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[Sir] Charles OHara
   
Life
?1640-1724; 1st Baron Tyrawley, 1706; lieut.-gen. 1st foot, 1688; knighted
1689; served under William III in Flanders; Col. of Royal Fuseliers, distinguished
at capture of Vigo and burning of Spanish fleet, 1703; at Guadalajara,
1706; Galways second in comm. in Spain, leading left wing at Almanza,
wounded; privy councillor; supported Galway against Peterborough; general,
1714; comm. in chief in Ireland, 1714-21. DNB
Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)
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