Earl of Tyrone
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The Earl of Tyrone is a title created three times in the Peerage of Ireland
.
It was first created as part of the Tudor attempt to establish a uniform social structure in Ireland by converting the Gaelic kings and chiefs into hereditary nobles of the Kingdom of Ireland
. Under brehon law, clans were effectively independent, and chose their chiefs from the members of a bloodline – normally, but not always, a close relative of the previous chief; the clan as a whole generally had a voice in the chief's decisions. Also, acknowledged sons of a clan member were members of the bloodline, even when not begotten in lawful marriage. The holder of a title, on the other hand, was subject to the Crown, but held his lands by hereditary right, which the Crown would help to enforce; the rest of the clan were usually now his tenants. Illegitimate sons had no right of succession under the new system unless expressly granted.
The title in the Peerage of Ireland
was created again in 1673 for Richard Power, 6th Baron Power, the Anglo-Norman peer and Restoration politician, along with a large grant of land in County Waterford
, at the other end of Ireland. He was also given the subordinate title of Viscount Decies; both titles became extinct upon the death of his younger son, the third earl, in 1704; he left an only daughter, but both titles descended by patent to heirs male only.
It was created a final time in 1746 for Marcus Beresford, 1st Viscount Tyrone
, son-in-law of the last Power earl. His son was created Marquess of Waterford
in 1789, and the title has since been a subsidiary title of the Waterford title.
, Conn Bacach O'Neill, went to Greenwich
and submitted to Henry VIII of England
and of Ireland in 1542; he renounced his chieftainship, the style of "the O'Neill" and his independence. In exchange, he was created Earl of Tyrone, which was by the charter to descend to his illegitimate son Matthew or Ferdoragh O'Neill, who was also created Baron of Dungannon, which was always to be held by the heir to the Earldom; this was a substantive title, which gave Ferdoragh a seat in the Irish House of Lords
, not a courtesy title
. This adaptive process, known as "surrender and regrant
", was taken up by other Irish clan chiefs.
This passed over Conn's legitimate sons; the eldest, Shane O'Neill
, was only about twelve at the time. When he grew up, Shane (who is remembered as an Diomais, "the Proud") claimed to be The O'Neill (in Irish: Uí Neíll), and there was civil strife among the Cenell Eoghain; Shane was victorious, Ferdoragh was killed, Conn was driven out of Tyrone, and died in the Irish Pale, the area of Ireland directly governed by the English.
In English law, Ferdoragh's eldest son, Brien O'Neill, then succeeded to the Earldom; in practice he continued to be called Lord Dungannon. Queen Elizabeth
, newly come to the throne, proposed to recognize Shane as Earl, since he actually ruled Tyrone and was eldest legitimate son; but the negotiations collapsed. Brien was killed young and unmarried, in 1562, by Turlough O'Neill, tanist of his uncle Shane (and a grandson of the brother of Conn Bacagh, the first Earl). Shane died in 1568; the English generally supported Brien's younger brother, Hugh O'Neill
, against Turlough; Turlough, as effective leader of the clan, was the greater threat. In 1585, Hugh was recognized as Earl of Tyrone; in 1593, Turlough surrendered to him the position of "The O'Neill".
Hugh O'Neill's career as unquestioned leader of the O'Neills became a series of quarrels with the English government: like many great feudal lords, he rebelled in the Nine Years' War
, was proclaimed a traitor, and ultimately submitted to the Crown at the Treaty of Mellifont
in 1603. Despite the Anglo-Spanish peace treaty of 1604, in 1607 he left with his brother-in-law, the Earl of Tyrconnell and several of their followers fled to Europe, expecting the Spanish to invade Ireland with an army. He was attainted the year after this Flight of the Earls
, and the attainder was confirmed by the Parliament of Ireland
in 1614; at which point the Earldom became forfeit under the common law.
Earl Hugh, followed by his sons, however, continued to claim to be Earl of Tyrone, until the last legitimate son died unmarried, some time between 1641 and 1660. (It is not entirely clear which of his sons were legitimate: he was married four times, not always legally divorced, and it is not clear who were the parents of Conn O'Neill, chief of the O'Neills around 1650.) At this point the Irish title became extinct, as well as forfeit, but the descendants of Earl Hugh's illegitimate brothers acted as the O'Neill, and called themselves Earl of Tyrone by Spanish grant, for the rest of the century.
