Colonel Thomas Bernard (September 1816 – 13 December 1882) was an

Anglo-Irish Anglo-Irish people () denotes an ethnic, social and religious grouping who are mostly the descendants and successors of the English Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. They mostly belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland, which was the establis ...

British Army officer and official. Bernard was the son of Thomas Bernard and Lady Catherine Henrietta Hely-Hutchinson. He was a commissioned officer in the

12th Royal Lancers The 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army first formed in 1715. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. The regiment survived the immediate post-war ...

, attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served as High Sheriff of King's County in 1837. Bernard was appointed Lord Lieutenant of King's County on 17 December 1867, serving in the role until his death. He was Colonel of the King's County Militia. Bernard was the owner of

Castle Bernard, County Offaly Kinnitty Castle or Castle Bernard is a 19th-century gothic revival castle and hotel in Kinnitty (''Cionn Eitigh''), County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Ki ...

. He had an illegitimate daughter with actress Sarah Fairbrother. The daughter, Louisa Catherine, was born on 22 March 1839, and baptised as if she were legitimate, with the surname Bernard (although her birth was not registered under either Bernard or Fairbrother). Bernard made provision for her at the time of her marriage. Louisa Catherine died without issue in 1919.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernard, Thomas 1816 births 1882 deaths 12th Royal Lancers officers 19th-century Anglo-Irish people High Sheriffs of King's County Lord-Lieutenants of King's County