Married: Edward Groome on 2 March 1829
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Notes:
W.F. Montague Groome notes that although the marriage settlement records
the name Francis Emily, "I feel sure her name was Mildred". There is a
tombstone to her in Beaulieu cemetery (in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland),
and a tablet in the church.
Frances was the niece of John Claudius Beresford, the Marquess of Waterford. John Claudius Beresford was a controversial figure in Irish poilics in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He represented Waterford in Parliament, and became an Alderman of Dublin. He was He was dismissed by Lord Fitzwilliam, the British envoy to Ireland in 1795 but retaliated by using his connections in London to have Fitzwilliam recalled and himself re-instated. In a particularly nasty incident following the Rebellion of 1798 five men were captured by the Militia in Dorset Street for alleged involvement in the Insurrection. In a trial which lasted less than a minute, John Claudius declared them guilty and sentenced them to be executed in front of their families on the spot where they were captured. After the hangings, Judge Beresford ordered that their families should be publicly flogged for three days because of their association with the conspirators. In local legend Beresford became known as the "Flogging Alderman". For more on this episode in Irish history, see http://www.commerce.ie/cf/fitzgerald/bigtree/bigtree3.html and http://www.midnet.ie/connolly/publications.html
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Children:
Notes:
W.F. Montague Groome notes that although the marriage settlement records
the name Francis Emily,"I feel sure her name was Mildred". There is a tombstone
to her in Beaulieu cemetery (in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland), and a
tablet in the church.
Frances was the niece of John Claudius Beresford, the Marquis of Waterford.
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