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A scion of the [[landed gentry]] of Ireland,<ref name=burke>Sir Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland'' (Harrison & sons, 1899), p. 344</ref> O'Gorman was born in Kilkenny, the son of the successful [[barrister]] Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], and educated at [[Clongowes Wood College|Clongowes]], then at the age of sixteen matriculated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]. There he graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in law in 1840.<ref>Brendan Barrington, ed., ''The Dublin Review'' issues 10-13 (2003), p. 15</ref> On 3 February 1843 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the [[Ceylon Regiment]]. On 9 December 1845 he transferred to the [[90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)|90th Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)]] as a Lieutenant and was promoted Captain on 2 April 1852. He served in the [[Crimean War]] from 1854 to 1855, and on 17 August 1855 sold his commission.<ref name=boase>'O'GORMAN, Purcell', in Frederic Boase, ed., ''Modern English Biography: I-Q'' (1897), p. 1,887: "O'GORMAN, Purcell (2 son of the preceding). b. 1820; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1840; 2 lieut. Ceylon regiment 3 Feb. 1843 ; lieut. 90 foot 9 Dec. 1845, captain 2 April 1852, sold out 17 Aug. 1855; served in Crimean war 1854-5; M.P. Waterford 1874-80. d. Springfield, co. Kilkenny 24 Nov 1888."</ref> |
A scion of the [[landed gentry]] of Ireland,<ref name=burke>Sir Bernard Burke, ''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland'' (Harrison & sons, 1899), p. 344</ref> O'Gorman was born in Kilkenny, the son of the successful [[barrister]] Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman [[Queen's Counsel|QC]], and educated at [[Clongowes Wood College|Clongowes]], then at the age of sixteen matriculated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]]. There he graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] in law in 1840.<ref>Brendan Barrington, ed., ''The Dublin Review'' issues 10-13 (2003), p. 15</ref> On 3 February 1843 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the [[Ceylon Regiment]]. On 9 December 1845 he transferred to the [[90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)|90th Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)]] as a Lieutenant and was promoted Captain on 2 April 1852. He served in the [[Crimean War]] from 1854 to 1855, and on 17 August 1855 sold his commission.<ref name=boase>'O'GORMAN, Purcell', in Frederic Boase, ed., ''Modern English Biography: I-Q'' (1897), p. 1,887: "O'GORMAN, Purcell (2 son of the preceding). b. 1820; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1840; 2 lieut. Ceylon regiment 3 Feb. 1843 ; lieut. 90 foot 9 Dec. 1845, captain 2 April 1852, sold out 17 Aug. 1855; served in Crimean war 1854-5; M.P. Waterford 1874-80. d. Springfield, co. Kilkenny 24 Nov 1888."</ref> |
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In March 1875, barely a year after his election to the House of Commons in February 1874, O'Gorman was caricatured by [[Carlo Pellegrini]] in the London ''Vanity Fair'' magazine as "The Joker for Waterford".<ref>''In Vanity Fair: Original Lithographs of Elegant & Ignominious Edwardians'' (Lyons Limited Antique Prints, 1999), p. 29</ref> |
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Purcell O'Gorman (1820– 24 November 1888) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, elected as a member of the Home Rule League to represent Waterford City. He was elected only once, in the United Kingdom general election, 1874, and served until 1880.
Life
A scion of the landed gentry of Ireland,[1] O'Gorman was born in Kilkenny, the son of the successful barrister Nicholas Purcell O'Gorman QC, and educated at Clongowes, then at the age of sixteen matriculated at Trinity College, Dublin. There he graduated BA in law in 1840.[2] On 3 February 1843 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Ceylon Regiment. On 9 December 1845 he transferred to the 90th Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) as a Lieutenant and was promoted Captain on 2 April 1852. He served in the Crimean War from 1854 to 1855, and on 17 August 1855 sold his commission.[3]
In March 1875, barely a year after his election to the House of Commons in February 1874, O'Gorman was caricatured by Carlo Pellegrini in the London Vanity Fair magazine as "The Joker for Waterford".[4]
After serving as one of Waterford's two Home Rule League members of parliament from 1874 to 1880, O'Gorman died at Springfield, County Kilkenny, in November 1888.[3]
Private life
In 1853, O'Gorman married Sarah, a daughter of Thomas Mellor, of Ashton, Lancashire, and they had one son and two daughters.[1] They settled at Bellevue, in County Clare.[5] In 1860 their elder daughter, Frances Alice O'Gorman, married Captain E. J. Anderson, Royal Engineers. He was later a Brigadier-General.[6] In 1905 their younger daughter, Mary O'Gorman, married as his second wife Lt. Colonel Robert Thomas Carew, a former High Sheriff of County Waterford.[5]
Notes
- ^ a b Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland (Harrison & sons, 1899), p. 344
- ^ Brendan Barrington, ed., The Dublin Review issues 10-13 (2003), p. 15
- ^ a b 'O'GORMAN, Purcell', in Frederic Boase, ed., Modern English Biography: I-Q (1897), p. 1,887: "O'GORMAN, Purcell (2 son of the preceding). b. 1820; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1840; 2 lieut. Ceylon regiment 3 Feb. 1843 ; lieut. 90 foot 9 Dec. 1845, captain 2 April 1852, sold out 17 Aug. 1855; served in Crimean war 1854-5; M.P. Waterford 1874-80. d. Springfield, co. Kilkenny 24 Nov 1888."
- ^ In Vanity Fair: Original Lithographs of Elegant & Ignominious Edwardians (Lyons Limited Antique Prints, 1999), p. 29
- ^ a b Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, ed., Burke's Irish Family Records (London: Burkes Peerage Ltd., 1976), p. 212
- ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes (Kell's Directories, 1918), p. 90