BRUEN, Francis (1793-1867), of Coolbawn House, Enniscorthy, co. Wexford of 17 Carlton House Terrace, London, Mdx.

b. 1793,F. Boase, Modern English Biography, iv. 526. His year of birth has been recorded as 1800 (more than four years after his father’s death). His presence at Eton in 1805 tends to confirm that he was born around 1793: Gent. Mag. (1868), i. 122; H.E.C. Stapylton, The Eton School Lists, from 1791 to 1850 (2nd edn., 1864), 50. 3^rd s. of Henry Bruen MP [I], of Oak Park, co. Carlow (d. 1795), and Henrietta Dorothea, da. of Francis Knox, of Rappa Castle, co. Mayo; bro. of Henry Bruen MP. educ. Eton 1805-8; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 22 Oct. 1812; BA 1816; MA 1820. m. July 1823, Catherine Anne, 2^nd da. of George Frederick Nugent MP [I], 7^th earl of Westmeath. d. s.p. 15 Dec. 1867.