Jorge Torlades O'Neill (

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, Encarnação, 15 February 1849 – 11 February 1925), was the titular and official head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in

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since the 18th century.

Style

He called himself

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; he presented on the Portuguese Cartory of the Nobility several documents proving his illustrious origin, of which the Clerk of the Nobility passed him a Certificate on 30 June 1902. He was recognized as the Chief of his name by the

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, Sir

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, in 1896. The

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recognized his grandson as O'Neill of Clanaboy.

Life

He was the first-born son and successor of the previous head Jorge Torlades O'Neill I and wife and first cousin Carolina Teresa O'Neill. He was also the representative of the title of

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of Santa Mónica, in

. Jorge Torlades O'Neill II was a Honorary

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-Major of the Royal Household, Moço-

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of the Royal Household with exercise in the Palace (''Alvará'' of 3 December 1881), elected

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, Main Manager of the ''Casa Comercial Torlades'', Director of the

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, President of the

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of the Companhia Portuguesa de Fósforos and of the Companhia dos Telefones, etc. He was created a

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of the

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of the

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of the

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and of the

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of Spain, Officer of the

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of France, etc. He was also a personal friend of King

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and

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. O'Neill donated money to assist the construction of an Irish language school in

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and to help arm the

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. Jorge Torlades O'Neill II owned several properties in and around Lisbon. In

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municipality, alone, he commissioned three properties, the Torre de S. Sebastião, the Casa de Santa Maria, and the Casa Verdades de Faria in Estoril. All are now museums.

Marriage and issue

He married in Lisbon, Santos-o-Velho, on 14 July 1873 Maria Isabel Mazziotti Fernandes (Lisbon, São Julião (now extinct), 4 January 1855 – Lisbon, Encarnação, 7 May 1953), daughter of José Gregório Fernandes,

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, great Capitalist and

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of the Order of Christ, etc., and wife Isabel Maria Mazziotti da Costa Cordeiro, and had four children: *

Hugo José Jorge O'Neill Hugo José Jorge O'Neill (7 June 1874 in Lisbon, Santos-o-Velho – 30 March 1940 in Palmela) was the head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century. Recognition He was the first son of the previ ...

(Lisbon, Santos-o-Velho, 7 June 1874 – Palmela, 30 March 1940) * Jorge Alberto O'Neill (6 December 1875 – 5 December 1900), unmarried and without issue * Maria Teresa O'Neill ( Oeiras,

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or Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 27 January 1876 – 5 November 1920), Moço-

of the Royal Household with Exercise in the Paço, son of José Ferreira Pinto de Avilez Juzarte de Sousa Tavares or José de Avilez Ferreira Pinto Basto or José de Avilez Juzarte de Sousa Tavares, and first wife

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Eugénia Maria Lobo de Almeida de Melo e Castro, and had twelve children * José Carlos Maria Félix Bernardo O'Neill (Lisbon, 8 January 1894 – Lisbon, 9 January 1965), married Lisbon, 22 January 1931 Anna Magdalena Werner (

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, 18 February 1903 – 1988), German Swiss, daughter of Jacob Werner and wife Maria Mathis, and had two children: ** Bernardo Pedro Jorge Hugo O'Neill (born

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, 22 February 1937),

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from the

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of the

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, married Lisbon, Santa Maria de Belém, 21 November 1969 Maria da Assunção Carrilho Ricardo da Costa (born

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, Almodôvar, 23 November 1943), daughter of Dr Adhemar Salvador Ricardo da Costa,

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Doctor, and wife Maria Cândida Calado Carrilho, and had issue: *** José Carlos O'Neill (born Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 20 May 1971) *** Hugo Ricardo O'Neill (born Lisbon, São Sebastião da Pedreira, 23 February 1973) ** Maria Isabel O'Neill (born Geneva, 29 August 1939), married

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30 April 1960 and divorced Eng. Guilherme Eduardo d'Orey Gaivão (born

, São Domingos de Rana, Sassoeiros, 5 September 1936),

from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon, son of João José de Moura Mascarenhas Gaivão and wife and cousin Luísa Helena Maria Teixeira de Sampaio de Albuquerque d'Orey,Great-granddaughter of

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, 30th Secretary of State of

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Affairs (15 March 1830) and 13th and 17th

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. and had four children: ***Maria O'Neill de Mascarenhas Gaivão (born 2 May 1961) ***João José O'Neill de Mascarenhas Gaivão (born 16 June 1962) ***Isabel O'Neill de Mascarenhas Gaivão (born 19 June 1963) ***Pedro Hugo O'Neill de Mascarenhas Gaivão (born 12 March 1968)

References and notes

External links

Jorge Torlades O'Neill's Genealogy in a Portuguese Genealogical site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, Jorge Torlades, Ii 1849 births 1925 deaths Irish lords Portuguese nobility Portuguese people of Irish descent Connachta O'Neill dynasty Government ministers of Portugal 19th-century Portuguese people Nobility from Lisbon

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Marriage and issue

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