Thomas Eustace Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci


Thomas Eustace Vesey, 7th Viscount de Vesci of Abbeyleix, was born on 8 October 1955. He was the son of John Eustace Vesey, 6th Viscount de Vesci, and the former Susan Anne Armstrong-Jones, sister of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. He sold Abbeyleix Castle, saddled with £1.5 million in death duties, in 1994 to the financier Sir David Davies. He is nephew to Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and grand-nephew of Valentine Browne, 6th Earl of Kenmare.'
Despite the sale of Abbeyleix House and estate, Vesey continues to promote the heritage of the town. In 2012, he gave an interview about his family's connection to the town of Abbeyleix to Glenda Gilson for Irishheritagetowns.com.

Marriage and family

On 5 September 1987, he married Sita-Maria Arabella, daughter of Brian Michael Leese, later de Breffny, of Castletown Cox, County Kilkenny, an English genealogist, by his wife Maharaj Kumari Jyotsna Dutt, daughter of Maharajadhiraja Bahadur Sir Uday Chand Mahtab, last ruler of Burdwan Raj. They have three children:
  1. Hon. Damian John Vesey
  2. Hon. Cosima Frances Vesey, gave birth to a son with hotelier Andre Balazs, Ivo Vesey
  3. Hon. Oliver Ivo Vesey