Morgan John O'Connell
'''Morgan O'Connell''' (27 August 1811 – 2 July 1875) was an Irish
Repeal Association politician who was
Member of Parliament (MP) for
Kerry from the
1835 election until the
1852 election. His father was John O'Connell, younger brother of
Daniel O'Connell, the leader of the Repeal Association. John's son was usually called '''Morgan John O'Connell''' to distinguish him from Daniel's son
Morgan O'Connell, such a
patronymic being a common Irish practice. His mother Elizabeth Coppinger was descended from
Sir Walter Coppinger. He was "wild and extravagant" in his youth, and in middle age financial necessity made him practice at the
English bar. His uncle William Coppinger died in 1862; O'Connell inherited an estate in
County Cork directly and another in
Kildysart,
County Clare, after his mother died the next year. In 1865 he married Mary Anne Bianconi, daughter of entrepreneur
Charles Bianconi; she remembered him as "a very handsome, tall, stout, jolly, fresh-looking man". Their only child,
John O'Connell Bianconi, was a reforming landlord, and in 1914 the County Clare commander of the
National Volunteers.
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