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, elected as a

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in 1871. Lord Ventry was the son of

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. In 1860, he married Harriet, daughter of Andrew Wauchope of

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. They had five sons and four daughters. * Hon. Mildred Rose Evelyn Eveleigh-de Moleyns (d. 11 October 1949); she married

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, and had children. * Hon. Maud Helen Eveleigh-de Moleyns (d. 29 July 1934); she married

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, and had children. * Lt.-Col. Frederick Rossmore Wauchope Eveleigh-de Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry (11 December 1861 – 22 September 1923) * Hon. Frances Elizabeth Sarah Eveleigh-de Moleyns (30 December 1862 – 8 July 1939), who married first

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, and had seven children. Secondly, she married Maj. John Russell Bedford Cameron and together had a daughter, Gretta. *Arthur William Eveleigh-de Moleyns, 6th Baron Ventry (6 April 1864 – 6 July 1936); married Evelyn Muriel Stuart Daubeny. They had two sons and a daughter * Hon. Hersey Alice Eveleigh-de Moleyns (31 March 1867 – 3 April 1937); she married

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, and had children. * Hon. Edward Dayrolles Eveleigh-de Moleyns (31 May 1871 – 7 July 1930); unmarried. * Lt. Hon. Richard Andrew Eveleigh-de Moleyns (13 June 1874 – July 1917) * Lt. Hon. John Gilbert Eveleigh-de Moleyns (27 May 1878 – 4 January 1928); married Marguerite Noon. They had no known issue.

References

* 'VENTRY’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
accessed 11 Feb 2013
* The Times (London), Tuesday, 10 February 1914; pg. 11; Issue 40443. (282 words) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ventry, Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron 1828 births 1914 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland 19th-century Anglo-Irish people High Sheriffs of Kerry Irish representative peers Deputy Lieutenants of Kerry