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The O'Donovan Morgan Gerald Daniel O'Donovan

(4 May 1931 - 25 Jan 2016)

Morgan Gerald Daniel O'Donovan (Murchadh Gearóid Dónal Ó Donnabháin) is The O'Donovan, Chief of his Name and Arms, formerly styled Lord of Clancahill. Born in Pau, France, in 1931, the son of the late Morgan John Winthrop O'Donovan, The O'Donovan, by his wife Cornelia Bagnell (died 1974), he succeeded to the Chiefship in 1969. Educated at Stowe and Trinity College, Cambridge, The O'Donovan resides near Skibbereen, in West Cork. O'Donovan, now retired, was until recently a member of the General Synod of the Church of Ireland, and has served as Chairman of the Standing Council of Irish Chiefs and Chieftains. He is married to Frances Jane, daughter of the late Sir Gerald Templer, with whom his father served in the Royal Irish Fusiliers. They have issue: a son and tánaiste, Morgan Teige Gerald (born 1961), and two daughters, Katharine Jane (born 1962) and Cecilia Mary Cornelia (born 1966) [married N.G.F. Chamberlain, 1996 and has issue]

Events

Birth4 May 1931Pau, Pyrenees, France
MarriageJul 1959Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - Frances Jane Templer
Death25 Jan 2016County Cork, Ireland

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