Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot

Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin PC, JP, DL, QC (1 July 1834 – 6 February 1904), was an Irish lawyer.

Background

MacDermot was the eldest son of Charles Joseph MacDermot by his wife Arabella Mary, only child of Hyacinth O'Rorke, representative of the House of O'Rorke of Breffny. He succeeded his father 5 September 1873 as The Mac Dermot, Prince of Coolavin. [1]

MacDermot served as Solicitor-General for Ireland in the Liberal government of 1886, and as Attorney-General for Ireland in 1892, when he was made a member of the Irish Privy Council. [1]

Personal life

MacDermot died on the 6 February 1904, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Edward MacDermot. [1] His grandson (by his fourth son, Henry) Niall MacDermot was a British Labour MP and junior minister between 1957 and 1970. His youngest son, Frank MacDermot, served as a member of both Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann between 1932 and 1942.

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References

  • Fitzgerald, David (1912). "MacDermot, Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • David Fitzgerald, rev. Peter Gray. "MacDermot, Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke (1834–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34696. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
  • Welcome To The Official MacDermot Clan Homepage at www.macdermot.com
  • Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland
Legal offices
Preceded by
Samuel Walker
Solicitor-General for Ireland
1885
Succeeded by
John Monroe
Preceded by
John George Gibson
Solicitor-General for Ireland
1886
Succeeded by
John George Gibson
Preceded by
John Atkinson
Attorney-General for Ireland
1892–1895
Succeeded by
John Atkinson
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Charles Joseph MacDermot
Prince of Coolavin
1873–1904
Succeeded by
Charles Edward MacDermot


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