Terence O'Neill
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The Right Honourable The Lord O'Neill of the Maine PC |
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| Prime Minister of Northern Ireland | |
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In office 25 March 1963 – 1 May 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough |
| Succeeded by | James Chichester-Clark |
| Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
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In office 25 March 1963 – 1 May 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough |
| Succeeded by | James Chichester-Clark |
| Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Bannside |
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In office 7 November 1946 – 16 April 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Malcolm William Patrick |
| Succeeded by | Ian Paisley |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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In office 23 January 1970 – 12 June 1990 Life Peerage |
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| Personal details | |
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10 September 1914 London, England |
| Died | 12 June 1990 (aged 75) Lymington, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Katharine Jean |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Sandhurst |
| Religion | Anglican |
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 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1940–1945 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 6th Guards Tank Brigade |
| Battles/wars | World War Two |
Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990) was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist, who sought to reconcile the sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society, he was Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Bannside constituency from 1946 until his forced resignation in April 1969 as communal conflict erupted; his successor in Parliament was Ian Paisley, while control of the UUP also passed to more hard-line elements.
Terence O'Neill was born on 10 September 1914 at 29 Ennismore Gardens, Hyde Park, London. He was the youngest son of Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (daughter of the Marquess of Crewe) and Captain Hon. Arthur O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Randalstown, the first MP to be killed in combat during World War I. The family assumed the surname O'Neill by royal licence in lieu of their original name Chichester. The Chichesters trace their lineage to the name O'Neill through Mary Chichester, daughter of Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle.The O'Neill name was appropriated after the flight of Hugh O'Neill (flight of the earls) because O'Neill was one of the oldest dynastic families reconised across European monarchies. This allowed the chichester family to legitimise the confiscation Hugh O'Neill lands and titles through false linagage. The result was to lead to the colonization of Ulster.
O'Neill grew up in London and was educated at West Downs School, Winchester and Eton College. He spent summer holidays in Ulster. Following school he spent a year in France and Germany and then worked in the City of London and Australia. In May 1940 he received a commission at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and went on to serve in the 6th Guards Tank Brigade as catering officer during the Second World War, in which both of his brothers died. Like many other unionist politicians, the rank he held during the war followed him into his political career, hence "Captain" Terence O'Neill.
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