Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill (31 December 1839 – 19 November 1928), known as Edward Chichester until 1855, was an
Irish peer and
Conservative
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politician.
O'Neill was the eldest son of
William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill, and his first wife Henrietta (née Torrens), daughter of
Robert Torrens, judge of the
Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
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. He was elected to the
House of Commons
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for
County Antrim
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in 1863, a seat he held until 1880. In 1883 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the
House of Lords
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.
Lord O'Neill married Lady Louisa Katherine Emma, daughter of
Thomas Barnes Cochrane, 11th Earl of Dundonald
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, in 1873. Their third son
Hugh
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became a prominent politician and was created
Baron Rathcavan in 1953. Lord O'Neill died in November 1928, aged 88, and was succeeded in the barony by his grandson
Shane, the son of his second but eldest surviving son Captain the Hon.
Arthur O'Neill, who had been killed in the
First World War
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. Arthur's younger son and another of Lord O'Neill's grandsons was
Terence O'Neill
Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Privy Council of Northern Ireland, PC (NI) (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). ...
,
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
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. Lady O'Neill died in 1942.
References
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (New York: St Martin's Press, 1990).
* Williamson, D (ed.) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (106th edition) (London 2002)
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www.thepeerage.com
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1839 births
1928 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Edward
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History
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1859–1865
UK MPs 1865–1868
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs who inherited peerages
Irish Conservative Party MPs
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