The Lowry Family
Albert John Lowry
1863/4, in county Meath, Ireland
Joseph Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
Emma Eliza Olivia Lewis on 24
October 1889, in Dublin, county Dublin, Ireland.
Albert John Lowry, esquire, is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son
of Joseph Lowry, esquire. Albert's residence is Bachelor's Lodge, Navan.
Emma Olivia Lewis is recorded as a spinster, of full age, the daughter of
Thomas Lewis. She is resident at 63 S. Circular Road, Dublin, and
Moyfeigher, county Meath.
Emma was born on 19 June 1865 at Moyfeigher, Athboy, county Meath, the
daughter of Thomas Lewis and Louisa Jane Spinks. She died on 9 May 1935, at
Bachelor's Lodge, Scallanstown, Liscaran, county Meath, of hemiplegia and
cardiac failure, aged 69. At her death, Emma is described as the widow of a
landed proprietor.
Census:
1901:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1911:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
Farmer,
auctioneer and cattle salesman
Albert
initially worked on his father's stud farm at Bachelors Lodge. He owned and
Horseracing
History
Online notes that "Joseph Lowry's son Albert was a major force in the
breeding operation". Albert owned Bachelor's Mark which won the opening race
of the first ever meeting at the Navan Racecourse on the Proudstown road.
Albert's most successful stud was named Tredennis. When he bought Tredennis
in about 1892, Albert was noted as being of "Oatlands Stud and Bachelor's
Lodge". Albert bought Tredennis, who had failed as a racer, finishing
unplaced in the three races in which he was entered for £100. Tredennis
started his stud career at a fee of £5. He got few mares at first, most
belonging to Albert and his father. In his third crop of 1906 he sired
Bachelor's Double, winner of the Irish Derby and eight other races, and from
there he had a
spectacular stud career, eventually siring the winners of 480 races.
At his height Tredennis's stud fee ran up to 200 guineas and in 1926 he was
top of the broodmare sire list in England.
At his daughter Narah's birth in 1894, Albert is listed as an auctioneer and
cattle salesman. In the probate
of his father's will, Albert is referred to as a Justice of the Peace.
1890: Antlestown, Navan, county Meath (Birth
record of daughter Eileen)
1894: Castlemartin, Navan, county Meath (Will
of James Traynor)
1894: Castlemartin Cottage, Navan, county Meath (Birth
record of daughter Norah)
1898: Oatlands, Navan, county Meath (Birth
record of son Joseph)
1911:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
Albert Lewis Lowry
21 January 1907, at Oatlands, Navan,
county Meath, Ireland
Albert Lewis was born on Twenty first January 1907 at Oatlands Navan, the
son of Albert John Lowry, farmer of Oatlands, Navan, and Emma Olivia Lowry
formerly Lewis.
Albert
John
Lowry
Emma Eliza Olivia (Lewis) Lowry
1911:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
Arthur Ernest Kilroy Lowry
3 June 1871, at Headfort Place Kells,
county Meath, Ireland
Arthur Ernest Kilroy was born on Third June 1871 at Headfort Place, Kells,
the son of Joseph Lowry, hotel keeper of Headfort Place, Kells, and Mary
Jane Lowry formerly Kilroy.
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
1872, in Kells district, county
Meath, Ireland
Charles James Lowry
5 November 1865, at the Headfort Arms
Hotel, Kells, county Meath, Ireland
Charles James is recorded as born on Fifth November 1865 at Headfort Place,
Kells, the son of Joseph Lowry, hotel keeper, of Kells, and Mary Jane Lowry
formerly Kilroy
The
Cork Examiner, 8 November 1865
BIRTHS.
Nov. 5, at the Headfort Arms Hotel, Kells, county Meath, the wife of
Joseph Lowry, Esq., of a son.
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
Raby Georgina Clarke in 1892, in Paddington
district, London, England.
