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Henry O'Brien, 8th Earl of Thomond (14 August 1688 – 20 April 1741) was an Irish peer, Member of Parliament and Chief of Clan O'Brien. He was born the son of Henry Horatio O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan, who was to predecease his own father in 1690, allowing the title of
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, K ...
to pass directly to Henry from his grandfather,
Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond PC (Ire) (c. 16202 May 1691) was an Irish peer and Chief of Clan O'Brien. He was styled Lord Ibrackan from 1639 to 1657. O'Brien was the son of Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond and Anne Fermor. In 164 ...
one year later. He was elected MP for
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, Sussex in the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1710, sitting until 1714. He was then ennobled as Viscount Tadcaster. He served as Governor of County Clare and Governor of Carlow in 1714 and as
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from 1721 to 1741. The 1722 tragedy play '' Hibernia Freed'', staged at the
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, was dedicated to him by the author William Philips. He died in 1741 and was buried in Limerick Cathedral. He had married in 1707 Lady Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of
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. They had no children and thus the viscountcy expired. His other titles were forfeited and were eventually inherited by the earls of Inchiquin. He left his substantial estates in County Clare to Murrough, Lord O'Brien, the young son of his 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, ...
. On Murrough's death in 1741, the estates passed instead to Percy Wyndham, a nephew of Henry's wife, who took the additional surname of O'Brien and in 1756 was created Earl of Thomond.


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