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 was killed in the Battle of Antrim during the Irish Rebellion of 1798[6] at the age of 58 and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son Charles, who was created Earl O'Neill in 1800.[1]
References
- 1 2 thepeerage.com John O'Neill, 1st Viscount O'Neill
- ↑ leighrayment.com Irish House of Commons 1692-1800
- ↑ leighrayment.com Privy Counsellors - Ireland
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13589. p. 974. 2 November 1793.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 13821. p. 1052. 10 October 1795.
- ↑ Macdonald, D L; McWhir, Anne (2010). The Broadview Anthology of Literature of the Revolutionary Period 1770-1832. p. 358. ISBN 1551110512.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
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| 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 | ||
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