Earl of Bandon in Burma WWII IWM CI 1323

Earl of Bandon was a title in the

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. It was created in 1800 for Francis Bernard, 1st Viscount Bandon.thepeerage.com Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon
/ref> He had already been created Baron Bandon, of Bandon Bridge in the County of Cork, in 1793, Viscount Bandon, of Bandon Bridge in the County of Cork, in 1795, and was made Viscount Bernard at the same time as he was granted the earldom. These titles were also in the Peerage of Ireland. The titles descended from father to son until the death of his great-grandson, James, the fourth Earl, in 1924. The late Earl was succeeded by his first cousin twice removed, Percy Bernard, the fifth Earl. The latter was the great-grandson of the Right Reverend Charles Bernard, Bishop of Tuam, younger son of the second Earl. The fifth Earl was an

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in the

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. He had two daughters but no sons and on his death in 1979 the titles became extinct. Francis Bernard, great-grandfather of the first Earl, was a lawyer and politician while Francis' younger brother Arthur is the 7th-great-grandfather of

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. James Bernard, father of the first Earl, was a politician. The family seat of the Earls of Bandon was Castle Bernard,

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, in the

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. Castle Bernard itself was destroyed as a result of an

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attack in 1921 and now stands as a ruin. The family later built a new home on the estate, which remained in the ownership of Lady Jennifer Bernard (1935–2010), the elder daughter of the late 5th and last Earl of Bandon by his first wife, until her death. The Castle Bernard estate is currently (2011) owned by Lady Frances Carter (b. 1943), the younger sister of the late Lady Jennifer Bernard.

Earls of Bandon (1800)

Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon (26 November 1755 – 26 November 1830) was an Irish peer and politician. He was the only son of James Bernard and his wife Esther Smith, daughter of Percy Smith. Between 1778 and 1783, Bernard sat as Memb ...

(1755–1830) (elected a

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in 1800) *

James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon James Bernard, 2nd Earl of Bandon (14 June 1785 – 31 October 1856) was an Irish Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1806 and 1831 and in the House of Lords as a representative peer from 1835 unti ...

(1785–1856) (elected a

in 1835) *

Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon Francis Bernard, 3rd Earl of Bandon (3 January 1810 – 17 February 1877), styled Viscount Bernard between 1830 and 1856, was an Irish peer and politician. Background and education Born in Grosvenor Street, London, he was the son of James Bernar ...

(1810–1877) (elected a

in 1858) * James Francis Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon (1850–1924) (elected a

in 1881) * Percy Ronald Gardner Bernard, 5th Earl of Bandon (1904–1979)

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandon Extinct earldoms in the Peerage of Ireland

Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

Noble titles created in 1800