Charles William O'Hara

Charles William O'Hara
Member of Parliament
for County Sligo
In office
13 May 1859 – 17 July 1865
Serving with Robert Gore-Booth
Preceded byRobert Gore-Booth
Edward Joshua Cooper
Succeeded byRobert Gore-Booth
Edward Henry Cooper
Personal details
BornCharles William Cooper
1817
Died20 May 1870(1870-05-20) (aged 52–53)
PartyConservative

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

He was educated at Trinity College Dublin.

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.

Arms

Coat of arms of Charles William O'Hara
Notes
Granted 19 December 1860 by Sir John Berard Burke, Ulster King of Arms.
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).
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).
Motto
Virtute Et Claritate

References

  1. ↑ Rayment, Leigh (8 August 2018). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "S"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 312. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. F,". National Library of Ireland. p. 199. Retrieved 1 July 2022.