Anne O'Brien, Countess of Inchiquin and 2nd Countess of Orkney (born Lady Anne Hamilton; 1696 – 6 December 1756) was a Scottish noblewoman and the eldest daughter of

Field Marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army (in countries without the rank of Generalissimo), and as such, few persons a ...

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, (9 February 1666 – 29 January 1737), styled Lord George Hamilton from 1666 to 1696, was a British army officer and the first officer of the British Army to be ...

, and his wife, the former

Elizabeth Villiers Elizabeth Hamilton, Countess of Orkney (''née'' Villiers; 165719 April 1733) was an English courtier from the Villiers family and the reputed mistress of William III, King of England and Scotland, from 1680 until 1695. She was a lady-in-waitin ...

. She became Countess of Inchiquin, through her marriage to her first cousin

William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin William O'Brien, 4th Earl of Inchiquin, Order of the Bath, KB, Privy Council of Ireland, PC(I) (1700 – 18 July 1777) was an Irish Peerage, peer, Chief of Clan O'Brien dynasty, O'Brien, and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons, ...

, ''the'' O'Brien, Chief of the Name, Prince of Thomond, and Lord of

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. They were married on 29 March 1720. Their daughter, Lady Mary (), succeeded her mother in the

earldom of Orkney The Earldom of Orkney was a Norse territory ruled by the earls (or ''jarls'') of Orkney from the ninth century until 1472. It was founded during the Viking Age by Viking raiders and settlers from Scandinavia (see Scandinavian Scotland). In ...

. Their other children were: *William, Lord O'Brien (1725–1727) *George, Lord O'Brien (born 1728; died in infancy) *Augustus (died in infancy) *Murrough, Viscount Kirkwall (died 1741, in childhood), who was heir to Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond, but died before inheriting *Anne () *Frances (died 1740) *Elizabeth (died 1741)

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1696 births 1756 deaths Daughters of Scottish earls People associated with Orkney Hereditary women peers Earls of Orkney Scottish countesses

Inchiquin Inchiquin () is a Barony (Ireland), barony in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 11 baronies in the county. Its chief town is Corofin, County Clare, Corofin. It is administered by Clare County C ...

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