William Frederick Fownes Tighe, PC, JP was Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny from 1847 to 1878. He was educated at

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. He married Lady Louisa Maddelena Lennox, daughter of General

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and Lady Charlotte Gordon, on 18 April 1825. They lived at

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. He died on 11 June 1878.''The Late Right Hon. William F. F. Tighe''

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(London, England), Saturday, 15 June 1878; pg. 13; Issue 29282

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1878 deaths Lord-Lieutenants of Kilkenny Members of the Privy Council of Ireland {{Ireland-bio-stub