Nicholas Roderick O'Conor

Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor
Born	3 July 1843 Dundermott, County Roscommon, Ireland
Died	19 February 1908 Constantinople, Turkey
Occupation	Diplomat, Ambassador
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Minna Margaret Hope-Scott
Children	Eileen
Parents	Patrick. A. C. O'Conor and Jane O'Conor (nee Ffrench)

The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., (County Roscommon Ireland,1843 - Constantinople, Turkey, 19 March 1908) was a British diplomat. At his death, Sir Nicholas was the British Ambassador to Turkey.^[1]

O'Conor, the youngest of three sons was born in Dundermott, County Roscommon in 1843, and was educated at Stoneyhurst College.

Career

O'Conor's entered the diplomatic service in 1866. In his early years, he was attached to the Embassy in Berlin, achieving the rank of Third Secretary in 1870. He served as Secretary at the Hague, Madrid. Rio de Janeiro, and Paris. He was Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at Peking and Washington, Political Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria.^[2]

Head of Mission

O'Conor's first ministerial appointment was at the was British Legation at Peking.^[1]

• 1892: In Seoul, O'Conor was the British Minister to the Empire of Korea.^[3]
• 1895: In St. Petersburg, he the Ambassador of His Britannic Majesty in the Imperial court of the Russian Czar.^[4]
• 1898: In Constantinople, he was Ambassador to the Court of the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire.^[1]

In 1896 O'Conor was made a Privy Counsellor

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Frank Lascelles	British Ambassador to Russia 1896 – 1898	Succeeded by Charles Stewart Scott
Preceded by Philip Currie	Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 1898 – 1908	Succeeded by Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther, 1st Baronet

Family

He was married to Minna Margaret Hope-Scott, daughter of James Robert Hope-Scott, Q.C. (1812–1873) and Lady Victoria Hope-Scott (1840–1870).

In 1918, at the Brompton Oratory, his daughter Eileen married Prince Matyla Ghyka of Roumania. After World War II, the family settled in the United States.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Sir Nicholas O'Conor Dead," New York Times. 20 March 1908.
2. ^ Obituary, Roscommon People, March, 1908
3. ^ Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal, p. 32. at Google Books
4. ^ "Turkey and the Powers," New York Times. 13 October 1895.

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Name	Oconor, Nicholas Roderick
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Date of birth	3 July 1843
Place of birth	Dundermott, County Roscommon, Ireland
Date of death	19 February 1908
Place of death	Constantinople, Turkey