Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet

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Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet
Mary Hickman, wife of Edward. Before her marriage she lived in Fenloe House, nearby to Dromoland. She is purported to have had a fortune of £20,000 before her marriage to Edward.[1]
Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Baronet

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]

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[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Wilson, Rachel, Elite Women in Ascendancy Ireland, 1690-1745: Imitation and Innovation (Boydell and Brewer, Woodbridge, 2015). ISBN 978-1783270392
  3. ^ Burke Royal Descents. London 1864
  4. ^ "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)
  5. ^ 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
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by

 		Member of Parliament for Clare
1727–1765
With: Francis Burton 1727–1745
1745–1757
Murrough O'Brien 1757–1761
Francis Pierpoint Burton 1761–1765 		Succeeded by
Francis Pierpoint Burton
Baronetage of Ireland
Preceded by
Donough O'Brien 		Baronet
(of Leaghmenagh)
1717 – 1765 		Succeeded by
Lucius O'Brien

Welcome to the O'Brien Clan - Sir Conor O'Brien Historical Memoir of The O'Brien's by John O'Donoghue published 1860


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