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. It was created on 14 June 1870 for Sir Thomas O'Hagan, then

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. His younger son, the third Baron, served as a

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(government whip in the

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) from 1907 to 1910 in the Liberal administrations of

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and

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and was later a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords. In 1909 Lord O'Hagan assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Towneley, which was that of his maternal grandfather. the title is held by his grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded in 2025. He is the son of the Hon. Thomas Anthony Edward Towneley Strachey (d. 1955). His elder brother Lord O'Hagan was a

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for Devon from 1973 to 1975 and again from 1979 to 1994, first as an independent and later as a

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. He assumed in 1938 by

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the additional Christian name of Towneley and the surname of Strachey in lieu of his patronymic. Strachey was the surname of his maternal grandfather

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Barons O'Hagan (1870)

Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan, KP, PC (Ire), QC (29 May 18121 February 1885), was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1868 to 1874 and again from 1880 to 1881. Background and education O'Hagan was bor ...

(1812–1885) * Thomas Towneley O'Hagan, 2nd Baron O'Hagan (1878–1900) * Maurice Herbert Towneley Towneley-O'Hagan, 3rd Baron O'Hagan (1882–1961) * Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (1945–2025) *Richard Towneley Strachey, 5th Baron O'Hagan (b. 1950) The 5th Baron's

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is his son Hon. Columba O’Hagan Strachey (b. 1985)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohagan Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1870 Peerages created for UK MPs