Online Encyclopedia

EARL AND MARQUESS OF THOMOND

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 869 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:
EARL AND MARQUESS OF THOMOND  , Irish titles borne by the
See also:
great
See also:
family of O'Brien, the earldom from 1543 to 174r and the marquessate from ',Soo to 1855 . Thomond, or Tuaidh-Muin, was one of the three principalities of Munster, forming the
See also:
northern
See also:
part of the province . Its earls were descended from Turlough O'Brien (c . 1009-1o86), king of Munster, and through him from the celebrated king of Ireland, Brian Boroimhe . Turlough's descendants, Conchobhar O'Brien (d . 1267) and Brian Ruadh O'Brien (d . 1276), kings of Thomond, were both typical Irish chieftains . Conchobhar's tomb and effigy with a
See also:
crown are still to be seen in the ruined abbey of Corcomroe, Cc . Clare . His descendant Conor O'Brien (d . 1539), prince of Thomond, took part in the
See also:
feud between the great families of Fitzgerald and Butler and was the lastindependent prince of Thomond . It is interesting to learn that in 1534, when he was in some straits, he wrote to the emperor Charles V. offering to submit to his authority .

Conor's

See also:
brother; Murrough O'Brien (d . 1551), prince of Thomond, the succeeding chief of the
See also:
race, gave up his " captainship, title, superiority and country " to Henry VIII. in 1543, when he was created
See also:
earl of Thomond . By
See also:
special arrangement the earldom descended, not to his son Dermod, but to his
See also:
nephew, Donough, who became the and earl . Dermod, however, inherited the
See also:
barony of Inchiquin, which was conferred upon his
See also:
father at the same time as the earldom . Conor O'Brien, the 3rd earl (c . 1534-c . 1582), was for some years at the outset of his career, harassed by the attacks of his discontented kinsmen . Then in his turn he rose against the
See also:
English, but was defeated and fled to France; in 1571, however, he was pardoned and formally surrendered his lands to Elizabeth . One of his younger sons was Daniel O'Brien (c . 1577-c . 1664) who, after loyally serving Charles I. and Charles II., was created Viscount Clare in 1663 . His grandson Daniel, the 3rd viscount (d .

1691) served

James II. in Ireland, being outlawed and deprived of his estates by the English parliament . The three succeeding viscounts Clare all distinguished them-selves in the service of France . Daniel, the 4th viscount, was mortally wounded at the
See also:
battle of Marsaglia in 1693; his brother Charles, the 5th viscount (d . 1706), was killed at the battle of
See also:
Ramillies; and the latter's son Charles, the 6th viscount (1699-1761) after a brilliant military career, was made a marshal of France in 1757 . When Charles, the 7th viscount, died in 1774 the title became
See also:
extinct . Donough O'Brien, the 4th earl (d . 1624), called the " great earl," was the son and successor of the 3rd earl . He served England well in her warfare with the rebellious Irish during the closing
See also:
year of Elizabeth's reign and was made president of Munster in 16o5 . He had two sons, Henry, the 5th earl, (d . 1639) and
See also:
Barnabas, the 6th earl (d . 1657) . During the Irish
See also:
rebellion of 1640-41 Barnabas showed a prudent
See also:
neutrality, and then joined Charles I. at Oxford, where in 1645 he was created marquess of Billing, but the patent never passed the great seal and the title was never assumed .

The succeeding earls were Barnabas's son Henry (c . 1621-1691) and Henry's grandson Henry (1688-1741) who was created an English peer as Viscount Tadcaster . When he died the earldom of Thomond became extinct . The estates of the earldom descended to the last earl's nephew,

Percy Wyndham (c . 1713-1774), a younger son of
See also:
Sir William Wyndham, Bart . He took the additional name of O'Brien and was created earl of Thomond in 1756 . When he died unmarried the title again became extinct . In 'Soo Murrough O'Brien, 5th earl of Inchiquin- (e . 1724-18o8), was created marquess of Thomond . He was succeeded by his nephew William (c . 1765-1846) who was created a
See also:
British peer as Baron Tadcaster in 1826 . His brother James, the 3rd marquess (c .

1768-1859), was an officer in the

See also:
navy and became an
See also:
admiral in 1853 . When he died the marquessate became extinct . See John O'Donoghue,
See also:
Historical
See also:
Memoirs of the O'B; lens (
See also:
Dublin, r86o) .

End of Article: EARL AND MARQUESS OF THOMOND
[back]
THOMASVILLE
[next]
THOMPSON

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.