: when an Earl of Tyrone had an eldest son, or an eldest grandson by a deceased eldest son, that heir would be Baron Dungannon; when there was no heir apparent, the Barony of Dungannon lapsed until there was.
So when Matthew died, his son Brien became Baron Dungannon. However, when Conn Bacach died the next year, Brien was not recognized as Earl of Tyrone, but continued to be called Baron Dungannon until he was killed by Turlough Luineach O'Neill
, Shane the Proud's tanist.
His younger brother Hugh O'Neill was called Baron of Dungannon until 1585, when he received a charter confirming him as Earl of Tyrone. The same charter confirmed his son Hugh, the eldest son of his second wife, as Baron Dungannon; Earl Hugh's first marriage was invalid, and his children by that marriage illegitimate.
The following men were known as Baron Dungannon:
Since the younger Hugh O'Neill was attainted with father in 1608, the title is forfeit, and is now extinct. Young Hugh went to Rome with his father, and died there in the summer of 1609.
By 1660, therefore, the Earldom of Tyrone was extinct as well as forfeit. None the less, the last collateral O'Neill descendants of Mathew "Ferdocha" O'Neill, continued to use the title in Spain until 1692.
The leadership of the O'Neills as a whole had usually been held by the O'Neills of Tyrone; but their distant cousins the O'Neills of Clanaboy or Clandeboye
in Antrim
had also sometimes held it, most recently Art mac Aodha O'Neill, from 1509 to 1514, when the first Earl was young. They, like the O'Neills of Tyrone, spent much of the seventeenth century fighting for the Catholic powers; in 1740 they relocated permanently to Portugal.
Don Jorge O'Neill of Clanaboy and Lisbon submitted his pedigree to the Ulster office of Heralds; in 1896, he received a letter from Sir Henry Farnham Burke, Somerset Herald
, acknowledging that he had proved his descent from the royal descent from the Kings of Ireland, and his collateral descent from Hugh O'Neill. Although collateral descent from the grantee does not confer a peerage, he assumed the style of Conde de Tyrone, but his descendants use the title Prince of Clandeboye.
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
.
It was first created as part of the Tudor attempt to establish a uniform social structure in Ireland by converting the Gaelic kings and chiefs into hereditary nobles of the Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland refers to the country of Ireland in the period between the proclamation of Henry VIII as King of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act 1542 and the Act of Union in 1800. It replaced the Lordship of Ireland, which had been created in 1171...
. Under brehon law, clans were effectively independent, and chose their chiefs from the members of a bloodline – normally, but not always, a close relative of the previous chief; the clan as a whole generally had a voice in the chief's decisions. Also, acknowledged sons of a clan member were members of the bloodline, even when not begotten in lawful marriage. The holder of a title, on the other hand, was subject to the Crown, but held his lands by hereditary right, which the Crown would help to enforce; the rest of the clan were usually now his tenants. Illegitimate sons had no right of succession under the new system unless expressly granted.
The title in the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
was created again in 1673 for Richard Power, 6th Baron Power, the Anglo-Norman peer and Restoration politician, along with a large grant of land in County Waterford
County Waterford
*Abbeyside, Affane, Aglish, Annestown, An Rinn, Ardmore*Ballinacourty, Ballinameela, Ballinamult, Ballinroad, Ballybeg, Ballybricken, Ballyduff Lower, Ballyduff Upper, Ballydurn, Ballygunner, Ballylaneen, Ballymacarbry, Ballymacart, Ballynaneashagh, Ballysaggart, Ballytruckle, Bilberry, Bunmahon,...
, at the other end of Ireland. He was also given the subordinate title of Viscount Decies; both titles became extinct upon the death of his younger son, the third earl, in 1704; he left an only daughter, but both titles descended by patent to heirs male only.
It was created a final time in 1746 for Marcus Beresford, 1st Viscount Tyrone
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone , known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician.-Background:...
, son-in-law of the last Power earl. His son was created Marquess of Waterford
Marquess of Waterford
Marquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.-Family history:...
in 1789, and the title has since been a subsidiary title of the Waterford title.
