Hugo José Jorge O'Neill


Hugo José Jorge O'Neill was the head of the Clanaboy O'Neill dynasty, whose family has been in Portugal since the 18th century.

Recognition

He was the first son of the previous head of the family of Jorge Torlades O'Neill II and wife Maria Isabel Mazziotti da Costa Cordeiro Fernandes. He was also the Representative of the title of Viscount of Santa Mónica, in Portugal.

Life

Hugo José Jorge O'Neill was an Officer of the Portuguese Navy and an Officer at the Orders of Kings Carlos I of Portugal and Manuel II of Portugal, etc. He met and corresponded with Roger Casement who was briefly consul general in Lisbon in 1904 and the Belfast antiquarian solicitor Francis Joseph Bigger. O'Neill also employed an Irish governess for his children.

Marriage and issue

He married in Lisbon, Santos-o-Velho, on 14 February 1906 Dona Júlia Margarida Catarina de Serpa Pimentel de Sousa Coutinho, daughter of Dom Fernando de Serpa Leitão de Mansilha Pimentel and wife Dona Maria Ana Vitória de Sousa Coutinho, and had four children: