Arthur O'Neill
Arthur O'Neill | |
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Member of Parliament for Mid Antrim | |
In office January 1910 – 6 November 1914 | |
Preceded by | Robert Torrens O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Hugh O'Neill |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 September 1876 |
Died | 6 November 1914 Klein Zillebeke, Belgium | (aged 38)
Cause of death | Killed in action |
Political party | Ulster Unionist |
Children | |
Parent | (father) |
Relatives | Hugh O'Neill (brother) |
Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill (19 September 1876 – 6 November 1914), was an
Early life
O'Neill was the second but eldest surviving son of Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill, and his wife Lady Louisa Katherine Emma (née Cochrane). Hugh O'Neill, later Baron Rathcavan, was his younger brother.
Career
Military career
O'Neill joined the
O'Neill fought in the
Political career
He was elected to the
Personal life
O'Neill married, at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, on 21 January 1902, Lady Annabel Crewe-Milnes, daughter of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe. The Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, performed the ceremony.[11] Lady Annabel O'Neill later remarried and died in 1948.
O'Neill and his wife had five children; three boys and two girls. Their youngest child, Terence, was less than two months old at the time of his father's death.[12] Their eldest son Shane succeeded his grandfather in the barony in 1928, while their third son Terence O'Neill was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland between 1963 and 1969.
Children:[13]
- Hon. Sibyl O'Neill (1902 to 1946), married Lt Col Edward North Buxton, MC in 1924
- Hon. Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill (born 1905), married Lt Col Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne in 1934; parents of Bamber Gascoigne
- Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill (1907 to 1944 †)
- Hon. Brian Arthur O'Neill (1911 to 1940 †)
- Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine(1914 to 1990), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Notes
- ^ Hart´s Army list, 1903
- ^ "O'Neill, Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce". Who Was Who. A & C Black. April 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ^ "No. 27474". The London Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 5959.
- ^ "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 716.
- ^ "Casualty Details: O'Neill, The Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Recording Angel memorial Panel 8". Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall. UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "List of names on the Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall" (PDF). Recording Angel memorial, Westminster Hall. UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk). Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ^ "O'Neill". Heraldic shields to MPs, First World War. UK Parliament (www.parliament.uk). Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "House of Commons War Memorial: Final Volumes Unveiled by The Speaker". The Times. No. 46050. London. 6 February 1932. p. 7. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Moss-Blundell, Edward Whitaker, ed. (1931). The House of Commons Book of Remembrance 1914–1918. E. Mathews & Marrot.
- ^ "Court circular". The Times. No. 36671. London. 22 January 1902. p. 10. Retrieved 21 December 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39857. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 33567". The London Gazette. 3 January 1930. p. 45.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs