Charles O'Brien, 7th Viscount Clare
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Viscount Clare Viscount Clare was a title in the Peerage of Ireland, created twice. First creation The titles of Viscount Clare and Baron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These tit ...
and 9th
Earl of Thomond Earl of Thomond was an hereditary title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created twice for the O'Brien dynasty which is an ancient Irish sept native to north Munster. History and background First creation Under the Crown of Ireland Act 1542, Ki ...
(1757-1774) was a Franco-Irish nobleman. He was born on 18 October 1757 in
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, the son of
Charles O'Brien, 6th Viscount Clare Charles O'Brien, (17 March 16999 September 1761), 6th Viscount Clare (titular 9th Earl of Thomond) was an Irish military officer in French service, known to posterity as the Marshal of France, Maréchal de Thomond. Charles O'Brien was the son o ...
, ''maréchal'' de Thomond and Marie Genevieve Louise Gauthier de Chifreville. He was Colonel-proprietor of the Clare Regiment after his father, but died before assuming effective command. O'Brien died unmarried at 17 of natural causes on 29 December 1774 in Paris. 1757 births 1774 deaths O'Brien dynasty Irish chiefs of the name Earls in the Jacobite peerage {{Ireland-earl-stub