Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon

Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon (26 November 1755 – 26 November 1830)[1] was an Irish peer and politician.

He was the only son of James Bernard and his wife Esther Smith, daughter of Percy Smith.[2] Between 1778 and 1783, Bernard sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ennis.[1] Subsequently he represented Bandonbridge in the Irish House of Commons until 1790.[1]

In 1793, Bernard was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Bandon, of Bandonbridge, in the County of Cork,[3] and in 1795, he was further ennobled as Viscount Bandon, of Bandonbridge, in the County of Cork.[4] On 29 August 1800, he was finally advanced to the dignities of Earl of Bandon and Viscount Bernard.[5] Bernard was one of the thirty original Irish Representative Peers[6] and sat in the House of Lords between from 1801 until his death in 1830.

On 12 February 1784, Bernard married Catherine Henrietta Boyle, only daughter of the 2nd Earl of Shannon and Catherine Ponsonby.[6] They had five sons and four daughters.[2] He died aged 75 at Castle Bernard and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son James.[6]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  2. Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. vol. I (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 74.
  3. "No. 13599". The London Gazette. 3 December 1793. p. 1082.
  4. "No. 13821". The London Gazette. 10 October 1795. p. 1052.
  5. "Leigh Rayment - Peerage". Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  6. "ThePeerage - Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon". Retrieved 24 March 2009.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
William Burton
Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt		 Member of Parliament for Ennis
1778–1783
With: William Burton		 Succeeded by
Stewart Weldon
John Thomas Foster
Preceded by
William Brabazon Ponsonby
Lodge Evans Morres		 Member of Parliament for Bandonbridge
1783–1790
With: Lodge Evans Morres		 Succeeded by
Broderick Chinnery
Lodge Evans Morres
Peerage of Ireland
New creation Earl of Bandon
1800–1830		 Succeeded by
James Bernard
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