Peerage Record – 16681

     James Laurence O’Connell is the son of Colonel Richard O’Connell and Mary Rose Bligh.²

     Mary Nano Godfrey O’Connell was born on 2 December 1823.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Maurice Charles Philip O’Connell and Mary Bligh.² She died on 19 February 1825 at age 1.¹

     Elizabeth Bligh was born on 24 March 1786 at London, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Vice-Admiral William Bligh and Elizabeth Betham.¹ She was baptised on 5 May 1786 at St. George’s in the East, London, England^G.¹ She married Richard Bligh in December 1817 at England.¹ She died on 17 July 1854 at age 68, at sea on board the ‘Magdelene’ within sight of England.¹
     From December 1817, her married name became Bligh.¹

     Richard Bligh was born in 1785 at Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.² He married Elizabeth Bligh, daughter of Vice-Admiral William Bligh and Elizabeth Betham, in December 1817 at England.² He died in 1838.²
     He graduated with a Master of Arts (M.A.) He was a practising Barrister at Law.² He was appointed King’s Counsel (K.C.)²

     Richard John Bligh was born on 26 February 1819 at London, England^G.¹ He was the son of Richard Bligh and Elizabeth Bligh.¹ He married Maria Isabella Fennell in 1847.¹ He died on 20 August 1869 at age 50 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Maria Isabella Fennell married Richard John Bligh, son of Richard Bligh and Elizabeth Bligh, in 1847.¹ She died on 5 June 1869 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹
     From 1847, her married name became Bligh.¹

     Elizabeth Mary Bligh was born on 30 November 1847 at Warialda, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ She was the daughter of Richard John Bligh and Maria Isabella Fennell.¹

     Richard John Blakeney Bligh was born on 19 August 1850 at Scone, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹ He was the son of Richard John Bligh and Maria Isabella Fennell.¹ He married Kate Angela O’Keefe at Canaga, Australia^G.¹ He died in 1925.¹

     Kate Angela O’Keefe was born on 12 March 1845 at Dalby, Queensland, Australia^G.¹ She married Richard John Blakeney Bligh, son of Richard John Bligh and Maria Isabella Fennell, at Canaga, Australia^G.¹
     Her married name became Bligh.¹

     Maria Isabella Bligh was the daughter of Richard John Blakeney Bligh and Kate Angela O’Keefe.¹ She married John Thomsett at Australia^G.¹ She died in 1916 at Australia^G.¹
     Her married name became Thomsett.¹