William Charles Yelverton (1762)

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Born 5 APR 1762

2nd Viscount Avonmore

The Charge of Bigamy against the Hon. Major Yelverton. —On Monday evening the hon. Major Yelverton, of the Royal Artillery, who was apprehended and lodged in the Gallon gaol on Thursday evening, charged with bigamy, was liberated on bail. The amount of the security we understand, is £1000. The circumstances of this painful case have been for several months familiarly talked of in Edinburgh circles, and there is now no use in abstaining from mentioning them, so far as they are supposed to be known. It is understood that a considerable number of months ago, Major Yelverton (who is the second son of Lord Avonmore, an Irish Peer), went through the form of marriage with Miss Longworth, an Irish lady of respectable family, and some private fortune........[1][2][3][4][5] [6]

Possible obituary in 1814^[1]

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Probate^[2]

The sisters of Major Yelverton are respectably, but by no means brilliantly, married. One, a Mrs. Goring, is in New Zealand, one is the wife of a Captain Hawes, another of James Walker, advocate in Edinburgh, a third of Mr. Ivons.[7]

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1. ↑ British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices Event Type Obituary Event Place Note 1740-1945 Name Avonmore, Lord Viscount Sex Male Age 59 Event Date 19 Dec 1814 Event Place Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Birth Year (Estimated) 1755 Newspaper Salisbury and Winchester Journal Page Number 3 "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCF-YHC3 : 17 April 2019), Avonmore, Lord Viscount, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, 19 Dec 1814, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ Ireland Landed Estate Court Files, 1850-1885 Name William Charles Lord Viscount Avonmore Probate Date 1879 Probate Place Tipperary, Ireland Volume Number 135 Document Number 028 "Ireland Landed Estate Court Files, 1850-1885," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCNS-S2N : 25 September 2020), William Charles Lord Viscount Avonmore, 1879; citing Tipperary, Ireland, volume date Jan-Mar 1879, volume 135, document 028, National Archives, Dublin

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