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Morgan William II O'Donovan (1861–1940), The O'Donovan, and assumed the designation of ''The O'Donovan'' 〔The equivalent styles are Lord of Clancahill and O'Donovan Mor, both of which have fallen into disuse.〕 from 1890 to his death in 1940. He was the son of Henry Winthrop O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, and Amelia O'Grady, daughter of Gerald de Courcy O'Grady, The O'Grady, and Anne Wise. O'Donovan was a descendant of Donal II O'Donovan, The O'Donovan of Clancahill, the last such to be formally inaugurated in the ancient Gaelic manner, with the White Rod, by the MacCarthy Reagh, Prince of Carbery. The creation and use of a "chief of the name" designation was popular and widespread in Ireland in the early 1840s. Reporting on the then current trend (in 1840) of adopting the “O’” in front of an ancient Irish sept name, and the use of self proclaimed titles, John O’Donovan, writing in the Irish Penny Journal, noted that ”In like manner, Morgan William O’Donovan, of Mountpeller, near Cork, has not only re-assumed the O’ which his ancestors had rejected for eight generations, but also has styled himself the O’Donovan, chief of his name, being the next of kin to the last acknowledged head of that family, the late General Richard O’Donovan of Bawnlahan, whose family became extinct in the year 1829. His example has been followed by Timothy O’Donovan, of O’Donovans Cove, head of a respectable branch of the family. We like this Irish pride of ancestry, and we hope that it will become general many years have passed.“.〔Irish Penny Journal, Dublin, 1841〕 General Richard O'Donovan, whom died in 1829, was both the first person (in more than two hundred years) to use the designation of "the O'Donovan" consistent with being a chief of a name, and the last direct male descendent of Donal I O'Donoevane's (died 1629) first marriage to Helena Barry. The family of Henry Winthrop O'Donovan descends from Teige, first son of Donal I O'Donovan's second marriage to Johanna MacCarthy Reagh. Following the death of General O'Donovan, Morgan William II assumed the designation created by General O'Donovan. The use of the designation "The O'Donovan" was granted courtesy recognition by the Chief Herald's Office in 1943, but has consistently been rejected by other major branches of the O'Donovans.〔Graves Collection; holograph letters from Timothy O'Donovan, Donovan's Cove to John O’Donovan〕 ==Career== O'Donovan graduated from Magdalen College with a Bachelor of Arts. His first office, following his accession to the chiefship, was that of High Sheriff of County Cork in 1892. From 1899 to 1902 he fought in the Second Boer War, was at operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, and was mentioned in despatches.〔Crisp, p. 56〕 From 1903 to 1914 O'Donovan was Colonel of the 4th Battalion (Extra Reserve), Royal Munster Fusiliers. He was also Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for County Cork. In 1911 he was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Civil Division). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morgan William II O'Donovan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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