Derrick Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore

Derrick Warner William Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore (born February 7, 1853 in Dublin , † January 31, 1921 , Rossmore Park, County Monaghan ) was a British nobleman and politician.

Derrick Westenra was a son of Henry Westenra, 3rd Baron Rossmore , and his second wife Josephine Julia Helen (nee Lloyd). He had five siblings, three brothers and two sisters. He attended rugby school and then became an officer.

In 1874 he inherited the title of Baron Rossmore from his older brother Henry, who died childless . As such, he was a member of the House of Lords . Furthermore, Westenra acted as Justice of the Peace and held the office of Lord Lieutenant of County Monaghan between 1887 and 1921. Westenra was Grand Master of the Orange Order for Monaghan.

In 1882 he married Mittie Naylor. The marriage resulted in a daughter and two sons. His daughter Mary married the South African businessman Abe Bailey in 1911 and later made a name for herself as an aviator.

In 1912 he published his autobiography Things I Can Tell . He died in 1921. His eldest son William inherited the title .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Entry in the National Portrait Gallery
2. ↑ Derrick Westenra, 5th Baron Rossmore: Things I Can Tell (1912)
3. ↑ ^{a b} D.R. Fisher [Ed.]: Entry on Henry Robert Westenra in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832 (2009)
4. ↑ Jonathan Bardon: A History of Ulster. Blackstaff, Belfast 1992, ISBN 0-85640-466-7 , p. 373.
5. ^ Charles Fanning: Mapping Norwood: An Irish American Memoir (2010)
6. ↑ Article on Mary Bailey in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
7. ↑ Thomas Pinney [Ed.]: The Letters of Rudyard Kipling: 1911-19 (1999)
8. ↑ William Matthews [Ed.]: British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published or Written Before 1951 (1984)

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry Westenra	Baron Rossmore 1874-1921	William Westenra