Thomas Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci explained

The Rt Hon. Thomas Eustace Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci and 8th Baron Knapton (born 8 October 1955), is an Irish peer.

Early life

Vesey is the son of the 6th Viscount de Vesci and the former Susan Anne Armstrong-Jones, sister of the 1st Earl of Snowdon. In addition to being a nephew of the 1st Earl of Snowdon, he is a grand-nephew of the 6th Earl of Kenmare.[1]

Career

Lord Vesci sold Abbeyleix Castle, saddled with £1.5 million in death duties, in 1994 to the financier[2] Sir David Davies.[3]

Despite the sale of Abbeyleix House and Estate, Lord de Vesci continues to promote the heritage of the town of Abbeyleix. In 2012, he gave an interview about his family's connection to the town of Abbeyleix to Glenda Gilson for Irishheritagetowns.com.[4]

Marriage and family

On 5 September 1987, Lord de Vesci married Sita-Maria Arabella, daughter of Brian Michael Leese, later de Breffny,[5] of Castletown Cox, County Kilkenny, an English genealogist (of English-Jewish and Irish heritage[6]), by his wife Maharaj Kumari Jyotsna Dutt, daughter of Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Uday Chand Mahtab, last ruler of Burdwan Raj.[7] [8] They have three children:

  1. Damian John Vesey (born 1985; before his parents' marriage, so not in the line of succession)
  2. Hon. Cosima Frances Vesey (born 1988), gave birth to a son with hotelier André Balazs,[9] Ivo Vesey (born 30 June 2017)[9]
  3. Hon. Oliver Ivo Vesey (born 16 July 1991), heir apparent

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Viscount returns to refurbished grounds of old family estate. 21 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Kay. Helen. Profile: Saving graces of a well-bred hard man: David Davies. The Independent (UK). Independent Print Ltd. 21 November 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325212954/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/profile-saving-graces-of-a-well-bred-hard-man-david-davies-johnson-mattheys-chairman-is-solid-blue-1422133.html. 25 March 2017.
  3. Web site: Wallace. Arminta. Abbey Leix: built on a budget and lavishly restored. The Irish Times. 21 November 2017.
  4. Web site: Abbeyleix. Irish Heritage Towns. 21 November 2017.
  5. Book: Room. Adrian. Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.. 2014. McFarland. 978-0786457632. 137.
  6. Web site: The tale of a Baron's court. Independent Woman. 2 October 2011. 1 December 2018.
  7. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 1, p. 1116.
  8. Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 2000, ed. Patrick Montague-Smith, p. 476.
  9. Web site: 8 Things You Should Know About Hotelier André Balazs. Dangremond. Sam. 13 November 2017. Town & Country.

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