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General Richard O'Donovan II, The O'Donovan of Clancahill, born 1764 or 1768, was the son of Jane Becher, daughter of John Becher, and Daniel V O'Donovan, The O'Donovan of Clancahill.
Gaining the rank of General in the service of the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, O'Donovan fought in the Napoleonic Wars, in campaigns in Flanders and Spain. He became an intimate acquaintance of the English Prince Regent, and saved the life of the Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany during the retreat of the English Army from Holland.
O'Donovan held the Chiefship of Clancahill in 1778. He married Emma Anne Powell, daughter of Robert Powell, but they were without issue. Richard O'Donovan then overturned his father's will and left his entire estates, including the Manor of Bawnlahan, to her family, to the immense displeasure of his own. He died in 1829. The Chiefship of Clancahill then passed to the cadet line, descendants of Teige, younger brother of Donnell III O'Donovan.
Notes
- thePeerage.com
- O'Hart, p. 201
References
- Burke, Bernard and Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records. London: Burke's Peerage Ltd. 5th edition, 1976.
- Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons. 9th edition, 1899. pp. 341–2
- Sir Richard Cox, 1st Baronet, Carberiae Notitia. 1686. extracts published in Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, Volume XII, Second Series. 1906. pp. 142–9
- O'Donovan, John (ed. & tr.), Annala Rioghachta Eireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, from the Earliest Period to 1616. 7 vols. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. 1848-51. 2nd edition, 1856. Volume VI, pp. 2459–60
- O'Hart, John, Irish Pedigrees. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition, 1892. p. 201
| Preceded byDaniel V O'Donovan | Lord of Clancahill 1778–1829 |
Succeeded byMorgan O'Donovan |