Timothy O'Brien
Sir Timothy O'Brien, 1st Baronet (* 1787 in County Tipperary , † December 4, 1862 in Dublin ) was an Irish businessman and politician.
He was the shipowner and governor (bank director) of Hibernian Bank . In 1844 and 1849 he was Lord Mayor of Dublin . He also sat from February 5, 1846 to April 28, 1859 as a Liberal MP for the Cashel constituency in the House of Commons .
On September 25, 1849, on the occasion of Queen Victoria's first visit to Ireland , he was bestowed the hereditary title of Baronet , of Merrion Square in the City of Dublin , and of Borris-in-Ossory in the Queen's County . From his marriage to Catherine Murphy in 1821, he left behind three sons and two daughters. The title of nobility passed to his eldest son Patrick O'Brien when he died in 1862 .
Sources and web links
- Obituary in The Gentleman's Magazine (January – June 1863 issue)
- Mr Timothy O'Brien at Hansard (English)
- Sir Timothy O'Brien, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of Dublin (PDF; 42 kB)
- ↑ The London Gazette : No. 21013, p. 2669 , August 28, 1849.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | O'Brien, Timothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Brien, Timothy 1st Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish merchant and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | County Tipperary |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 1862 |
| Place of death | Dublin |