Baron Inchiquin

Barony of Inchiquin
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  • Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale per pale Or and Argent; 2nd, Argent three Piles meeting in point issuing from the chief Gules; 3rd, Or a Pheon Azure.
  • Crests: Issuing from a Cloud an Arm embowed brandishing a Sword Argent pommelled and hilted Or.
  • Supporters: On either side a Lion guardant per fess Or and Argent.
Creation date1 July 1543
Created byKing Henry VIII
PeeragePeerage of Ireland
First holderMurrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond, 1st Baron Inchiquin
Remainder tothe 1st Baron’s heirs male
Subsidiary titlesBaronet 'of Lemenagh'
The O'Brien, Chief of the Name, Prince of Thomond
StatusExtant
Seat(s)Thomond House
Former seat(s)Dromoland Castle
Murrough surrenders his royalty to King Henry VIII at Greenwich upon the Thames July 1543 and receives the titles of Baron Inchiquin for his heirs male and Earl of Thomond with special remainder to his nephew Donough.

Baron Inchiquin (Irish: Barún Inse Uí Chuinn) is one of the older titles in the Peerage of Ireland. It was one of two titles created on 1 July 1543 for Murrough O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, who claimed descent from Brian Boru, a High King of Ireland. The English titles were granted under the policy of surrender and regrant, and therefore conditional upon the abandonment of any Irish titles, the adoption of English customs and laws, pledging of allegiance to the Crown, apostasy from the Catholic Church, and conversion to the Church of Ireland. Murrough was made both Earl of Thomond in the Peerage of Ireland, with remainder to his nephew Donough O'Brien and Baron Inchiquin, with remainder to his male heirs.[1] Following the death of his cousin, Conor Myles John O' Brien in June 2023, Conor John Anthony O' Brien is currently the 19th Baron Inchiquin [2]

  1. ^ O'Brien, Ivar (1986). O'Brien of Thomond: The O'Briens in Irish History 1500–1865. Chichester: Phillimore. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0-85033-582-5.
  2. ^ MacNaughton, Ollie (11 July 2023). "Lord Inchiquin, descendant of the 11th-century High King of Ireland, has died at 79". The Tatler.