Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry

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Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry DL (16 November 1800 – 16 July 1868),[1] styled The Honourable from birth until 1816 and subsequently Viscount Berehaven until 1851, was an Irish peer and Conservative politician.

Born at St Finbarr (??not a place name ??) he was the eldest son of Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry and his wife Margaret Ann, daughter of William Hare, 1st Earl of Listowel.[2] White was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.[3] In 1851 he succeeded his father as earl, and three years later he was elected a representative peer to the House of Lords, where he sat as a Conservative.[2] White was High Sheriff of County Cork in 1835 and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of the same county.[3]

On 11 October 1836, he married Mary, third daughter of William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond at St George's, Hanover Square.[4] White died, aged 67, childless at and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother William.[4]

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  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment — Peerage". Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 103.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. pp. 31.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "ThePeerage - Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry". Retrieved 7 October 2009.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by
Richard White 		Earl of Bantry
1851 – 1868 		Succeeded by
William Hedges-White
Political offices
Preceded by
The Viscount Doneraile 		Representative peer for Ireland
1854–1868 		Succeeded by
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