Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable

| name = The Lord Ballyedmond

| honorific-suffix = OBE FRCVS

| image = Lord Ballyedmond.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| office = Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal

| term_start = 18 June 2004

| term_end = 13 March 2014
Life Peerage

| office2 = Senator

| term_start2 = 13 December 1994

| term_end2 = 12 September 2002

| constituency2 = Nominated by the Taoiseach

| birth_name = Edward Enda Haughey

| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|3|13|1944|1|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Gillingham, Norfolk, England

| death_cause = Helicopter crash

| nationality = Irish-British

| spouse = {{marriage|Mary Young|1972}}

| children = 3

| party = Fianna Fáil (Ireland)
Conservative (Britain)
Ulster Unionist Party (Northern Ireland)

| occupation = Entrepreneur, politician, activist

}}

Edward Enda Haughey,{{cite web|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/455/1210/7772/3/113|title=Debretts|publisher=Exacteditions.com|access-date=18 October 2011}} (login/subscription required) Baron Ballyedmond, OBE, FRCVS,{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_ballyedmond|title=Lord Ballyedmond profile at|publisher=TheyWorkForYou|access-date=18 October 2011}} (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),{{cite news|author=Dan Keenan|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ni-s-richest-man-eddie-haughey-dies-in-helicopter-crash-1.1724601|title=NI's richest man Eddie Haughey dies in helicopter crash|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=14 March 2014}} he was the second-richest person in Northern Ireland,{{cite web|url=https://www.irishleftreview.org/2009/10/14/poverty-class-northern-ireland/ |title=Irish Left Review: Poverty and Class in Northern Ireland |publisher=www.irishleftreview.org |access-date=18 October 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929084358/http://www.irishleftreview.org/2009/10/14/poverty-class-northern-ireland/ |archive-date=29 September 2015}} ninth-richest in Ireland and was joint 132nd-richest person in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/lord-ballyedmond-sees-fortune-grow-by-60-million-in-year-1.700201?referrerPath=home|title=Lord Ballyedmond sees fortune grow by £60 million in year|publisher=Newsandstar.co.uk|date=26 April 2010|access-date=18 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322012426/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/lord-ballyedmond-sees-fortune-grow-by-60-million-in-year-1.700201?referrerPath=home|archive-date=22 March 2012}}

Career

Edward Haughey{{cite web|author=norbrookpricing|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/niexecutive/5509216360|title=Lord Ballyedmond, Junior Minister Gerry Kelly, Mr. Thomas Muller, Chilean Ambassador to the UK and Junior Minister Robin Newton|publisher=Flickr|date=31 March 2011|access-date=14 March 2014}} was born in Kilcurry, north of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland in 1944 and educated by the Christian Brothers in Dundalk.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Having emigrated to the United States and begun a career in the pharmaceutical industry, Haughey moved to Northern Ireland starting Norbrook 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 in Rostrevor, 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's Fitzwilliam Square.[http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/uk-peer-returned-home-to-earn-his-fortune-in-troubles-30094573.html UK peer returned home to earn his fortune], independent.ie; accessed 21 March 2014.{{cite web|url=http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/interiors/article7051762.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1|title=They've really gone to town|author=Karen Robinson|work=The Times|date=14 October 2010|access-date=18 October 2011}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Politics

On 18 June 2004, Haughey was created a life peer as Baron Ballyedmond, of Mourne in the County of Down{{London Gazette|issue=57336|date=24 June 2004|page=7873}} and sat in the British House of Lords on behalf of the Ulster Unionist Party, before switching to the Conservative Party. He donated £50,000 to the Conservative Party in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/09/30/the-biggest-conservative-donors-from-beyond-the-square-mile|title=The biggest Conservative donors from beyond the Square Mile|publisher=Thebureauinvestigates.com|access-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315011811/http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/09/30/the-biggest-conservative-donors-from-beyond-the-square-mile/|archive-date=15 March 2014}} He was previously appointed to the Irish Senate in 1994,{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Edward-Haughey.S.1994-12-13/|title=Edward Haughey|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=11 January 2020}} and was the third politician in nearly 80 years to have sat in both countries' upper houses, after the Earl of Longford in the 1940s and the Earl of Iveagh in the 1970s.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1986 New Year Honours,{{London Gazette|issue=50361|date=31 December 1985|page=10 |supp=y }} and in 2008 was awarded an honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. On 1 July 2008 Haughey was made an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) by the University 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.[http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3868.html University of Ulster Honour for Lord Ballyesmond] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023222703/http://news.ulster.ac.uk/releases/2008/3868.html |date=23 October 2008 }}, news.ulster.ac.uk/releases, 1 July 2008; accessed 21 March 2014. The same year, he was also made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC), "in recognition of his unparalleled contribution to the chemical sciences".{{cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2014/Lord-Ballyedmond-tribute.asp|title=Press release: Lesley Yellowlees pays tribute to Lord Ballyedmond|date=14 March 2014|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|access-date=1 October 2014}}

Haughey served as an Honorary Consul to the Republic of Chile.{{cite web|author=norbrookpricing|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/niassembly/5203967096|title=CA-NI-Group|publisher=Flickr|date=31 March 2011|access-date=14 March 2014}}{{When|date=March 2014}}

Haughey was the Mid Ulster Branch patron of the National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association.{{cite web|author=The National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association|url=http://www.nmbva-ulster.co.uk/ballyedmund-castle-pjm|title=Presentation Ceremony at Ballyedmond Castle|publisher=Nmbva-ulster.co.uk|date=23 October 2010|access-date=18 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nmbva-ulster.co.uk/ulster-reform-club-lunch/comment-page-1/#comment-157|title=Ulster Reform Club Lunch|publisher=NMBVA-Ulster.co.uk|access-date=14 March 2014}}

Family

In 1972, Haughey married solicitor Mary Gordon Young. They had three children; Caroline, Edward and James.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10698053/Lord-Ballyedmond-obituary.html Obituary], telegraph.co.uk; accessed 24 March 2014.

Death

On 13 March 2014, it was reported that Edward Haughey had been one of four killed in a helicopter crash in Norfolk, England, while travelling in an AgustaWestland AW139 type helicopter.{{cite web|url=http://newrytimes.com/2014/03/13/norbrook-boss-lord-haughey-reportedly-killed-in-helicopter-crash|title=Norbrook boss Lord Haughey killed in helicopter crash|publisher=Newrytimes.com|date=24 January 2013|access-date=14 March 2014}}{{cite news|author=Dan Keenan|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/eddie-haughey-killed-in-helicopter-crash-1.1724601|title=NI's richest man dies in helicopter crash|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=14 March 2014}} An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report concluded that the pilots had lost control of the aircraft in dense fog and at night.{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/56162ac0e5274a625100000f/Agusta_Westland_AW139_G-LBAL_10-15.pdf|title=AAIB Bulletin 10/2015 }} Colleague and site foreman Declan Small (a native of Mayobridge, County Down), and helicopter pilots Captains Carl Dickerson and Lee Hoyle were also killed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-26572122|title=Norfolk helicopter crash leaves four dead|work=BBC News|date=14 March 2014|access-date=14 March 2014}}

He left a personal fortune in his will of £339 million.The Cumberland News 5.5.2017 page 7 'Wealthy Lord's collection to go under the hammer'

References

Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958", index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F1HB-3Q3: accessed 24 March 2014), BIRTHS entry for Edward E Haughey; citing Drogheda, Jan-Mar 1944, vol. 2, p. 241, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101236.

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