Francis Bernard (judge)
Francis Bernard SL (1663 – 30 June 1731)[1] was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge.
He was the son of Francis Bernard of Castle Mahon and Mary Freke, daughter of Arthur Freke and Dorothy Smyth and sister of Percy Freke.[2] Bernard sat as Member of Parliament (MP) in the Irish House of Commons. He represented Clonakilty between 1692 and 1695[1] and subsequently Bandonbridge between 1695 and 1727.[1] He was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1711,[3] a post he held until 1714, and Prime Serjeant in 1724.[3] Two years later he became a Judge on the Irish Court of Common Pleas.[4]
In 1693, Bernard married Alice Ludlow, daughter of Stephen Ludlow M.P.[5] They had a daughter, Elizabeth, who married firstly James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, and secondly Thomas Adderley, and six sons.[5] His grandson James, son of Major North Ludlow Bernard and his first wife Rose Echlin, was the ancestor of the Earls of Bandon.[6] The leading statesman James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont was another of Bernard's grandsons.
References
- "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- "ThePeerage - Francis Bernard". Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- 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.
- Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 455.
- Lodge, Edmund (1838). The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage (6th ed.). London: Saunder and Otley. pp. 37.
- "ThePeerage - James Bernard". Retrieved 28 March 2009.
| Parliament of Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Patriot Parliament |
Member of Parliament for Clonakilty 1692–1695 With: Percy Freke |
Succeeded by Bryan Townsend Percy Freke |
| Preceded by Sir William Moore, 2nd Bt Edward Riggs |
Member of Parliament for Bandonbridge 1695–1727 With: Edward Riggs 1695–1703 Richard Gorges 1703–1713 Arthur Bernard 1713–1715 Martin Bladen 1715–1727 |
Succeeded by George Freke Stephen Bernard |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by William Whitshed |
Solicitor-General for Ireland 1711–1714 |
Succeeded by John Rogerson |