Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore [SEP] date of death
Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore
Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC (Ire) KC (28 May 173619 August 1805) was an Irish judge and politician, who gave his name to Yelverton's Act 1782, which effectively repealed Poynings' Law and thus restored the independence of the Parliament of Ireland. This achievement was destroyed by the Act of Union 1800, which Yelverton supported. By doing so, he gravely harmed his reputation for integrity, which had already been damaged by his leading role in the conviction and
Viscount Avonmore
Viscount Avonmore was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 29 December 1800 for the former Attorney-General for Ireland and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer for Ireland, Barry Yelverton, 1st Baron Yelverton. He had been created Baron Yelverton on 15 June 1795. Since the death of the 6th Viscount in 1910, both titles have been dormant.
Viscounts Avonmore (1800).
- Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore (1736–1805)
- William Charles Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Avonmore (1762–1814)