William Henry O'Shea
Standard Name: O'Shea, William Henry
Connections
Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
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Family and Intimate relationships | Anna Steele | Her aunt's legacy and the resulting litigation were factors in the divorce proceedings brought against Katherine by her separated and hitherto complaisant husband, William O'Shea
, in October 1889. During the court proceedings Katherine claimed... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Emma Caroline Wood | ECW
's youngest daughter, Katherine, later known as Kitty O'Shea
, became mistress and then wife of Charles Parnell
. Her divorce case from William Henry O'Shea
famously cost Parnell his position as chairman of... |
Timeline
6 December 1889
Charles Stewart Parnell
, having lost credit among Roman Catholics and the support of England's Liberal Government over the O'SheaKatharine O'Shea
divorce case, refused to resign as chairman of the Irish Party
after the Home Rulers
split.