414 COMPLETE PEERAGE bantry in London. Ed. at Rugby School, and at Sandhurst Coll. Officer in 43rd Reg.; served in Kaffir war 1851-53, and retired as Capt. 1854. Rep. Peer [I.] (Conservative) since Nov. i 885. He m.^ istly, 6 Dec. 1 854, Mary, yst. da. of the Rev. Henry King, of Ballylin, King's Co., by Harriet, da. of John Lloyd, of Gloster, King's Co. She d. 31 Aug. 1869, being killed by an accident at Parsonstown. He m., 2ndly, 8 Apr. 1 874, Elizabeth, only surv. da. and h. of Hugh Eccles, of Cronroe, co. Wicklow, by Harriet Anne, 3rd da. of Sir Richard Bligh St. George, 2nd Bart. [I.]. She was b. 9 Dec. 1828. [Maxwell Richard Crosbie Ward, 3rd, but only surv. s. (*) and h. ap., b. 4 May 1868; Capt. R.A. He m., 5 Jan. 1905, at Monaghan, Agnes Elizabeth, 3rd da. of Dacre Hamilton, of Cornacassa, co. Monaghan, by Helen, da. of Walter Nugent, Baron of the Austrian Empire.] Family Estates. — These, in 1883 (besides three acres in Berks valued at £^1 a year), consisted of 9,861 acres in co. Down, of the yearly value of
- ^ 1 3, 1 56. Principal Residence
- — Castle Ward, co. Down.
BANHEATH See "Keith of Banheath, co. Dunbarton, " Bzrony (ElpAiftstone), cr. 1803, extinct 1867. BANNOW i.e. Bannow CO. Wexford, " Barony [L] (Cheevers), cr. by James II after his deposition from the English throne, with the Vis- countcy of Mount Leinster [I.], which see ; extinct 1693. BANTRY i.e. "Bantry, co. Cork" 'Q^ronj .'] (Roper), cr. [27 June] 1627, with the Viscountcy of Baltinglass [1.], which see ; extinct 1693. BANTRY Frances, widow of Sir George Hamilton, elder da. and coh. of Richard Jennings, of Sandridge, Herts, became in 1679 wife of Richard Talbot, afterwards Earl of Tyrconnell ; she was intended in 1677 to {*) Of his 2 elder brothers (i) Henry Somerset Andrew, h. 30 Aug. 1857, d. v.p., 10 July i860. (2) Edward William Henry, b. Jan. 1863, sometime Lieut. Rifle Brigade, ^. unm. and v.p., 10 July 1887. V.G.
