De Vere baronets

The Hunt, later de Vere Baronetcy, of Curragh in the County of Limerick, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland.[2] It was created on 4 December 1784 for Vere Hunt, who subsequently represented Askeaton in the Irish House of Commons.[3][4]

The 2nd Baronet assumed the surname of de Vere in lieu of his patronymic in 1832.[3] He was a writer whose third son, Aubrey Thomas de Vere, was a renowned poet and critic.[4] He added to the front of the family seat at Curragh Chase, Adare, and designed the landscape of the garden.[5]

The 4th Baronet represented County Limerick in Parliament from 1854 to 1859.[3] The title became extinct on his death in 1904.[6] In 1883 the family estate in co. Limerick was 4,167 acres (1,686 ha).[3]

Hunt, later de Vere baronets, of Curragh (1784)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Burke, Bernard (1903). Ashworth P. Burke (ed.). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage (65th ed.). London: Harrison and Sons. pp. 460–461.
  2. ^ "No. 12604". The London Gazette. 18 December 1784. p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Cokayne, George Edward (1906). Complete Baronetage. Vol. V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 414–416.
  4. ^ a b John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (Volume 1, H. Colburn, 1833), 351.
  5. ^ Bence-Jones, Mark (1996). A Guide to Irish Country Houses (2., rev., reprinted ed.). London: Constable. p. 97. ISBN 0094699909.
  6. ^ a b "de Vere, Sir Stephen Edward". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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