Raby was born on 22 April 1866, at 46 Longwood Avenue, Dublin, county
Dublin, the daughter of William Clarke, a portrait painter of 46 Longwood
Avenue and Raby Clarke formerly McEnery. She was baptised on 30 August 1866
in St Peter, Dublin.
Census:
1901:
Athlumney Rural, Athlumney, county
Meath
1911: 19
Pembroke Street, Dublin, county Dublin
The 1911 census notes that this marriage had 3 children all of whom were
still living in 1911.
Auctioneer (1901, 1913) and
Sub-Sheriff (1911)
21 August 1916, in Tramore, county
Waterford, Ireland, aged 52
Charles J. Lowry is recorded as married, an auctioneer, aged 52. The cause
of death is listed as cirrhosis of the liver, perihepatitis and cholæmia, of
25 days duration.
granted 19 March 1917, to Samuel
Barriscale and Patrick Tallan
Ireland
Calendar of Wills 1917 p428
Lowry
Charles James. 19 March. Probate of the Will of Charles
James Lowry late of The Cottage Navan County Meath Auctioneer who died 21 August 1916 granted at Dublin
to Samuel Barriscale Accountant and Patrick Tallan Solicitor
Effects under £4,849 7s. 3d. Resworn £5,131 7s. 3d
1894: Knockumber, Navan, county Meath (birth
record of daughter Raby)
1901:
Athlumney Rural, Athlumney, county
Meath
1911: Athlumney
Rural, Athlumney, county
Meath
1916: The Cottage, Navan, county Meath (Ireland
Calendar of Wills 1917 p428)
Charles George Mandeville Trevor Lowry
27 October 1899, at Cottage,
Athlumney, Navan, county Meath, Ireland
Charles George Mandeville Trevor was born on Twentyseventh Ocyober 1899 at
Cottage, Athlumney, Navan, the son of Charles J. Lowry, an auctioneer of
Cottage, Athlumney, Navan, and Raby Georgina Lowry formerly Clarke
Charles
James Lowry
Raby Georgina (Clarke) Lowry
Eileen May Murdock on 23 August
1933 in Zion church, Zion, Dublin, Ireland
Charles George Lowry is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son of
Charles Joseph Lowry (deceased), an auctioneer. Charles is an insurance
inspector, resident at the White Horse Hotel in Drogheda. Eileen May Murdock
is recorded as a spinster, of full age, the daughter of Robert Murdock,
merchant. Eileen is resident at 13 Fairfield Park, Rathgar. The marriage was
witnessed by Estille Murdock and Albert Lowry.
Eileen was born on 21 August 1905, in South Quay, Drogheda, county Louth,
the daughter of Robert Murdock, a merchant resident at South Quay, and Edith
Susana Murdock formerly Chambers.
Census:
1911: 7
South Quay, St Mary's, Drogheda , county Louth
Insurance Inspector
Charles was a cadet, commissioned as
a temporary second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment on 3 March 1919 (London Gazette 29 April 1919 p5490).
1901:
Athlumney Rural, Athlumney, county
Meath
Charlotte Dorothy Lowry
1902, in Navan district, county
Meath, Ireland
Albert
John
Lowry
Emma Eliza Olivia (Lewis) Lowry
1911:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
Edith Matilda Lowry
30 June 1869, at Headfort Place
Kells, county Meath, Ireland
Edith Matilda was born on Thirtieth June 1869 at Headfort Place, Kells, the
daughter of Joseph Lowry, hotel keeper of Headfort Place, Kells, and Mary
Jane Lowry formerly Hannon
Kilroy.
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
1874, in Kells district, county
Meath, Ireland, aged 4
Eileen Mary Lowry
3 November 1890, in Antlestown,
Navan, county Meath, Ireland
Eileen Mary is recorded as born on Third November 1890 at Antlestown Navan,
the daughter of Albert John Lowry, a gentleman of Antlestown Navan, and Emma
Olivia Lowry formerly Lewis.
