Jorge Torlades O'Neill
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Jorge Torlades O'Neill (December 15, 1815 – November 18, 1890), was the head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century. He was officially recognized by the offices of arms throughout Europe as titular Prince and Count of Clanaboy, but he refused to use this title, using instead the style O'Neill of Clannaboy. He was the first son of the previous head José Maria O'Neill and wife Ludovina de Jesus Alves Solano.
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Married in July 20, 1846 to his cousin Carolina Teresa O'Neill (ca 1820 – Lisbon, November 11, 1893), daughter of Joaquim Torlades O'Neill and wife Joana Carolina de Brito e Cunha, the couple had four children:
- Jorge O'Neill
- Artur O'Neill (Lisbon, December 15, 1852 –), married to Maria da Glória de Brito de Carvalho Gorjão, without issue
- Carlos Torlades O'Neill (ca 1845 –), married to Adelaide Carolina Custance (ca 1850 –), daughter of Thomas Parsons Custance, an Englishman (married secondly to his aunt Ludovina Cecília O'Neill), and first wife Eugénia Antónia Barbosa de Brito, the couple had one son:
- Carlos Tomás Torlades O'Neill, married to Maria Carlota Infante de Lacerda Pereira de Eça (Lisbon, July 15, 1852 – Lisbon, 1921), daughter of José António Pereira de Eça, General, General Governor of India, Commander of the Royal Asylum of Runa, Commander of the Royal Order of the Knights of Christ, Commander of the Royal Order of St. Benedict of Avis, Medal of D. Pedro IV and D. Maria II, and wife Maria da Conceição Infante de Lacerda, of the Barons de Sabroso, the couple had one daughter:
- Maria da Conceição Infante de Lacerda Pereira de Eça Custance O'Neill (Lisbon, November 19, 1873 – on high sea, on the Atlantic Ocean, aboard the General Osório, travelling back from Brazil to Portugal, 1922), an illustrious Writer, Poet, Conferencewoman, Journalist, and a Spiritualist, Member of the Superior Deliberative Council of the Spiritualist Portuguese Federation and the Editorial Office of the Magazine Espiritismo, known as Maria O'Neill, married in Lisbon, ca 1890 to António de Bulhões (ca 1870 –), a Civil Servant, the couple had two children (she was the paternal grandmother of Alexandre O'Neill)
- Carlos Tomás Torlades O'Neill, married to Maria Carlota Infante de Lacerda Pereira de Eça (Lisbon, July 15, 1852 – Lisbon, 1921), daughter of José António Pereira de Eça, General, General Governor of India, Commander of the Royal Asylum of Runa, Commander of the Royal Order of the Knights of Christ, Commander of the Royal Order of St. Benedict of Avis, Medal of D. Pedro IV and D. Maria II, and wife Maria da Conceição Infante de Lacerda, of the Barons de Sabroso, the couple had one daughter:
- Joaquim O'Neill, married to Caroline Caffery, of English origin, without issue