Earls of Tyrone, first Creation (1542)
The king or chief of the O'Neills of TyroneTyrone
The name Tyrone can refer to:*County Tyrone, a county in Northern Ireland, roughly corresponding to the ancient kingdom of Tír Eogain*An Earl of Tyrone*A small steam train which runs between Bushmills and the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland-Places:...
, Conn Bacach O'Neill, went to Greenwich
Greenwich
Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...
and submitted to Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
and of Ireland in 1542; he renounced his chieftainship, the style of "the O'Neill" and his independence. In exchange, he was created Earl of Tyrone, which was by the charter to descend to his illegitimate son Matthew or Ferdoragh O'Neill, who was also created Baron of Dungannon, which was always to be held by the heir to the Earldom; this was a substantive title, which gave Ferdoragh a seat in the Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords
The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from mediaeval times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union.-Function:...
, not a courtesy title
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
. This adaptive process, known as "surrender and regrant
Surrender and regrant
During the Tudor conquest of Ireland , "surrender and regrant" was the legal mechanism by which Irish clans were to be converted from a power structure rooted in clan and kin loyalties, to a late-feudal system under the English legal system...
", was taken up by other Irish clan chiefs.
This passed over Conn's legitimate sons; the eldest, Shane O'Neill
Shane O'Neill
Seán Ó Néill, anglicised Shane O'Neill , nicknamed 'Seán an díomais', was an Irish king of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster in the mid 16th century. Shane O'Neill's career was marked by his ambition to be The Ó Néill Mór - Sovereign of the dominant Ó Néill Mór family of Tyrone... and thus head...
, was only about twelve at the time. When he grew up, Shane (who is remembered as an Diomais, "the Proud") claimed to be The O'Neill (in Irish: Uí Neíll), and there was civil strife among the Cenell Eoghain; Shane was victorious, Ferdoragh was killed, Conn was driven out of Tyrone, and died in the Irish Pale, the area of Ireland directly governed by the English.
In English law, Ferdoragh's eldest son, Brien O'Neill, then succeeded to the Earldom; in practice he continued to be called Lord Dungannon. Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty...
, newly come to the throne, proposed to recognize Shane as Earl, since he actually ruled Tyrone and was eldest legitimate son; but the negotiations collapsed. Brien was killed young and unmarried, in 1562, by Turlough O'Neill, tanist of his uncle Shane (and a grandson of the brother of Conn Bacagh, the first Earl). Shane died in 1568; the English generally supported Brien's younger brother, Hugh O'Neill
Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone
Aodh Mór Ó Néill, anglicised as Hugh The Great O'Neill , was the 2nd or 3rd Earl of Tyrone and was later created The Ó Néill...
, against Turlough; Turlough, as effective leader of the clan, was the greater threat. In 1585, Hugh was recognized as Earl of Tyrone; in 1593, Turlough surrendered to him the position of "The O'Neill".
Hugh O'Neill's career as unquestioned leader of the O'Neills became a series of quarrels with the English government: like many great feudal lords, he rebelled in the Nine Years' War
Nine Years' War (Ireland)
The Nine Years' War or Tyrone's Rebellion took place in Ireland from 1594 to 1603. It was fought between the forces of Gaelic Irish chieftains Hugh O'Neill of Tír Eoghain, Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tír Chonaill and their allies, against English rule in Ireland. The war was fought in all parts of the...
, was proclaimed a traitor, and ultimately submitted to the Crown at the Treaty of Mellifont
Treaty of Mellifont
The Treaty of Mellifont , also known as the Articles of Mellifont was signed in 1603 ending the Nine Years' War which took place in the Kingdom of Ireland from 1594 to 1603.- The end of the war :...
in 1603. Despite the Anglo-Spanish peace treaty of 1604, in 1607 he left with his brother-in-law, the Earl of Tyrconnell and several of their followers fled to Europe, expecting the Spanish to invade Ireland with an army. He was attainted the year after this Flight of the Earls
Flight of the Earls
The Flight of the Earls took place on 14 September 1607, when Hugh Ó Neill of Tír Eóghain, Rory Ó Donnell of Tír Chonaill and about ninety followers left Ireland for mainland Europe.-Background to the exile:...
, and the attainder was confirmed by the Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...
in 1614; at which point the Earldom became forfeit under the common law.
