Standish O'Grady (abt. 1766 - 1840)

Born about 20 Jan 1766 in County Limerick, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Katharine (Waller) O'Grady — married 1790 (to 1840) in Castletown, County Limerick Ireland

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1840 at about age 74 in County Limerick, Ireland

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Biography

Standish O'Grady, the eldest son of Darby O'Grady and Mary Smyth , was born in 1766 at County Limerick, Ireland.

He attended Trinity College, Dublin, graduated B.A. in 1784. He was called to the bar, and went on the Munster circuit. He was remarkable for wit as well as learning, and built up a considerable practice. He inherited the Cahir Guillamore estate on the death of his uncle John and was appointed High Sheriff of County Limerick for 1790.

He married Katharine Waller (daughter of John Thomas Waller and Elizabeth Maunsell) in 1790. In October 1805 he was appointed to the office of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer Ireland.

Upon his retirement in 1831 he was created 1st Viscount Guillamore, of Cahir Guillamore, co. Limerick [Ireland] and 1st Baron O'Grady, of Rockbarton, co. Limerick [Ireland] on 28 January 1831.

He died in 1840 at Rockbarton.
DEATHS.
At Rockbarton, county of Limerick, Viscount Guillamore, better known as Baron O’Grady, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, which office he held for several years, and on his retirement from the Bench was created Viscount Guillamore and Baron O’Grady, of Rockbarton, in the Peerage of Ireland.^[1]
DEATH OF LORD GUILLAMORE.—We are concerned to announce the demise of the Right Hon. Standish O’Grady, Lord Viscount Guillamore, at the family residence, Rockbarton, in this county, at eleven o’clock on Monday night last, when he departed this life after an illness of long duration, and much suffering. His Lordship is succeeded in the title and estates by his eldest son, Colonel the Hon. Standish O’Grady, who represented this, his native county, for some years in parliament, and is married to a daughter of the Hon. Berkley Paget, niece of the Marquis of Anglesey. The late peer was called to the Irish bar in Easter term 1787, and was admitted a Bencher of the Kings Inns in Michaelmas, 1798. Having filled the high office of Attorney-General in 1803, he was elevated to the dignity of Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1805, where he presided for several years with consummate ability, and finally retired in January, 1831, the reward of his arduous labours in the public service being a peerage and pension for life of £3,500.—His Lordship married the sister of the late John Waller, of Castletown, Esq., formerly representative in parliament for this county, and by whom he had numerous issue. The remains of the noble and learned Peer will be interred on Friday in the family cemetery, at Rockbarton, in this county, convenient to his residence.—Limerick Chronicle.^[2]

He was buried at St John's Churchyard Knockainey, Knockainy, County Limerick, Ireland.^[3]

On his death, the title of Viscount Guillamore passed to his son, Standish Darby O'Grady.

Sources

1. ↑ “Oxford Journal” Saturday 02 May 1840 page 4 column 3 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
2. ↑ “Derry Journal” Tuesday 28 April 1840 page 1 column 2 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219117698/viscount_standish-o'grady: accessed 15 September 2022), memorial page for Viscount Standish O'Grady (1766–21 Apr 1840), Find a Grave Memorial ID 219117698, citing Knockainey, Knockainy, County Limerick, Ireland; Maintained by Tom Paterson (contributor 49576110)

See also:

• Geoghegan, Patrick M. 'O'Grady, Standish James' "Dictionary of Irish Biography" https://www.dib.ie/biography/ogrady-standish-james-a6771
• William Ball Wright, Ball Family Records : genealogical memoirs of some Ball families of Great Britain, Ireland and America, second ed; digital image, FamilySearch Family History Books (https://books.familysearch.org : downloaded 22 Jun 2014), pages 143. Cit. Date: 17 Jun 2014;
• thepeerage.com http://www.thepeerage.com/p18504.htm#i185040
• http://tompaterson.co.uk/ogrady/ogrady1.htm#TOP
• Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standish_O%27Grady,_1st_Viscount_Guillamore
• Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219117698/viscount_standish-o'grady