Baron Inchiquin

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The title Baron Inchiquin (pronounced "Inchquin") is one of the older titles in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1543 for Murrough O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, along with the Earldom of Thomond, which passed by a special remainder on his death to his nephew and later became extinct. In 1654 the 6th Baron was created Baron O'Brien and Earl of Inchiquin, and in 1800 the 5th Earl was created Marquess of Thomond. In 1801 the 1st Marquess of Thomond was further created Baron Thomond, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to allow him to sit in the House of Lords. The Barony of Thomond (not created with the special remainder attached to the Marquessate) became extinct on the death of the 1st Marquess in 1808, but his nephew and successor, the 2nd Marquess, was created Baron Tadcaster, of Tadcaster in the County of York, in 1826. This peerage became extinct on his death in 1846. All the remaining peerages except the original Barony of Inchiquin (the Marquessate of Thomond, Earldom of Inchiquin and Barony of O'Brien) became extinct on the death of the 3rd Marquess in 1855.

In the Gaelic nobility, Lord Inchiquin continues to be The O'Brien, Chief of the Name, Prince of Thomond.

[edit] Barons Inchiquin (1543)

Heir Presumptive: Major Murrough Richard O'Brien (b. 1910) (a grandson of the 14th Baron and Lord Inchiquin's first cousin once removed)

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