The O'Connell Baronetcy, of Lakeview in Killarney in the County of Kerry and of Ballybeggan in Tralee in the County of Kerry, is a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
. It was created on 29 October 1869 for James O'Connell. He was the youngest brother of the famous Irish politician
Daniel O'Connell
Daniel O'Connell (I) ( ga, Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland's Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilizat ...
and the nephew of the soldier Lieutenant-General
Daniel Charles, Count O'Connell.
O'Connell baronets, of Lakeview and Ballybeggan (1869)
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Sir James O'Connell, 1st Baronet (1786–1872)
*Sir Maurice James O'Connell, 2nd Baronet (1821–1896)
*Sir Daniel Ross O'Connell, 3rd Baronet (1861–1905)
*Sir Morgan Ross O'Connell, 4th Baronet (1862–1919)
*Sir
Maurice James Arthur O'Connell, 5th Baronet (1889–1949)
*Sir Morgan Donal Conail O'Connell, 6th Baronet (1923–1989)
*Sir Maurice James Donagh MacCarthy O'Connell, 7th Baronet (born 1958) – continues to own Lakeview House, (
Fossa,
Killarney
Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on the northeastern shore of Lough Leane, part of Killarney National Park, and is home to St Mary's Cathedral, Ross Castl ...
).
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
to the baronetcy is the 7th Baronet's son, Morgan O'Connell (born 2003).
See also
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O'Connell of Derrynane
The O'Connell family, principally of Derrynane, are a Gaelic Irish noble family of County Kerry in Munster. The principal seat of the senior line of the family was Derrynane House, now an Irish National Monument.
Ancestry and extraction
Accord ...
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
O'Connell family