Chairman of the Tullamore Union's Board of Guardians.
James Armstrong Berry of Irishtown, Eglish was born on the 13th July 1770, the 8th child and 4th son of Thomas and Frances Berry of Eglish. He lived for most of his life on the townland of Ballinagulna, about ½ a mile from Eglish in a small mill. He was a Captain in the Eglish Troop of Yeomanry in 1808. In 1818 he married Margaret. In the census of 1821 he describes himself as a farmer and miller. In March 1834 he was living in Parsontown (Birr). His eldest son William was born in 1819 and died on the 17th April 1850 at Mossfield.
Lady Beaujolois Eleanora Katherine Bury was the eldest daughter of Charles William Bury, 2nd earl of Charleville and his wife Harriet. She married Captain Hastings Dent of the Coldstream Guards in 1853.