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Irish politician

SirTimothy O'BrienBt
Member of Parliament
for Cashel
In office
5 February 1846 – 6 May 1859
Preceded byJoseph Stock
Succeeded byJohn Lanigan
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1849–1850
Preceded byJeremiah Dunne
Succeeded byJohn Reynolds
In office
1844–1845
Preceded byGeorge Roe
Succeeded byJohn L. Arabin
Personal details
Born1787
Died (aged 75)
NationalityIrish
Political partyWhig
Other political
affiliations
ChildrenSir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (son)

Sir Timothy O'Brien, 1st Baronet (1787 – 3 December 1862) was an Irish Whig, Independent Irish Party and Repeal Association politician, and merchant.

He was the son of Timothy O'Brien and his wife (née Madden). In 1821, he married Catherine Murphy, daughter of Edward Murphy, and they had at least five children: Timothy (died 1869); John (died 1869); Kate (died 1894); Ellen (died 1899); and Patrick (1823–1895).

In 1844, O'Brien was made Lord Mayor of Dublin, a position he again held in 1849. Simultaneously, he was a Member of Parliament (MP), first elected as a Repeal Association member for Cashel at a by-election in 1846—caused by the resignation of Joseph Stock. Becoming an Independent Irish MP in 1852 and a Whig in 1857, he held the seat until the 1859 general election, when he did not seek re-election.

In 1849, during Queen Victoria's first visit to Ireland, O'Brien was made a baronet, becoming 1st baronet of Merrion Square and Boris-in-Ossory. Upon his own death in 1862, the baronetcy was inherited by his son, Patrick O'Brien.

Outside of his political career, O'Brien was also a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant.

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (30 December 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 258. ISBN 978-0901714121.
  3. ^ "Cashel Election". Tipperary Vindicator. 7 August 1847. p. 1. Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Election Intelligence". Kings County Chronicle. 18 March 1857. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Rayment, Leigh (14 September 2017). "Baronetcies beginning with "O"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byJoseph Stock Member of Parliament for Cashel
1846–1859 		Succeeded byJohn Lanigan
Civic offices
Preceded byGeorge Roe Lord Mayor of Dublin
1844–1845 		Succeeded byJohn L. Arabin
Preceded byJeremiah Dunne Lord Mayor of Dublin
1849–1850 		Succeeded byJohn Reynolds
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Merrion Square and Boris-in-Ossory)
1849–1862 		Succeeded byPatrick O'Brien
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