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Raymond O'Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill
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Colonel '''Raymond Arthur Clanaboy O'Neill, 4th Baron O'Neill''', KCVO, TD (born 1933) is a Northern Irish peer, retired reservist officer and public administrator.
O'Neill was born in 1933, the son of [[Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill]] (d. 1944) and inherited the title when his father was killed in action in Italy during World War II.<ref>''Burke's Peerage'' (2003), vol. 2, pp. 3009, 3012.</ref> His mother Ann (a noted society hostess and the grand-daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss) remarried, firstly in 1945 to the press magnate Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere, and secondly (after Rothermere divorced her in 1951) to the writer Ian Fleming (d. 1964) in 1952.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2MB48bc "Fleming [''née'' Charteris], Ann Geraldine Mary [other married names Ann Geraldine Mary O'Neill, Lady O'Neill; Ann Geraldine Mary Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere]"], ''[[The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, May 2014). Retrieved 9 June 2019.</ref>
Raymond O'Neill attended Eton and the Royal Agricultural College.<ref name="WW">[http://bit.ly/2K5Wt2C "O'Neill, 4th Baron"], ''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 9 June 2019.</ref> He given an emergency commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1952;<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MwUdTZ The London Gazette]'', 13 February 1953 (supplement 39778), p. 969.</ref> the following year, he was commissioned into the North Irish Horse, a unit in the Territorial Army, with the same rank;<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K57cub The London Gazette]'', 5 February 1954 (supplement 40094), p. 852.</ref> he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1956 (with seniority from 1967),<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MzKHzH The London Gazette]'', 28 August 1956 (supplement 40867), p. 4967.</ref> Captain in 1961,<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K4yHEf The London Gazette]'', 24 October 1961 (supplement 42498), p. 7759.</ref> and temporary Major in 1964 (which was made substantive in 1967).<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MECGcE The London Gazette]'', 1 September 1967 (supplement 44401), p. 9666.</ref> He was granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1971.<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K73pwG The London Gazette]'', September 1971 (supplement 45465), p. 9657.</ref> Between 1986 and 1991, he was Honorary Colonel D (North Irish Horse) Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry, in 1986;<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MCpJ3e The London Gazette]'', 22 July 1986 (supplement 50603), p. 9661.</ref><ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K9FIUi The London Gazette]''
11 November 1991 (supplement 52713), p. 17247.</ref> and between 1988 and 1993, he was Honorary Colonel 69 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron, 32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment (Volunteers). He was granted the honorary rank of Colonel in 1993.<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MyT9iA The London Gazette]'', 11 April 1988 (supplement 51295), p. 4312.</ref><ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K44qFz The London Gazette]'', 19 April 1993 (supplement 53278), p. 6957.</ref>
O'Neill also held a number of public offices alongside his Territorial Army commitments. He was chairman of the Ulster Countryside Committee between 1971 and 1971, and of the Northern Ireland Museums Council from 1993 to 1998. He chaired the Northern Ireland Toursit Board from 1975 to 1980, and was President of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society from 1984 to 1986. In 1967, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim, and he served as Lord Lieutenant between 1994 and 2008.<ref name="WW"/>
On retirement as Lord Lieutenant in 2008, O'Neill was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MBHsYF The London Gazette]'', 31 December 2008 (supplement 58929), p. 3.</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
O'Neill was born in 1933, the son of [[Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill]] (d. 1944) and inherited the title when his father was killed in action in Italy during World War II.<ref>''Burke's Peerage'' (2003), vol. 2, pp. 3009, 3012.</ref> His mother Ann (a noted society hostess and the grand-daughter of the 11th Earl of Wemyss) remarried, firstly in 1945 to the press magnate Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere, and secondly (after Rothermere divorced her in 1951) to the writer Ian Fleming (d. 1964) in 1952.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2MB48bc "Fleming [''née'' Charteris], Ann Geraldine Mary [other married names Ann Geraldine Mary O'Neill, Lady O'Neill; Ann Geraldine Mary Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere]"], ''[[The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, May 2014). Retrieved 9 June 2019.</ref>
Raymond O'Neill attended Eton and the Royal Agricultural College.<ref name="WW">[http://bit.ly/2K5Wt2C "O'Neill, 4th Baron"], ''Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 9 June 2019.</ref> He given an emergency commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1952;<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MwUdTZ The London Gazette]'', 13 February 1953 (supplement 39778), p. 969.</ref> the following year, he was commissioned into the North Irish Horse, a unit in the Territorial Army, with the same rank;<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K57cub The London Gazette]'', 5 February 1954 (supplement 40094), p. 852.</ref> he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1956 (with seniority from 1967),<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MzKHzH The London Gazette]'', 28 August 1956 (supplement 40867), p. 4967.</ref> Captain in 1961,<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K4yHEf The London Gazette]'', 24 October 1961 (supplement 42498), p. 7759.</ref> and temporary Major in 1964 (which was made substantive in 1967).<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MECGcE The London Gazette]'', 1 September 1967 (supplement 44401), p. 9666.</ref> He was granted the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1971.<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K73pwG The London Gazette]'', September 1971 (supplement 45465), p. 9657.</ref> Between 1986 and 1991, he was Honorary Colonel D (North Irish Horse) Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry, in 1986;<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MCpJ3e The London Gazette]'', 22 July 1986 (supplement 50603), p. 9661.</ref><ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K9FIUi The London Gazette]''
11 November 1991 (supplement 52713), p. 17247.</ref> and between 1988 and 1993, he was Honorary Colonel 69 (North Irish Horse) Signal Squadron, 32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment (Volunteers). He was granted the honorary rank of Colonel in 1993.<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MyT9iA The London Gazette]'', 11 April 1988 (supplement 51295), p. 4312.</ref><ref>''[http://bit.ly/2K44qFz The London Gazette]'', 19 April 1993 (supplement 53278), p. 6957.</ref>
O'Neill also held a number of public offices alongside his Territorial Army commitments. He was chairman of the Ulster Countryside Committee between 1971 and 1971, and of the Northern Ireland Museums Council from 1993 to 1998. He chaired the Northern Ireland Toursit Board from 1975 to 1980, and was President of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society from 1984 to 1986. In 1967, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim, and he served as Lord Lieutenant between 1994 and 2008.<ref name="WW"/>
On retirement as Lord Lieutenant in 2008, O'Neill was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.<ref>''[http://bit.ly/2MBHsYF The London Gazette]'', 31 December 2008 (supplement 58929), p. 3.</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Living people]]
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