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Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990) was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1970) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist, who sought to reconcile the sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society, he was Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Bannside constituency from 1946 until his forced resignation in 1970 as communal conflict erupted; his successor in Parliament was Ian Paisley, while control of the UUP also passed to more hard-line elements. ==Background== Terence O'Neill was born on 10 September 1914 at 29 Ennismore Gardens, Hyde Park, London.〔Oxford Dictionary of National Biography〕 He was the youngest son of Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (daughter of the Marquess of Crewe) and Captain Arthur O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Randalstown, the first MP to be killed in combat during World War I. The family assumed the surname O'Neill by royal licence in lieu of their original name Chichester. The Chichesters trace their lineage to the name O'Neill through Mary Chichester, daughter of Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle. O'Neill grew up in London and was educated at West Downs School, Winchester and Eton College. He spent summer holidays in Ulster. Following school he spent a year in France and Germany and then worked in the City of London and Australia. In May 1940 he received a commission at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,〔 and went on to serve in the Irish Guards during the Second World War, in which both of his brothers died. Like many other unionist politicians, the rank he held during the war followed him into his political career, hence "Captain" Terence O'Neill.〔McKittrick, David, and David McVea (2002), ''Making Sense of The Troubles'', Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, p.27〕 On 4 February 1944 he married Katharine Jean (16 January 1915 –15 July 2008), the daughter of William Ingham Whitaker, of Pylewell Park, Lymington, Hampshire. They had one son, Patrick (b. 1945), and one daughter, Anne (b. 1947). Like all Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland, he was a member of the Orange Order.〔http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-18769781〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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