T. P. O'Connor
William Henry O'Shea | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1848 Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland |
| Died | 18 November 1929 (aged 81) London, England |
| Resting place | St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London |
| Political party |
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| Spouse |
Elizabeth Paschal (m. 1885) |
| Alma mater | Queen's College Galway |
Thomas Power O'Connor,
Early life and education
O'Connor was born in
Career
O'Connor entered journalism as a junior reporter on Saunders' Newsletter, a Dublin journal, in 1867. In 1870, he moved to London, and was appointed a sub-editor on The Daily Telegraph, principally on account of the utility of his mastery of French and German in reportage of the Franco-Prussian War.[1] He later became London correspondent for The New York Herald. He compiled the society magazine Mainly About People (M.A.P.) [2] from 1898 to 1911.
O'Connor was elected Member of Parliament for
From 1905, he belonged to the central leadership of the
Newspapers and journals
T. P. O'Connor founded and was the first editor of several newspapers and journals: The Star, the Weekly Sun (1891), The Sun (1893), M.A.P. and T.P.'s Weekly (1902). In August 1906, O'Connor was instrumental in the passing by Parliament of the Musical Copyright Act 1906, also known as the T.P. O'Connor Bill, following many of the popular music writers at the time dying in poverty due to extensive piracy by gangs during the piracy crisis of sheet music in the early 20th century.[5][6][7] The gangs would often buy a copy of the music at full price, copy it, and resell it, often at half the price of the original.[8] The film I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945), commissioned by the British Ministry of Information, is based on the events of the day.[9]
He was appointed as the second president of the
Publications
- Lord Beaconsfield – A Biography (1879);
- The Parnell Movement (1886);
- Gladstone's House of Commons (1885);
- Napoleon (1896);
- The Phantom Millions (1902);
- Memoirs of an Old Parliamentarian (1929).
Personal life
In 1885, O'Connor married Elizabeth Paschal, a daughter of a judge of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Death
He died in London on 18 November 1929 and is buried at St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green in north-west London. He was the last Father of the House to die as a sitting MP until Sir Gerald Kaufman in 2017.
References
- ^ a b Dennis Griffiths (ed.) The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992, London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, pp.445–46
- ^ "London Mainly About People Archives, May 27, 1899, p. 3". 27 May 1899.
- ISBN 0-7171-0645-4
- ^ Charles Townshend, "The Republic", p.143.
- ^ Atkinson, Benedict. & Fitzgerald, Brian. (eds.) (2017). Copyright Law: Volume II: Application to Creative Industries in the 20th Century. Routledge. p181.
- ISBN 9780198163831
- ISBN 9780195043105
- ISBN 9780226401195
- ISBN 9780226401195
- ^ BBFC. 1912–1949: The Early Years at the BBFC: 1916 – T. P. O’CONNOR. Retrieved 14 May 2020
Bibliography
- Boyce, D George (1982). Nationalism in Ireland. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Cottrell, Peter (2008). Irish Civil War, 1922–23. Botley, Oxford.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Walsh, Maurice (2008). The News from Ireland: Foreign Correspondents and the Irish Revolution. London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Wilson, Trevor, ed. (1970). The Political Diaries of C.P.Scott 1911–1928. London.
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External links
Media related to T. P. O'Connor at Wikimedia Commons
Works by or about Thomas Power O'Connor at Wikisource- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by T. P. O'Connor
- Works by T. P. O'Connor at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about T. P. O'Connor at Internet Archive
