George Ponsonby O'Callaghan, 2nd Viscount Lismore (16 March 1815 – 29 October 1898) was an Irish peer and

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officer. He was the third and only surviving son of

Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Viscount Lismore Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Viscount Lismore PC (I) (2 October 1775 – 30 May 1857) was an Irish Whig politician. He was the son of Cornelius O'Callaghan, 1st Baron Lismore and Frances Ponsonby. He succeeded to his father's title on 12 July 1 ...

and Lady Eleanor Butler, daughter of

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. He commissioned into the 17th Lancers and served with the regiment in the

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. He held the office of High Sheriff of Tipperary in 1853. On 30 May 1857 he succeeded to his father's titles and assumed his seat in the

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. He also succeeded his father as

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and held the position until 1885. He married Mary Norbury, daughter of George Norbury of

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, on 25 July 1839, and together they had two sons: * George O'Callaghan (1846-1885) who married Rosina Williams in

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, India, but died without issue. * William O'Callaghan (1852-1877) who served as MP for Tipperary. He died unmarried and without issue. Both sons predeceased Lord Lismore, leaving no heir, and his titles became extinct upon his death. The Lismores had a home in Ireland at

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and also in

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. They lived at 34 Grosvenor Street from 1863-1867, then at 31 Old Burlington Street from 1867 until the death of Lady Lismore in 1900.

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