the son of capt.a o'neill capt.terence o'neil and the role he played as p.m. of northern ireland.

Captain Arthur Son of O'Neill MP; educated at Eton College. His father was the first Westminster MP to be killed in the First World War. He served in the Irish Guards in the Second World War, in which both his elder brothers were killed. After a succession of junior offices, Captain O'Neill, as he was known, became Minister for Finance in 1956 and in 1963 succeeded Brookeborough as Prime Minister. His policies were new: to attract investment …

…e life that Capt. T. O'Neill lived as prime minister of Northern Ireland, how he dealt with the problems and his style of leadership. He was made a life peer in 1970, taking the title Lord O'Neill of the Maine. He was recognised as a liberal before his time who failed to understand the strength of die-hard unionist opposition and whose party was out of sympathy with his outlook. He died in Lymington, Hampshire, on 12 June 1990.