Morgan O'Connell (27 August 1811 – 2 July 1875) was an Irish

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politician who was

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(MP) for

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from the 1835 election until the 1852 election. His father was John O'Connell, younger brother of

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, 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 Morgan O'Connell (31 October 1804 – 20 January 1885), soldier, politician and son of Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged ...

, such a

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being a common Irish practice. His mother Elizabeth Coppinger was descended from

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. He was "wild and extravagant" in his youth, and in middle age financial necessity made him practice at the

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. His uncle William Coppinger died in 1862; O'Connell inherited an estate in

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directly and another in

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, after his mother died the next year. In 1865 he married Mary Anne Bianconi,O'Connell 189
Vol.2 p.294
/ref> daughter of entrepreneur

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;O'Connell 189
Vol.2 (facing p.316) Note D.
/ref> she remembered him as "a very handsome, tall, stout, jolly, fresh-looking man". Their only child,

John O'Connell Bianconi John Charles William Coppinger O’Connell (19 October 1871 – 14 October 1929), later known as John Charles William Coppinger O’Connell Bianconi was an Irish land-owner and entrepreneur active in Clare. He was the son of Morgan John O'Conn ...

, was a reforming landlord, and in 1914 the County Clare commander of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:O'Connell, Morgan John 1811 births 1875 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kerry constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Morgan John Irish Repeal Association MPs Irish landlords Members of the Bar of England and Wales Irish barristers 19th-century Irish landowners