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Courtesy Brian Limrick

There are various reports of French Officer on Parole in full military regalia being much in demand at balls and other festivities at the time in West Cork.

Lord Bantry claimed £2,000 for wine purchased on their entertainment, under protest Dublin Castle paid, this is referred to in Lord Shannon’s letters to his son.

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Major Henry (Hal)  Chavasse,  (1863-1943), 1915, Seafield, Castletownshend, listed 1922.  Whitefield Court, Waterford, High Sheriff, Co, Waterford, J.P., Co. Waterford. His mother is a granddaughter of Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. The Chavasse family originated from the borders of France and Savoy came to England to support the Jacobites during the 1715 rebellion.  Originally Catholic they converted and a branch of the family settled in Ireland concentrated around West Cork. Educated Cirencester Agricultural College, served 18 years in the British Army.  He married Judith Isobel Fleming, Newcourt, Skibbereen,  (1867-1935).  Her memoir and diaries now published.  Metrologist, cattle breeder, best bulls sold in Britain and Argentina.

 listed 1922.  Whitefield Court, Waterford, High Sheriff, Co, Waterford, J.P., Co. Waterford. His mother is a granddaughter of Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. The Chavasse family originated from the borders of France and Savoy came to England to support the Jacobites during the 1715 rebellion.  Originally Catholic they converted and a branch of the family settled in Ireland concentrated around West Cork. Educated Cirencester Agricultural College, served 18 years in the British Army.  He married Judith Isobel Fleming, Newcourt, Skibbereen,  (1867-1935).  Her memoir and diaries now published.  Metrologist, cattle breeder, best bulls sold in Britain and Argentina.\

His wifes Memoir