Career
He was wounded twice and mentioned in despatches, serving as a Major in the Royal Artillery. Their children William and Pamela were born there. However, in 1929 he sold Flowerhill House and 180 acres to John Walsh of Kylebrack.
Most of the estate had been bought out by tenants in 1903, and in 1934 he sold the remainder of the estate, which included Pallas Mansion, built on a twelve-acre site and with some five hundred acres of an estate, by his ancestor in the early 18th century.
Pamela (born 1921) served as Section Officer in the Women"s Auxiliary Air Force during World World War World War II She was alive as of 2003. Her brother, William, became the 13th Earl.