some months before his death, but had appeared to recover. His death, at the family seat in Newtown, was sudden, and was generally believed to be suicide. Family William Cusack-Smith added his mother's surname to his own upon her death. He married Hester Fleetwood Berry (29 Jan 1762 – 4 Jun 1832), daughter of Thomas Berry of Eglish Castle, County Offaly and his wife and cousin Frances. They had four children: Sir Michael Cusack-Smith, 3rd Baronet (1793–1859) Thomas Cusack-Smith, who followed in his grandfather's footsteps to become Master of the Rolls in Ireland. Two daughters, Frances Mary Anne and Mary Anne Angelina, neither of whom married. Frances (Fanny) lived to be 94. Many of Hester's letters to members of her family, particularly her favourite brother Robert, survive. Publications The Patriot, or Political Essays, 1793. The Anonymous, Volume I, 1810. The Anonymous, Volume II, 1810. The Maze, a poem, 1815. Tracts upon the Union, 1831. Metaphysic Rambles, 1835. Ramble On; or dialogue the second between Warner Search, and Peter Peeradeal, 1835. Another stroll, being the third, of W.C.S. and his alter idem friend P.P., 1836 The Goblins of Neapolis, 1836. Arms References 1766 births 1836 deaths People educated at Eton College Baronets in the Baronetage of Ireland Fellows of the Royal Society Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 People from Rathfarnham Solicitors-General for Ireland Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Longford constituencies Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies