William Henry Yelverton
The Hon. William Henry Yelverton (5 December 1791 – 28 April 1884)
Early life and education
Yelverton was born on 5 December 1791 in Belle Isle Castle, Ireland, to William Charles Yelverton, 2nd Marquess of Avonmore, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Reid. The Yelverton family held the title of Viscount Avonmore.
He was educated at Eton College and enrolled as a student at Brasenose College, Oxford. On 2 June 1825 in Clifton, Gloucester, he married Elizabeth Lucy Morgan, daughter of John Morgan of Furnace. His wife died in 1863; they had one son and three daughters.
In 1811, Yelverton inherited the Blaiddbwll estate by an uncle to his mother, Captain John Parr. The property was built upon through his marriage when he became the owner of the Carmarthen ironworks and colliery, as well as land in the Carmarthen and Llanelli area, which included the estate of Whitland Abbey.
Political career
Yelverton was appointed a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire.
He was allegedly one of the landlords who had been responsible for the eviction of tenants after the 1868 general election, where a number of tenants were thrown out of their farms by the landowners for supporting Liberal candidates instead of following the landlord's direction to support the Conservatives.
By 1878, Yelverton had gone to financial difficulties and became bankrupt.
Thelwell vs. Yelverton
In the case of Thelwell vs. Yeltervon, involving the marriage and subsequent divorce of William Henry's nephew (
References
- ^ The Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. 1809. p. 864.
- ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 184. Retrieved 19 October 2018 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ANOTHER YELVERTON CASE - Monmouthshire Merlin". Charles Hough. 25 January 1862. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ "No title - Monmouthshire Merlin". Charles Hough. 28 June 1862. Retrieved 2 December 2017.