John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill
John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill PC (16 January 1740 – 18 June 1798) was an Irish politician.
O'Neill was the son of Charles O'Neill, Member of Parliament for Randalstown, by Catherine Brodick, daughter of St John Brodrick, of Midleton, County Cork.[1]
He was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Randalstown in 1760, a seat he held until 1783, and then represented County Antrim between 1783 and 1793.[2] He was sworn of the Irish Privy Council in 1781[3] and raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim, in 1793.[4] In 1795 he was further honoured when he was made Viscount O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim, in the Irish peerage.[5]
Lord O'Neill married the Honourable Henrietta Boyle, daughter of Charles Boyle, Viscount Dungarvan, in 1777. He died in June 1798, aged 58, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son Charles, who was created Earl O'Neill in 1800.[1]
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| Parliament of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles O'Neill Sir Kildare Borrowes, Bt |
Member of Parliament for Randalstown 1760–1783 With: Charles O'Neill 1760–1761 St John O'Neill 1761–1771 James St John Jeffereyes 1771–1781 Lord Rawdon 1781–1783 |
Succeeded by Michael Smith John Dunn |
| Preceded by Hon. Henry Seymour-Conway James Willson |
Member of Parliament for County Antrim 1783–1793 With: Hon. Hercules Rowley 1783–1792 Edward Jones-Agnew 1792–1793 |
Succeeded by Edward Jones-Agnew Hugh Boyd |
| Peerage of Ireland | ||
| New creation | Viscount O'Neill 1795–1798 |
Succeeded by Charles Henry St John O'Neill |
| Baron O'Neill 1793–1798 | ||