Valentine O'Hara

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Valentine James O'Hara (8 February 1875 – 8 October 1941) was a noted

in the 1920s.

Early life

Valentine James O'Hara was born on 8 February 1875 in Bernere, Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland. Son of Thomas O'Hara, he had one brother (Charles (1871–1955)) and two sisters (Mary b 1877 and Elizabeth b 1879). His early education was at

. Ten years later he returned to Stonyhurst College and taught languages before leaving to devote himself to literary work.

Later career

Valentine was a long-term resident of the

His two best-known books are Anthony O'Hara, Knight of Malta, an account of a distinguished kinsman, during the writing of which O'Hara had access to the Tyrawley papers at Annaghmore House, near Collooney, County Sligo. He also wrote Russia in 1925 in collaboration with Nikolai Makeev. This was a much-quoted and authoritative history of late 19th-century Russia. He was a frequent contributor to Nineteenth Century, Contemporary, Empire, and National Reviews, Review of Reviews, Studio, among others, and a member of the Press Club, London, E.C.4. He regularly wrote letters to The Times.

On 25 June 1919 he married Florence Annie Butt, daughter of William Butt, a farmer in

O'Hara has an entry in the British Biographical Index reprinted from the Catholic Who's Who and Year Book 1930.

Bibliography

Books and general articles

• Esthonia: past and present. 1922.
• The Lithuanian Forest. 1922.
• The Foreign Office And Lithuania. Contemporary Review, Vol. 125 (June 1924): 745-752.
• Russia pp. xii. 346. Ernest Benn: London, 1925. In collaboration with Nikolai MAKEEV.
• Anthony O'Hara, Knight of Malta, Memoir of a Russian Diehard, pp. xii. 228. Richards: London, 1938.
• An historical sketch on Poland, 1863-1923, by Valentine J. O’Hara. pp. xix. 441. T. Fisher Unwin: London, 1923. contained within Poland by William Richard MORFILL

Oxford Journal articles

• The Lithuanian Bison: A Dying Race - 1921; S12-Ix: 509 - 510.
• Lazenki Palace, Warsaw: Latin Inscriptions - 1922; S12-X: 151.
• The English "H": Celtic, Latn And German Influences - 1922; S12-X: 32.
• Inscriptions On An Icon - 1922; S12-X: 117 - 118.
• Use Of "At" Or "In" With Placenames - 1922; S12-X: 234 - 235.
• ‘A Literary Find’ - 1922; S12-X: 487 - 488.
• English Travellers' References To Carrara - 1923; S13-I: 152 - 153.
• Inscriptions On Misericord Seats In Whalley Parish Church - 1923; S13-I: 31.
• Ct. Pietro Verri - 1923; S13-I: 153.
• Roodlofts - 1923; S13-I: 235.
• Lillingstone Dayrell, Ancient Monumental Brass - 1923; S13-I: 252.
• Heraldic Beasts - 1925; Cxlix: 369.
• Religion And Common Speech - 1926; Cl: 117.
• Pierre De Coulevain - 1930; 158: 331.
• Order Of The Holy Sepulchre - 1932; Clxiii: 207.
• "The Thief Of Touchino" - 1934; Clxvi: 316.
• Lazenki Palace, Warsaw: Latin Inscriptions - published posthumously 1965; 12: 151.^[4]

References

External links

• Stonyhurst College
• Short Biography of his life and relationship with his wife