Modern English biography

(1848) _portrait of his wife_. O’CONNELL, MORGAN (2 son of Daniel O’Connell 1775–1847). _b._ 30 Merrion sq. Dublin 31 Oct. 1804; an officer in the Irish South American legion which served under Bolivar in Bolivia about 1821–5; served in the Austrian army; M.P. Meath 19 Dec. 1832 to Jany. 1840; first assistant registrar of deeds for Ireland, with £1200 a year, Jany. 1840 granted pension of £780, 22 Oct. 1869; fought a duel with 2 baron Alvanlay at Chalk Farm, London 4 May 1835, when neither was wounded; challenged by Benjamin Disraeli Dec. 1835, but declined to fight. _d._ 12 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 20 Jany. 1885. _bur._ Glasnevin cemet. 23 Jany. _Hitchman’s Public life of Earl of Beaconsfield_ (1881) 47–55; _Irish Monthly xv_ 160–5 (1887). O’CONNELL, MORGAN DAVID. Educ. Dublin univ. and Glasgow univ., M.D. 1838; L.M. Dublin lying-in-hospital 1833; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1835, F.R.C.S.I. 1845; a surgeon in British army; joined the British legation at Madrid 1830, helped to suppress rebellion against queen Isabella, served in several engagements, received gold medal and clasp of the legion of honour, bearing inscription ‘Spain intends to show her gratitude’; created a knight of the order of St. Ferdinand; settled at Kilmallock as a surgeon. _d._ Kilmallock 23 Jany. 1887. O’CONNELL, MORGAN JOHN (1 son of John O’Connell of Grena, co. Kerry). _b._ 27 Aug. 1811; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1833; student Gray’s Inn 4 May 1833, readmitted 11 June 1851, called 7 June 1852; M.P. co. Kerry 1835–52; one of the most popular Irish members; succeeded to the Coppinger estates, co. Cork. _d._ at the residence of his father-in-law Carlo Bianconi, Longfield, Tipperary 2 July 1875. _I.L.N. lxvii_ 47 (1875). O’CONNOR, ARTHUR (3 son of Roger Connor of Connerville). _b._ Mitchelstown, co. Cork 4 July 1765; fellow commoner of Trin. coll. Dublin 1779 under name of Arthur Connor, B.A. 1782; called to Irish bar Nov. 1788; member for Philipstown in the Irish parliament 1791, resigned his seat 4 May 1795; joined the United Irishmen 1796; formed with lord Edward Fitzgerald the first Leinster Directory 1796; arrested for seditious libel Feb. 1797, imprisoned in Dublin Castle six months; chief editor of The Press, the organ of the United Irishmen 1797; tried at Maidstone, Kent May 1798 for high treason, when acquitted, but detained as a state prisoner 1798–1803 for negotiating with the French general Hoche; confined at Fort George, Scotland April 1799, released and went to France June 1803; appointed by Bonaparte a general of division 29 Feb. 1804; _m._ 1807 Eliza de Condorcet, only dau. of Marquis de Condorcet, the mathematician; resided in Rue de Tournon, Paris 1818–34, and in the chateau de Bignon, near Nemours 1834 to death; became a naturalised Frenchman 1818 and took name of Arthur Condorcet O’Connor; author of The measures of ministry to prevent a revolution are the certain means of bringing it on. By a Stoic, Cork 1794; A letter to the earl of Carlisle 1795; Speech on the Catholic bill 1795, 3 ed. 1796; State of Ireland 1798; Etat actuel de la Grande Bretagne 1804; Monopoly the cause of all evil, 3 vols. 1848; edited with Arago The works of Condorcet, 12 vols. 1847–9. _d._ Chateau de Bignon, near Nemours 25 April 1852. _Madden’s United Irishmen_, _2nd series_, _ii_ 289–324 (1842); _Biographical Anecdotes of the founders of the Irish rebellion_. _By A candid observer_ (1799) 38–43; _Biographie Générale xxxviii_ 451–4 (1862). O’CONNOR, FEARGUS (son of Roger O’Connor of Connorville, co. Cork, Irish nationalist 1762–1834). _b._ Dangan