Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot
Hugh Hyacinth O'Rorke MacDermot, JP, DL, QC was born on the 1 July 1834, eldest son of Charles Joseph MacDermot by his wife Arabella Mary, only child of Hyacinth O'Rorke, representative of the House of O'Rorke of Breffny. He succeeded his father 5 September 1873 as The Mac Dermot, Prince of Coolavin. He served as Solicitor General for Ireland in the Liberal government of 1886, and as Attorney General for Ireland in 1892, when he was made a member of the Irish Privy Council. He died on the 6 February 1904, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles Edward MacDermot.
| Preceded by: Samuel Walker | Solicitor General for Ireland 1885 | Succeeded by: John Monroe |
| Preceded by: John George Gibson | Solicitor General for Ireland 1886 | Succeeded by: John George Gibson |
| Preceded by: Dodgson Hamilton Madden | Attorney General for Ireland 1892–1895 | Succeeded by: John Atkinson |
Source: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland
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