Richard HEDGES
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Richard HEDGES Notes:
Of Macroom County Cork
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. Robert HEDGES (1.Richard1) Family/Spouse: Mary EYRE. Mary (daughter of Edward EYRE and Jane MAYNARD) died before 5 Nov 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Richard HEDGES (HEDGES-EYRE) died in 1780.
- 4. Frances HEDGES
Generation: 3
3. Richard HEDGES (HEDGES-EYRE) (2.Robert2, 1.Richard1) died in 1780. Notes:
Of Mount Hedges. Assumed the surname Eyre in conformity with his grandfathers will
Family/Spouse: Helena HERBERT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Frances Jane HEDGES died in 1816.
- 6. Edward (Ned) EYRE died in 1803.
- 7. Helena EYRE
- 8. Robert Hedges EYRE died in 1840.
4. Frances HEDGES (2.Robert2, 1.Richard1) Family/Spouse: John BECHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 4
5. Frances Jane HEDGES (3.Richard3, 2.Robert2, 1.Richard1) died in 1816. Frances married Simon WHITE in 1760. Simon (son of Richard WHITE and Martha DAVIS) died in 1776. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 9. 1st Earl Bantry Richard WHITE was born on 6 Aug 1767.
- 10. Simon WHITE died in 1838.
- 11. Hamilton WHITE died on 7 Dec 1804.
- 12. Edward Eyre WHITE died in 1790.
- 13. Helen WHITE
- 14. Martha WHITE
- 15. Frances WHITE
6. Edward (Ned) EYRE (3.Richard3, 2.Robert2, 1.Richard1) died in 1803. Notes:
Died intestate and without issue.
Thanks to his cousin Dorothea Herberts decription Edward Eyre has been included in a number of books on british eccentrics.
She describes as follows:
Living in County Waterford with his 'daughters and heiresses' Miss Dapper and Miss Kitsey a couple of fine spotted labradors.
Travelling in a glass coach drawn by four horses and dressing in brightly coloured silks and satins with contrasting linings, satin shoes with jet buckles, a fan or a muff and a complexion owing much to a paint box and once attended the races in 1780's wearing a pink suit complete with diamonte buttons and buckles.
Never coming downstairs before noon and living on a diet of tea, cold water, sweetmeats and pickles. Despite this strange diet she describes him as having enough energy to get through an immense fortune and was in debt most of his life despite owning a large part of Galway.
His unconventional nature was not restricted to his diet and dress as while staying in Galway he would invite 'all the beggars of Galway' to hot toast, tea and chocolate every morning.
She also relates an incident where he took exception to a neighbours nurse constant cooing over her family's new child by dressing one of his servants up as an infant and dandling him upon his knee infront of the nurse.7. Helena EYRE (3.Richard3, 2.Robert2, 1.Richard1) Family/Spouse: George MAUNSELL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Edward Eyre MAUNSELL
- 17. Robert Hedges Eyre MAUNSELL EYRE died in 1840.
- 18. Richard MAUNSELL died in 1818.
- 19. Thomas MAUNSELL
- 20. George MAUNSELL
- 21. Henrietta Margaret Eyre MAUNSELL
- 22. Emily MAUNSELL
8. Robert Hedges EYRE (3.Richard3, 2.Robert2, 1.Richard1) died in 1840. Notes:
Died without issue leaving his Galway estates to his grand nephew the reverend Robert Hedges Eyre Maunsell. grandson of his sister Helena who has now assumed the additional surname and Arms of Eyre.