Charles Owen O'Conor

Charles Owen O'Conor PC (7 May 1838 – 30 June 1906) was an Irish MP of the United Kingdom.

The eldest son of The O'Conor Don. O'Conor was educated at Downside School in England and became a Liberal MP for Roscommon from March 1860 until defeated in 1880. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Wexford (borough) in 1883.

He was also President of the Royal Irish Academy and of the Society for the Preserving the Irish Language, a percurser of the Gaelic League. He wrote a history of his family called "The O'Conors of Connacht".

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Fitzstephen French Thomas William Goff	Member of Parliament for Roscommon with Fitzstephen French 1860–1873 Charles French 1873–1880 1860–1880	Succeeded by Andrew Commins James Joseph O'Kelly
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Kingston	Lord Lieutenant of Roscommon 1896–1906	Succeeded by The O'Conor Don

Persondata
Name	Oconor, Charles Owen
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Date of birth	7 May 1838
Place of birth
Date of death	30 June 1906
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