Albert John
Lowry
Emma Eliza Olivia (Lewis) Lowry
14 February 1898, at Castlemartin,
Navan, county Meath, aged 7 years and 3 months, the daughter of a cattle
salesmaster. The cause of death is listed as a volvulus of the small
intestine of duration 36 hours, laparotomy surgical shock of duration 6
hours.
1901:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1911:
The French School, Sidmonton Terrace, Bray, county Wicklow
George Herbert Lowry
6 December 1872, in Kells district,
county Meath, Ireland
George Herbert was born on Sixth December 1872 in Kells, the son of Joseph
Lowry, gentleman farmer of Kells, and Mary Jane Lowry formerly Kilroy.
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
Margaret Eliza (Millar) Irwin on 15
March 1899, in the Presbyterian church, Rathfarnham, county Dublin, Ireland.
George Herbert Lowry is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son of
Joseph Lowry, sub-sheriff. Joseph is a farmer, resident at Bachelor's Lodge,
Navan, county Meath. Margaret Eliza Irwin (née Millar) is recorded as a
widow, of full age, the daughter of J. S. Millar, merchant. She is resident
at Richview, Dublin. The marriage was witnessed by Lara Weir Millar and
Henry Edgar Lowry.
Margaret was born in 1866/7, in Dublin, the daughter of J.S. Millar. She
married, firstly _____ Irwin.
Census & Addresses:
1911:
Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath
1945: Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath (The
Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, 1945 vol 79 p127)
Farmer (1899); Rate collector
(1900, 1902, 1911)
1899: Bachelor's Lodge, Navan, county Meath (Ireland
civil records Marriages 1873 Rathfarnham #35)
1900: Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath (Ireland
civil records Births 1900 Rathmines #381)
1902: Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath (Ireland
civil records Births 1902 Kells #202)
1911:
Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath
George Trevor Lowry
20 April 1906, at Headfort Place,
Kells, county Meath, Ireland
George Trevor was born on Twentieth April 1906 at Headfort Place, the son of
George Herbert Lowry, gentleman of Headfort Place, Kells, and Margaret
Lowry, formerly Millar.
George
Herbert
Lowry
Margaret Eliza (Millar, Irwin) Lowry
Academical Institute, Coleraine,
then Trinity College, Dublin graduating with a B.A. in 1927 and LL.B. in
1929. (Trinity College, Dublin), Barrister at Law (King's Inns Dublin)
Lawyer and magistrate.
George was admitted as a barrister-at-Law by King's Inn, Dublin in 1933. He
joined the Colonial Legal Service and served in Nigeria as a cadet in the
Administrative Service in 1930, Assistant District Officer in 199 and
magistrate in 1936. In 1940 he was appointed resident magistrate in
Victoria, Hong Kong.
The Colonial Legal Service List 1945 issue
172 p31
LOWRY, George Trevor, B.A., LL.B. (Dublin).
B. 1906. Police Magistrate, Nigeria.
Barrister-at-Law (King's Inn, Dublin, 1931).
Official Service:—Nigeria: Cadet,
Administrative Service, 1930. Assistant District Officer, 1933.
Magistrate, 1936.
25 December 1941, near Stanley,
Hong Kong during the Battle
of Hong Kong, aged 35
George volunteered as a private in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.
Hong Kong was attacked by Japanese forces on 8 December 1941. British forces
retreated to Stanley Fort, and surrendered in the afternoon of 25 December.
George is recorded as missing, presumed killed, in the area of Stanley
village.
The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal,
1945 vol 79 p127
DEATHS.
LOWRY—George Trevor Lowry (late Magistrate, Hong Kong), killed in action
in the Volunteer Defence Force, Hong Kong, younger son of Mrs. G. H.
Lowry, Headfort Place, Kells, Co. Meath, and the late George H. Lowry.
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The Sai Wan Memorial forms the entrance to
Sai Wan War Cemetery, Hong Kong, and bears the names of more than
2,000 Commonwealth servicemen who died in the Battle of Hong Kong,
or subsequently in captivity, who have no known grave.
