Baron Inchiquin

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Baron Inchiquin ( Irish Barún Inse Uí Chuinn ) is a hereditary British title of nobility that was awarded twice in the Peerage of Ireland . The title refers to the Barony Inchiquin in County Clare , north of Ennis .

The family seat of the barons was formerly Dromoland Castle near Ennis in County Clare and is now the adjacent Thomond House .

Awards

First award

The title was created on July 1, 1543 by King Henry VIII for Murrough O'Brien , King of Thomond of Ireland . Together with the barony he was given the title of Earl of Thomond . Murrough O'Brien had renounced his titles in June 1543 in favor of Henry VIII and submitted to his sovereignty and in return received these two titles of the Peerage of Ireland and was accepted into the Irish Privy Council .

Murrough O'Brien had succeeded his brother Connor O'Brien as King of Thomond in 1539 , since his eldest son Donough O'Brien was still a minor. The earl title was therefore awarded with the special addition that it should fall to his nephew Donough or his male descendants when Murroughs died. The baron title, however, should be inheritable to the male descendants of Murroughs. The same happened when Murroughs died in 1551.

Murrough's great-great-great-grandson, the 6th Baron Inchiquin, was raised in the Peerage of Ireland to Earl of Inchiquin and Baron O'Brien , of Burren in the County of Clare on October 21, 1654 . His great-great-grandson, the 5th Earl of Inchiquin, was raised to Marquess of Thomond on December 29, 1800 in the Peerage of Ireland , and on October 2, 1801 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom to Baron Thomond , of Taplow in the County of Buckingham . The latter title was associated with a seat in the British House of Lords . Since the only son of the 1st Marquess had died childless in November 1800, both awards were made with the special addition that, in the absence of male offspring, they were given to the brother of the 1st Marquess, Edward O'Brien († 1801), or whose male descendants are hereditary. Accordingly, the 1st Marquess was inherited by his nephew as the 2nd Marquess in 1808. With the death of his brother, the 3rd Marquess, on July 3, 1855, the Marquessate, the Earldom and the baronies, with the exception of the Barony Inchiquin, died out at his distant relative Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet as the 13th Baron Inchiquin. This came from the descendants of the third son, 1st Earl of Thomond. He already held the title Baronet , of Leaghmenagh in the County of Clare, created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1686 , which has since been a subordinate title of the respective baron.

Today's title holder has been his great-great-grandson Conor O'Brien as the 18th Baron Inchiquin since 1982 .

Second award

During the Nine Years' War the title of Baron Inchiquin was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth I, parallel to the above, a second time, namely on October 1, 1600 to James Fitzgerald , together with the superior title of Earl of Desmond . Both titles belonged to the Peerage of Ireland and already expired on his death on November 7, 1601.

List of Barons Inchiquin

Baron Inchiquin (1543)

Title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is a second cousin of the current title holder, Conor O'Brien (* 1952).

Barons Inchiquin (1600)

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