Charles William O'Hara explained

Charles William O'Hara
Office:Member of Parliament
for County Sligo
Term Start:13 May 1859
Term End:17 July 1865
Predecessor:Robert Gore-Booth
Edward Joshua Cooper
Successor:Robert Gore-Booth
Edward Henry Cooper
Alongside:Robert Gore-Booth
Birth Date:1817
Birthname:Charles William Cooper
Nationality:Irish
Party:Conservative

Charles William O'Hara (1817 – 20 May 1870),[1] known as Charles William Cooper until 27 November 1860, was an Irish Conservative politician.

He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.[2]

O'Hara was elected Conservative MP for County Sligo at the 1859 general election and held the seat until 1865 when he did not seek re-election.[3]

Arms

Escutcheon:Quarterly 1st & 4th Vert on a pale radiant Or a lion rampant Sable (O'Hara) 2nd & 3rd Gules on a bend between six lions rampant Or a crescent Sable (Cooper).
Crest:1st a demi lion rampant Ermine holding between the paws a chaplet of oak leaves Proper (O'Hara) 2nd a man's bust in profile couped at the shoulders Proper on the head an Irish crown Or and charged on the neck with a crescent Sablr overhead an escroll inscribed "Vinciy Amor Patriae" (Cooper).
Notes:Granted 19 December 1860 by Sir John Berard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.[4]
Motto:Virtute Et Claritate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rayment . Leigh . The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S" . Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page . 9 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181009200407/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Scommons3.htm . 9 October 2018 . usurped . 8 August 2018 .
  2. Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860), George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p. 175: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  3. Book: Walker. B.M.. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. 1978. Royal Irish Academy. Dublin. 978-0901714121. 312.
  4. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. F, . National Library of Ireland . 1 July 2022 . 199.