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George's name is memorialised on
the Sai Wan Memorial, column 34
1911:
Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath
Gladys Mary Agnes (Lowry) Colquhoun
27 August 1902, in Headfort Place,
Kells, county Meath, Ireland
Gladys Mary Agnes was born on Twenty Seventh August 1902 at Headfort Place,
the daughter of George Herbert Lowry, rate collector of Headfort Place,
Kells, and Margaret Lowry, formerly Millar.
George
Herbert
Lowry
Margaret Eliza (Millar, Irwin) Lowry
Trinity College Dublin,
graduating with a B.A.
William Colquhoun on 4 September
1925 in the parish church, Kells, county Meath, Ireland
William Colquhoun is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son of Rev.
William Colquhoun. The groom's profession is given as M.B. Belfast, and he
is resident at 29 Wellington St., Belfast. Gladys Mary Agnes Lowry is
recorded as a spinster, of full age, the daughter of George H. Lowry. Her
profession is given as B.A.T.C.D. and he is resident at Headfort Place,
Kells, county Meath. The marriage was witnessed by George H. Lowry and John
S. Campbell.
William was born on 22 July 1899, at 29 Wellington Park, Belfast, Ireland,
the son of William Colquhoun and Florence Workman. He joined the Royal Navy
during the First World War.
Brothers in Arms -
Fitzroy Presbyterian Church
William
Colquhoun was born in 1899 and joined the Queen’s University Officer
Training Corps on 13th November 1915 (on the same day as his neighbour
and friend, Alexander Dunn Patton) and left the OTC in March 1918, when
he joined the RNVR. William Colquhoun did his basic naval training on HMS Hermione, a depot base in
Southampton, and served on Motor Launch 575 (HMS Victory shore base) and
Motor Launch 348 (HMS Vigorous, a depot base in Larne). William
Colquhoun was demobilised in February 1919 and he rejoined the Officer
Training Corps when he resumed his academic career.
Census & Addresses:
1911: 29
Wellington Park, Shankhill, Belfast, county Antrim
1925: 29 Wellington St., Belfast, county Antrim (Ireland
civil records Marriages 1925 Kells #3)
1911:
Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath
1925: Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath (Ireland
civil records Marriages 1925 Kells #3)
Helen Gertrude (Lowry, Fleming) Smithwick
29 August 1878, in Kells, county
Meath, Ireland
Helen Gertrude was born on August Twenty ninth 1878 in Kells, the daughter
of Joseph Lowry, saloonmaster of Kells, and Mary Jane Lowry formerly Kilroy.
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
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Cyril Francis Fleming
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Cyril Francis Fleming on 28
March 1900, in the parish church of St Mary, Dublin, county Dublin, Ireland.
Cyril Francis Fleming is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son of
Thomas Fleming, county inspector R.I.C.. Cyril is a district inspector
R.I.C., resident in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. Helen Gertude Lowry is
recorded as a spinster, of full age, the daughter of Joseph Lowry,
gentleman. She is resident at Bachelor's Lodge, Navan. The marriage was
witnessed by S. J. Hannon and G. G. G. Loch.
Cyril was born on 26 March 1875, at St James Place, Fermoy, county Cork, the
son of Thomas Fleming and Frances E. Cronyn. Cyril was appointed a cadet in
the Royal Irish Constabulary on 22 July 1896 (London Gazette 24 July 1896 p4209). He was
a District Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary at his marriage in
1900. In 1907 Cyril wrote an article on Hunting
in Kilkenny, published in The Badminton
Magazine of Sports and Pastimes. Cyril joined the Irish
Guards as a captain in 1915 (London Gazette 7 December 1915 p12293), and
served in France. He was promoted to major on 5 March 1916 (London Gazette 23 May 1916 p5181). In
December 1919 Major Cyril Francis Fleming was appointed to organise the
recruitment drive for the RIC. Fleming set up an office in London, based in
New Scotland Yard. He recruited both for the so called Black & Tans, and
for the Auxiliaries Cyril relinquished his commission in the Irish Guards on
1 April 1920, retaining the rank of major (London Gazette 4 March 1921 p1882). On 31
July 1924 Cyril was appointed from the reserve of officers to be
brigade-major of the 4th London Infantry Brigade (London Gazette 15 August 1924 p6138),
serving in that post until 1929. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of
Cornwall in 1938 (London Gazette 4 February 1938 p738).
