Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
The Earl of Bantry
Birth Date:16 November 1800
Birth Place:Bantry House, County Cork
Death Date:16 July 1868 (age 67)
Death Place:Exmoor House
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Nationality:British
Occupation:Author
Office:High Sheriff of County Cork
Term Start:1835
Term End:1836
Predecessor:William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel
Successor:Hon. Robert Henry King
Parents:Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry, Margaret Ann
Spouse:Mary White, Countess of Bantry (née O'Brien)

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 Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry and his wife Margaret Ann, daughter of William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel. White was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[2] In 1851 he succeeded his father as earl, and three years later he was elected an Irish representative peer to the House of Lords, where he sat as a Conservative.[3] White was High Sheriff of County Cork in 1835 and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of the same county.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment — Peerage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608044704/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersB1.htm . 8 June 2008 . dead . 7 October 2009 .
  2. Book: Walford, Edward . The County Families of the United Kingdom . 1860 . Robert Hardwicke . London . 31 .
  3. Book: Dod, Robert P. . The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland . 1860 . Whitaker and Co. . London . 103 .
  4. Web site: ThePeerage - Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry . 7 October 2009 .