Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin

Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin, 1865
Emily Holmes-á Court, first wife of Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin.

Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin KP (14 May 1839 – 9 April 1900) was the holder of a hereditary peerage in the Peerage of Ireland, as well as Chief of the Name of O'Brien and Prince of Thomond in the Gaelic Irish nobility. In 1862, he was appointed High Sheriff of Clare.[1]

Family and background

He was born the eldest son of Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin and Mary Fitzgerald. He graduated MA in 1860 from Trinity College, Cambridge where where his uncle, the Rev. Arthur Martineau (1806-1872) had been a Fellow.[2][3]

He took the title in March 1872, upon the death of his father, and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick on 5 August 1892. On 26 April 1882 he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the 7th Brigade, South Irish Division, Royal Artillery (the Clare Militia), which he held until his death.[1][4] He married firstly Emily Holmes-á Court, the daughter of William Holmes-á Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury, and together they had four children:[1]

He then married Ellen Harriet, the daughter of Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly, with whom he had a further ten children:[1]

  • Clare O'Brien (1875–1950), married in 1904 Brig-Gen Noel Armar Lowry-Corry, DSO, great-grandson of Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore and son of Mr and Mrs Armar Henry Lowry Corry (1836-1893) of Forest Lodge, Windsor Forest where Noel and his wife were living in 1914.[5][6][7]
  • Moira O'Brien (1876–?) married twice
  • Eileen O'Brien (1877–?)
  • Maud O'Brien (1878–?)
  • Donough O'Brien (1879–?) Barrister-at-Law
  • Beatrice O'Brien (1882–?), married Marquess Guglielmo Marconi, the radio pioneer and Nobel Prize winner.[8]
  • Lilah O'Brien (1884–?) married twice
  • Capt Henry Barnaby O'Brien, MC (1887–?)
  • Doreen O'Brien (1888–?)
  • Lt Desmond O'Brien, Royal Flying Corps (born 1895, killed in action 1915)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 100th Edn, London, 1953: 'Inchiquin'.
  2. ^ Kirby, Brian (2009). "Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 143 Inchiquin Papers" (PDF). National Library of Ireland. p. 11. Retrieved 3 May 2023. Edward Donough, 14th Baron Inchiquin (1839-1900) was educated at St. Columba's College, Dublin, and at Trinity College, Cambridge where he graduated MA in 1860.
  3. ^ "Martineau, Arthur (1806–1872) Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, clergyman". Trinity College, Cambridge. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ Army List, various dates.
  5. ^ Debrett's Illustrated Peerage and Baronetage, Titles of . Debrett's Peerage Ltd. 1914. p. 112. Retrieved 3 May 2023. ...Corry , M.P. , 1st Lord of the Admiralty , 2nd son of 2nd Earl : - Issue of the late Armar Henry Lowry - Corry , b . 1836 , d . 1893 m . 1867 , Alice Margaret (now of Forest Lodge, Windsor Forest ... Noel Armar , D.S.O. , b . 1867 ; ed . at Harrow [and Cheltenham 1883-1884]...
  6. ^ Directory of Titled Persons Designed as a Companion to... 1910. p. 262. Retrieved 3 May 2023. Forest Lodge , Windsor . CORRY ( LOWRY- ) , Hon . Mrs. NOEL , Wife of preceding and dau . of 14th Bn . Inchiquin ... grt grandson of the 2nd Earl of Belmore...residence: Forest Lodge, Windsor...
  7. ^ "Wedding - BRASSEY-LOWRY CORRY". Ladies' Field, London. 30 July 1904. Retrieved 3 May 2024. Brassey, and nephew of Lord Brassey, and Miss Violet Lowry Corry, daughter of the late Mr. Armar Lowry Corry and Mrs. Lowry Corry, of 25, Chesham Street, and Forest Lodge, Windsor...
  8. ^ "Guglielmo Marconi: The Nobel Prize in Physics". nobelprize.org. 1909.
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