The Harry Bunbury mentioned in part two is I believe Henry Bunbury of PPP fame, he signed himself "Hen Bunbury" on about 200 documents. His address ( 1780 - 1830s ) was noted as Bunbury Lodge and Johnstown and Athy Street, he was a Magistrate, Justice of the Peace and general busybody and was himself often involved in bother with the Byrnes, he constantly proffered Informations / Examinations before his fellow Magistrates. On 15 July 2012 13:35, michael purcell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> continued from post dated 7th July. > Pat Purcell Papers. > Letter, Genealogical enquiry, Dated, May, 1931. > From: J. Hallam [ ? ], > Threadneedle Street, City of London, England. > To: Pat Purcell, > Town Hall, Carlow, Ireland. > Part two of a FAMILY CHRONICLE. > (Continued, abbreviated extracts edited by Michael Purcell. > Further information on the Hely-Hutchinsons mentioned herein and the > famous, busybody, philanthropist, playwright, and religious writer, Hannah > More may be sourced via Google. ). > Having given the foregoing account of my paternal relatives, I must > proceed to that of my maternal ones. > My mother was the only daughter of a Carlow gentleman of the name of > Whelan, who by his first marriage had a son who married my father's sister > Ann Steuart, whose children, of whom, I shall speak presently, were thus > doubly connected with myself, as in the case of the Butlers of Broonville. > My grandfather Whelan must I think have been dead at the time of my birth > in 1792 or soon after, as I have no remembrance of him, but my earliest > childish reminiscences are connected with my venerable grandmother, Anna > Maria Whelan, formerly Nickson, who always lived with us till her death, > which took place at the advanced age of eighty-five. > She was one of a very large family, her sisters being of the classic > number of the muses, and as they all but one married and had families, my > connection is necessarily a very large one ; indeed my daughters sometimes > jokingly say it must extend over half Ireland. > I have said that this is to be the family chronicle, so I am bound to give > the names of my great aunts, and of some of their descendants. Their name > was Nickson, (1) Elizabeth, (2) Rachel, (3) Christiana, (4) Anna Maria, ( > my grandmother, Mrs Whelan ), (5) Lydia, (6) Hester, (7) Mary, (8) Letitia, > (9) Harriet, (10) Francis. > My eldest great aunt, Elizabeth, married Mr. Bunbury, a gentleman of > landed property in the County of Carlow. ( of whom more anon ). She had but > one child, a son, Harry Bunbury, whom I remember as an agreeable oddity ; > he died unmarried > (2) Rachel married the Reverend Christopher Harvey, D.D., of Kyle, in the > County Wexford. > She had one son, the late William Harvey, and two daughters, Mrs Freke ( > mother of the present Lord Carberry, and of the Honourable Mrs Charles > Bernard ), and Mrs Randall, whose only child is now Mrs Hastings Parker. > My great aunt Rachel Harvey lived to the age of ninety-one. She used to > pay an annual visit to Steuart's Lodge, where her coming was always a > matter of rejoicing, and her daughters were two of the most fascinating > creatures I ever knew. > (3) My great aunt Christina was named after her great aunt and godmother, > Mrs Hutchinson, the wife of her great uncle, Richard Hutchinson, a > gentleman of large property, and the possessor of Knocklofty, near > Clonmell, County Tipperary. She, Christina, was adopted by the > Hutchinsons, as they had no children, and became their heiress. She married > a barrister of the name of Hely, who added the name of Hutchinson to his > own name when he succeeded to the estates. He was afterwards Provost of > Trinity College, and Secretary of State. He was offered a peerage, which he > declined for himself but accepted for his wife, who thus became Baroness of > Donoughmore. > The title was raised to that of Earl, in the person of her eldest son, > Richard, and he dying unmarried, her second son, John Hely-Hutchinson, > became Earl of Donoughmore. Previous to his accession to his brother's > earldom he had received the title of Lord Hutchinson for his services in > Egypt, where he commanded the army after the death of Sir Ralph > Abercrombie, and achieved those brilliant victories which wrested Egypt > from the French. > I have seen two beautiful boxes given by the Sultan to two brothers of > Lord Hutchinson, who had been sent to an Embassy to Constantinople ; one > was a blood stone with a crescent of diamonds on the lid, the other of > purple enamel with a star of diamonds ; they were lined with gold. > This second Earl of Donoughmore was succeeded by his nephew, also named > John, who had first distinguished himself in the retreat of Corunna, and > afterwards acted a conspicuous part in aiding the escape of General > Lavalette. > John was a personal acquaintance of mine, as after his return from Spain > he came to visit my mother, who was a favourite cousin of the Hutchinsons. > This John was father of the present Earl ( 1862 ). > My great aunt, Christina, the first Lady Donoughmore, besides the two > earls I have mentioned here, had three sons, viz., Abraham, Christopher > and Lorenzo. And also three daughters, Honourable Mary, married to a Mr. > Smith, Honourable Margaret, and Prudence. The two latter died unmarried. > They were great friends of Hannah More, and in order to enjoy her society > took a place near Barley Wood, where during their latter years they always > resided. > My fourth great aunt (5) Lydia married John Nunn, Esquire, ...........( to > be continued )............. > [ Note added by Michael Purcell, 2012 - > I have posted some of the letters / enquiries, dating from 1920s to 1980s > that were sent to Pat Purcell during his lifetime. > Among the 100s of letters in the PPP this letter of 52, double sided > hand-written pages, is one of the most interesting. > The above extracts were edited and abbreviated by me, now on page 22 of 52 > pages. ] >