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[[File:Elizabeth Agar by Philip Hussey.jpg|thumb|200px|The Countess of Brandon holding the Charters of [[Gowran]] and [[Thomastown, County Kilkenny|Thomastown]]. By [[Philip Hussey]].]]
'''Ellis Bermingham''' (1708-1789) was born in 1708 as Ellis (Elizabeth) Agar, daughter of [[James Agar (1672-1733)|James Agar]] MP of [[Gowran  Castle]], [[County  Kilkenny]] and his second wife 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.<ref>[http://thepeerage.com/p4176.htm thepeerage.com Ellis Agar, Countess of Brandon]</ref>
The Right Reverend [[Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton]], [[Archbishop of Dublin]], was Lady Brandon's nephew.
==Countesses of Brandon (1758)==
*Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon (1708–1789)
==See also==
*[[Viscount Mayo]]
*[[Baron Athenry]]
*[[Earl of Normanton]]
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