page_title: Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon
hierarchical_section_title: Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Ellis Agar, Countess of Brandon, holding the Charters of Gowran and Thomas Town attrib. to Philip Hussey
context_page_description: Ellis Bermingham was born in 1708 as Ellis Agar, daughter of James Agar and Mary Wemyss. She married, first, Theobald Bourke, 7th Viscount Mayo, and after his death in 1742 married secondly Francis Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry. She had no issue by either marriage.
  In 1758 Ellis Bermingham was granted the title "Countess of Brandon, in the County of Kilkenny", a title in the Peerage of Ireland. The title became extinct on her death on 11 March 1789.
  The Right Reverend Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton, Archbishop of Dublin, was Lady Brandon's nephew.
context_section_description: Ellis Bermingham was born in 1708 as Ellis (Elizabeth) Agar, daughter of James Agar and Mary Wemyss.  She married, first (1726), Theobald Bourke, 7th Viscount Mayo, and after his death in 1742 married secondly (1745) Francis Bermingham, 14th Baron Athenry (1692–1750). She had no issue by either marriage.
  In 1758 Ellis Bermingham was granted (for life only) the title "Countess of Brandon, in the County of Kilkenny", a title in the Peerage of Ireland.  The title became extinct on her death on 11 March 1789.
  The Right Reverend Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton,  Archbishop of Dublin,  was Lady Brandon's nephew.
caption: The Countess of Brandon holding the Charters of Gowran and Thomastown. By Philip Hussey.
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