John Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci

John Robert William Vesey, 4th Viscount de Vesci (21 May 1844 – 6 July 1903) "Yvo",[1] was an Anglo-Irish peer and British Army officer.

Arms of Viscount de Vesci of Abbeyleix, being a differenced version of his ancestral arms of Vesey: Or, on a cross sable a patriarchal cross of the field

Biography

He was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci (d.1875) by his wife Lady Emma Herbert (1819-1884) youngest daughter of George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke. In 1863 he was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. He was promoted to captain in 1866, and to lieutenant-colonel in 1876. On 23 December 1875 he succeeded to his father's titles in the Peerage of Ireland. He retired from the army in 1883.[2] On 8 November 1884 he was created Baron de Vesci, of Abbey Leix in the Queen's County in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, thus giving him a seat in the House of Lords.[3] Between 1883 and 1900 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County.

Marriage and children

Arms of Hon. Aubrey Herbert, of six quarters with inescutcheon of pretence of Vesey, for his wife Hon. Mary Gertrude Vesey, an heraldic heiress. Herbert Chapel, Brushford Church, Somerset

On 4 June 1872 he married Lady Evelyn Charteris, eldest daughter of Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss by his wife Lady Anne Frederica Anson, by whom he had one daughter and sole heiress:

Hon. Mary Gertrude Vesey (10 April 1889 – 28 November 1970), who married Hon. Aubrey Herbert (1880-1923) of Pixton Park in Somerset, second son of Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon. She died at Pixton, as is recorded on her brass memorial tablet in the Herbert Chapel, Brushford Church, Somerset.

Death & succession

He died in 1903 leaving no sons and so his British peerage became extinct, while his Irish titles were inherited by his nephew, Yvo Vesey, 5th Viscount de Vesci.[4]

References

Per inscribed brass tablet to his daughter in Brushford Church, Somerset "Yvo 4th Viscount de Vesci" (see Pixton Park)
"No. 25056". The London Gazette. 6 January 1882. p. 47.
"No. 27242". The London Gazette. 30 October 1900. p. 6625.
"No. 27685". The London Gazette. 14 June 1904. p. 3787.

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Lord Castletown	Lord Lieutenant of Queen's County 1883–1900	Succeeded by Sir Algernon Coote, Bt.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Thomas Vesey	Viscount de Vesci 1875–1903	Succeeded by Ivo Vesey
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baron de Vesci 1884–1903	Succeeded by Extinct

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[1] Per inscribed brass tablet to his daughter in Brushford Church, Somerset "Yvo 4th Viscount de Vesci" (see Pixton Park)

[2] "No. 25056". The London Gazette. 6 January 1882. p. 47.

[3] "No. 27242". The London Gazette. 30 October 1900. p. 6625.

[4] "No. 27685". The London Gazette. 14 June 1904. p. 3787.