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O'Neill, Baron (UK, 1868)

Creation: let. pat. 18 Apr 1868

Family name: O'Neill

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, per fess wavy the chief Argent and the base representing Waves of the Sea in chief a Dexter Hand couped at the wrist Gules in base a Salmon naiant proper (O'Neill); 2nd and 3rd, checky Or and Gules a Chief Vair (Chichester)

Crests:

1st: an Arm embowed in Armour the Hand grasping a Sword all proper;  2nd:  a Stork rising with a Snake in its beak all proper

Supporters:

On either side a Lion Gules gorged with an Antique Crown Argent pendant therefrom an Escutcheon the dexter charged with the Arms of O'Neill and the sinister with those of Chichester

Motto:

Above the Crests:  Invitum Sequitur Honos;  Below the Arms:  Lamh Dearg Eirin (The Red Hand of Ireland)

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William [Chichester later O'Neill], 1st Baron O'Neill

1st son and hr. of Rev Edward Chichester, Rector of Kilmore, co. Armagh (by his wife Catharine Young, dau. of Robert Young, of Culdaff House, co. Donegal), 2nd son of Rev William Chichester DD, Rector of Clonmany (by his second wife Mary Anne Hart, dau. of Rev Edward Hart, of Kilderry), 1st son of Rev Arthur Chichester by his wife Mary O'Neill, only child and hrss. of Henry O'Neill, elder brother of Charles O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, co. Antrim, father of John [O'Neill], 1st Viscount O'Neill

born

4 Mar 1813

mar. (1)

3 Jan 1839 Henrietta Torrens (d. 17 Jan 1857), 1st dau. of Robert Torrens, a Judge of the Common Pleas of Ireland

mar. (2)

8 Apr 1858 Elizabeth Grace Torrens, dau. of Ven John Torrens DD, Archdeacon of Dublin

died

18 Apr 1883

created

18 Apr 1868 Baron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim

suc. by

son by first wife

note

Prebendary of Christ Church, Dublin 1848-59;  took the name of O'Neill in lieu of that of Chichester by Royal Licence in 1855 on succeeding to the O'Neill estates on the death of his kinsman, John Bruce Richard [O'Neill], 3rd Viscount O'Neill

Edward [Chichester later O'Neill], 2nd Baron O'Neill

born

31 Dec 1839

mar.

30 Jun 1873 Lady Louisa Katherine Emma Cochrane (b. 1 Sep 1848; d. 10 Aug 1942), 1st dau. of Thomas Barnes [Cochrane], 11th Earl of Dundonald, by his wife Louisa Harriet Mackinnon, 2nd dau. of William Alexander Mackinnon of Mackinnon, 33rd Chief of Mackinnon

died

19 Nov 1928

suc. by

grandson

[Capt Hon Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill MP]

1st son and heir app. of Edward [Chichester later O'Neill], 2nd Baron O'Neill

born

19 Sep 1876

mar.

21 Jan 1902 Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (mar. (2) 9 Feb 1922 Maj James Hugh Hamilton Dodds later Crewe-Dodds CMG, Consul-General at Nice;  d. 14 Jun 1948), 1st dau. and cohrss. of Robert Offley Ashburton [Milnes later Crewe-Milnes], 1st Marquess of Crewe, by his first wife Sibyl Marcia Graham, 4th dau. of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Bt., of Netherby, co. Cumberland, by his wife Lady Jane Hermione St Maur, 1st dau. and cohrss. of Edward Adolphus [Seymour later St Maur], 12th Duke of Somerset

died

v.p. 6 Nov 1914

note

father of Shane Edward Robert [O'Neill], 3rd Baron O'Neill

Shane Edward Robert [O'Neill], 3rd Baron O'Neill

born

6 Feb 1907

mar.

6 Oct 1932 Anne Geraldine Mary Charteris (mar. (2) 28 Jun 1945 (div. 1952) Esmond Cecil [Harmsworth], 2nd Viscount Rothermere; mar. (3) 24 Mar 1952 Ian Lancaster Fleming;  d. 1981), 1st dau. of Hon Guy Lawrence Charteris, of Old House, Didbrook, Winchecombe, co. Gloucester (2nd son of Hugo Richard [Charteris], 9th Earl of Wemyss), by his wife Frances Lucy Tennant, 1st dau. of Frances John Tennant, of Innes, co. Moray

died

Oct 1944

suc. by

son

Raymond Arthur Clanaboy [O'Neill], 4th Baron O'Neill, KCVO

born

1 Sep 1933

mar.

10 Jun 1963 Georgina Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott, 1st dau. of Lt Col Lord George Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott (by his wife Mary Wina Mannin Bishop, only dau. of Lt Col Harry Oswald Bishop, of Harewood, Andover, Hampshire), 3rd son of John Charles [Montagu-Douglas-Scott], 7th Duke of Buccleuch

children

1. Hon Shane Sebastian Clanaboy O'Neill (b. 25 Jul 1965), mar. 4 Oct 1997 Celia Hickman, 1st dau. of Peter Hickman. of Kensington, London

2. Hon Tyrone Alexander O'Neill (b. 24 Jun 1966)

3. Hon Rory St John O'Neill (b. 20 Dec 1968)

note

Lord Lieutenant of Co. Antrim; KCVO 2008

 Last updated 24 Apr 2004

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Title:

4th Baron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 18 Apr 1868)

Address:

Shane's Castle, Co. Antrim BT41 4NE

Tel:  01849 463264   Office:  01849 428216

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