Galway - Persse Abstracts, Walford's County Families

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PERSSE ABSTRACTS, WALFORD'S COUNTY FAMILIES

PERSSE, BURTON WALTER, Esq., of Moyode Castle, co. Galway

Eldest son of Burton Robert Parsons Persse, Esq., of Moyode
Castle, who d. 1885, by his 1st wife Madeline, dau. of the
late Col. William Persse, C.B., of the 16th Lancers; b.
1854; is J.P. for co. Galway. The late Mr. Persse was a J.P.
and D.L. for co. Galway (High Sheriff 1862). (Acres 6,400;
2,900l.)- Moyode Castle, Athenry, co. Galway.

Heir Pres., his brother Wm. Henry, b. 1857

PERSSE, HENRY SADLER, Esq., of Glenarde, and Kiltullagh, co. Galway.

Second son of the late Burton Persse, of Moyode Castle, co.
Galway, by Matilda, dau. of Henry Persse; b. 1832; m. 1862
Eleanor Alice, youngest dau. of Lieut.- Col. Thomas Seymour,
of Ballymore Castle, co. Galway (she d. 1890), and has issue
*William Henry (High Sheriff of Galway city 1888); b. 1863;
m. 1893 May, 2nd dau. of Col. Robert Ashworth Godolphin
Cosby, of Stradbally, Queen's Co., and has, with other
issue, *Burton Desmonde Seymour, b. 1894. Mr. Persse is a
J.P. for Galway (High Sheriff 1865). (Acres 808;
847l.)--Glenarde, Galway.

PERSSE, WILLIAM ARTHUR, Esq., of Roxborough, co. Galway.

Eldest son of Major William Norton Persse, D.L., of
Roxborough, who d. 1893, by Rose, dau. of the Rev. Arthur
Bennet Mesham, of Wootton Kent; b. 1863; m. 1894 Katharine
Ellen, dau. of Col. Henry John Wolstein Gehle, R.E., and has
a dau. Kathleen Mary. Educated at Westward Ho, and Royal
Mil. Academy, Woolwich, was a Capt. R.A., and is on roll for
H.S. of co. Galway, 1899.--Roxborough, co. Galway; Army and
Navy Club, s.w.


SOURCE:
Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom or Royal
Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England,
Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London, England: Chatto and
Windus, 1899.