Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin KP (14 May 1839 – 9 April 1900) was the holder of a

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in the

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, as well as

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of O'Brien and Prince of Thomond in the Gaelic

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. In 1862, he was appointed

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. Born the eldest son of

Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin Lucius (McEdward) O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin (5 December 1800 – 22 March 1872), known as Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet from 1837 to 1855, was an Irish politician and nobleman. He is remembered respectfully in County Clare for his relief ...

and Mary Fitzgerald. He took the title in March 1872, upon the death of his father, and was appointed a Knight of the

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on 5 August 1892. He married firstly Emily Holmes-á Court, the daughter of William Holmes-á Court, 2nd Baron Heytesbury, and together they had four children; Geraldine Mary O'Brien (1863-?), Lucius William O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin (1864-1929), Lt.-Col. Murrough O'Brien (1866-1934), and Edward Donough O'Brien (1867-1943). He then married Ellen Harriet, the daughter of

Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP (26 September 1829 – 16 March 1888), was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician. Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen (née Dempster), and was educated at Eton. He served in the Br ...

, with whom he had a further ten children. One daughter, Beatrice, married Marquess

Guglielmo Marconi Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi (; 25 April 187420 July 1937) was an Italians, Italian inventor and electrical engineering, electrical engineer, known for his creation of a practical radio wave-based Wireless telegrap ...

, the radio pioneer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Inchiquin, Edward Obrien, 14th Baron 1839 births 1900 deaths 19th-century Irish people People from County Clare Knights of St Patrick Lord-Lieutenants of Clare

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Irish representative peers High Sheriffs of Clare 14 Irish chiefs of the name