Denis O'Conor

Denis O'Conor, O'Conor Don (Irish: Donnchadh Ó Conchubhair Donn; 1794 – 1847) of Clonalis, County Roscommon, was an Irish nobleman, and Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons.[1]

For the Irish politician, see Denis Maurice O'Conor. For other people with a similar name, see Denis O'Connor (disambiguation) and Dennis O'Connor (disambiguation).

Life

O'Conor was MP for Roscommon from 1831 to 1847. He became a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord John Russell's government but died the next year.

He married, in 1824, Mary Anne, daughter of Major Blake, of Towerhill, County Mayo, and was the father of Charles Owen O'Conor and Denis Maurice O'Conor.

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References

Notes
  1. "O'Conor, Denis, the O'Conor Don (1794–1847), of Belanagare and Clonalis, co. Roscommon, History of Parliament Online". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Owen O'Conor		 Member of Parliament for Roscommon
1831 – 1847		 Succeeded by
Oliver Grace
Political offices
Preceded by
Henry Bingham Baring
William Cripps
Swynford Carnegie
Ralph Neville		 Junior Lord of the Treasury
1846 – 1847		 Succeeded by
Richard Bellew


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