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ANTRIM, RANDAL See also:MACDONNELL, 1ST See also:EARL OF (d. 1636) , called " Arranach," having been brought up in the Scottish See also:island of See also:Arran by the Hamiltons, was the 4th son of Sarley Boy MacDonnell (q.v.), and of See also:Mary, daughter of See also:Conn O'See also:Neill, 1st earl of See also:Tyrone. He fought at first against the See also:English See also:government, participating in his See also:brother See also:James's victory over See also:Sir See also:John See also:Chichester at See also:Carrickfergus in See also:November 1597, and joining in O'Neill's See also:rebellion in 1600. But on the 16th of See also:December he signed articles with Sir See also:Arthur Chichester and was granted See also:protection; in 16o1 he became See also:head of his See also:house by his See also:elder brother's See also:death, his See also:pardon being confirmed to. hint;. and in 1602 he submitted to See also:Lord See also:Mountjoy and was knighted. On the See also:accession of James I. in 1603 he obtained a See also:grant of the Route and the Glynns (Glens) districts, together with the island of Rathlin, and remained faithful to the government in spite of the unpopularity he thereby incurred among his kinsmen, who conspired to depose him. In 1607 he successfully defended himself against the See also:charge of disloyalty on the occasion of the See also:flight of the earls of Tyrone and See also:Tyrconnell, and .rendered services to the government by settling and civilizing his districts, being well received the following See also:year by James in See also:London. In 1618 he was created See also:Viscount Dunluce, and subsequently he was appointed a privy councillor and lord-See also:lieutenant of the See also:county of Antrim. On the 12th of December 162o he was created earl of Antrim. In 1621 he was charged with harbouring See also:Roman See also:Catholic priests, confessed his offence and was pardoned. He offered his assistance in 1625 during the prospect of a See also:Spanish invasion, but was still regarded as a See also:person that needed watching. His arbitrary conduct in See also:Ireland in 1627 was suggested as a See also:fit subject for examination by the See also:Star Chamber, but his fidelity to the government was strictly maintained to the last. In 1631 he was busy repairing See also:Protestant churches, and in' 1634 'he attended the Irish See also:parliament.

He made an important agreement in 1635 for the See also:

purchase from James See also:Campbell, Lord Cantire, of the lordship of Cantire, or Kintyre, of which 'the MacDonnells had been dispossessed in 1600 by See also:Argyll; but his See also:possession was successfully opposed by Lord Lorne. He died on the loth of December 1636. Antrim married Alice, daughter of See also:Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone, by whom, besides six daughters, he had Randal, 2nd earl and 1st See also:marquess of Antrim (q.v.), and See also:Alexander, 3rd earl. Three other sons, See also:Maurice, See also:Francis and James, were probably illegitimate. The earldom has continued in the See also:family down to the See also:present See also:day, the 11th earl (b. 1851) succeeding in 1869. See also An See also:Historical See also:Account of the MacDonnells of Antrim, by G. See also:Hill (1873).

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