Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare
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Daniel O'Brien was the 3rd Viscount Clare
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O'Brien was the son of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare
and Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien and Ellen FitzGerald.
Clare was appointed commander of a newly raised regiment of foot, Clare's Regiment of Foot, an Irish regiment in the Dutch Service, on 8 August 1674. He was replaced within twelve months by Sir John Fenwick. From July 1751 this regiment was known as the 5th Regiment of Foot.
Clare was captain of the Clare's Dragoons
regiment which he led against William of Orange
at the Battle of the Boyne
and later in France. He married Philadelphia Lennard, sister of the Earl of Sussex
, and together they had three children:
Viscount Clare
-First creation:The titles of Viscount Clare and Baron Moyarta were conferred on Daniel O'Brien, a younger son of Connor O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Thomond, on 11 July 1662. These titles were forfeit by the attainder of the third Viscount in 1691. However, the title continued to be used by his...
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O'Brien was the son of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare
Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare
Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount Clare was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 1st Viscount Clare and Lady Catherine FitzGerald, a daughter of Gerald, 14th Earl of Desmond....
and Honora O'Brien, daughter of Daniel O'Brien and Ellen FitzGerald.
Clare was appointed commander of a newly raised regiment of foot, Clare's Regiment of Foot, an Irish regiment in the Dutch Service, on 8 August 1674. He was replaced within twelve months by Sir John Fenwick. From July 1751 this regiment was known as the 5th Regiment of Foot.
Clare was captain of the Clare's Dragoons
Clare's Dragoons
The Clare's Regiment, later known as Clare's Dragoons, was initially named O'Brien's Regiment after its originator Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare...
regiment which he led against William of Orange
William III of England
William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
at the Battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish and Irish thronesthe Catholic King James and the Protestant King William across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland...
and later in France. He married Philadelphia Lennard, sister of the Earl of Sussex
Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex
Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex was a British peer. He became Earl of Sussex in 1674 when he married Lady Anne Palmer. The Baron Dacre title became abeyant in 1715 following his death .-Cricket:...
, and together they had three children:
- Honora O'Brien
- Daniel O'Brien, 4th Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 4th Viscount ClareDaniel O'Brien, 4th Viscount Clare was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clareand Philadelphia Lennard. He was commander of a regiment which he conveyed to France where he fought in the Battle of Marsaglia on 4 October 1693 and was mortally wounded. Daniel O'Brien never married and was...
- Charles O'Brien, 5th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, 5th Viscount ClareCharles O'Brien, 5th Viscount Clare was the son of Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare and Philadelphia Lennard. He married Charlotte Bulkeley, daughter of Henry Bulkeley and Sophia Stuart, on 9 January 1696, at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France...