Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan
The Lord Rathcavan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 30 December 1994 – 11 November 1999 as a hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Rathcavan |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill 14 June 1939 London, England |
| Died | 11 November 2025 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Businessman, peer, politician |
Hugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill, 3rd Baron Rathcavan (14 June 1939 – 11 November 2025), was a British hereditary peer and businessman who sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1994 until 1999.
Life and career
O'Neill was educated at Eton College.[1] He ran Lamont, a textile company in Northern Ireland, in the 1980s and was chairman of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board before taking on the Brasserie St Quentin in Knightsbridge in 2002.[2] Lord Rathcavan died on 11 November 2025, at the age of 86.[3]
Notes
- ^ Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
- ^ 'Rathcavan', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014.
- ^ "Knightsbridge revisited". The Caterer. 10 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Lord Rathcavan, adventurous Northern Irish businessman who started Brasserie St Quentin in London". The Daily Telegraph. 21 November 2025.