondly Ellen Letitia, the daughter of John Lewis More O'Ferrall, of Co. Longford.

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References
  1. John P. McCarthy, Ireland: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present, p. 379
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  • Burke, Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Volume 2). ebooks
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Fitzstephen French
Thomas William Goff		 Member of Parliament for Roscommon
1860–1880
With: Fitzstephen French 1860–1873
Charles French 1873–1880		 Succeeded by
Andrew Commins
James Joseph O'Kelly
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Kingston		 Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon
1896–1906		 Succeeded by
The O'Conor Don


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