DESART 229 His widow ;«., 26 Jan. 1824, Rose Lambert Price (s. and h. ap. of Sir Rose Price, ist Bart.), who d. v.p., 16 Jan. 1826, aged 26, in Ireland. She d. 13 Feb. 1874, aged 75, at 122 Pembroke Road, Dublin. (") EARLDOM AND 3 and 5. John Otway O'Connor VISCOUNTCY ri.1 (Cuffe), Earl of Desart, &c. [L], only s. and h., b. 12 Oct. 18 18, at Desart . House; styled Viscount Castle-Cuffe till 1820; ed. at Eton circa 1830-34; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.) 2oOct. 1 836; M.P. (Con- servative) for Ipswich, June to Aug. 1842; Rep. Peer [I.] i 846-65 ; Under Sec. for the He w., 28 June i 842,() at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Elizabeth Lucy, 3rd da. of John Frederick (Campbell), ist Earl Cawdor, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas (Thynne), 2nd Marquess of Bath. He d'., through a fall, when suffering from paralysis, i Apr. 1865, in Eaton Sq., Midx., aged 46. His widow, who was b. 16 Jan. 1822, and was a Lady of the Bedchamber 1845-64, d. 26 Apr. 1898, at Bournemouth, and was bur. at Hampton-on-Thames.(') Will pr. over ,^6,000 gross, and over
- ^2,ooo net.
III. BARONY [I.] V. Colonies Feb. to Dec. 1852. EARLDOM AND VISCOUNTCY [I.] IV. BARONY [I.] VL 4 and 6. William Ulick. O'Connor (Cuffe), Earl of Desart, ^c. [I.], ist s. and h., b. 10 July 1845, in Grosvenor [865. Crescent, Midx., styled Viscount Castle- Cuffe till 1865; ed. at Eton; Page of Honour 1856-62; Lieut. Gren. Guards 1862; Captain 1865, but retired the same year. He established his right to vote at elections of Rep. Peers [1.] 6 Mar. 1867. He ;«., istly, i June 1871, at Stillingfleet, co. York, Maria Emma Georgina, ist da. of Thomas Henry Preston, of Moreby Hall, in that co., by Georgiana Louisa Genevieve, 3rd da. of Major Gen. Sir Guy Campbell, ist Bart. [18 15]. From her he obtained a divorce in May i878.('^) He ;«., 2ndly, 27 Apr. 1881, at Christ Church, Down Str., Midx., Ellen Odette, ist da. of Henry Louis Bischoffsheim, of Bute House, South Audley Str., financier, by Clarissa, da. ot (») She was refused recognition at Court by George IV, after her remarriage, by any other style than that of " Mrs. Price." C") See vol. iii, p. 123, note "d," sub 2nd Earl Cawdor. (') She was beautiful and charming. Napoleon III when staying at Beaudesert, on being asked how he liked the house, replied " J'aime beaucoup Beaudesert, mais," turning to Lady Desart, "encore plus la belle Desart." V.G. {^) She subsequently m., 26 Dec. 1878, at the British Embassy, Paris, Charles Sugden, the co-respondent, an actor, against whom she herself obtained a decree nhi I May 1 89 1.
