Patrick O' Sullivan (20 January 1835 – 25 February 1887) was a British lawyer of Irish origin who served as the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency and ex-officio member of the

Madras Legislative Council Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the former bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initia ...

from 1877 to 1882. He studied law at

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and was

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in 1864. He married Sidney Jane Moore in India. They had only one son, Arthur, a British Army officer who played a leading role in the 1914

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OSullivan, Patrick 1835 births 1887 deaths Members of Gray's Inn Members of the Madras Legislative Council Advocates general for Tamil Nadu 19th-century British lawyers