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Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond

Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond

Irish earl (died 1639)

Henry O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond PC (Ire) (1588–1639), styled Lord Ibrickane until 1624, was summoned to the House of Lords of the Irish Parliament of 1613–1615.

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Birth and origins

Henry was born the eldest son of Donogh O'Brien and Elizabeth FitzGerald. His father was the 4th Earl of Thomond. His father's family were the O'Briens, an important Gaelic Irish dynasty, that descended from Brian Boru, medieval high king of Ireland.[1]

Henry's mother was the fourth daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare and his wife Mabel Brown.

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Marriage and children

On 13 July 1608 O'Brien married Mary Brereton, a rich heiress, the only daughter of William Brereton, 1st Baron Brereton and Margaret Savage.[5]

Henry and Mary had five daughters:

  1. Mary (died 1686) married, on 24 June 1627, Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen[6]
  2. Margaret, who married first Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester and secondly Donough Kearney[7]
  3. Elisabeth (1656–1659) married, on 21 August 1636, Dutton Gerard, 3rd Baron Gerard (1613–1640), grandson of Thomas Gerard, 1st Baron Gerard[8]
  4. Anne (died 1645) married, in 1641, Henry O'Brien, 7th Earl of Thomond[9]
  5. Honora married first Sir Francis Inglefield, knight of Wotton-Bassett, and secondly Sir Robert Howard, knight, son of the Earl of Berkshire[10]

House of Lords

O'Brien was summoned on 3 March 1613 as Lord Ibrickane to the Irish House of Lords of the Irish Parliament of 1613–1615, the only parliament of King James I in Ireland.[11]

5th Earl

Ibrickane succeeded his father on 5 September 1624 as the 5th Earl of Thomond.[12]

Death

Thomond died in 1639 and was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick.[13] He had no son and was succeeded in his titles by his brother Barnabas O'Brien, 6th Earl of Thomond.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. This family tree is based on genealogies of the earls of Thomond.[2][3]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Cokayne 1896, p. 391, Note b. "They [the O'Briens] were descended from the celebrated Brien Boroihme, principal king of Ireland (1002–1004) through his grandson Turlogh ..."
  2. [2]
    Burke 1866, pp. 405–406Genealogy of the earls of Thomond
  3. [3]
    Cokayne 1896, pp. 391–395Genealogy of the earls of Thomond
  4. [4]
    McGurk 2004, p. 360, right column. "O'Brien succeeded his father as fourth earl of Thomond in 1581 ..."
  5. [5]
    Cokayne 1896, p. 391, line 16. "He [Henry O'Brien] m. 13 July 1608, at Brereton, co. Chester, Mary, only surv. da. [survivung daughter] of Williom (Brereton), 1st Baron Brereton of Leighlin [I. [Ireland] ], by Margaret, da. of Sir John Savage of Rocksavage, co. Chester."
  6. [6]
    Burke 1866, p. 406, left column, line 72. "I. Mary, m. to Edward Cokayne, Lord Viscount Cullen."
  7. [7]
    Burke 1866, p. 406, left column, line 73. "II. Margaret, m. to Edward Somerset, Marquess of Worcester."
  8. [8]
    Burke 1866, p. 406, left column, line 74. "III. Elizabeth, m. to Dutton, Lord Gerrard of Bromley."
  9. [9]
    Burke 1866, p. 406, left column, line 75. "IV. Anne, m. Henry, 7th Earl of Thomond."
  10. [10]
    Burke 1866, p. 406, left column, line 76. "V. Honora, m. 1st, to Sir Francis Inglefield, Knt., of Wotton-Bassett; and 2nbly, to Sir Robert Howard, Knt., son of the Earl of Berkshire."
  11. [11]
    Cokayne 1896, p. 392, line 14. "... was sum. [summoned] v.p. [while his father was alive] to Parl. [parliament] [I. [Ireland] ] in his father's Barony as Baron Ibrackan [I.], 31 March 1613."
  12. [12]
    Cokayne 1896, p. 392, line 16. "... suc. [succeeded] to the Earldom of Thomond [I. [Ireland] ], on 5 Sep. 1624;"
  13. [13]
    Cokayne 1896, p. 392, line 19. "He [Henry] d. [died] s.p.m. [without male issue] 1639, and was bur. [buried] in Limerick Cathedral, aged about 56."

Sources

  • Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire (New ed.). London: Harrison. OCLC 11501348.
  • Cokayne, George Edward (1896). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant. Vol. VII (1st ed.). London: George Bell and Sons. OCLC 1180891114. – S to T (for Thomond)
  • McGurk, J. J. N. (2004). "O'Brien, Donough, fourth earl of Thomond (d. 1624)". In Matthew, Colin; Harrison, Brian (eds.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 41. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 360–362. ISBN 0-19-861391-1.
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