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O'Connor, Arthur
O'Connor, Arthur (1763–1852), United Irishman. He was youngest son of Roger Conner, a Co. Cork gentleman of English descent. (‘ O'Connor’ was a later affectation adopted by Arthur and his brother Roger.) As MP (1791–5) for the borough of Philipstown, controlled by his uncle Richard Longfield, later (1795) Baron Longueville, O'Connor initially supported government, but turned to radicalism from 1792. In 1796 he travelled to France to discuss invasion plans, and was subsequently one of the advocates of early revolutionary action, clashing with the more cautious Thomas Emmet. He was arrested with Coigley at Margate in February 1798, but acquitted of treason (at the cost, some felt, of incriminating Coigley). Detained on new charges in Ireland, he was deported with other United Irish prisoners in 1802, and spent the rest of his life in France.
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"O'Connor, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "O'Connor, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-OConnorArthur.html "O'Connor, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-OConnorArthur.html |
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O'Connor, Arthur
O'Connor, Arthur (1763–1852). Irish republican. Born in Mitchelstown (Co. Cork), into a landed family, his background was protestant but he was a sceptic. He sat in the Dublin Parliament as a follower of Grattan (1791–5), speaking in favour of catholic emancipation, but in 1796 joined the United Irishmen and conducted negotiations for the French invasion of that year. Imprisoned in Dublin for six months for seditious libel in 1797, he was arrested again on his way to France in February 1798. Tried for high treason and acquitted, he was detained on lesser charges but released into exile in France in 1803. In 1807 he married Condorcet's daughter and settled on an estate near Nemours which had once been Mirabeau's. He became a French citizen in 1818. His rationalism and capacity for organization marked him out as one of the ablest of Irish leaders.
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JOHN CANNON. "O'Connor, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "O'Connor, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-OConnorArthur.html JOHN CANNON. "O'Connor, Arthur." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-OConnorArthur.html |
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