Denis O'Conor

For other people with similar names, see Denis O'Connor (disambiguation) or Dennis O'Connor (disambiguation).
The coat of arms of the O'Conor Don are, Argent an oak tree eradicated and adorned proper. For a crest, An arm embowed in armour holding a short sword entwined with a serpent all proper. As a Chief of the Name, the O'Conor Don is granted the privilege of bearing supporters in his armorial achievement.

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]

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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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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