Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin (5 December 1800 – 22 March 1872), known as Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet from 1837 to 1855, was an Irish

Ireland

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 politician and nobleman.

Biography

He was born at Dromoland Castle

Dromoland Castle

Dromoland Castle is a castle, now a luxury hotel with golf course, located near Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, Ireland. Its restaurant, the Earl of Thomond, was awarded a Michelin star in 1995.The present building was completed in 1835...

 in 1800, the eldest son of Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet

Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet

Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet was born on 17 April 1773. He was the son of Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet and Anne French. O'Brien married Charlotte Smith, daughter of William Smith, on 12 November 1799. He died on 13 March 1837 at age 63....

 and Charlotte Smith. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge

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, graduating B.A. in 1825. In 1826, he replaced his father as Tory

Tory

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Clare

Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

Clare was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....

, but was unseated in 1830 by the Whig candidates. He unsuccessfully contested the county again in 1835, but was appointed High Sheriff of Clare

High Sheriff of Clare

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 for that year instead. Upon the death of his father in 1837, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Clare

Lord Lieutenant of Clare

This is a list of people who served as Lord Lieutenant of County Clare. The office was created on 23 August 1831.* William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey 7 October 1831 – 11 May 1843...

 in 1843.

He again contested Clare in 1847, topping the poll and ousting Cornelius O'Brien

Cornelius O'Brien (County Clare)

Sir Cornelius O'Brien was an Irish politician.He built a tower, now referred to as O'Brien's Tower on the Cliffs of Moher in 1835 as an observation tower for the hundreds of tourists that frequented the cliffs during the time...

. In 1848, he published a book, Ireland in 1848: the late famine and the Poor Laws. During the same year, his brother William Smith O'Brien

William Smith O'Brien

William Smith O'Brien was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen's Land. In 1854, he was...

, a Liberal

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, led an abortive rebellion

Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848

The Young Irelander Rebellion was a failed Irish nationalist uprising led by the Young Ireland movement. It took place on 29 July 1848 in the village of Ballingarry, County Tipperary. After being chased by a force of Young Irelanders and their supporters, an Irish Constabulary unit raided a house...

 and narrowly escaped hanging. O'Brien did not contest Clare in 1852.

In 1855, he inherited the title of Baron Inchiquin

Baron Inchiquin

Baron Inchiquin is one of the older titles in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1543 for Murrough O'Brien, Prince of Thomond, who was descended from the great high king Brian Boru)...

 from a distant cousin, the last Marquess of Thomond

James O'Brien, 3rd Marquess of Thomond

Admiral James McEdward O'Brien, 3rd Marquess of Thomond, GCH , styled Lord James O'Brien from 1809 to 1846, was a British naval officer....

, although this was not confirmed until 1862. He was elected a representative peer

Representative peer

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 for Ireland in 1863. He died in 1872 at Dromoland and was succeeded by his son Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin

Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin

Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin KP was an Irish peer, and the eldest son of Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin and Mary FitzGerald...

.

O'Brien Married Mary FitzGerald and together they had the following children;

• Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin
  Edward O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin
  Edward Donough O'Brien, 14th Baron Inchiquin KP was an Irish peer, and the eldest son of Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin and Mary FitzGerald...
  
  
• Charlotte O'Bryen
• Mary Grace O'Brien.