Wheeler-Cuffe Baronets
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The Wheeler-Denny-Cuffe, later Denny-Wheeler-Cuffe, later Wheeler-Cuffe Baronetcy, of Leyrath in the County of Kilkenny, was a title in the Baronetage of Ireland. It was created on 30 December 1800 for Jonah Wheeler-Denny-Cuffe. He later assumed the surname of Denny-Wheeler-Cuffe and served as Mayor of Kilkenny
in 1823. The second and third Baronet used the surname Wheeler-Cuffe only. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1934. The baronetcy was the last ever created in the Baronetage of Ireland.
Charlotte, Lady Wheeler-Cuffe, wife of the third Baronet, was a botanic artist and collector.
Kilkenny
Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...
in 1823. The second and third Baronet used the surname Wheeler-Cuffe only. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1934. The baronetcy was the last ever created in the Baronetage of Ireland.
Charlotte, Lady Wheeler-Cuffe, wife of the third Baronet, was a botanic artist and collector.
Wheeler-Denny-Cuffe, later Denny-Wheeler-Cuffe, later Wheeler-Cuffe Baronets, of Leyrath (1800)
- Sir Jonah Denny-Wheeler-Cuffe, 1st Baronet (c. 1769-1853)
- Sir Charles Frederick Denny Wheeler-Cuffe, 2nd Baronet (1832-1915)
- Sir Otway Fortescue Luke Wheeler-Cuffe, 3rd Baronet (1866-1934)