Edward Dominic O'Brien
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Captain Edward Dominic O'Brien (1735 - 1 March 1801) was an Irish law enforcement official and
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officer.


Life

Edward Dominic O'Brien was the son of Capt. James O'Brien, M.P. for
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, and Mary Jephson. He was born in 1735 at
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, while his father was serving in
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. Coming from a military family, at a young age, O'Brien joined the British Army and advanced quickly to the rank of
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. He married Mary Carrick, the daughter of a Dublin attorney. In 1758, O'Brien relocated to the west of Ireland and resided with his family in
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. He served that year as
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, and would hold that position again in 1783 and 1787. Captain O'Brien died on 1 March 1801 at his family's estate in Rostellan, County Cork.


Family

Children of Edward Dominic O'Brien and Mary Carrick: *Murrough O'Brien (1756 - 10 Feb 1808) *Lady Mary O'Brien (1759 - 23 Jan 1840) Married first to Sir Richard Eyre Cox, 4th Baronet, son of
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, and Hon. Elizabeth Massy. They had one daughter. Married second to Rt. Hon. William Saurin,
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, and had four sons and one daughter. *
William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond, 6th Earl of Inchiquin, 1st Baron Tadcaster KP PC (I) (176521 August 1846) was an Irish peer and Chief of Clan O'Brien. He succeeded by special remainder as Marquess of Thomond in 1808 on the death of ...
(1765 - 21 Aug 1846) * James O'Brien, 3rd Marquess of Thomond (1769 - 3 Jul 1855) *
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John O'Brien (1770–1833) *Lady Harriet O'Brien (1775 - 1 May 1851) Married to Sir Joseph Wallis Hoare, 3rd Baronet, son of Sir Edward Hoare, 2nd Baronet, and Clotilda Wallis. They had four sons and two daughters. *
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Edward O'Brien RN (1780 - 9 Mar 1824) Married first to Diana Hotham, daughter of General George Hotham and Diana Pennyman. Married second to Gertrude Grace Methuen, daughter of Paul Methuen, 1st Baron Methuen and Matilda Gooch. They had two daughters. Married third to Lady Elizabeth Susan Somerset, daughter of
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and Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower. They had one son. Edward Jr. also had at least one son out of wedlock.


References

The History and Topography of the County of Clare
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