Earl Hugh, followed by his sons, however, continued to claim to be Earl of Tyrone, until the last legitimate son died unmarried, some time between 1641 and 1660. (It is not entirely clear which of his sons were legitimate: he was married four times, not always legally divorced, and it is not clear who were the parents of Conn O'Neill, chief of the O'Neills around 1650.) At this point the Irish title became extinct, as well as forfeit, but the descendants of Earl Hugh's illegitimate brothers acted as the O'Neill, and called themselves Earl of Tyrone by Spanish grant, for the rest of the century.
- Heirs who did not live to succeed are indented.
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of TyroneConn O'Neill, 1st Earl of TyroneConn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone King of Tír Eógain, c. 1480–1559.-Biography:A son of Conn Mór, King of Tír Eógain, grandson of Henry Ó Néill, the King of Tír Eógain, was the first of the Ó Néills whom the attempts of the English in the 16th century to subjugate Ireland brought to the front as...
(c. 1484–1559)- Matthew O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon (c. 1520–1550)
- Brien O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, 2nd Baron Dungannon (c. 1540–1562)
- Hugh O'Neill 3rd Baron Dungannon, 2nd or 3rd Earl of Tyrone. (c. 1550–1616) attainted 1608, attainder confirmed by Irish Parliament 1614.
- Hugh O'Neill, Baron Dungannon (c. 1586–1609) attainted 1608.
- Conn O'Neill, 1st Earl of Tyrone
Baron Dungannon
The Barony of Dungannon created for Matthew or Ferdoragh O'Neill was limited, by the terms of the patent, to his descendants who were heirs apparent to the Earldom of Tyrone. This provision would have meant that it acted like a courtesy titleCourtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
: when an Earl of Tyrone had an eldest son, or an eldest grandson by a deceased eldest son, that heir would be Baron Dungannon; when there was no heir apparent, the Barony of Dungannon lapsed until there was.
So when Matthew died, his son Brien became Baron Dungannon. However, when Conn Bacach died the next year, Brien was not recognized as Earl of Tyrone, but continued to be called Baron Dungannon until he was killed by Turlough Luineach O'Neill
Turlough Luineach O'Neill
Toirdhealbhach Luineach Mac Néill Chonnalaigh Ó Néill , the earl of the Clan-Connell, was inaugurated as the King of Tyrone, upon Shane O’Neill’s death...
, Shane the Proud's tanist.
His younger brother Hugh O'Neill was called Baron of Dungannon until 1585, when he received a charter confirming him as Earl of Tyrone. The same charter confirmed his son Hugh, the eldest son of his second wife, as Baron Dungannon; Earl Hugh's first marriage was invalid, and his children by that marriage illegitimate.
The following men were known as Baron Dungannon:
- Matthew O'Neill, 1st Baron Dungannon, (bef. 1624 - 1558), cr. 1542.
- Brien O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (- 1562), de jure Baron Dungannon 1558-9, styled Dungannon 1558-1562.
- Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, (- 1616) styled Baron Dungannon 1562-1585, never de jure: before his brother's death, he was not heir apparent, for his brother could have married and had sons; after his brother's death, he was de jure Earl of Tyrone, but not Baron Dugannon by the limitation.
- Hugh O'Neill, Baron Dungannon, (c. 1575 - 1609), styled Baron Dungannon, 1587-1608, de jure from birth. Title forfeit 1608.
Since the younger Hugh O'Neill was attainted with father in 1608, the title is forfeit, and is now extinct. Young Hugh went to Rome with his father, and died there in the summer of 1609.
Exiles
Earl Hugh and his family continued to lead the O'Neills of Tyrone from abroad; they also had the title of Earl of Tyrone recognized in Spain in the form of Conde de Tyrone. "Though no longer recognized in England, it was granted by Spanish kings to a line of O'Neills in rightful succession to the of the seventeenth century".- Hugh O'Neill (c.1550–1616), the attainted Earl.
- Henry O'Neill (c.1586–1610) Earl Hugh's son by Joan O'Donnell, his second wife; Colonel of the Irish regiment in the Spanish service in Flanders; Knight of Santiago. Accompanied his father in his flight, and was attainted 1608, confirmed 1614. He is omitted from an account of his father's family in 1617; he is noted as dead in 1621
- Shane O'Neill (Juan, John, Sean: 18 October 1599-27 Jan 1641), Earl Hugh's son by Catherine Magenis, his fourth wife. Succeeded his father as Earl of Tyrone, his brother as Colonel; Knight of Calatrava; Major Domo at Madrid, 1638; died in the siege of Barcelona.
