Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet

He was a man of quite different parts to his father, an intellectual, a Greek and Latin scholar and a brilliant politician.

Joined the Irish bar in 1758, and succeeded his father, as 3rd Baronet of Dromoland, becoming a Privy councillor and M.P.

[3] Subsequently, O'Brien successfully ran for County Clare, a seat previously held by his father, holding it until 1776.

[4] He was then again elected for Ennis, but following the unseating of Hugh Dillon Massy as Member of Parliament for Clare, O'Brien returned to represent that constituency in 1778.

[2] In 1787 he was appointed a Privy Counsellor and from 1788 to 1795 was Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in the Irish Chancery.