Richard O'Donovan II, The
O'Donovan
The O'Donovans are an Irish family. Their patronymic surname derives from Irish ''Ó Donnabháin'', meaning the grandsons or descendants of Donnubán, referring to the 10th century ruler of the Uí Fidgenti, Donnubán mac Cathail. During the ...
of Clancahill, (1764/1768—1829), Lieutenant General was the son of Jane Becher, daughter of John Becher, and Daniel V O'Donovan, The O'Donovan of Clancahill.
O'Donovan fought with the
6th Dragoons in the
Napoleonic Wars, in the
Flanders Campaign
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and in
Spain, and became an intimate acquaintance of the English Prince Regent, and once saved the life of the
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany during the retreat of the English Army from
Holland. In 1800 he gained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Dragoons.
''Historical Record of the Sixth, or Inniskilling Dragoons''
1847.
O'Donovan held the Chiefship of Clancahill in 1778. He married a Welsh
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lady, Emma Anne Powell, daughter of Robert Powell, but they were without issue. Richard O'Donovan then overturned his father's will and left his entire estates, including the Manor of Bawnlahan, to her family, to the immense displeasure of his own, it being the very last of the O'Donovan family's by that time 600-year-old estates in Carbery still in existence. He died in 1829. The Chiefship of Clancahill then passed to the cadet line
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, descendants of Teige, younger brother of Donal III O'Donovan
Donal III O'Donovan ( ga, Domhnall Ó Donnabháin), The O'Donovan of Clancahill, born before 1584, was the son of Helena de Barry and Donal II O'Donovan, The O'Donovan of Clancahill. From the inauguration of his father in 1584 to the date of his ...
.
Notes
References
* Burke, Bernard and Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. 5th edition, 1976.
* Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke,
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland
'' London: Harrison & Sons. 9th edition, 1899. pp. 341–2
* Cannon, Richard
''Historical Record of the Life Guards''
1837.
* Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet PC (25 March 1650 – 3 May 1733) was an Irish lawyer and judge. He served as Chief Justice of the Common Pleas for Ireland from 1701 to 1703, Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1703 to 1707 and as Lord Chief Justice o ...
, ''Carberiae Notitia''. 1686. extracts published in
Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Volume XII, Second Series
'. 1906. pp. 142–9
* O'Donovan, John (ed. & tr.), '' Annala Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the Earliest Period to 1616''. 7 vols. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy
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. 1848–51. 2nd edition, 1856
Volume VI
pp. 2459–60
* O'Hart, John,
Irish Pedigrees
'. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition, 1892. p. 201
* Ó Murchadha, Diarmuid
"Diary of General Richard O'Donovan 1819–1823"
in ''Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 91, No. 250''. 1986. pp. 105–17.
* Society for Army Historical Research
''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 1948''
London.
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Military personnel from County Cork
Richard
1829 deaths
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons officers
Year of birth unknown