Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan
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The Right Honourable The Lord O'Hagan KP PC QC |
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Lord O'Hagan, c. 1868.
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| Lord Chancellor of Ireland | |
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In office 1868–1874 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Abraham Brewster |
| Succeeded by | In commission |
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In office 1880–1881 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | John Thomas Ball |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Law |
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| Born | 29 May 1812 Belfast |
| Died |
1 February 1885 (aged 72) Hereford House, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
Thomas O'Hagan, 1st Baron O'Hagan KP, PC, QC (29 May 1812 – 1 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.
O'Hagan was born in Belfast, the son of a trader. He was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1836.
Between 1838 and 1841 O'Hagan was the editor of the Newry Examiner. In 1840 he moved to Dublin, where he appeared for the repeal party in many political trials, becoming an Irish Queen's Counsel in 1849. His advocacy of a continuance of the Union with Great Britain, and his appointment as Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1860 and Attorney-General for Ireland in the following year, lost him the support of the Nationalist party, but he was returned to Parliament as Liberal Member of Parliament for Tralee in 1863. In 1865 he was appointed a judge of common pleas, and in 1868 became Lord Chancellor of Ireland in William Ewart Gladstone's first administration.
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