Modern English biography

_Athenæum i_ 583 (1886). OLLIFFE, SIR JOSEPH FRANCIS (son of Joseph Olliffe of Cork, merchant). _b._ Cork 1808; educ. univ. of Paris, M.A. 1829, M.D. 1840; began practice in Paris 1840; fellow of Anatomical society of Paris; president of Paris Medical society; a knight of the Legion of honour 1846, officer 1855; physician to British embassy, Paris from March 1852; knighted at Buckingham palace 13 June 1853; F.R.C.P. 1859; took part with count de Morny in unremunerative building operations at Deauville, near Trouville. _d._ 12 Chichester terrace, Brighton 14 March 1869. _British medical Journal 20 March 1869 p._ 274; _Reg. and mag. of biog. April 1869 p._ 296. OLLIVANT, ALFRED (son of Wm. Ollivant of Ashton-under-Lyne, cotton spinner). _b._ Mosley st. Manchester 16 Aug. 1798; educ. St. Paul’s school 1809–17, captain of the school; Campden exhibitioner at Trin. coll. Camb. 1817; Perry exhibitioner 1819, Craven scholar 1820, sixth wrangler and senior chancellor’s medallist 1821; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824, B.D. and D.D. 1836; fellow of Trin. coll. 1821; Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholar 1822; vice-principal of St. David’s college, Lampeter 1827–43; prebendary of St. David’s 28 July 1829; R. of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire 1831, vicar 1832–43; prebendary of Brecon 10 Nov. 1831; R. of Bettws Bledrws, Cardiganshire 1835–7; V. of Kerry, Montgomeryshire 1836–43; regius professor of divinity at Cambridge and R. of Somersham, Hunts. March 1843 to Nov. 1849; bishop of Llandaff 20 Nov. 1849 to death, consecrated at Lambeth 2 Dec; restored the cathedral and built, restored, or enlarged about 170 churches; established the Church extension society; member of the Old Testament revision company, which he had suggested 1870; presented with his portrait in the town hall at Cardiff 30 Nov. 1882; author of An analysis of the Hebrew text of the history of Joseph 1828, 3 ed. 1836; Some account of the condition of the fabric of Llandaff cathedral 1857, 2 ed. 1860; and of upwards of 30 charges, letters, and sermons 1827–81. _d._ Bishop’s court, Llandaff 16 Dec. 1882. _bur._ in churchyard of Llandaff cathedral 21 Dec., tomb with effigy in marble by Armitstead, on north side of the altar steps. _J. Morgan’s Four biographical sketches_ (1892) 1–60; _Church portrait journal i_ 41 (1880) _portrait_; _Red Dragon iii_ 193 (1883) _portrait_; _I.L.N. xv_ 376 (1849) _portrait_, _lxxxi_ 680 (1882) _portrait_. OLMAR, stage name of James Chadwick. Performer on a trapèze-swing; a walker head downwards with his feet in rings; performed at the Alhambra palace, London in Nov. 1862; weighed 130 lbs.; his biceps, fore-arm, wrists, pectoral muscles and muscles of his back were of great strength. _d._ 1 King st. Chester road, Manchester 24 Feb. 1885. _bur._ Ardwick cemetery 27 Feb. _F. T. Buckland’s Curiosities of natural history_, _3rd series_, _2 ed. ii_ 92–6 (1868). O’LOGHLEN, SIR COLMAN MICHAEL, 2 baronet (eld. son of sir Michael O’Loghlen, 1 baronet 1789–1842). _b._ Dublin 20 Sept. 1819; B.A. univ. of Dublin 1840; admitted King’s inns 1838; called to Irish bar 1840, went Munster circuit; Q.C. 9 Nov. 1852; chairman of Carlow quarter sessions 1856–9; chairman of Mayo quarter sessions 1859–61; M.P. Clare 1863 to death; third sergeant-at-law 1865, second sergeant 1866; judge advocate general 16 Dec. 1868 to Nov. 1870; P.C. 12 Dec. 1868; introduced and carried the bill enabling Roman Catholics to hold the lord chancellorship of Ireland. _d._ suddenly on board the mail-boat while crossing from