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]
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.
Haughey was the Mid Ulster Branch patron of the National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association.[16][17]
Family
In 1972, Haughey married solicitor Mary Gordon Young. They had three children; Caroline, Edward and James.[18]
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.[19][20] An Air 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]
