James Bernard (politician)
James Bernard was an Irish politician and ancestor of the Earls of Bandon.
He was the son of Major North Ludlow Bernard and his first wife Rose Echlin, and grandson of Francis Bernard, a Solicitor-General for Ireland and Member of Parliament and his wife Alice Ludlow. Bernard represented Cork County in the Irish House of Commons from 1781 until his death in 1790.
He married Esther Smyth, youngest daughter of Percy Smyth of Headborough, son of Sir Percy Smyth of Ballynatray, Co. Waterford. They had five daughters and a son, Francis, who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Earl of Bandon.