Western Morning News, 5 February 1938
(Plymouth, Devon)
Maj.
C. F. Fleming has been in the county only eight years, but has thrown
himself wholeheartedly into public service during that period. He has
represented Mylor division on the County Council, in succession to Capt.
C. H. Tremayne, of Carclew, for three years, and was a valued member of
Truro Rural Council, but his main activities have been associated with
the Territorial Army Association.
He is vice-chairman of that body, having been elected to that
office when Lieut.-Col. E. H. W. Bolitho became Lord-Lieutenant of
Cornwall and automatically president of the association and for five or
six years he has proved himself as able successor to the late Col. John
Jeffery as chairman of Building and Ranges Committee.
A native of Ireland, Maj. Fleming started life as a cadet in the
Royal Irish Constabulary, and served through all the officer grades up
to the rank of County Inspector, which was equivalent to Chief
Constable, until the abolition of that force in 1922. On the outbreak of
war he was adjutant and second-in-command of the Royal Irish
Constabulary training depot at Phoenix Park, Dublin, and transferred to
the Irish Guards as a captain in 1915, being promoted to major the
following year.
He served in France with the 1st Battn. Irish Guards, and from
1917 to 1919 was second-in-command of the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion at
home. He was appointed to the Reserve of Officers, Irish Guards, in
1921, was Assistant Commandant of the Military Camp, Wembley, for the
British Empire Exhibition in 1924, and the same year was appointed
brigade-major of the 4th London Infantry Brigade, T.A. (the Grey
Brigade), under the command of the Regimental Lieutenant-Colonel, Irish
Guards, holding that post until 1928, when he retired and settled in
Cornwall in 1930.
In 1926 Cyril married Bridget Eblana Harriet Tremayne in Paddington
district, London. He died on 27 September 1957, in Truro
district, Cornwall, aged 82
The Times, 28 September 1957 (London)
COLONEL C. F. FLEMING
Colonel Cyril Francis Fleming died yesterday at his home in
Cornwall at the age of 82. The son of Thomas Fleming, of Dublin, he was
educated at The Abbey, Tipperary, and in 1896 he joined the Royal Irish
Constabulary as a cadet. In 1915 he joined the Irish Guards and served
with special reserve until 1919. He was promoted to county inspector in
the R.I.C. in 1921, and from 1924 until 1929 he was brigade major of the
4th London Infantry Brigade. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of
Cornwall in 1938 and he served on the county council for 20 years from
1935. He was for many years vice-chairman of the Cornwall T.A.
Association, and had been colonel commandant of the Cornwall cadets,
chairman of the Cornwall Army Cadet Force committee, and chairman of the
Falmouth Lifeboat committee.
He married in 196 Bridget Eblana, daughter of Captain W. F.
Tremayne, who survives him with a daughter.
Census & Addresses:
1901:
Chall Street, Jerpoint Church, county Kilkenny
1911:
Newtown, Thomastown, county Kilkenny
1938: Weston, Trefusis, Flushing, Falmouth, Cornwall (London Gazette 4 February 1938 p738)
Helen and Cyril were divorced in 1921.
Western Daily Press, 1 July 1921 (Bristol,
Somerset)
In the
Divorce Court, yesterday, Mr. Justice Horridge granted the undefended
petition of Major Cyril Francis Fleming (now retired) for the
dissolution of his marriage because of misconduct between his wife,
Helen Gertrude Fleming, and the co-respondent, Mr George Smithwick.
