James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley

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Lord Tyrawley, with John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu and an unknown man.

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.

Military offices
Preceded by The Lord Tyrawley	Colonel of the The Royal Regiment of Fuzileers 1713–1739	Succeeded by William Hargrave
Preceded by Thomas Pearce	Colonel of the 5th Regiment of Horse 1739–1743	Succeeded by John Brown
Preceded by The Earl of Crawford	Captain and Colonel of the 2nd Troop Horse Grenadier Guards 1743–1745	Succeeded by The Earl of Rothes
Preceded by The 2nd Earl of Albemarle	Captain and Colonel of the 3rd Troop Horse Guards 1745–1746	Regiment disbanded
Preceded by Francis Columbine	Colonel of The= Lord Tyrawley's Regiment 1746–1749	Succeeded by Edward Pole
Preceded by Archibald Hamilton	Colonel of the 14th Regiment of Dragoons 1749–1752	Succeeded by Louis Dejean
Preceded by Humphrey Bland	Colonel of the 3rd (King's Own) Regiment of Dragoons 1752–1755	Succeeded by The 3rd Earl of Albemarle
Preceded by The 2nd Earl of Albemarle	Colonel of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards 1755–1773	Succeeded by The Earl Waldegrave
Preceded by Earl of Stair	Governor of Minorca 1747–1756	Succeeded by Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion
Preceded by Thomas Fowke	Governor of Gibraltar 1756–1757	Succeeded by William Home, 8th Earl of Home
Peerage of Ireland
New creation	Baron Kilmaine 1722–1774	Extinct
Preceded by Charles O'Hara	Baron Tyrawley 1724–1774	Extinct