St John O'Neill

For the British archaeologist, see B. H. St. John O'Neill.

St John O'Neill (6 May 1741^[1][2]–March 1790^[2][3]) represented Randalstown in the Irish House of Commons from 1771 to 1776.^[1] and was High Sheriff of Antrim in 1774.^[4] He was returned unopposed^[5] at a by-election for Randalstown occasioned by the death of his father Charles O'Neill of Shane's Castle.^[6] Randalstown was a pocket borough of his family^[5] and its other MP was his elder brother John O'Neill, later 1st Viscount O'Neill.^[3][7]

St John O'Neill married a Miss Borrowes and they had one daughter, who died unmarried.^{[n 1]} He resided at Portglenone Castle, and donated a copper collecting-ladle to the Portglenone chapel of ease of the Church of Ireland parish of Ahoghill,^[10] and a church organ to the Catholic chapel near by at Aughnahoy.^[11]

Footnote

1. Bernard Burke named the wife Cathrine [sic] in 1860,^[7] but "Frances, daughter of Robert Borrowes of Ballybrittas" in 1871.^[8] Mervyn Archdall makes her the daughter of Robert Borrowes of Kildare, husband of Charles O'Neill's sister Mary.^[9] William Courthope spells the surname Burrowes.^[2] Burke names the daughter Anne,^[7][8] whereas John O'Hart names her Mary.^[3]

References

1. "St John O'Neill". Irish Legislation Database. Queen's University Belfast. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
2. Courthope, William (1839). "Irish Peerage; Earl O'Neill". Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom. J. G. & F. Rivington. p. 582. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
3. O'Hart, John (1892). "O'Neill (No.4) Of Shane's Castle, County Antrim". Irish pedigrees : or, The origin and stem of the Irish nation. Vol. 1 (5th ed.). Retrieved 10 July 2019.
4. Young, Robert Magill; Pinkerton, William; O'Mellan, Friar; Macadam, Robert Shipboy; M'Cleery, Anna (1896). Historical notices of old Belfast and its vicinity. Belfast: M. Ward. p. 258. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
5. "Constituencies > Randalstown". History of the Irish Parliament. Ulster Historical Foundation. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
6. "Part II; Parliament of Ireland, 1769–1776; Antrim". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. Command papers. Vol. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. p. 668. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
7. Burke, Bernard (1860). "O'Neill family tree". A selection of arms authorized by the laws of heraldry. London: Harrison. pp. between 110 and 111. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
8. Burke, Bernard (1871). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 1121–1122. ISBN 9785880560943. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
9. Lodge, John; Archdall, Mervyn (1789). "Brodrick, Viscount Midleton". The peerage of Ireland; or, A genealogical history of the present nobility of that kingdom. Vol. V. Dublin: J. Moore. pp. 168–169. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
10. Bigger, Francis Joseph (1909). "Reports from Counties; County Antrim; Portglenone Chapel of Ease, Ahoghill Parish". Journal of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead in Ireland. VII (iii, Pt.2): 518. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
11. O'Laverty, James (1884). An historical account of the diocese of Down and Connor, ancient and modern. Vol. III. Dublin: James Duffy. p. 377. Retrieved 10 July 2019.