Peerage Record – 54660

     Henry O’Neill is the son of Brian O’Neill and Eleanor Magennis.² He married Sara O’Neill, daughter of Conn O’Neill and Honora Macdonell.¹

     Frances Annina Kitcat was born in 1859 at West Swallowfield, Wokingham, Berkshire, England.¹ She was the daughter of John Kitcat and Emma Margaret de Winton.¹ She married Francis Mount Durnford, son of Reverend Francis Edward Durnford and Frances Isabella Thompson, in 1879 at Windsor, Berkshire, England.² She died on 14 January 1934.¹
     From 1879, her married name became Durnford.¹

     Captain Henry Jeffreys de Winton Kitcat was born on 16 June 1861 at Swallowfield, Berkshire, England.¹ He was the son of John Kitcat and Emma Margaret de Winton.¹ He married Sybil Mary Phillips in 1893 at Bath, Somerset, England.¹ He died in 1935 at Lambeth, London, England.¹
     He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy.¹ He was appointed Member, Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)¹

     Henrietta O’Neill was the daughter of Henry O’Neill and Sara O’Neill.² She married, firstly, Colonel Henry O’Beirne.¹ She married, secondly, John Comerford.¹ She died on 31 January 1731.¹
     Her married name became Comerford.¹ Her married name became O’Beirne.

     Colonel Henry O’Beirne married Henrietta O’Neill, daughter of Henry O’Neill and Sara O’Neill.²
     He gained the rank of Colonel in the Spanish Army.²

     Maria Theresa O’Beirne was the daughter of Colonel Henry O’Beirne and Henrietta O’Neill.² She married Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton, son of Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and Lucy Loftus, on 26 July 1726.² She died on 13 February 1777, without issue.²
     She became an Roman Catholic at the same time.² She was a Maid of Honour to the Queen of Spain.² From 26 July 1726, her married name became Wharton. After her marriage, Maria Theresa O’Beirne was styled as Duchess of Wharton on 26 July 1726.

     Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton was baptised on 5 January 1698/99.² He was the son of Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton and Lucy Loftus.² He married, firstly, Martha Holmes, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Richard Holmes, on 2 March 1714/15.² He married, secondly, Maria Theresa O’Beirne, daughter of Colonel Henry O’Beirne and Henrietta O’Neill, on 26 July 1726.²
     Circa 1716 while touring Europe, he wrote a flattering letter to the titular James III which procured him the Jacobite titles.² He succeeded as the 2nd Baron of Trim, co. Meath [I., 1715] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Wharton, co. Westmorland [E., 1706] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Winchendon, co. Buckingham [E., 1706] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 2nd Marquess of Wharton, co. Westmorland [G.B., 1715] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 6th Baron Wharton, of Wharton, co. Westmorland [E., 1544] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 2nd Marquess of Malmesbury, co. Wilts [G.B., 1715] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 2nd Earl of Rathfarnham, co. Dublin [I., 1715] on 12 April 1716.² He succeeded as the 2nd Marquess of Catherlough [I., 1715] on 12 April 1716.² He was created 1st Viscount Winchendon, co. Buckingham [England] on 22 December 1716, Jacobite.² He was created 1st Marquess of Woodburn, co. Buckingham [England] on 22 December 1716, Jacobite.² He was created 1st Duke of Northumberland [England] on 22 December 1716, Jacobite.² He was created 1st Earl of Malmesbury, co. Wilts [England] on 22 December 1716, Jacobite.² He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] between 1717 and 1726.² He was created 1st Duke of Wharton, co. Westmorland [Great Britain] on 28 January 1717/18, in an attempt by the authorities to wean him from his Jacobitism and make him a good Whig like his father.² His Dukedom did at least make him for a while speak and vote with the Tories in the House of Lords, for instance in debates on the South Sea Bubble.² In June 1725 he left the country.² He was Envoy to Vienna in August 1725, for the Jacobite King James III.² He was Envoy to Madrid in March 1725/26, for the Jacobite King James III.² He was he commanded a Spanish detachment at the Siege of Gibraltar in 1727.² On 3 April 1729 he was outlawed (though without due regard for procedure) and his titles and such estates as he still held in Britain forfeited.² He was without surviving male issue on 31 May 1731.² On his death, all his titles, which were in any case forfeited, albeit in irregular fashion, expired bar the Barony of Wharton, which was deemed by the House Lords in 1915 to have been created by writ hence descendible to heirs general.²

     Arthur O’Neill is the son of Phelim ‘Dubh’ O’Neill and Shelagh O’Hara.² He married Eleanor O’Neill, daughter of Henry O’Neill.¹
     He was ancestor of the O’NEILLs of Bracart.¹ He lived at Neillsbrook, Ireland.¹

     Henry O’Neill lived at Ballylisnelarney, Ireland.¹

     Eleanor O’Neill is the daughter of Henry O’Neill.² She married Arthur O’Neill, son of Phelim ‘Dubh’ O’Neill and Shelagh O’Hara.¹