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James OHara, [Baron
Kilmaine]
   
Life
1690-1773; field-marshal, diplomat; wounded Almanza and Malplaquet; col.
of royal fusiliers, 1713; Baron Kilmaine of Ireland, 1722; English peerage,
1724; ambassador in Portugal, 1728-41 and 1752-56; in Russia, 1743-45;
army promotions, to maj-gen. 1743; gov. of Minorca, 1752-56; Gibraltar,
1756-57; general, 1761; field-marshal and gov. of Portsmouth, 1763; plenipotentiary
and general in Portugal, 1762-63.63. DNB
Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)
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