White, Richard

1767 - 1851  (83 years)

• Name	White, Richard
  Born	6 Aug 1767
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 May 1851	Glengariff,Cork,Ireland.
  Person ID	I2048	Wilkinson
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	White, Simon,   b. 8 May 1739,   d. 1776  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Eyre, Frances Jane Hedges,   b. 1748,   d. 3 May 1816  (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hare, Margaret Anne,   b. 1779,   d. 1865  (Age 86 years)
  Married	2 Nov 1799	Cork.
  Children	1. White, Richard,   b. 18 Nov 1800, St Finbarr,Cork,Ireland. ,   d. 16 Jul 1868, Hampshire,England.  (Age 67 years)   2. White, William Henry Hare Hedges,   b. 10 Nov 1801, Dublin,Ireland. ,   d. 15 Jan 1884, Bantry,Cork,Ireland.  (Age 82 years)   3. White, Maria,   b. 10 Nov 1805,   d. 1817  (Age 11 years)   4. White, Simon,   b. 10 Mar 1807,   d. 9 Sep 1837  (Age 30 years)   5. White, Robert Hedges,   b. 31 Mar 1810
  Family ID	F760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry was born on 6 August 1767. He was the son of Simon White and Frances Jane Hedges. He married Lady Margaret Anne Hare, daughter of William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel and Mary Wrixon, on 3 November 1799 at Cork, County Cork, Ireland, with a fortune of ?30,000. He died on 2 May 1851 at age 83 at Glengariff Lodge, County Cork, Ireland. In 1797 he assisted in repelling the French invasion at Bantry Bay. He was created 1st Baron Bantry, of Bantry, co. Cork [Ireland] on 24 March 1797. He gained the title of 1st Viscount Bantry, of Bantry, co. Cork [Ireland] on 29 December 1800. He was created 1st Earl of Bantry, of Bantry, co. Cork [Ireland] on 22 January 1816. He was created 1st Viscount Berehaven [Ireland] on 22 January 1816. He lived at Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Gibbs reports that "he possess large property which he inherits through his grandfather, who made an immense fortune in the profession of the law. He is a warm supporter of all measures of government, and an avocate for the union." Children of Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry and Lady Margaret Anne Hare: Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry b. 16 Nov 1800, d. 16 Jul 1868 William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry b. 10 Nov 1801, d. 15 Jan 1884 Lady Maria White b. 1805, d. 1817 Hon. Simon White b. 1807, d. 1837 Hon. Robert Hedges White b. 1810 BIOGRAPHY: {http://thepeerage.com/p3824.htm#i38231}