Re: Duke of Buttevant & Earl of Barrymore
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Re: Duke of Buttevant & Earl of Barrymore
6/12/00
In the information that I have the Earldom of Barrymore was lost because the Earl hid a Catholic Priest in his tower with access to the roof, when the priest was discovered theEarl was sent to the tower of London. His wife and son fled to England. The other son went to Austria.
In the early 1800's Joseph Barry came to live in South Africa, Queen Victoria asked for a private audience with him on three seperate occasions, when she repeatedly asked him to take back the title and wealth, he refused much to her annoyance, because she felt that giving the title back to a Catholic would help her restore peace between the religious parties of the time.Eventually all was given to the state. Joseph Barry preferred to stay in SA where he was a prominent business man.
How true it is I'm not sure, but interesting no doubt.