The most well-known, if not the most famous of all the family may well have been Sir Nugent Talbot Everard who was a Senator of the Irish Free State. In 1929 the passing of Sir Nugent Everard was noted by the members of the Senate, a number of whom in proposing a vote of regret at his passing spoke about his excellent qualities. Sir Grattan T. Esmonde, a Wexford Senator, in his seconding of the proposal stated ‘He was one for whom I had the greatest respect—I might almost say affection. He was one of the original members of the Seanad and I am very glad, for the Seanad’s own credit, that they re-elected him a member recently. I need not dilate upon his services to the country. He was a leading agriculturist and was the founder of the Irish tobacco industry. He was a member of a great many committees and associations, including the Agricultural Co-Operative Association, which is endeavoring to do so much for this country. We have lost a very distinguished man and a very noble patriot in Senator Sir Nugent Everard.’