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AVONMORE, BARRY YELVERTON, 1ST VISCOUNT (1i36-18o5)

AVONMORE, See also:
BARRY
BARRY, ELIZABETH (1658—1713)
BARRY, JAMES (1741—1806)
BARRY, SIR CHARLES (1795-1860)
BARRY, SIR REDMOND (1813-188o)
BARRY, SPRANGER (1719-1777)
BARRY YELVERTON, 1ST See also:
VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)
VISCOUNT (1i36-18o5) , Irish See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1736. He was the eldest son of See also:

FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

Frank Yelverton of See also:

BLACKWATER

Blackwater, Co. See also:

Cork. Educated at Trinity See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

DUBLIN

Dublin, he was for some years an assistant See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master under See also:

Andrew See also:

Buck in the Hibernian See also:

Academy. In 1761 he married See also:

MISS

Miss See also:

Mary See also:

NUGENT

Nugent, a See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady of some See also:

FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, and was then enabled to read for the See also:

bar. He was called in 1764, his success was rapid, and he took See also:

SILK

silk eight years afterwards. He sat in the Irish See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament as member successively for the boroughs of See also:

DONEGAL

Donegal and See also:

CARRICKFERGUS

Carrickfergus, becoming See also:

ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

general in 1782, but was elevated to the See also:

BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench as See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

baron of the See also:

EXCHEQUER

exchequer in 1783. He was created (Irish) Baron Avonmore in 1795, and in 1800 (Irish) viscount. Among his colleagues at the Irish bar Yelverton was a popular and charming See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion. Of insignificant See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, he owed his See also:

early successes to his remarkable eloquence, which made a See also:

GREAT

great impression on his contemporaries; as a judge, he was inclined to take the view of the See also:

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate rather than that of the impartial lawyer. He gave his support to See also:

GRATTAN, HENRY (1746-1820)

Grattan and the Whigs during the greater See also:

PART

part of his See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary career, but in his latter days became identified with the See also:

court party and voted for the See also:

union, for which his viscounty was a See also:

REWARD

reward. He had three sons and one daughter, and the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title has descended in the See also:

FAMILY

family.

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