Inscription details are copied from Historic Graves - LI-SJKY-313 under a Creative Commons Licence and must not be amended
Ist Viscount Guillamore and Chief Baron of The Exchequer of Ireland, buried in St John's Knockainey.
Dictionary of National Biography:
"O’GRADY, STANDISH, first Viscount Guillamore (1766-1840)) was the eldest son of Darby O’Grady of Mount Prospect, Limerick, and of Mary, daughter of James Smyth of the same county. He was born; on 20 Jan. 1766, and, entering Trinity College, Dublin, graduated B.A. in 1784. He was called to the bar, and went the Munster circuit. He was remarkable for wit as well as learning and attained considerable practice. On 28 May 1803, after the murder of Lord Kilwarden, he became attorney-general, and was one of the prosecuting counsel at the trial of Robert Emmet. In 1805 he was made Lord Chief Baron, in succession to Yelverton, Lord Avonmore. He was a sound judge, and Chief Baron Pigot [q. v.],of the Irish exchequer, expressed the opinion: 'O’Grady was the ablest man whose mind I ever saw at work/ His witticisms on and off the bench were long Remembered (D. О. Маdden, Ireland and its Rulers, i. 126). ; O’Grady was one of the first to suspect the 'duplicity of Leonard McNally [q* v.] On his Retirement from the bench in 1831, he was created Viscount' Guillamore of Cahir Guiilamore and Baron 0,’Grady of Rockbarton, со. Limerick, in the peerage of Ireland. He was a handsome man, of a fine presence, and over six feet in stature. He died in Dublin on 20 April 1840. In 1790 he married Katharine (d. 1853),
second daughter of John Thomas Waller of Castletown, со. Limerick, by whom he had several children."
Ist Viscount Guillamore and Chief Baron of The Exchequer of Ireland, buried in St John's Knockainey.
Dictionary of National Biography:
"O’GRADY, STANDISH, first Viscount Guillamore (1766-1840)) was the eldest son of Darby O’Grady of Mount Prospect, Limerick, and of Mary, daughter of James Smyth of the same county. He was born; on 20 Jan. 1766, and, entering Trinity College, Dublin, graduated B.A. in 1784. He was called to the bar, and went the Munster circuit. He was remarkable for wit as well as learning and attained considerable practice. On 28 May 1803, after the murder of Lord Kilwarden, he became attorney-general, and was one of the prosecuting counsel at the trial of Robert Emmet. In 1805 he was made Lord Chief Baron, in succession to Yelverton, Lord Avonmore. He was a sound judge, and Chief Baron Pigot [q. v.],of the Irish exchequer, expressed the opinion: 'O’Grady was the ablest man whose mind I ever saw at work/ His witticisms on and off the bench were long Remembered (D. О. Маdden, Ireland and its Rulers, i. 126). ; O’Grady was one of the first to suspect the 'duplicity of Leonard McNally [q* v.] On his Retirement from the bench in 1831, he was created Viscount' Guillamore of Cahir Guiilamore and Baron 0,’Grady of Rockbarton, со. Limerick, in the peerage of Ireland. He was a handsome man, of a fine presence, and over six feet in stature. He died in Dublin on 20 April 1840. In 1790 he married Katharine (d. 1853),
second daughter of John Thomas Waller of Castletown, со. Limerick, by whom he had several children."
Inscription details are copied from Historic Graves - LI-SJKY-313 under a Creative Commons Licence and must not be amended
Ist Viscount Guillamore and Chief Baron of The Exchequer of Ireland, buried in St John's Knockainey.
Dictionary of National Biography:
"O’GRADY, STANDISH, first Viscount Guillamore (1766-1840)) was the eldest son of Darby O’Grady of Mount Prospect, Limerick, and of Mary, daughter of James Smyth of the same county. He was born; on 20 Jan. 1766, and, entering Trinity College, Dublin, graduated B.A. in 1784. He was called to the bar, and went the Munster circuit. He was remarkable for wit as well as learning and attained considerable practice. On 28 May 1803, after the murder of Lord Kilwarden, he became attorney-general, and was one of the prosecuting counsel at the trial of Robert Emmet. In 1805 he was made Lord Chief Baron, in succession to Yelverton, Lord Avonmore. He was a sound judge, and Chief Baron Pigot [q. v.],of the Irish exchequer, expressed the opinion: 'O’Grady was the ablest man whose mind I ever saw at work/ His witticisms on and off the bench were long Remembered (D. О. Маdden, Ireland and its Rulers, i. 126). ; O’Grady was one of the first to suspect the 'duplicity of Leonard McNally [q* v.] On his Retirement from the bench in 1831, he was created Viscount' Guillamore of Cahir Guiilamore and Baron 0,’Grady of Rockbarton, со. Limerick, in the peerage of Ireland. He was a handsome man, of a fine presence, and over six feet in stature. He died in Dublin on 20 April 1840. In 1790 he married Katharine (d. 1853),
second daughter of John Thomas Waller of Castletown, со. Limerick, by whom he had several children."
Ist Viscount Guillamore and Chief Baron of The Exchequer of Ireland, buried in St John's Knockainey.
Dictionary of National Biography:
"O’GRADY, STANDISH, first Viscount Guillamore (1766-1840)) was the eldest son of Darby O’Grady of Mount Prospect, Limerick, and of Mary, daughter of James Smyth of the same county. He was born; on 20 Jan. 1766, and, entering Trinity College, Dublin, graduated B.A. in 1784. He was called to the bar, and went the Munster circuit. He was remarkable for wit as well as learning and attained considerable practice. On 28 May 1803, after the murder of Lord Kilwarden, he became attorney-general, and was one of the prosecuting counsel at the trial of Robert Emmet. In 1805 he was made Lord Chief Baron, in succession to Yelverton, Lord Avonmore. He was a sound judge, and Chief Baron Pigot [q. v.],of the Irish exchequer, expressed the opinion: 'O’Grady was the ablest man whose mind I ever saw at work/ His witticisms on and off the bench were long Remembered (D. О. Маdden, Ireland and its Rulers, i. 126). ; O’Grady was one of the first to suspect the 'duplicity of Leonard McNally [q* v.] On his Retirement from the bench in 1831, he was created Viscount' Guillamore of Cahir Guiilamore and Baron 0,’Grady of Rockbarton, со. Limerick, in the peerage of Ireland. He was a handsome man, of a fine presence, and over six feet in stature. He died in Dublin on 20 April 1840. In 1790 he married Katharine (d. 1853),
second daughter of John Thomas Waller of Castletown, со. Limerick, by whom he had several children."
Inscription
PANEL A
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
STANDISH O GRADY
1ST VISCOUNT GUILLAMORE
CHIEF BARON OF THE
EXCHEQUER IRELAND
BORN 1766
DIED APRIL 21ST 1840
PANEL 3
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
STANDISH O GRADY
2ND VISCOUNT GUILLAMORE
COLONEL IN THE ARMY
A.D.C. TO THE QUEEN
SERVED IN THE PENINSULA
AND AT WATERLOO WITH THE 7TH HUSSARS
BORN 1792
DIED JULY 22ND 1848.
Memorial Type:
Plaque
Gravesite Details
Plaque inside St John's is in excellent condition
Family Members
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