Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore

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Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC (28 May 1736–19 August 1805) was an Irish judge and politician. He was the eldest son of Francis Yelverton of Blackwater, Co. Cork, County Cork.

Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was for some years an assistant master under Andrew Buck in the Hibernian Academy. In 1761 he married Mary Nugent, a lady of some fortune, and was then enabled to read for the bar. He was called in 1764, his success was rapid, and he took silk eight years afterwards. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as member successively for the boroughs of Donegal and Carrickfergus, becoming Attorney-General for Ireland in 1782, but was elevated to the bench as Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1783. He was created Baron Yelverton in 1795, and in 1800 Viscount Avonmore in the Peerage of Ireland. He died at Forthfield, County Dublin.

Among his colleagues at the Irish bar Yelverton, was a popular and charming companion. Of insignificant appearance, he owed his early successes to his remarkable eloquence, which made a great impression on his contemporaries; as a judge, he was inclined to take the view of the advocate rather than that of the impartial lawyer. He gave his support to Henry Grattan and the Whigs during the greater part of his parliamentary career, but in his latter days became identified with the court party and voted for the union, for which his viscounty was a reward. He had three sons and one daughter, and the title has descended in the family.

Children of Barry Yelverton and Mary Nugent:

Lady Anna Maria Yelverton
William Yelverton (5 April 1762 – 28 November 1814)
Hon. Walter Aglionby Yelverton (1772 – 3 June 1824)
Hon. Barry Yelverton (1772 – June 1824)

Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by New Creation	Viscount Avonmore 1800–1805	Succeeded by William Yelverton
Preceded by New Creation	Baron Yelverton 1795–1805	Succeeded by William Yelverton