William
"1st Baron Riversdale"
Tonson
Born [location unknown]
Son of Richard Tonson
and Peniel (Gates) Tonson
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Rose (Bernard) Millerd
— married
13 Nov 1773 (to 1787) in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland
Father of
Ludlow Tonson
Died
at age 63
in Rathcormack, County Cork, Ireland
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Biography
William was born in 1724. He was the son of Richard Tonson and Peniel Gates.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale (3 May 1724 – 4 December 1787), was an Irish landowner, soldier and politician.
William was the son of Richard Tonson, for many years Member of Parliament for Baltimore, by his second wife Peniel Gates, daughter of a Colonel Gates. He was a lieutenant-colonel in the 53rd Regiment of Foot and served in the Spanish invasion of Portugal in 1762 under William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. In 1768 he was returned to the Irish House of Commons for Tuam, a seat he held until 1776, and then represented Rathcormack until 1783. The latter year he was raised to the Irish peerage as Baron Riversdale, of Rathcormack in the County of Cork.
William married Rose Bernard, daughter of James Bernard and sister of the 1st Earl of Bandon, on 13 November 1773.
Marriage Notice - Hibernian Journal; or, Chronicle of Liberty November 15, 1773
- Married: A few days ago at Bandon, William Tonson, Esq., Representative in Parliament for the borough of Tuam to Miss Bernard, daughter of James Bernard of Castle Bernard, Esq.
Children
- Richard b. 9 Nov 1774, died an infant
- William 2nd Baron Riversdale of Rathcormuck
- James Bernard b. 9 Nov 1776, d. 11 Feb 1803
- Richard b. 1 Jan 1778, d. 17 Sep 1794
- Heather Charlotte b. 23 Mar 1779, d. 27 Jun 1850
- Francis b. 6 Mar 1780, d. 1 Nov 1798
- Charles Ludlow b. 9 Jul 1781, d. 20 Aug 1837
- Henry b. 6 Feb 1783, d. Feb 1805
- Ludlow b. 6 Mar 1784, 3rd Baron Riversdale, Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert
- Charlotte b. 25 Dec 1786, d. Dec 1830
He died in December 1787, aged 63, and was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son, William. Riversdale's eighth and youngest son, Ludlow, who eventually succeeded in the barony, was Bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert.
Sources
- Wikipedia - William Tonson, 1st Baron Riversdale
- Debrett's Complete Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, John Debrett 1838, Pg 677
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