Charles Owen O'Conor
Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don PC (Ire), was an Irish politician.
Life
The eldest son of Denis O'Conor, he was educated at Downside School in England and became an Irish Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Roscommon from March 1860 until he was defeated at the 1880 general election. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Wexford in 1883. He was appointed High Sheriff of Sligo for 1863 and High Sheriff of Roscommon for 1884.He was also President of the Society for the Preserving the Irish Language, a precursor of the Gaelic League. He wrote a history of his family called "The O'Conors of Connacht".
Personal life
He married on the 21 April 1868, Georgina Mary Perry, the daughter of Thomas Perry of Bitham House, Warwickshire, England, with whom he had four sons;- Denis Charles Joseph O'Conor, O'Conor Don
- Owen Phelim O'Conor, O'Conor Don
- Charles Hugh O'Conor of Lucan house, Dublin ; he was the father of Rev. Charles Denis Mary Joseph Anthony O'Conor, O'Conor Don SJ, on whose death in 1981, the title of O'Conor Don passed to Charles's Owen's great nephew Denis Armar O'Conor, O'Conor Don.
- Roderick Joseph O'Conor
He died on 30 June 1906 at age 68.