Percy Brodrick Bernard (17 September 1844 – 18 July 1912) was an
Irish Conservative Party politician who sat briefly in the
House of Commons in 1880.
Bernard was the son of Charles Brodrick Bernard,
Bishop of Tuam, and his wife Jane Grace Dorothea Freke. He was a nephew of
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 ...
. In 1866 Bernard was commissioned as an officer in the South Cork Light Infantry Militia.
Bernard was elected as a
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
for
Bandon in April 1880. He resigned in June 1880 by becoming
Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
Bernard lived at
Freckenham
Freckenham is a small rural village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in East Anglia, in the country of England.
Geographically, it is relatively flat and has the River Kennet, a tributary of the River Lark locally know ...
, Suffolk, and died at the age of 67.
Bernard married firstly Isabel Emma Beatrice Lane in April 1872. His second wife whom he married in February 1880 was Mary Lissey Kirwan who inherited the estate of Castlehacket. He married a third time in June 1900 to Evangeline Hoare, daughter of Henry Hoare (1838–1898) of Staplehurst. After his death she married
Charles Hedley Strutt
Charles Hedley Strutt (18 April 1849 – 19 December 1926) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was the son of John James Strutt, the 2nd Baron Rayleigh, and his wife Clara née Vicars. He was educated at Winchester College and at Tr ...
(MP).
His son General Sir
Denis Bernard was
Governor of Bermuda
The Governor of Bermuda (fully the ''Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Somers Isles (alias the Islands of Bermuda)'') is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda.
For the purposes of this a ...
.
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1844 births
1912 deaths
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1880–1885
Irish Conservative Party MPs
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