John Bruce Richard O'Neill, 3rd Viscount O'Neill (30 December 1780 - 12 February 1855) was an Irish Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1841 and then in the House of Lords

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O'Neill was the son of John, Viscount O'Neill and his wife Henrietta Frances Boyle.

In 1802 O'Neill was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Antrim

Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)

Antrim is former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It was a two member constituency and existed in two periods, 1801–1885 and 1922-1950.-Boundaries:...

. He held the seat until 1841 when he inherited the title Viscount O'Neill from his brother Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill

Charles O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill

Charles Henry St John O'Neill, 1st Earl O'Neill KP PC was an Irish politician, peer and landowner....

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O'Neill died at the age of 74. His title became extinct, but his estates passed to a relative, William Chichester

William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill

Reverend William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill , born William Chichester, he changed his surname to O'Neill in 1855; O'Neill was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer, clergyman and musical composer.-Background and education:...

, who subsequently assumed the surname O'Neill and received the Barony of O'Neill.

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