The title of Earl of Bantry was created in the Peerage of Ireland in 1816, and became extinct in 1891. The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
The Earls bore the subsidiary titles of Viscount Bantry (1800), Viscount Berehaven (1816), and Baron Bantry (1797), all in the Peerage of Ireland.
The White family are still in existence. They live in their ancestral home Bantry House, near Bantry, in Co Cork, Ireland. Bantry House is a historic house with gardens in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Bantry (Beanntraí is a town on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, located on the N71 route at the head of Bantry Bay. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
Earls of Bantry (1816)
- Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry (1767-1851)
- Richard White, 2nd Earl of Bantry (1800-1868), elected a representative peer in 1854
- William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry (1801-1884), elected a representative peer in 1869
- William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 4th Earl of Bantry (1854-1891)