[1] Subsequently, he represented Bandonbridge in the Irish House of Commons until 1790.
[1] In 1793, Bernard was raised to the peerage with the title Baron Bandon, of Bandonbridge, in the County of Cork,[3] and in 1795, he was further ennobled as Viscount Bandon, of Bandonbridge, in the County of Cork.
[4] On 29 August 1800, he was finally advanced to the dignities of Earl of Bandon and Viscount Bernard.
[5] Bernard was one of the twenty eight original Irish representative peers[6] and sat in the House of Lords between from 1801 until his death in 1830.
[2] He died aged 75 at Castle Bernard and was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son James.