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Draft:William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 4th Earl of Bantry

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The Earl of Bantry
Personal details
Born2 July 1854
Bantry House, County Cork
DiedNovember 30, 1891 (age 37)
Bantry House, County Cork
NationalityBritish
SpouseRosamond Catharine Trevor (m.1886-1891)
Parent(s)William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry, Jane Herbert, Countess of Bantry
OccupationAuthor

William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 4th Earl of Bantry JP was a British peer and landowner. White was born at Bantry House on the 2 July 1854. He was the son of William Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert, Countess of Bantry. He succeeded to the earldom at his father's death on 15 January 1884.[2]

He married Rosamond Catharine, the daughter of Hon. Edmund George Petre in Rome on 18 February 1886. Without issue, the earldom went extinct on his death in 1891. Bantry House was inherited by Edward Egerton Leigh, son of the fourth earl’s eldest sister Elizabeth. [3][4]

References

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  • "Hedges-White, William Henry Hare". CoTyroneIreland.com/.
  1. ^ "William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 4th Earl of Bantry". National Portrait Gallery.
  2. ^ "When it's Gone, It's Gone". The Irish Aesthete. 2014-09-08.
  3. ^ "William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 4th Earl of Bantry". Geni. 29 April 2022.
  4. ^ "When it's Gone, It's Gone". The Irish Aesthete. 2014-09-08.
Political offices


Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Bantry
1884–1891
Succeeded by
Extinct