Why James O’Dowd is on this page

Sir James Cornelius O’Dowd (1829 – 15 December 1903) was deputy Judge Advocate General (1869-1899). He was knighted at Windsor Castle in 1900.

O’Dowd was the son of James Klyne O’Dowd, a barrister of Castlebar, Mayo. He was a student of the Middle Temple from 15 November 1853, aged 24 years, and he was called to the bar 26 January 1859. Amongst other works he published a treatise on Court Martial in the British Army [cited here] He was never married and died on 15 December 1903.

Sources

• Wikipedia — article.
• Wikidata Q64748582.

Heritage notes

Family root: irish-born-confirmed.

The directory threads James O’Dowd back to the Ó Dubhda clan story via the surname-variants reality — the same family carried these spellings as it scattered. See the septs and the diaspora for the wider pattern, or the Clan DNA Project for the genetic connections being mapped now.