(c.1740 - 1802), illeg. s. of 2nd B. Tyrawley; army officer, col. 1779, lt.-gen.1793, gen. 1798; gov. of Gibraltar 1795-d.; unm.
1784 - 5 Florence (3 - 5 Mar. 1784), Rome (Mar. - 10 May), Terni, Foligno (21 - 22 May), Venice (30 May), Milan (by 5 Jun.), Turin (by 19 Jun. 1784; 3 Feb. 1785)
1792 Naples (Feb. - 3 Mar.), Rome (by 1 Apr.)
Driven abroad by relentless creditors, O'Hara was in Italy with the sickly Edward Conway in 1784. Mary Berry, who saw them frequently, subsequently (in 1795) became engaged to the General, but they did not marry, see Edward Conway. He was presumably the Captain O'Hara presented at Court in Turin on 3 February 1785 with Thomas Pitt and a Mr Grosvenor.1
O'Hara was again in Italy in 1792 when his company was enjoyed by Lady Malmesbury: 'he is the most agreeable, comical creature in the world', she wrote; 'having been everywhere in Europe, Africa and America, he goes with us to Rome, to my great joy'.2
1. AST cf. 2. Elliot Letters, 1:408.