Overview
Colonel George O'Callaghan-Westropp JP (18 February 1864 – 30 July 1944), also known as The O'Callaghan, was an Irish landowner, soldier and political figure of the early 20th century.
Biography
He was born George O'Callaghan, son of Colonel John O'Callaghan and Mary Johnson Westropp, and raised in the Church of Ireland.
He lived at Coolreagh, an Anglo-Irish big house in County Clare. In 1885, he added "Westropp" to his name under the terms of a bequest by his aunt Catherine's husband Ralph, who left him an estate at Fortanne. In 1895, he married Henrietta Cecile Rose Godbold; they had four children.
In 1905, O'Callaghan-Westropp was named honorary Aide de Camp to King Edward VII in the 1905 Birthday Honours.
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