Earl of Bantry

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The title of Earl of Bantry was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1816, and became extinct in 1891.

The Earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Bantry (1800), Viscount Berehaven (1816), and Baron Bantry (1797), all in the Peerage of Ireland.

The White family is still in existence. They live in Bantry House, near Bantry.

[edit] Earls of Bantry (1816)

• Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry (1767-1851)
• Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry (1800-1868), elected a representative peer in 1854
• William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry (1801-1884), elected a representative peer in 1869
• William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 4th Earl of Bantry (1854-1891)

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