Thom's Irish Who's Who/Spaight, Col. William Fitzhenry
SPAIGHT, Col. William Fitzhenry; retired R.E.; served in Egyptian Campaign, 1884-85; mentioned in despatches and brevet Lieut.-Col.; brevet. Col. 1889; retired, 1895; J.P. for County Cork; b. 1st Nov., 1842; son of Henry Spaight, Esq., of Ardnatagle, Co. Clare; m., 1st, 1868, Ellen (d. 1870), dau. of Thomas Crowe, Esq., of Dromore, Co. Clare; 2nd, 1878, Lucy, dau. of John Limerick, Esq., of Union Hall, Co. Cork; one son and two daus. Res.: Ardnatagle, O'Brien's Bridge, Co. Clare; Union Hall, Co. Cork. Shortfield House, Frenshara, Farnham, Surrey.