Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry

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The Earl of Bantry
High Sheriff of County Cork
In office
1835–1836
MonarchWilliam IV
Preceded byWilliam Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel
Succeeded byHon. Robert Henry King
Personal details
Born16 November 1800
née O'Brien)
Parent(s)Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry, Margaret Ann
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
OccupationAuthor

Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry

DL (16 November 1800 – 16 July 1868),[1] styled The Honourable from birth until 1816 and subsequently Viscount Berehaven until 1851, was an Irish peer and Conservative
politician.

He was the eldest son of

Deputy Lieutenant of the same county.[3]

On 11 October 1836, he married Mary, third daughter of William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond at St George's, Hanover Square.[4] White died, aged 67, childless at Exmoor House and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother William.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment — Peerage". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 103.
  3. ^ a b Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. pp. 31.
  4. ^ a b "ThePeerage - Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry". Retrieved 7 October 2009.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Bantry
1851 – 1868
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Representative peer for Ireland
1854–1868
Succeeded by