- His younger brothers died young: Conn (c.1601–1627) was left behind in the flight, went to Eton, and died in the Tower of London; Brian (1604–1617) went to school in Brussels and was killed there, being found hanged with his hands bound.
- Hugo Eugenio O'Neill, his son, was legitimated at Shane's death by Philip IV of SpainPhilip IV of SpainPhilip IV was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665, sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands, and King of Portugal until 1640...
but died young. Shane's will provided that Hugo Eugenio be taught Irish, so he could be an effective leader of the O'Neills; it also provided an elaborate system of succession if Hugo Eugenio died childless, as did happen.- Conn O'Neill (Con, Constantino, died before 1660), son of Cormac O'Neill, the younger brother of Earl Hugh who died in the Tower of London, was named as second heir in Shane O'Neill's will, if Hugo Eugenio died childless; by the law of the Kingdom of Ireland, he would be the last heir to the Earldom, if restored. Since he died before Hugo Eugenio, he does not appear to have called himself Earl, but Owen Roe O'NeillOwen Roe O'NeillEoghan Ruadh Ó Néill , anglicised as Owen Roe O'Neill , was a seventeenth century soldier and one of the most famous of the O'Neill dynasty of Ulster.- In Spanish service :...
, Earl Hugh's half-nephew and a general in the War of the Three Kingdoms, acknowledged "that all the immediate right to the earldom of Tyrone belongs to Don Constantino, who is in Spain" and that while he lived, Owen Roe himself "could claim nothing".
- Conn O'Neill (Con, Constantino, died before 1660), son of Cormac O'Neill, the younger brother of Earl Hugh who died in the Tower of London, was named as second heir in Shane O'Neill's will, if Hugo Eugenio died childless; by the law of the Kingdom of Ireland, he would be the last heir to the Earldom, if restored. Since he died before Hugo Eugenio, he does not appear to have called himself Earl, but Owen Roe O'Neill
By 1660, therefore, the Earldom of Tyrone was extinct as well as forfeit. None the less, the last collateral O'Neill descendants of Mathew "Ferdocha" O'Neill, continued to use the title in Spain until 1692.
- Hugh Dubh O'NeillHugh Dubh O'NeillHugh Dubh O'Neill, 5th Earl of Tyrone was an Irish soldier of the seventeenth century. He is best known for his participation in the Irish Confederate Wars and in particular his defence of Clonmel in 1650.O'Neill was a member of the O'Neill dynasty, the leaders of which fled Ireland in the flight...
, (c. 1610-c.1666), nephew of Owen Roe O'Neill (by his brother Art Oge) and so grandnephew of Earl Hugh, and commander under his uncle in Ireland, where he held Limerick against Henry IretonHenry IretonHenry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
during a long siege. Petitioned Charles II in October 1660, after the English RestorationEnglish RestorationThe Restoration of the English monarchy began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the Wars of the Three Kingdoms...
, to be restored to the Earldom of Tyrone. - Hugh O'Neill (after 1644-c. 1670), grandson of Owen Roe O'Neill by his son Henry Roe O'Neill. Knight of Calatrava 1667.
- Owen O'Neill, grandnephew of Owen Roe O'Neill, whose younger brother Con had a son Brian, father of this Owen. Educated at Rome; executor of a will 1679, died after 1689. After Owen, no-one claimed the Earldom of Tyrone until the 19th century.
- Don Bernardo O'Neill, (circa 1619-1681) Colonel of the Irish regiment of Tyrone, nephew of General Eoghan Roe. Born in Armagh, served as a Captain in Flanders starting in 1636. Fought in the War of the Confederacy, returned to Flanders and was given permission to raise and Irish regiment in 1663. In 1673, "became Earl of Tyrone after the death of Hugo, son of Henry mac Eoghain Rua". Died 1681 in Barcelona.
