AVONMORE COMPLETE PEERAGE 361 II. 1867. 2. Gilbert Henry (Heathcote-Drummond-Wil- LouGHBY, formerly Heathcote), Baron Aveland, and a Baronet, only s. and h., b. i Oct. 1830. By the death of his mother, 13 Nov. 1888, he became Lord Willoughby de Eresby, and joint Hered. Great Chamberlain, (*) and was cr., 22 Aug. 1892, Earl of Ancaster. See fuller particulars under that title. AVEN i.e. " Aven and Innerdale " Baron [S.] (Hamilton), cr. 1643, with the Dukedom of Hamilton [S.], which see. AVENDALE, see STEWART OF AVONDALE AVON see AVEN AVONDALE i.e., "Clarence and Avondale, " Dukedom ; see " Athlone. " See also " Clarence and Avondale. " See also " Stewart of Avondale. " AVONMORE C) BARONY [I.] I. Barry Yelverton, s. and h. of Francis Y., of ^ Blackwater and Kanturk, co. Cork, (d. 27 Mar. ■ ^795- 1746) by Elizabeth, da. of Jonas Barry, of Kilbrin, VISCOUNTCY [I.] CO. Cork, b. 28 May 1736. Scholar Trin. Coll. ^ „ Dublin 1755. B.A. 1757; LLB. i76i;LLD. 1774. ^' ^^°°- Admitted to the Middle Temple 10 Oct. 1759. Barrister at Law (Dublin) 1764; K.C. and Bencher, 1772 ; M.P. for Donegal borough 1774-76; and for Carrickfergus 1776-83, and as such "a zealous partizan for the claims of Ireland. " Q Attorney Gen. [I.] 1782-83; (*) For remarks on this hereditary office, see vol ii, Appendix D. i^) It was not from Avonmore [i.e. the Great River) in co. Wicklow that he took his title, but probably from some river of the same name in co. Cork. V.G. Q See Rise and Fall of the Irish Nation, by Sir Jonah Barrington, cap. vii, where a long and interesting account of his Lordship's career is given. The author's views, as against the Irish Union, are well known. At the end of the sketch he adds — " This distinguished man, at the critical period of Ireland's emancipation, burst forth as a meteor in the Irish Senate, " but " after having with zeal and sincerity laboured to attain independence for his country in 1782, he became one of its Sale-Masters in 1800" and, through the influence of the Duke of Pordand, "and the absolute necessity of a family provision, on the question of the Union, the radiance of his public character was obscured for ever. " " His rising sun was brilliant, his meridian 47
