Peerage Record – 19500

     Arabella Caroline Keightley was born on 31 July 1962.¹ She is the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Richard Charles Keightley and Caroline Rosemary Butler.² She married Peter J. O’Connell, son of T. O’Connell, in 1989.¹
     From 1989, her married name became O’Connell.

     T. O’Connell lived at Dorset, England^G.¹

     Peter J. O’Connell is the son of T. O’Connell.² He married Arabella Caroline Keightley, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Richard Charles Keightley and Caroline Rosemary Butler, in 1989.¹
     He lived at Australia^G.¹

     Victoria Rosemary Keightley was born on 3 December 1965.¹ She is the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Richard Charles Keightley and Caroline Rosemary Butler.²
     Her married name became Cross.

     Katherine Theresa Long was born in 1871 at Upham, Hampshire, England^G.¹ She was the daughter of Walter Long and Fanny Vansittart.¹ She married Captain Robert Eden Richardson, son of John Crow Richardson and Teresa Eden Pearce-Serocold, on 5 June 1895 at Hampshire, England^G.¹ She died on 18 January 1943 at Mt. Heatherbank, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England^G.¹ She was buried on 22 January 1943 at Morestead, Hampshire, England^G.¹
     From 5 June 1895, her married name became Richardson.¹

     Virginia Pamela Liège Butler was born on 28 July 1949.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 12th Bt. and Rosemary Liège Woodgate Davidson-Houston.² She married Harold Michael Clunie Cunningham on 22 December 1970.¹
     From 22 December 1970, her married name became Cunningham. She lived in 2003 at Dolhyfryd, Lawnt, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales^G.¹

     Fanny Waugh was the daughter of George Waugh.¹ She married William Holman Hunt, son of William Hunt and Sarah Holman, in 1865.¹ She died in 1866 at Florence, Italy.¹
     From 1865, her married name became Hunt.¹

     Charles Alexander Clunie Cunningham was born on 9 December 1978.¹ He is the son of Harold Michael Clunie Cunningham and Virginia Pamela Liège Butler.²

     Rupert Jasper Clunie Cunningham was born on 25 May 1984.¹ He is the son of Harold Michael Clunie Cunningham and Virginia Pamela Liège Butler.² He married Sophie A. Milnes Coates, daughter of Sir Anthony Robert Milnes Coates, 4th Bt. and Dr. Harriet Ann Burton.

     Charles O’Brien was baptised on 17 March 1699 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France^G.¹ He was the son of Charles O’Brien and Charlotte Bulkeley.¹ He married Marie Geneviève Louise Gauthier, daughter of François Gauthier, Marquis de Chiffreville, in 1755.¹ He died on 9 September 1761 at age 62 at Montpelier, France^G.¹ He died intestate and his estate was administered on 28 January 1763.¹
     He was commissioned on 1 July 1703 with the rank of Captain, in the service of the his father’s Regiment.¹ He was styled as Viscount Clare between 1706 and 1761.¹ He was Colonel of the his father’s Regiment in 1720.¹ He fought in the Battle of Philippsburg on 12 June 1734, where he was wounded.¹ He gained the rank of Maréchal de Camp in 1735 in the King’s Armies.¹ He was Inspector General of Infantry in 1735.¹ He was styled as Earl of Thomond between 20 April 1741 and 1762.¹ He fought in the Battle of Dettingen in 1743.¹ He fought in the Battle of Landshut in 1745.¹ He fought in the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745, when his Irish troops were instrumental in defeating the English.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Sainte Esprit of France on 2 February 1746 at Chapel of Versailles, Versailles, Île-de-France, France^G.¹ He fought in the Battle of Raucoux on 11 October 1746, greatly distinguishing himself under Marshal Saxe.¹ He held the office of Governor of New Breisach in Alsace.¹ He was Commander-in-Chief of the province of Languedoc.¹ He would have inherited not only the Viscountcy of Clare from his father but from his cousin the Earldom of Thomond had it not been for his grandfather’s attainder (he was in fact known in France as ‘Comte de Thomond.²‘)