Mp for cork, james bernard, died

July 9th , 1790

James Bernard (8 December 1729 – 7 July 1790) was an Irish politician and ancestor of the Earls of Bandon.

He was the son of Major North Ludlow Bernard and his first wife Rose Echlin, daughter of John Echlin of Ardquin, County Down, and niece of Sir Henry Echlin, 1st Baronet.

He was the grandson of Francis Bernard, Solicitor-General for Ireland, Member of Parliament and judge of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland), and his wife Alice Ludlow.

Bernard represented Cork County in the Irish House of Commons from 1781 until his death in 1790. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Cork, in three Parliaments.

He married Esther Smyth, youngest daughter of Percy Smyth of Headborough, son of Sir Percy Smyth of Ballynatray, Co. Waterford, and his wife Elizabeth Jervois, and widow of Robert Gookin of Courtmacsherry, County Cork.

They had five daughters and a son, Francis, who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Earl of Bandon.

His main residence was Castle Bernard, near Bandon, Co. Cork, which he inherited from his uncle Francis.

It was destroyed during the Irish War of Independence.

He died on 7 July 1790 at age 60 at Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.

He was buried at Ballymodan, Bandon, County Cork, Ireland.

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