Mr Cotes Preedy (for the petitioner) said there had been a claim
for damages, but petitioner had no desire to profit by his wife, and an
agreement had been drawn up whereby co-respondent had settled £1,000 on
the wife.
His lordship, on reading the agreement entered into, pointed out
that the settlement was subject to the condition that within six months
of the decree being made absolute by Mrs Flemings shall have married
co-respondent or refused to have married, or married another man.
Mr Acton Pill (for the co-respondent) said his client was anxious
to marry the lady, and there had been a will made in her favour.
NOT DEFINITELY SETTLED
Mr Cotes Preedy said he was given to understand that the £1,000
was definitely settled on Mrs Fleming.
His Lordship: No, it is not; and the claim for damages has been
struck out, and if the woman did not marry co-respondent the latter was
not bound to do anything for her.
Petitioner (who was in the box) said he was not aware that was
the effect of the settlement.
His Lordship: It cannot be helped now for that apparently has
been done. You appreciate that.
Petitioner said that he did. He added that he was married in 1900
and lived with his wife in Ireland.
At Thomastown, Kilkenny, they made the acquaintance of the
co-respondent in the hunting field.
His Lordship: What was he?—Nothing particular. I think he was
principally concerned with horses.
Witness added that they became friendly.
“BEEN IN LOVE FOR YEARS.”
In 1916 he joined the Army and in 1918 received a letter from his
wife, saying:—“My dear Cyril,—The only thing I can do is to tell you
exactly the truth, and that I am no longer fit to be your wife, and
don’t wish to be, as I have been in love with George Smithwick for a
number of years, and he with me for longer—for at least 13 years, and I
have lived with him as his wife, and wish to marry him.
“If you won’t divorce me it means years of misery for
everyone, as George and I will go off somewhere and live together, as I
won’t be separated from him any longer.
“I have held out now for years and fought against it, but I can’t
resist it any longer, and want to have a few happy years before I die.
As you say you have not the affection for me a man should have for his
wife, I can’t see why you want to keep me tied to you and ruining my
happiness.
“I don’t want you to go off abroad or ruin your career. No one in
London knows me, and you would not suffer in any way. It is I who would
get all the mud thrown at me, but I am willing to risk all that for my
freedom to marry George.
“TO TAKE ALL BLAME AND SCORN.”
In another letter she said: “It is foolish of you to talk of
lying and going to France. I don’t want you to do any such thing, but do
take a sensible view of our case and put yourself in my place. I am now
nearly 39, and have not many more years to enjoy. I have loved George
since first I met him, and I am willing to take all the blame and scorn
that you say I will get from women if you will only divorce me and let
me marry him. It is 12 years now since he and I have been as man and
wife. Your career would not suffer in any way, as a man never does
suffer. It would only want the moral courage and be over in nine days,
but after I have told you all this you will see how impossible it will
be for me to go and live in London and give George up.
“I am happy pottering about with a horse and a dog, and would be
miserable in town. You may have respect and affection for me, but no
love, so I ask you to please divorce me quickly and not to talk of going
to France, as none of your friends would think twice about it.
“It has always been about your ambition to stay on in the Army,
which you can do. If our case was a stranger’s, what view would you take
of it? You could never either respect me or want to have me in the same
house with you, and even if I did live with you I should be perfectly
miserable.”
A valet and chambermaid from the Grand Hotel, London, proved that
the respondent and co-respondent stayed there for nine days.
Both witnesses remembered the incident because co-respondent went
off without giving either a tip. (Laughter.)
A decree nisi, with costs, was granted.
