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Charles O'Brien, 9th Earl of Thomond

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Officer of the Clare Regiment, after 1767, possibly Charles O'Brien, Paris, Musée de l'Armée

Charles O'Brien, titular 7th Viscount Clare and 9th Earl of Thomond (1757-1774) was a Franco-Irish nobleman.

Biography

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He was born on 18 October 1757 in Paris, France, the son of Charles O'Brien, 6th Viscount Clare, maréchal de Thomond and Marie Genevieve Louise Gauthier de Chifreville. He was Colonel-proprietor of the Clare Regiment after his father, but died before assuming effective command. O'Brien died unmarried at 17 of natural causes on 29 December 1774 in Paris.[1]

References

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  1. ^ O'Callaghan, John Cornelius (1886). History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France,: From the Revolution in Great Britain and Ireland Under James II., to the Revolution in France Under Louis XVI. Cameron and Ferguson. p. 44. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by — TITULAR —
Earl of Thomond
1761-1774
Extinct
— TITULAR —
Viscount Clare
1761-1774