First Baron O'Hagan of Tullxhogue; born Belfast, Ireland, 1812; died 1885. After editing the "Newry Examiner," he made rapid progress at the Bar, and, 1868, was appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the first Catholic to hold that office since the days of James II.
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