James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and
1st Baron Kilmaine, PC (1682 – 14
July 1774) was an Irish officer of the British
Army. He was given the rank of
field marshal on
10
June 1763. His father was
Charles O'Hara, 1st Baron
Tyrawley, a military officer as well.
O'Hara commanded the 7th Regiment of Foot, 4th Dragoon Guards, 2nd
Horse Grenadier Guards, 3rd Horse Guards, 10th Regiment of Foot,
14th Regiment of Dragoons, 3rd Regiment of Dragoons, and the
Coldstream Guards, successively.
His Portuguese-born illegitimate son
Charles O'Hara also saw military service in
the
American War of
Independence and the
French Revolutionary Wars, rising
to the rank of full
general.