Hugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan
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Hugh Detmar O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (born 14 June 1939), was a hereditary peer
who sat as a crossbencher in the British House of Lords from 1994 until 1999.
O'Neill ran a textile company in Northern Ireland
in the 1980s and was chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board
before taking on the Brasserie St Quentin in Knightsbridge
in 2002.
Hereditary peer
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom. There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be inherited. Formerly, most of them were entitled to sit in the House of Lords, but since the House of Lords Act 1999 only ninety-two are permitted to do so...
who sat as a crossbencher in the British House of Lords from 1994 until 1999.
O'Neill ran a textile company in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
in the 1980s and was chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board
Northern Ireland Tourist Board
The Northern Ireland Tourist Board is a non-departmental public body of the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment. Its primary objective is to promote Northern Ireland as a tourist destination....
before taking on the Brasserie St Quentin in Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...
in 2002.