- Eugenio O'Neill, after the death of Don Bernardo in 1681, "the titular colonel was the eighth Earl, a young boy also called Eugenio O'Neill", he was claimed as a grandson of General Eoghan Rua through a son named Brian. He was still a minor and titulary colonel of the Regiment of Tyrone on 18 April 1689.
Later claimants
By this point, the claim to the Earldom of Tyrone became intertwined both with the position of the O'Neill of Tyrone and the wider position of chief of all the O'Neills of Ulster. Not all the claimants to the Gaelic offices claimed the Earldom: the descendants of Shane the Proud were inaugurated as the O'Neill by the ancient ritual, by which the O'Hagan put golden shoes on their feet on May Eve, without calling themselves Earls.The leadership of the O'Neills as a whole had usually been held by the O'Neills of Tyrone; but their distant cousins the O'Neills of Clanaboy or Clandeboye
Clandeboye
Clandeboye is in modern times an area of Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is named after the Clandeboye family, a branch of the O'Neill dynasty. They settled in the 1330s after the death of the Earl of Ulster in what is now south Antrim and north Down, giving their name to the territory...
in Antrim
Antrim
- Northern Ireland :* County Antrim, one of the counties of Northern Ireland* Antrim, County Antrim, the town* Antrim railway station, serving the town of Antrim* Antrim , an administrative division...
had also sometimes held it, most recently Art mac Aodha O'Neill, from 1509 to 1514, when the first Earl was young. They, like the O'Neills of Tyrone, spent much of the seventeenth century fighting for the Catholic powers; in 1740 they relocated permanently to Portugal.
Don Jorge O'Neill of Clanaboy and Lisbon submitted his pedigree to the Ulster office of Heralds; in 1896, he received a letter from Sir Henry Farnham Burke, Somerset Herald
Somerset Herald
Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. In the year 1448 Somerset Herald is known to have served the Duke of Somerset, but by the time of the coronation of King Henry VII in 1485 his successor appears to have been raised to the rank of a royal...
, acknowledging that he had proved his descent from the royal descent from the Kings of Ireland, and his collateral descent from Hugh O'Neill. Although collateral descent from the grantee does not confer a peerage, he assumed the style of Conde de Tyrone, but his descendants use the title Prince of Clandeboye.
Barons Power (13 September 1535)
- Richard Power, 1st Baron Power (d. 1539)
- Piers Power, 2nd Baron Power (d. 1545)
- John Power, 3rd Baron Power (1516–1592)
- Richard Power, 4th Baron Power (d. 1607)
- John Power, 5th Baron Power (c. 1599–1661)
- Richard Power, 6th Baron Power (created Earl of Tyrone and Viscount Decies in 1673)
Earls of Tyrone, second creation (1673)
with subsidiaries Viscount Decies (1673) and Baron Power (1535)- Richard Power, 1st Earl of Tyrone (1630–1690)
- John Power, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (c. 1665–1693)
- James Power, 3rd Earl of Tyrone (1667–1704) (extinct 1704; the heir to the Barony of Power had been outlawed in 1688, so it was forfeit )
Earls of Tyrone, third creation (1746)
- Marcus Beresford, 1st Earl of TyroneMarcus Beresford, 1st Earl of TyroneMarcus Beresford, 1st Earl of Tyrone , known as Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Baronet until 1720 and subsequently as The Viscount Tyrone until 1746, was an Irish peer, freemason and politician.-Background:...
(1694–1763)- Married 1717, Catherine, daughter of James Power, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, above; created Viscount Tyrone 1720, Earl of Tyrone 1746.
- George de La Poer Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone (1735–1800), created Marquess of Waterford in 1789
- for later earls, see Marquess of WaterfordMarquess of WaterfordMarquess of Waterford is a title in the Peerage of Ireland and the premier marquessate in that peerage. It was created in 1789 for George Beresford, 2nd Earl of Tyrone.-Family history:...
See also
- Count of TyroneCount of TyroneThe title of Count of Tyrone has been used by two European branches of the O'Neill family to claim affiliation with the O'Neill Earls of Tyrone in the Peerage of Ireland...
- Combe MartinCombe MartinCombe Martin is a village and civil parish on the North Devon coast about east of Ilfracombe. It is a small seaside resort with a sheltered cove on the edge of the Exmoor National Park...
A Devon village with a traditional festival entitled "The Hunting of the Earl of Rone" (i.e. Tyrone)