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 byThe 2nd Baron Rathcavan
Succeeded bySeat abolished[a]
Personal details
BornHugh Detmar Torrens O'Neill
(1939-06-14)14 June 1939
London, England
Died11 November 2025(2025-11-11) (aged 86)
OccupationBusinessman, 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

  1. ^ Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

  1. ^ 'Rathcavan', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014.
  2. ^ "Knightsbridge revisited". The Caterer. 10 July 2002. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Lord Rathcavan, adventurous Northern Irish businessman who started Brasserie St Quentin in London". The Daily Telegraph. 21 November 2025.