T. P. O'Connor , October 22, 1909

Thomas Power O'Connor (5 October 1848–18 November 1929), known as T. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay, was a journalist, an Irish nationalist political figure, and a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927

O'Connor was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, on 5 October 1848. Athlone ( is a town that lies on the River Shannon near the southern extremity of Lough Ree, Ireland. County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí is a County situated in the Irish midlands, also popularly called the "Lake county" in the western part of the province Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap He was the eldest son of Thomas O’Connor, an Athlone shopkeeper, and his wife Teresa Power, the daughter of a non-commissioned officer in the Connaught Rangers. The Connaught Rangers ("the Devil's Own" was an Irish Regiment of the British Army, formed by the almagation in 1881 of the 88th Regiment O'Connor was believed to be the cousin of the famous Coynard Coyle of Texas. This rumour however was never proven. He was educated at the College of the Immaculate Conception in Athlone, and Queen's College Galway, where he won scholarships in history and modern languages and built up a reputation as an orator, serving as auditor of the college's Literary and Debating Society. The National University of Ireland Galway ( NUI Galway) ( Irish Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh or OÉ Gaillimh) is a tertiary-level History Foundation The exact circumstances of the foundation of the society are unclear but it is thought that the organisation evolved from an informal discussion set He entered journalism as a junior reporter on Saunders’ Newsletter, a Dublin journal, in 1867. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. In 1870, he moved to London, and was appointed a sub-editor on the Daily Telegraph, principally on account of the utility of his mastery of French and German in reportage of the Franco-Prussian War. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 He later became London correspondent for the New York Herald. The New York Herald was a large distribution Newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924 In 1885, O'Connor married Elizabeth Paschal, a daughter of a Judge of the Supreme Court of Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.

O'Connor was elected Member of Parliament for Galway in the 1880 general election, as a representative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Home Rule League. Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland Results |} Total votes cast 3359416 Voting summary Seats summary Charles Stewart Parnell ( 27 June 1846 &ndash 6 October 1891) was an Irish Protestant landowner nationalist The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a Political party which campaigned for Home rule for the island of Ireland from 1873 to At the next general election in 1885, he was returned both for Galway and for the Liverpool Scotland constituencies, which had a large Irish population; he chose to sit for Liverpool, and represented that constituency in the House of Commons from 1885 until his death in 1929. Results |} Total votes cast 4638235 All parties shown Voting summary Seats summary See also Liverpool Scotland was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords This was the only constituency outside the island of Ireland ever to return an Irish Nationalist Party MP. The Nationalist Party was a term commonly used to describe a number of parliamentary political parties and constituency organisations supportive of Home Rule for Ireland from Remarkably, O'Connor continued to be re-elected in Liverpool under this label unopposed in the 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1929 general elections. The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922 It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish The UK general election of 1923 was held on 6 December 1923 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin, won the most seats but Labour, led by The 1924 UK general election was held on 29 October 1924 The Conservatives, led by Stanley Baldwin performed dramatically better in electoral terms than in The 1929 UK general election was held on 30 May 1929 and resulted in a Hung parliament.

Bust of journalist and politician T. P. O'Connor in Fleet Street, London. Fleet Street is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. The inscription reads, "His pen could lay bare the bones of a book or the soul of a statesman in a few vivid lines. "

For much of his time in parliament, he wrote a nightly sketch of proceedings there for the Pall Mall Gazette. The Pall Mall Gazette was an evening newspaper founded in London on February 7 1865. He became "Father of the House of Commons", with unbroken service of 49 years 215 days. Father of the House is a term that has by tradition been unofficially bestowed on certain members of some national Legislatures most notably the House of Commons in The Irish Nationalist Party ceased to exist effectively after the Sinn Féin landslide of 1918, and thereafter O'Connor effectively sat as an independent. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

O'Connor founded and was the first editor of several newspapers and journals: the Star (1887), the Weekly Sun (1891), the Sun (1893), M. A. P. and T. P. ’s Weekly (1902). He was appointed the first President of the Board of Film Censors in 1917, and was appointed to the Privy Council by the first Labour government in 1924. The British Board of Film Classification ( BBFC) originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for Film, DVD Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the He was also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Journalists, the world's oldest journalists' organisation. The Chartered Institute of Journalists is a professional body for journalists. It continues to honour him by having a T. P. O'Connor charity fund.

O'Connor authored a range of books, including Lord Beaconsfield – A Biography (1879); The Parnell Movement (1886); Gladstone’s House of Commons; Napoleon; The Phantom Millions; and Memoirs of an Old Parliamentarian (1929). He died in London on 18 November 1929. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.