Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore
(1736-1805)
Irish politician
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Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC (Ire) KC (28 May 1736 – 19 August 1805) was an Irish judge and politician, who gave his name to Yelverton's Act 1782, which effectively repealed Poynings' Law and thus restored the independence of the Parliament of Ireland. This achievement was entirely destroyed by the Act of Union 1800, which Yelverton supported. By doing so, he gravely harmed his own reputation for integrity, which had already been damaged by his leading role in the conviction and execution for treason of William Orr, now seen as a major miscarriage of justice.
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28 May 1736
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19 August 1805 (aged 69)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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