Charles O'Hara (politician)
Charles O'Hara (16 April 1746 – 19 September 1822) was an Irish landowner and politician.
He was born the son of Charles O'Hara (1715–1776) of Annaghmore, County Sligo, an MP in the Parliament of Ireland. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and entered the Middle Temple in 1765 to study law. He was called to the Irish bar in 1771 and succeeded his father in 1776.[1]
He was then the leading landowner in Count Sligo and was a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Ireland for Dungannon in 1776, sitting until 1783. He was afterwards MP for Sligo County from 1783 until the Union with Great Britain in 1800/01. After the Union he served as MP for Sligo County in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1822. He also served as High Sheriff of Sligo for 1785–86 and as a Commissioner of the treasury in Ireland from April 1806 to April 1807.[1]
He married Margaret, the daughter and heiress of John Cookson, MD, of Yorkshire, with whom he had a son and 3 daughters.
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| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Sligo County 1783 – 1800 With: Owen Wynne Joshua Edward Cooper |
Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by
Parliament of Ireland
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Member of Parliament for Sligo County 1801 – 1822 With: Joshua Edward Cooper Edward Synge Cooper |
Succeeded by Edward Synge Cooper Henry King |
- 1746 births
- 1822 deaths
- People from County Sligo
- Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
- Members of the Middle Temple
- Politicians from County Sligo
- Irish MPs 1776–83
- Irish MPs 1783–90
- Irish MPs 1790–97
- Irish MPs 1798–1800
- UK MPs 1801–02
- UK MPs 1802–06
- UK MPs 1807–12
- UK MPs 1812–18
- UK MPs 1818–20
- UK MPs 1820–26
- Irish Conservative MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Irish constituencies (1801–1922)
- High Sheriffs of County Sligo
