Richard Barry, 9th Earl of Barrymore
(1745-1773)
son of James Barry,
5th Earl of Barrymore and Margaret Davys
Born October 1745
Died 1 August 1773 Dromana
Buried Castle Lyons
Married 16 April 1767 St.Martin's-in-the-Fields
Lady Amelia Stanhope
Born 24 May 1749
Died 5 September 1780 in France
Aged about five he succeeded his father and became 9th Earl of Barrymore.
He was educated at Westminster School and at Eton and apparently also at
Oxford. In October 1767 he became a captain in the 9th Regiment of Dragoons,
while earlier that year he had married Lady Amelia Stanhope and by her
became the father of four children. On 1 August 1773 he died of fever,
aged twenty-seven. His widow survived him to die in France in 1780.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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