castle, co. Meath 18 July 1794; educ. at Portarlington gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar; took part in the reform agitation in co. Cork 1831; travelled through the country organising the registration of the new electorate 1832; M.P. co. Cork 29 Dec. 1832, re-elected 24 Jany. 1835 but unseated June 1835 not having the necessary property qualification; contested Oldham 8 July 1835, but received only 32 votes; founded the central committee of radical unions 1836, and the London democratic association 1837; established 18 Nov. 1837 the Northern Star, weekly radical paper published at Leeds, which became the official chartist paper 1838; took the chief part in the chartist convention which met in London 4 Feb. 1839, dissolved 14 Sept.; tried at York 17 March 1840 for seditious libels published in the Northern Star July 1839, sentenced 11 May 1840 to 18 months’ imprisonment in York castle, released Sept. 1841; one of the 59 persons tried at Lancaster 1 March 1843, for taking part in the ‘Plug riots’ of Aug. 1842, he was convicted but never called up for judgment; with Mr. Grath held a public debate with Bright and Cobden 5 Aug. 1844; inaugurated the chartist co-operative land company 24 Oct. 1846, afterwards altered to the National land co.; edited with Ernest Jones The Labourer, a monthly magazine, vols. 1–4, 1847–8; purchased estates of W. B. Cliffe, 500 acres for £20,000, Feb. 1847; M.P. Nottingham 1847–52; moved for a committee on the union with Ireland 7 Dec. 1847, when defeated by 232 votes; presided at the chartist meeting on Kennington common 10 April 1848, and presented the chartist petition to the house of commons same evening; went to U.S. of America spring of 1852; grossly insulted Beckett Denison, M.P. in the house of commons 9 June 1852, when committed to custody of the sergeant-at-arms; pronounced to be insane by two medical men 10 June, confined in Dr. Tuke’s asylum at Chiswick June 1852 to 20 Aug. 1854; author of A state of Ireland showing the rise and progress of the present disaffection, Cork 1820; A series of letters to Daniel O’Connell on Catholic emancipation 1836; The trial of Feargus O’Connor, edited by himself, Manchester 1843; A practical work on the management of small farms 1846. _d._ at his sister’s house 18 Albert terrace, Notting hill, London 30 Aug. 1855. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. 10 Sept. when 50,000 persons were present. _Reports of state trials_, _n.s._, _iii_ 1299–1311 (1891), _iv_ 935–1248, 1352–65 (1892); _The Labourer_, _vol._ 2 (1848) _portrait_; _R. G. Gammage’s History of Chartism_ 1854 _p._ 19 _et seq._; _J. Frost’s Forty years’ recollections_ (1880) 169–85; _G.M. xliv_ 545–7 (1855); _I.L.N. i_ 344 (1842) _portrait_, _xii_ 243 (1848) _portrait_; _Michael Mc Donagh’s Irish graves in England_ (1888) 83–6. O’CONNOR, JOHN (son of Mr. O’Connor who emigrated from Kerry to Boston, U.S. 1823). _b._ Boston Jany. 1824; educ. in co. Essex, Ontario; a farm labourer, lost his leg by an accident; called to the bar in Ontario Jany. 1854; admitted to practise law in state of Michigan, and was thus an American citizen and a British subject at the same time, the point was tested in an election trial between him and Wm. M’Gregor 1874; reeve of Windsor and warden of Essex county; M.P. for Essex in Canadian legislature 1867–74, president of the council; minister of inland revenue and postmaster general successively 1872–3 and 1878–84; Q.C. 1873; M.P. Russell county 1878–84; puisne judge of queen’s bench division, Ontario 17 Sept. 1884 to death. _d._ Cobourg, Ontario 3 Nov. 1887. _Law Journal 10 Dec. 1887 p._ 661 _col._ 2. O’CONNOR, JOHN (3 son of Francis