Mary Haughey, Baroness Ballyedmond

The Right Honourable
The Lady Ballyedmond
Born
Mary Gordon Young

December 1947 (age 76–77)
NationalityIrish and British
OccupationBusinesswoman
Spouse
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(m. 1972; died 2014)​
Children3

Mary Haughey, Baroness Ballyedmond (born December 1947) is a billionaire heiress from Northern Ireland who is the deputy chairman of Norbrook Laboratories. She is currently the sixth richest person in Ireland[1] and the richest person in Northern Ireland.[2]

Born Mary Gordon Young in December 1947,[3] she attended Newry High School where she was Head Girl. She then trained as a solicitor and was a part-time lecturer in law at Queen's University Belfast. In 1972 she married Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond. Following his death in a helicopter crash on 14 March 2014, she inherited his wealth.[4][5]

According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019 her net worth was estimated at £1.638 billion.[6]

Personal life

She has three children; Caroline, a practicing barrister in London, Edward a qualified barrister and James a qualified medical doctor. James and Edward are currently directors of Norbrook.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Rich List: Wealthiest 250 in Ireland worth €75bn all told". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ "Revealed: The 20 richest people in Northern Ireland". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Norbrook Laboratories Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ^ McDonald, Henry (16 March 2014). "Lord Ballyedmond obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ^ a b Canning, Margaret (22 October 2014). "Norbrook poised to restructure after death of Lord Ballyedmond". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Sunday Times Rich List 2019: the richest people in Northern Ireland".