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Newspaper cutting concerning preparations for Lord Tullamore's majority

Newspaper cutting concerning preparations for the celebration of Lord Charleville’s majority. It was agreed that a public dinner would be held, during which his uncle Colonel A. Bury would be presented with a “testimonial for the gallant gentleman’s faithful management during the young Earl’s minority”. It was also agreed upon that a presentation would be made to Lady Katherine Bury on her forthcoming marriage to Captain Hutton, Royal Dragoons.

Bury, Alfred, 5th earl of Charleville

Newspaper cutting concerning the return of the earl and countess of Charleville to Tullamore

Newspaper cuttings from The King's County Chronicle, detailing a public reception highlighting the return of the Earl of Charleville, with the Countess and their daughter, Lady Catherine Bury to the Charleville estate, Tullamore. In residing for a short period on the estate, the Earl had “acquired the estimation and respect of all with whom he came into contact”, and now his declaration to reside permanently on the estate at Charleville, “gave great and general satisfaction”. Preparations were made by the inhabitants “of all ranks, creeds and classes… and unanimous resolutions were passed to give his Lordship and family as cordial and respectful a public reception as they were capable of”. It was also intended, on behalf of the Earl’s tenantry, to invite the family to a banquet, “and also for that of laying before him and the Countess an address of congratulation”.

Bury, Arabella, 3rd countess of Charleville

Newspaper cutting concerning unrest among Croghan tenantry

Newspaper cuttings relating to the protests of the tenantry of Lady Emily Howard Bury, following her serving writs on them. The tenants on the estate at Croghan sought an abatement in their rents, “they having solicited [for same] in the humblest manner”. The Rhode and Croghan branch of the Land League now pledge to fight to the end “thereby showing Lady E. Bury, her agent and the country, what [they] think of an act which [they] have no hesitation in denouncing as unwarranted and unjust”.
Includes an observation that previous to the Land League agitation, the tenants were quite satisfied with their rents “and regarded the Bury family as model landlords”. Includes death of Margaret Tracey, a tenant on the Croghan estate, who had already been issued with a decree against her concerning shop provisions, and who dropped dead when rushing out to intercept a sheriff, whom she mistakenly thought was about to seize her cattle.

Bury, Lady, Emily Alfreda, Howard-

Newspaper cutting in anticipation of the return of the earl and countess of Charleville to Tullamore

Newspaper cutting from the King’s County Chronicle, concerning a meeting of the inhabitants of Tullamore “for the purpose of expressing their gratification at the expected arrival of the Noble Earl at his mansion in this county”. It was proposed to invite the Earl and Countess to a public dinner, as a means of expressing “their cordial and grateful thanks for their patriotic intentions of residing amongst them, and also for his Lordship’s past kind conduct as their landlord”.

Bury, Arabella, 3rd countess of Charleville

Newspaper cutting on the death of Arabella, 3rd countess of Charleville

Newspaper cutting concerning the death of the “amiable and beloved” Countess of Charleville, daughter of Henry Case, Esquire, Shienstone Cross, Staffordshire, who died from a short bout of scarletina at Erinagh, near Castleconnel, “a mansion which his lordship had taken and gone to reside in for the fishing season”. The Countess was only 35 years old and had resided “almost uninterruptedly” in Charleville Castle, Tullamore, and the tenants on the estate feel now that “they have been deprived of a considerate friend and the poor of the district have to deplore the loss of a generous benefactress”.
The Countess is survived by her five children, two sons and three daughters, and is buried in the family vault at Tullamore.

Bury, Arabella, 3rd countess of Charleville

Newspaper cutting on the death of Emily Frances, 5th countess of Charleville

Newspaper clipping concerning the death of Emily Frances, Countess of Charleville, who died in Geneva following a brief illness, and who buried in the family vault at Tullamore Church. The Countess, who was 76 years old, was the widow of the late Lord Alfred Bury, fifth Earl of Charleville, whom she had married on 20 June 1854. Her father, the late General Sir William Wood, K.C.B., K.H., Commander of the Forces in the West Indies. Emily Frances was an aunt by marriage to Lady Emily Bury, and this lady’s principal employees “followed the hearse bearing wreaths, while “a pretty one in the form of a cross, the ground-work of which was primroses” was inscribed, “From Emily”.

Bury, Emily Frances, 5th countess of Charleville

Newspaper cutting on the festivities surrounding the coming of age of the Earl of Charleville

Newspaper cutting from The Leinster Reporter regarding the coming of age of the Earl of Charleville, “for whom there has ever existed a sympathy which doubtless was intensified in degree by the early loneliness of an interesting child without father of mother”. Reared by a “fond uncle”, the Honorable Colonel Bury, the young earl was brought up to be an Irishman, “loving his native isle and doing his duty in the sphere”. The town of Tullamore have made every preparation for the celebration of the Earl’s birthday, with “every conceivable kind of splendid illuminations and grand festooning” decorating the scene. An address was also presented to Lady Katherine, the Earl’s sister, on her forthcoming marriage, which was accompanied with “an elegant souvenir, consisting of a handsome silver tea kettle on stand with suitable inscription, and a gold bracelet”. A comment was made that the townspeople have made every preparation possible, well in time for a dinner for the Earl and some 200 of his friends in the Court House later in the week.

Bury, Charles William Francis, 4th earl of Charleville

Newspaper cutting relating to celebrations surrounding the return of the earl and countess of Charleville to Tullamore

Newspaper cutting concerning the presentation of a congratulatory address to the Earl and Countess of Charleville, on their coming to reside permanently in Charleville Forest, Tullamore. The address included a reference to “the great advantage our town has always derived from the residence of [his] family, or the interest taken by them in the welfare of its inhabitants”. In the Earl’s reply, he observed that “a landlord is not in his proper place unless he is a constant resident, expending what he receives amongst his tenantry, and promoting their interest to the best of his judgment”. Following the presentation, a “sumptuous dejeune” was served in the Castle where “every delicacy and rarity of the season was in abundance, and the various wines which graced the board were of the rarest and finest vintage”.

Bury, Charles William George, 3rd earl of Charleville

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