Arthur O'Connor | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:ArthurOConnor.jpg) O'Connor in French military uniform | |
| Member of Parliament for Philipstown | |
| In office 1790–1795 | |
| Preceded by | John Toler Henry Cope |
| Succeeded by | William Sankey John Longfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1763 Bandon, County Cork |
| Died | 25 April 1852 (aged 88) |
| Spouse |
Alexandrine Louise Sophie de Caritat de Condorcet
(m. 1807) |
| Relations | Roger O'Connor (brother) |
| Children | 5, including Daniel |
Arthur O'Connor (4 July 1763 – 25 April 1852), was a United Irishman who was active in seeking allies for the Irish cause in England and in France. A proponent of radical democratic reform, in Ireland he was distinguished by publishing political appeals to women. Arrested on the eve of the 1798 rebellion, in 1802 he went into exile in France where, after being raised to the rank of General in a force that was to invade Ireland, fell out of favour with Napoleon. Among the positions he maintained publicly in his final years were a defence of the July Revolution in Paris and opposition to what he saw as the clericalism of Daniel O'Connell's movement in Ireland.