Algernon William Yelverton, 6th Viscount Avonmore (19 November 1866 – 3 September 1910), an Irish nobleman, was the son of Major

William Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore Major (British Army), Major The Right Honourable, The Rt. Hon. William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore (27 September 1824 – 1 April 1883 in Biarritz), was an Irish people, Irish nobleman and soldier. He was the son of Barry John Yelver ...

, and Emily Marianne Ashworth. He was a

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of the

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of the Dublin City Artillery branch of the

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from November 1901, and resigned this commission in January 1903. Lord Avonmore married Mabel Sarah Evans, daughter of George Evans and Jane Fitzgerald, on 17 December 1890 in St. Anne's,

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, and had issue, an only daughter, Evelyn Marianne Mabel Yelverton (1 December 1893 – 16 January 1956). After his death, the viscountcy has been dormant.

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