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Thomas Power O'Connor

(1848-1929), Journalist and politician; MP for Galway Borough and Liverpool

Sitter in 21 portraits
In 1867, he began as a reporter on the staff of Saunders's Newsletter, a Dublin paper, before moving to London as sub-editor of the Daily Telegraph. After spending some years as a freelance journalist, he was elected MP in the 1880 general election; he remained in parliament for nearly fifty years until his death. For much of his time there, he wrote a nightly sketch of proceedings for the Pall Mall Gazette. 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.

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Thomas Power O'Connor, by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG 3127

Thomas Power O'Connor

by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 25 February 1888
NPG 3127

'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons', probably by Roland Parker Stone, for  Benjamin Stone - NPG x135567

'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'

probably by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135567

'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons', probably by Roland Parker Stone, for  Benjamin Stone - NPG x135568

'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'

probably by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 17 July 1908
NPG x135568

Thomas Power O'Connor, by Walter Stoneman, for  James Russell & Sons - NPG Ax39117

Thomas Power O'Connor

by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39117

Thomas Power O'Connor ('Statesmen. No. 537.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D44374

Thomas Power O'Connor ('Statesmen. No. 537.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 25 February 1888
NPG D44374

Thomas Power O'Connor, by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie - NPG D2682

Thomas Power O'Connor

by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1926
NPG D2682

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