John’s parents
were John Odell and Catherine Young, daughter of the Bishop of Clonfert. John was educated at Cambridge and
Oxford. In September 1827 he married
Caroline Ambrosia King, daughter of Lieutenant colonel Sir Henry King.
John
decided to build a new house more suitable to the status of the family and
picked an elevated site not far from the old family home of Mount Odell. It is believed to have been designed by
Daniel Robertson who also did a set of drawings to transform Curraghmore into a
great gothic castle.
In 1826
John was granted confirmation of a new coat of arms which included the arms of
Radcliffe and Osborne along with the three crescents of the Odells.
John died
of 'fever' on the 26th of May 1847 and his death was widely reported
in the newspapers: 'He caught the fever attending relief committees in
Dungarvan poorhouse as Guardian'.