O’Connor). _b._ co. Londonderry 12 Aug. 1830; call-boy at the T.R. Dublin 1842; painted scenery for sir E. Tierney 1844, and for earl of Bective 1847; a scene-painter at Drury Lane theatre April 1848, and at Haymarket theatre Oct. 1848, principal scene-painter there 1863–78; visited Ireland at time of the queen’s visit 1849, on return to London painted for Philip Phillips a diorama of The Queen’s visit to Ireland, which was exhibited in the Chinese gallery; A.R.H.A.; exhibited 20 pictures at R.A., 6 at B.I. and 25 at Suffolk st. 1853–80; drawing master to the London and south western literary and scientific institution 1855–8; painted scenery for Shakespeare tercentary performances at Stratford-on-Avon 1864; took a studio with lord Ronald Gower at 47 Leicester sq. 1872; painted act-drops for the new Sadler’s Wells theatre 1879, St. James’s theatre, and the Minuet act-drop at Haymarket theatre 1879; built a house at 28 Abercorn place, St. John’s Wood 1877, and lived there to 1888; painted The marriage of princess Louise and the marquess of Lorne 1871, The thanksgiving service in St. Paul’s 1872, and The jubilee service in Westminster abbey 1887; designed and directed many of the tableaux vivants held at Cromwell house and elsewhere; a member of the Cambridge amateur dramatic club for which he painted scenery many years. _d._ Heathcroft, Blackwater, Hampshire 23 May 1889. _bur._ Finchley cemetery. O’CONNOR, JOHN (son of Edward O’Connor of Mulgeeth house, co. Kildare). _b._ 1 May 1837; proprietor of many licensed houses in Dublin, and of a bacon curing establishment under the name of Donnelly & Co.; a representative of Inns-quay ward, Dublin 1880, alderman 1883, lord mayor of Dublin 1885; contested co. Kildare April 1880; M.P. South Kerry Dec. 1885, resigned Sept. 1887. _d._ 23 Rutland square, Dublin 12 Jany. 1891. _bur._ Glasnevin cemet. 15 Jany. _Freeman’s Journal 13 Jany. 1891 p._ 5, _15 Jany. p._ 3. O’CONNOR, LUKE SMYTHE. _b._ Dublin 15 April 1806; ensign 1 West India regiment 27 April 1827, lieut. col. 21 Sept. 1855 to 29 July 1862; governor of the Gambia and commander of the troops in West Africa Sept. 1852; stormed Sabbajee the stronghold of the Mohammedan rebels of Combo 1 June 1853, and acquired by treaty considerable’ territory; stormed their stockade in the pass of Boccow Kooka 4 Aug. 1855; brigadier general commanding the troops during the rebellion in Jamaica 1865; member of privy council and president of legislative council of Jamaica; acting governor; granted distinguished service reward 27 Nov. 1855; C.B. 4 Feb. 1856; M.G. 24 April 1866. _d._ 7 Racknistrasse, Dresden 24 March 1873. _A. B. Ellis’s History of First West India regiment_ (1885) 211, 365; _A. B. Ellis’s The land of the Fetish_ (1883) _p._ 6 _et seq._ O’CONNOR, MICHAEL. _b._ near Cork 27 Sept. 1810; ordained R.C. priest 1 June 1833; professor of sacred scripture in the Irish college, Rome 1833, vice-rector; pastor of Fermoy, Ireland 1834–9; professor in ecclesiastical seminary of St. Charles Boromeo, Philadelphia 1839, president about 1840; built the church of St. Francis Xavier in Fairmount, Philadelphia; vicar general of western part of diocese of Philadelphia 1841; bishop of Pittsburg 1843, consecrated 15 Aug. 1843; introduced the order of St. Benedict for the first time into the U.S. of America 1846; brought a colony of Passionists from Europe, to Pittsburg 1852; finished the Pittsburg cathedral 1855, resigned his see 1860; entered a Jesuit monastery in Germany 1860; professor of theology in Woodstock college, Maryland 1862; socius to the provincial of the Jesuits, and preacher and lecturer in most of the great cities. _d._ Woodstock 18 Oct.