Surname: O’Hagan Forename(s): Thomas b. 29 May 1812. d. 1 February 1885. Nationality: Irish. VIAF.
Poet and lord chancellor of Ireland. Son of Edward O’Hagan and Mary (née Bell). Educated
at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. Entered King’s Inn and Gray’s Inn and
was called to the Irish bar in 1836. Served as MP for Tralee, Co. Kerry (1863-5).
Appointed lord chancellor in 1868. Married Mary Teeling on 5 February 1836 and, after
her death, married Alice Mary Townley on 2 August 1871. Biographical information:
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