Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, Prince of Coolavin
PC,
JP,
DL,
QC (1 July 1834 – 6 February 1904), was an Irish lawyer.
Legal career
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
His or Her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland, commonly called the Privy Council of Ireland, Irish Privy Council, or in earlier centuries the Irish Council, was the institution within the Dublin Castle administration which exercised formal execu ...
.
Personal life
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.
MacDermot died on 6 February 1904, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Edward MacDermot.
His grandson (by his fourth son, Henry)
Niall MacDermot
Niall MacDermot CBE OBE QC (10 September 1916 – 22 February 1996) was a British Labour politician.
MacDermot was educated at Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and served in the Intelligence Corps during the Second Worl ...
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
Dáil Éireann ( , ; ) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).Article 15.1.2º of the Constitution of Ireland rea ...
and
Seanad Éireann
Seanad Éireann (, ; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house).
It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its memb ...
between 1932 and 1942.
See also
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Chiefs of the Name
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Kings of Moylurg
Notes
References
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* "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot Mac Dermot, 1996.
Welcome To The Official MacDermot Clan Homepageat www.macdermot.com
*''Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland''
Solicitors-General for Ireland
Attorneys-General for Ireland
1834 births
1904 deaths
People from County Roscommon
MacDermot family
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Irish chiefs of the name
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