Background
BUNBURY, Vesey Thomas was born on September 25, 1859. 2nd son of late Right Reverend Thomas Bunbury, D. D., Lord Bishop of Limerick. In. 1904, Honourable Daisy Carleton, daughter of Baroness Dorchester, g.v.
BUNBURY, Vesey Thomas was born on September 25, 1859. 2nd son of late Right Reverend Thomas Bunbury, D. D., Lord Bishop of Limerick. In. 1904, Honourable Daisy Carleton, daughter of Baroness Dorchester, g.v.
Studied at St. Columba’s College Company Dublin. 2nd Lieutenant 35th Foot, 1879. 2nd Lieutenant The Buffs, 1879.
Captain, The Buffs, 1887. Captain, The Leicestershire Regiment, 1887. BrevetMajor, 1897; Major, 1900.
Adjutant 2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, 1891-1895. Served in Burma, 1889, in command of a column of mounted infantry (medal and clasp). Throughout Soudan campaigns, 1896-1899 (Soudan medal and 6 clasps, British Soudan medal, Brevet-Major, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 3rd class Medjidie).
Lieutenant-Colonel, 1906. Coronation medal, 1902. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1898; The Leicestershire Regiment.
Club : United Service.
Colonel.