The Lord Ballyedmond | |
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| Member of theHouse of Lords | |
| Life peerage 18 June 2004 – 13 March 2014 | |
| Senator | |
| In office 13 December 1994 – 12 September 2002 | |
| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Enda Haughey (1944-01-05)5 January 1944 Dundalk,County Louth, Ireland |
| Died | 13 March 2014(2014-03-13) (aged 70) Gillingham, Norfolk, England |
| Cause of death | Helicopter crash |
| Nationality | Irish-British |
| Party | Fianna Fáil (Ireland) Conservative (Britain) Ulster Unionist Party (Northern Ireland) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, politician, activist |
Edward Enda Haughey,[1] Baron Ballyedmond,OBE,FRCVS,[2] (5 January 1944 – 13 March 2014) was an Irish-British entrepreneur and politician.
With an estimated personal wealth of €780 million (£650 million/USD$1,078 million),[3] he was the second-richest person in Northern Ireland,[4] ninth-richest in Ireland and was joint 132nd-richest person in the United Kingdom.[5]
Edward Haughey[6] was born in Kilcurry, north ofDundalk,County Louth, Ireland in 1944 and educated by theChristian Brothers inDundalk.[citation needed]
Having emigrated to the United States and begun a career in the pharmaceutical industry, Haughey moved to Northern Ireland startingNorbrook Group as a pioneer in contract manufacture of products for multinationals. Instead of merely being content to process products from other companies Norbrook developed proprietary lines and international manufacturing and distribution.
Properties owned by Haughey include Ballyedmond Castle inRostrevor,Corby Castle in Cumbria,Gillingham Hall in Norfolk,Belgrave Square #9, London (a 6-storey townhouse purchased in 2006 for about £12m, restored during the following three years) and a Georgian house on Dublin'sFitzwilliam Square.[7][8]
On 18 June 2004, Haughey was created alife peer asBaron Ballyedmond,ofMourne in theCounty of Down[9] and sat in the BritishHouse of Lords on behalf of theUlster Unionist Party, before switching to theConservative Party. He donated £50,000 to the Conservative Party in 2010.[10] He was previously appointed to theIrish Senate in 1994,[11] and was the third politician in nearly 80 years to have sat in both countries' upper houses, afterthe Earl of Longford in the 1940s andthe Earl of Iveagh in the 1970s.[citation needed]
He was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the1986 New Year Honours,[12] and in 2008 was awarded an honorary Fellowship of theRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons. On 1 July 2008 Haughey was made an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) by theUniversity of Ulster in recognition of his contribution to the development of the international pharmaceutical industry. Tax-deductible donations have been made by Norbrook to the UU.[13] The same year, he was also made an HonoraryFellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC), "in recognition of his unparalleled contribution to the chemical sciences".[14]
Haughey served as anHonorary Consul to theRepublic of Chile.[15][when?]
Haughey was the Mid Ulster Branch patron of the National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association.[16][17]
In 1972, Haughey married solicitorMary Gordon Young. They had three children; Caroline, Edward and James.[18]
On 13 March 2014, it was reported that Edward Haughey had been one of four killed ina helicopter crash inNorfolk, England, while travelling in an AgustaWestlandAW139 type helicopter.[19][20] AnAir Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded that the pilots had lost control of the aircraft in dense fog and at night.[21] Colleague and site foreman Declan Small (a native of Mayobridge, County Down), and helicopter pilots Captains Carl Dickerson and Lee Hoyle were also killed.[22]
He left a personal fortune in his will of £339 million.[23]
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