Holyhead to Kingstown 22 July 1877. _J. R. O’Flanagan’s Irish bar_ (1879) 301–6. OLPHERT, WYBRANTS (son of rev. John Olphert, _d._ 1851). _b._ 1810; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1833; always resided on his estates in Ireland, where he had a large number of small tenants; in 1884 after formation of the Land league had to evict 32 of his tenants; refusing to make large reductions in his rents 1887 Father M’Fadden organised the ‘Plan of campaign’ and the evictions were resisted by cutting and barricading the roads, loopholding the houses, and using pitchforks, stones and boiling water against the bailiffs, the tenants eventually paid up and were reinstated 1892. _found dead_ in his arm chair, Ballyconnell house, co. Donegal 21 Sept. 1892. O’MAHONY, JOHN FRANCIS. _b._ Kilbeheney, co. Limerick 1816; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin; took part in Smith O’Brien’s attempted insurrection 1848, fled to France, lived in Paris 1849–54, and in New York 1854 to death; one of the founders of the Emmet movement association about 1854; for a short time in a lunatic asylum; col. of 69th regt. in U.S. of America; took a prominent part in the Fenian movement from 1858; was head centre of the Fenian brotherhood several years; published Foras feasa ar Eirinn, The history of Ireland by Geoffrey Keating, D.D., translated from the original Gaelic and copiously annotated, New York 1857. _d._ New York 7 Feb. 1877. _bur._ Glasnevin cemet. near Dublin in Feb. _Appleton’s American biography iv_ 579–80 (1888). O’MALLEY, PETER FREDERIC (son of Charles O’Malley of the Lodge, co. Mayo). _b._ 1804; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, M.A. 1828; barrister L.I. 2 May 1834; went Oxford circuit; migrated to Middle Temple 1839, bencher 1850 to death; Q.C. 28 Feb. 1850; leader of the Norfolk circuit; recorder of Norwich April 1859 to death; contested Finsbury as a Conservative 16 Nov. 1868; author of Religious liberty and the Indian proclamation 1859; The articles, liturgy, and subscription 1865; To the electors of the borough of Finsbury, two addresses 1868. _d._ 7 Lowndes st. Belgrave sq. London 10 Dec. 1874. _Irish Law Times viii_ 649 (1874); _Law Times lviii_ 124 (1874). O’MALLEY, SIR SAMUEL, 1 Baronet (son of Owen O’Malley of Borrishowle, co. Mayo). _b._ 26 Dec. 1779; created baronet 2 July 1804. _d._ Kilboyne house, Castlebar, Mayo 18 Aug. 1864. _G.M. xvii_ 529 (1864). O’MALLEY, THADEUS JOSEPH. _b._ Garryowen, near Limerick 1796; a Roman Catholic minister, Philadelphia, U.S. of America, but was suspended by bishop England 1825; assistant priest to the cathedral in Marlborough st. Dublin under archbishop Daniel Murray 1827; advocated a poor law for Ireland and a system of national education; rector of R.C. university of Malta, but dismissed by the government; started a newspaper in Dublin entitled The social economist and another entitled The Federalist, No. 1 Sept. 24, 1870, which ran to No. 31 April 22, 1871; tried to unite the Old Ireland and Young Ireland parties; advocated home rule from 1870; author of A sketch of the state of popular education in Holland, Prussia, Belgium and France, 2 ed. 1840; Home rule on the basis of federalism 1873. _d._ 1 Henrietta st. Dublin 2 Jany. 1877. _bur._ Glasnevin cemet. _The works of the right rev. J. England, bishop of Charleston v_ 187–202 (1849). O’MEARA, KATHLEEN (dau. of Dennis O’Meara of Tipperary). _b._ Dublin 1839; resided in Paris most of her life, where she was correspondent of The Tablet newspaper many years; author of the following works under pseudonym of Grace Ramsay, A