Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor (Irish: Nioclás Ruairí Ó Conchobhair Donn; 3 July 1843 – 19 March 1908) was an Anglo-Irish diplomat. When he died, Sir Nicholas was the British ambassador to Turkey.
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Early life
O'Conor was born on 3 July 1843 at Dundermot House, in Dundermot, Ballymoe to Patrick O'Conor, a Justice of the peace and later High sheriff, and Jane O'Conor (née French). The youngest of three sons , O'Conor was a member of the cadet branch of the Catholic O'Conor Don family.
Educated at St Stanislaus and Stonyhurst College, O'Conor also studied in Munich and at UCLouvain.
Career
O'Conor entered the diplomatic service in 1866. In his early years, he was attached to the Embassy in Berlin, achieving the rank of Third Secretary in 1870. He served as Secretary at the Hague, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, and Paris. He was trained in the diplomatic service by Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons, and was a member of the Tory-sympathetic 'Lyons School' of British diplomacy. He was Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at Peking and Washington, Political Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria.