Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare

Daniel O'Brien
Viscount Clare
Tenure	1670–1691
Successor	Daniel, 4th Viscount Clare
Died	1691
Spouse(s)	Philadelphia Lennart
Issue Detail	Daniel, Charles & others
Father	Connor, 2nd Viscount Clare
Mother	Honora O'Brien

Daniel O'Brien, 3rd Viscount Clare (died 1691), was with King Charles II in exile during the interregnum. At the Restoration, he obtained the title of Viscount Clare for his grandfather and full restoration of the family's lands. At the Glorious Revolution he supported James II, sitting in the Patriot Parliament and fighting for him at the Battle of the Boyne. He was in consequence attainted as a Jacobite.

Birth and origins

Family tree
Daniel O'Brien with wife, parents, and other selected relatives.[a] Daniel 1st Viscount 1577–1666 Catherine FitzGerald Connor 2nd Viscount 1605–1670 Honora O'Brien Daniel 3rd Viscount d. 1691 Philadelphia Lennart Daniel 4th Viscount d. 1693 Charles 5th Viscount 1673–1706 Charlotte Bulkeley Charles 6th Viscount 1699–1761 Geneviève Gautier Legend XXX Subject of the article XXX Viscounts Clare

Daniel was born roughly about 1620, probably at Carrigaholt Castle, County Clare, his parents' habitual residence. He was the only son of Connor O'Brien (c. 1605 – 1670) and his wife Honora O'Brien.^[3] At the time of his birth, his father was the heir apparent of his grandfather, O'Brien of Carrigaholt, who was a younger brother of Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond. His father's family was the senior branch of the O'Briens, a Gaelic Irish dynasty that descended from Brian Boru, medieval high king of Ireland.^[4]

His mother's family were the O'Briens of Duagh, County Kerry, a cadet branch of the O'Briens that descended from Donal, younger brother of Donough O'Brien, 2nd Earl of Thomond.^[5] Daniel was one of six siblings, who are listed in his father's article.

Early life

O'Brien lived as a young man through the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Confederate Wars, and the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, probably fighting under the command of his father and grandfather. He probably was the "Daniel O'Bryan" who was given as hostage to General Edmund Ludlow at the surrender of Ross Castle on 27 June 1652.^[6]

He went with his father and grandfather into French exile and seems to have ben a courtier at Charles II's court in exile. At the Restoration in 1660 he returned to England or Ireland with his father and grandfather. On 11 July 1662 Charles II created his grandfather Baron Moyarta and Viscount Clare.^[7] The honour was intended for him, Daniel,^[8] into whose hands the estate was directly conveyed.^[9] His grandfather died in 1663^[10] or in 1666, and his father succeed as 2nd Viscount and he gained the courtesy title of Baron Moyarta.

Marriage and children

He married Philadelphia Lennard, sister of the Thomas, Earl of Sussex.

Daniel and Philadelphia had three children:

1. Honora O'Brien
2. Daniel (died 1693), 4th viscount died unmarried in French exile^[11][12]
3. Charles (1673–1706), 5th viscount, who died of wounds received at the Battle of Ramillies fighting for the French^[13]

Later life

At his father's death in 1670^[14] Moyarta succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Clare.^[15]

In August 1674 Clare, as he was now, was appointed commander of a newly raised regiment of foot, Clare's Regiment of Foot, an Irish regiment in the Dutch States Army. He was replaced within twelve months by Sir John Fenwick. From July 1751 on this regiment would be known as the 5th Regiment of Foot.

In 1689 he sat in the House of Lords of the Patriot Parliament.^[16]

During the War of the Two Kings, Clare served with the Jacobite Irish Army loyal to James II. He was the colonel of Clare's Dragoons, which he led against William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne (1 July 1690) and was later exiled in France as part of the Flight of the Wild Geese.

In 1689 James II of England appointed Clare, as he was now, together with Boileau as joint governors of Cork.^[17] On 11 August Clare imprisoned the Protestants of the city in St Peter, Christchurch, and the courthouses.^[18] They were later detained in the castles of Blarney and Macroom.^[19][20] In 1690 Clare fought for James at the Battle of the Boyne.^[21]

Death and timeline

Daniel died in 1691. He was outlawed on 11 May 1691.^[22]

Timeline
As his birth date is uncertain, so are all his ages.
Age	Date	Event
0	1620, estimate	Born
4–5	1625, 27 Mar	Accession of King Charles I, succeeding King James I[23]
11–12	1632, 12 Jan	Thomas Wentworth, later Earl of Stafford, appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland[24]
20–21	1641, 23 Oct	Outbreak of the Rebellion[25]
22–23	1643, Nov	James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland[26]
28–29	1649, 30 Jan	King Charles I beheaded.[27]
28–29	1649, 15 Aug	Oliver Cromwell landed in Dublin[28]
31–32	1652, 12 May	Fall of Galway[29]
31–32	1652, 27 Jun	Served as hostage at the surrender of Ross Castle by Muskerry.[30][6][31]
39–40	1660, 29 May	Restoration of King Charles II[32]
45–46	1670	Father died, succeeded as 3rd earl[15][14]
68–69	1689, 13 Feb	Accession of William and Mary, succeeding King James II[33]
70–71	1691	Died

Notes and references

Notes

1. This family tree is based on a pedigree of the viscounts of Clare,^[1] as well as genealogies of the viscounts of Clare^[2] Also see the lists of children in the text.

Citations

1. O'Brien 1949, p. 82. Pedigree of the Viscounts Clare
2. Cokayne 1913, p. 251Genealogy of the viscountss of Clare
3. Murphy, Elaine (1 October 2009). "O'Brien, Daniel". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.006458.v1.
4. Cokayne 1896, p. 391, Note b. "They were descended from the celebrated Brien Boroihme, principal king of Ireland (1002–1004) through his grandson Turlogh ..."
5. O'Hart 1892, p. 161, left column, line 7. "II. Sir Donal, ancestor of O'Brian of Dough, Newtown, and Ennistymon."
6. Firth 1894, p. 322, line 4. "... his son together with Daniel Obryan were delivered to me [Edmund Ludlow] as hostages ..."
7. Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 1. "At the age of 80 or upwards he was cr. [created] 11 July 1662, Baron Morarta and Viscount Clare [or O'Brien of Clare], co Clare [I.[Ireland] ]."
8. Cokayne 1913, p. 252. "[Daniel, his grandson] was in attendance on Charles II during his exile, and through his influence the peerage for his grandfather was obtained."
9. O'Donoghue 1860, p. 323. "... set out and allotted onto Daniel O'Brien, Esq., son and heir to Conor ..."
10. Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 358. "O'Brien, Daniel, first viscount Clare (1577?–1663)"
11. Burke 1883, p. 407, left column, line 9. "Daniel, 4th viscount, who accompanied King James to France and died there s.p."
12. O'Hart 1892, p. [archive.org/details/irishpedigrees00unkngoog/page/167/ 167, right column, line 13]. "I. Daniel, the fourth Viscount, who d. unm. in 1697."
13. Burke 1883, p. 407, left column, line 11. "Charles, 5th viscount, entered the French service and was mortally wounded at Ramillies, 11 May 1706 ..."
14. Cokayne 1913, p. 252, line 13. "He d.[died] about 1670"
15. Ó Siochrú 2009, 3rd paragraph, 3rd sentence. "He died in 1666 and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son Conor, and then in 1670 by Daniel, his grandson."
16. Davis 1893, p. 157. "Daniel O'Brian, Lord Viscount Clare ..."
17. Smith 1893a, p. 400. "1689—The Lord Clare and M. Boileau"
18. Smith 1893b, p. 115. "On the 11th of August the Lord Clare, governor of Cork, committed all the Protestants of the city to St. Peter's, Christ Church, and the courthouses."
19. Windele 1839, p. 198. "His [Clancarty's] castles of Blarney and Macroom, he permitted to be converted into prisons for the reception of some of the disaffected Protestants of Cork."
20. Gibson 1861, p. 147. "James appointed Lord Clare and M. Boileau, governors of Cork, who appeared to have acted with severity towards the Protestants. "On the llth of August, the Lord Clare, governor of Cork, committed all the Protestants of the city to St. Peter's, Christ Church,* and the Court-Houses; on the 10th of September several were sent to Blarney Castle;... on the llth [September 1689], many to Macroom;"
21. Ó Siochrú 2009, last paragraph. "... fought as a colonel of a regiment under James II (qv) at the battle of the Boyne in 1690"
22. House of Lords 1779, p. 675. "Daniel Lord Visc. Clare was outlawed in the co. of the City of Dublin the 11 May in the third year of King William and Queen Mary [1691]."
23. Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 16. "Charles I. ... acc. 27 Mar. 1625 ..."
24. Asch 2004, p. 146, right column, line 23. "Wentworth was appointed lord deputy on 12 January 1632 ..."
25. Warner 1768, p. 6. "... the twenty-third October [1641] ... seized all the towns, castles, and houses belonging to the Protestants which they had force enough to possess;"
26. Cokayne 1895, p. 149, line 29. "Viceroy of Ireland, as Lord Lieutenant 1643–47 ..."
27. Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 17. "Charles I. ... exec. 30 Jan. 1649 ..."
28. Coffey 1914, p. 213. "Cromwell landed in Dublin on August 15th [1649]."
29. Cusack 1871, p. 320. "The town [Galway] surrendered on the 12th of May 1652."
30. Ohlmeyer 2004, p. 107, right column, line 55.
31. Ó Siochrú 2009, End of 2nd paragraph. "... he submitted to the English parliament under the articles agreed the following year by Donogh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry. O'Brien was one of the hostages ..."
32. Fryde et al. 1986, p. 44, line 39. "Charles II. ... acc. 29 May 1660 ..."
33. Fryde et al. 1986, p. 45, line 11. "William III. ... acc. 13 Feb. 1689 ..."

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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Connor O'Brien	Viscount Clare 1670–1691	Succeeded by Daniel O'Brien