Captain Barry Nugent Yelverton, 5th Viscount Avonmore (11 February 1859 – 13 February 1885, Kirbekan) was an Irish nobleman and officer in the 37th Foot (the Hampshire Regiment from 1881). He was the son of Major William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore and Emily Marianne Ashworth. He died of enteric fever while serving in the Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

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A plaque commemorating him can be found in Winchester cathedral.

He was educated in the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He was Instructor of Musketry.