Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (7 April 1705 – 26 November 1765) was an Irish politician and baronet.
Born in England in 1705, he was the eldest surviving child of Lucius O'Brien (1675-1717 d.v.p) and Catherine Keightley (1676- c. 1733). He would be followed by a younger brother Thomas and two sisters Anne and Lucia, who both died as children. He inherited the baronetcy from his grandfather Sir Donough O'Brien, 1st Baronet as his own father had pre-deceased him. His maternal grandmother, Lady Frances Keightley (née Hyde) was the sister of Anne Hyde Duchess of York who in turn was the mother of Queen Mary II and Queen Anne. Edward was raised first in Ireland, before attending Oxford. He married Mary Hickman in 1726 and together they had four children:[2]
- Donough O'Brien
- Edward O'Brien
- Catherine O'Brien married of Kilkee, county Clare. d 1773 [3]
- Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet.
He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1727, sitting for Clare, the same constituency his grandfather had also represented, until his death in 1765.[4]
Ancestry[]
References[]
- ^ Historical memoir of the O'Briens : The Origin and History of the O'Brien Clan, by John O'Donoghue A.M, Barrister-at-Law, First Published in 1860 (Martin Breen 2002) Illustrations section, page 256
- ^ Wilson, Rachel, Elite Women in Ascendancy Ireland, 1690-1745: Imitation and Innovation (Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, 2015). ISBN 978-1783270392
- ^ Burke Royal Descents. London 1864
- ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ^ Louda, Jiří; Maclagan, Michael (1999) [1981], Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe (2nd ed.), London: Little, Brown, p. 34, ISBN 978-0-316-84820-6
Further reading[]
- Wilson, Rachel, Elite Women in Ascendancy Ireland, 1690-1745: Imitation and Innovation (Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, 2015). ISBN 978-1783270392
Welcome to the O'Brien Clan - Sir Conor O'Brien Historical Memoir of The O'Brien's by John O'Donoghue published 1860
- Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland
- Irish MPs 1727–1760
- Irish MPs 1761–1768
- Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Clare constituencies
- 1705 births
- 1765 deaths
- O'Brien dynasty
- Politicians from County Clare
- Baronet stubs
- Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) MP stubs