Baron O'Neill, of Shane's Castle in the County of Antrim, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1868 for the musical composer The ReverendWilliam O'Neill. Born William Chichester, he succeeded to the estates of his cousin John Bruce Richard O'Neill, 3rd Viscount O'Neill, in 1855 (on whose death the viscountcy and barony of O'Neill became extinct) and assumed by Royal licence the surname of O'Neill in lieu of Chichester in order to inherit the lands of his cousin, despite not being descended in the male line from an O'Neill.[2] The Chichesters trace their lineage to the name O'Neill through Mary Chichester, daughter of Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle. Lord O'Neill was the patrilineal great-great-great-grandson of John Chichester, younger brother of Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall.[3] The latter two were both nephews of Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, and grandsons of Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester (see the Marquess of Donegall for more information). Lord O'Neill was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He sat as a ConservativeMember of Parliament for Antrim.
Barony of O'Neill
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Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, per fess wavy the chief Argent and the base representing Waves of the Sea in chief a Dexter Hand couped at the wrist Gules in base a Salmon naiant proper (O'Neill); 2nd and 3rd, checky Or and Gules a Chief Vair (Chichester).
Crests:1st: an Arm embowed in Armour the Hand grasping a Sword all proper; 2nd: a Stork rising with a Snake in its beak all proper.
Supporters:On either side a Lion Gules gorged with an Antique Crown Argent pendant therefrom an Escutcheon the dexter charged with the Arms of O'Neill and the sinister with those of Chichester
Above the Crests: INVITUM SEQUITUR HONOS(Honours follow us without seeking) Below the shield: LAMH DEARG EIRIN(The Red Hand of Ireland)
His eldest son and heir apparent, the Hon. Arthur O'Neill, represented Antrim Mid in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 1910 until 1914, when he was killed in action during the First World War, the first MP to die in the conflict. The second Baron was therefore succeeded by his grandson, Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill (the son of the Hon. Arthur O'Neill). He was killed in action in Italy during the Second World War. The title is currently held by his son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1944. He was Lord Lieutenant of Antrim from 1994 to 2008.
^Holohan, Renagh. The Irish Châteaux – In search of Descendants of the Wild Geese, with illustrations by Jeremy Williams, published by The Lilliput Press, Dublin, 2008. ISBN978-1-901866-34-6 (p. 133)
^Debrett’s Peerage and Baronetage 1995, edited by Charles Kidd and David Williamson, published by Debrett’s Peerage Limited, and Macmillan Reference Books, London, 1995, [ISBN0-333-62956-6 & 0-312-12557-7], (p.P969)
Kidd, Charles, ed. (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: Dean and son. p. 682.
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