woman’s trials, 3 vols. 1867; Iza’s story, 3 vols. 1869, 2 ed. 1877; The bells of the sanctuary, Agnes 1871; The bells of the sanctuary, A daughter of St. Dominick 1873; A salon in the last days of the Empire 1873; Thomas Grant, first bishop of Southwark 1874, 2 ed. 1886; The battle of Connemara 1878, 2 ed. 1878; Are you my wife, 3 vols. 1878; translated Henri Perreyve and his counsels to the sick 1881; author under own name of The Bells of the sanctuary, Mary Benedicta, etc. 1879; The blind apostle 1890; Frederic Ozanam, his life and works 1876, 2 ed. 1878; Madame Mohl, her salon and her friends 1885, 2 ed. 1886; Narka, 2 vols. 1888; The old house in Picardy 1887; One of God’s heroines, Mother Mary Teresa Kelly 1878; Queen by right divine and other tales 1885; The ven. Jean Baptiste Viauney 1891. _d._ at residence of Father Faber, Paris 10 Nov. 1888. _Irish Monthly Oct. 1889 pp._ 527–36; _Tablet 17 Nov. 1888 p._ 789. OMMANNEY, HENRY MANATON. _b._ 1775; entered navy June 1787; captain 22 Jany. 1806; retired R.A. 28 June 1838, placed on the active list 17 Aug. 1840; admiral on h.p. 4 July 1855. _d._ 11 West Emma place, Stonehouse 22 March 1857. OMMANNEY, SIR JOHN ACWORTH (eld. son of rear admiral Cornthwaite Ommanney, _d._ 1801). _b._ 1773; entered navy 1786; captain 16 Oct. 1800; flag captain to sir Erasmus Gower on the Newfoundland station 1804–6; commanded the Albion 1825–30; served at battle of Navarino 20 Oct. 1827, for which created C.B. 1828, and knight of the orders of St. Louis, St. Vladimir and the Redeemer of Greece; R.A. 22 July 1830; knighted at St. James’s palace 20 May 1835; commanded the Lisbon station 1837–40, and the Mediterranean station 1840–1; K.C.B. 20 July 1838; V.A. 23 Nov. 1841, admiral 4 May 1849; commander-in-chief at Devonport 17 April 1851 to 1 May 1854. _d._ Warblington house, Havant 8 July 1855. O’NEILL, JOHN BRUCE RICHARD O’NEILL, 3 Viscount (younger son of 1 viscount O’Neill 1740–98). _b._ Shane’s castle, co. Antrim 30 Dec. 1780; ensign Coldstream guards 10 Oct. 1799; lieut. col. Chasseurs Britanniques 21 April 1808 to 29 March 1810; lieut. col. 19 dragoons 29 March 1810 to 11 July 1816; captain Coldstream guards 11 July 1816 to 27 May 1825; M.G. 27 May 1825; general 20 June 1854; M.P. co. Antrim 1802–41; succeeded his brother as 3 viscount 25 March 1841; constable of Dublin castle May 1811 to death; vice-admiral of the coast of Ulster; a representative peer of Ireland Feb. 1842 to death. _d._ Shane’s Castle 12 Feb. 1855. O’NEILL, WILLIAM O’NEILL, 1 Baron (eld. son of rev. Edward Chichester, R. of Kilmore, Armagh, _d._ June 1840). _b._ Culdaff house, co. Donegal 3 March 1813; educ. Foyle college, Londonderry, Shrewsbury and Trin. coll. Dublin; B.A. 1836; C. of Kilmore 1837; prebendary of Ch. Ch. Dublin 1848–59; succeeded to the O’Neill estates 1855, when he took name of O’Neill in lieu of that of Chichester; acted frequently as organist in the Dublin cathedrals; composer of church music, glees, and songs; composed the poetry and music of an ode when prince Arthur visited Shane’s Castle 1869; created baron O’Neill of Shane’s Castle in the county of Antrim 18 April 1868; a great supporter of the disestablished church; a member of the Victoria institute 1875; author of Friendly suggestions on Christian consistency, Exeter 1847; The christian sabbath 1859; Unchanging love, or the final perseverance of all believers in Christ Jesus 1860; Absolution and the prayer book 1871; Essays and addresses on the truths of the christian religion 1886; composer of Let others quaff the racy wine, a glee 1881. _d._ Shane’s Castle 17 April