O’GRADY, Michael. b. Roscommon, Ireland 1821; resided in London; sent to Sydney, N.S.W. to establish a branch of the People’s provident soc. 1855; connected with an insurance office in Melbourne 1856; member for Villiers and Heytesbury in legislative assembly of Victoria from 1861; commissioner for public works 6 May to 11 July 1868, and from 19 June 1871 to 10 June 1872; created by the Pope a knight of St. Gregory 1871. d. Hawthorne, near Melbourne 1875.
O’GRADY, Michael Martin. Educ. Trin. coll. Dublin; M.D. 1818; M.R.I.A.; in practice at Malahide, co. Dublin; member of botanical committee of Royal Dublin soc.; invented an instrument for removal of uterine polypi. d. La Mancha, Malahide 1858.
OGSTON, Francis (3 son of Alexander Ogston an Aberdeen soap manufacturer). b. Aberdeen July 1803; ed. at gr. sch. and Marischal coll. Aberdeen; graduated M.D. Edinb. univ. 1824; physician at Aberdeen; began to teach chemistry privately 1827; lecturer on medical jurisprudence at Marischal coll. 1839, and professor of medical jurisprudence 1857–60; professor of medical jurisprudence univ. of Aberdeen 1860–83; police surgeon in Aberdeen from 1831; medical officer of health for the city 1862–81; dean of the faculty of medicine in Aberdeen; hon. LL.D. Aberdeen 1885; author of Lectures on medical jurisprudence 1878. d. 13 Albyn terrace, Aberdeen 25 Sept. 1887. E. H. B. Rodgers’s Aberdeen Doctors (1893) 201, 301, 312.
O’HAGAN, Thomas O’Hagan, 1 Baron (only son of Edward O’Hagan of Belfast, merchant 1779–1836). b. Belfast 29 May 1812; educ. Belfast academical institution; student of King’s inns, Dublin Nov. 1831, and bencher 1859; student of Gray’s inn Jany 1834, and hon. bencher 21 Dec. 1883; pupil of Thomas Chitty, special pleader; called to Irish bar Jany. 1836, went north-east circuit; edited the Newry Examiner 1836–40; defended C. G. Duffy, one of the repeal leaders 1843–4; assistant barrister of co. Longford 1847–57, and of co. Dublin 1857; Q.C. 13 Feb. 1849; third serjeant-at-law 1859; solicitor general for Ireland Feb. 1860 to 1861; attorney general Feb. 1861 to 1865; P.C. Ireland 1861; member of board of national education 1858; M.P. Tralee May 1863 to Jany. 1865; judge of Irish court of common pleas Jany. 1865 to Dec. 1868; lord chancellor of Ireland Dec. 1868 to Feb. 1874, the first Roman catholic chancellor since the reign of James II, lord chancellor again May 1880, resigned Nov. 1881; created baron O’Hagan of Tullahogue, co. Tyrone 14 June 1870; an original member of the intermediate education board 1878, the first vice-chairman; a senator of royal univ. of Ireland 1880, and vice-chancellor 1880 to death; K.P. 17 Jany. 1882; author of Occasional papers and addresses 1884; Selected speeches and arguments, ed. by George Teeling 1885. d. Hereford house, Park st. London 1 Feb. 1885. bur. Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin, statue by Farrell in the Four courts, Dublin. O. J. Burke’s Lord chancellors of Ireland (1879) 314–44 portrait; Pump court ii 126 (1884) portrait; I.L.N. xlvi 296 (1865) portrait, liv 385, 446 (1869) portrait; The Period 2 July 1870 p. 91 portrait; Illustrated Times 4 Feb. 1865 p. 68 portrait.
O’HAGAN, John (2 son of John Arthur O’Hagan of Newry, co. Down). b. Newry 19 March 1822; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1842, M.A. 1865; called to Irish bar 1842, went Munster circuit; a leader of the Young Ireland party; comr. of board of national education 1861; chairman of quarter sessions at Westmeath 1864–70, at Leitrim 1870–2, and at Clare 1872–8; Q.C. 8 Feb. 1865; bencher of King’s inns 1878; third serjeant 31 May 1881; county court judge; judicial comr. under the Land law (Ireland) act of 1881, with rank of justice of high court of justice Sept. 1881 to death; contributed many poems to The Nation newspaper, which are collected in The spirit of the nation, Dublin 1874; author of A lecture on Chaucer in Afternoon lectures on literature and art 1863; The song of Roland 1880, 2 ed. 1883; The poetry of Sir Samuel Ferguson 1887; The children’s ballad rosary 1890; Joan of Arc 1893. d. Howth, Dublin 12 Nov. 1890. D. J. O’Donoghue’s Poets of Ireland (1893) 188; Irish Law Times xxiv 578–9 (1890); Academy ii 476 (1890).
O’HALLORAN, Henry Dunn. Ensign 69 foot 1 Nov. 1818, captain 1 Sept. 1838, placed on h.p. 4 Feb. 1853; major depôt battalion 2 March 1855; lieut. col. 1 West India foot 26 March 1858 to 16 March 1860, when he retired on full pay; M.G. 25 June 1866; author of Volunteer equipments in war 1861. d. Bath 30 Sept. 1871, aged 71.
O’HALLORAN, Thomas Shuldham (2 son of sir Joseph O’Halloran, G.C.B. 1763–1843). b. Berhampore, Bengal 25 Oct. 1797; educ. Marlow 1808, and at Sandhurst; ensign Royal West Middlesex militia 1809; ensign 17 foot 2 Feb. 1813, lieut. 1817–22; served during Nepaul war 1814–6, and Deccan war 1817–8; lieut. 44 foot 1822–7; captain 99 foot 27 April 1827; captain 56 foot 6 March 1828; captain 6 foot 19 Feb. 1829; deputy assistant Q.M.G. at Saugor, Central India June 1830 to Jany. 1831, placed on h.p. Oct. 1834; captain 97 foot 27 April 1837, sold out 9 March 1838; suppressed the riots in Yorkshire 1837; settled near Adelaide, South Australia 1838; a justice of the peace 2 Feb. 1839; major commandant of South Australia militia 26 Feb. 1840; comr. of police 8 June 1840, resigned 12 April 1843; commanded expeditions against the natives 1840 and 1841; senior non-official member of the nominee council 1843–51; contested Noarlunga district 1851, and Sturt 1855; lieut. col. of the volunteer military force 1854; member of legislative council 1857, resigned 1863. d. Lizard lodge, O’Halloran Hill, near Adelaide 16 Aug. 1870.
O’HARA, Henry. Called to the Irish bar 1829; Q.C. 4 July 1860; author of The cotton plant and the countries adapted to its culture, Manchester 1862. d. 19 Nov. 1884.
O’HARA, Robert (only son of John O’Hara of Raheen, co. Galway). b. Dublin 1836; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin and Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1859; called to Irish bar 1860; parliamentary draftsman to Irish office in London several years; a member of statute law revision commission; author of a series of letters in The Times upon the Irish land question. d. Ostend 21 Sept. 1885. Law Times 7 Nov. 1885 p. 16.
O’HEA, James (3 son of John O’Hea of Greenfield, Clonakilty, co. Cork). b. 1809; educ. Cork and Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1829, B.A. 1831; called to bar 1838; crown prosecutor for co. of Limerick 1860 to death, and for county and city of Cork 1849 to death; a follower of D. O’Connell. d. Harcourt st. Dublin 27 May 1882. Law Times 17 June 1882 p. 129.