George Joseph Smithwick in
1922, in Chelsea
district, London, England
George was born on 7 December 1875, in Orchardton, Kilkenny, county
Kilkenny, the son of Daniel O'Connell Smithwick and Louisa Caroline Walmesby. He was
educated at Downside
school in Somerset. George was a member of the famous Smithwick's
brewing family of county Kilkenny, but he preferred horses to the family
business, and was manager of the Gilltown thoroughbred stud in county
Kildare, owned by Lord Furness and bought by the Aga Khan on Lord Furness's
death. George died on 29 April 1943 in Gilltown, Kilcullen, county Kildare,
aged 67. His cause of death was listed as lobar pneumonia and valvular heart
disease. He is buried in Newbridge cemetery, county Kildare.
Catholics of Consequence: Transnational Education,
Social Mobility, and the Irish Catholic Elite 1850-1900 p143
(Ciaran O'Neill, 2014)
Two members
of the Smithwick brewing family of Co. Kilkenny also attended Downside,
George Joseph Smithwick (Downside: 1890) and Alfred Smithwick (Downside:
1892). Being born to a family of energetic industrialists did not always
guarantee a work ethic in the next generation. When cited as a
co-respondent in a rather ugly divorce case in London in 1921 George
Smithwick would see his character and industriousness being extensively
scrutinized. When the aggrieved husband, a Mr Fleming, was asked what
Smithwick's occupation was he answered ‘nothing in particular, I think
that he was principally interested in horses’. Indeed Smithwick had
worked intermittently and managed a stud in Kildare for Lord Furness,
which was later bought out by the Aga Khan, who, unconcerned with his
infidelites of old, kept Smithwick on as a manager.
Double Exposure: A Twin Autobiography p205
(Gloria Vanderbilt, Thelma Lady Furness, 1958)
Duke and
I went over to Ireland for the Dublin Horse Show and the Phoenix Park
races. He also wanted to show me Guildtown, a thoroughbred stud farm he
owned near Dublin. Duke took a great deal of interest in the stud. It
was his knowledge of breeding as well as that of George Smithwick, his
able stud manager, that made Guildtown one of the best and more
profitable studs of the day. For years it topped the sales at Doncaster
in England. I believe it was in 1927 that Dorothy Paget bought one of
Duke’s yearlings for the staggering figure of 17,000 pounds, at that
time the highest price ever paid for a yearling.
The late Aga Khan bought Guildtown from the estate shortly after
Duke’s death
After the death of her second
husband, George Smithwick, who was the stud manager at Gilltown Stud, Helen
took over that role as stud manager. She had previously demonstrated her
abilities in the field:
Production under Fire p120 (Captain Spencer
Freeman, 1967)
In
mating the Furness mares George took council from his wife Nellie
(Helen) who was a great authority on the Stud Book; Nellie also had a
priceless instinct when it came to bloodstock breeding. Mrs Smithwick
also rode fast to hounds and was never more than a field or so
behind—she had a great eye for country. Before Prince Aly bought
Gilltown George Smithwick died and on completion of the purchase, Nellie
was installed as local Manager of the Stud in which capacity she reigned
for many years
During the Easter
Rising of 1916, both Helen and George Smithwick were shot while
returning in a motorcar from the Fairyhouse Races. George was shot in the
head, but the impact of the bullet was lessened by his bowler hat, which he
kept ever afterwards as a souvenir of his luck escape. Helen, then still
married to Cyril Fleming but living with George, received a bullet wound in
the arm in the same incident (Easter
Week in Kilkenny, April 1916 by Florence Hackett)
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Headstone of Helen Gertrude (Lowry,
Fleming) Smithwick and George Joseph Smithwick in Newtbridge
cemetery, county Kildare
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5 June 1966
Newbridge cemetery, county Kidare,
Ireland
The headstone reads:
In Memory / Of / My Beloved Husband / George
Smithwick / Born Dec. 3rd 1875 / Died April 29th 1943
Also His Beloved Wife Helen / Born Aug. 29th 1879 Died June 5th 1966
Census:
1901:
Foulkstown, Outrath, county Kilkenny
1911:
Newtownshea, Earlstown, county Kilkenny
1901:
Chall Street, Jerpoint Church, county Kilkenny
1911:
Newtownshea, Earlstown, county Kilkenny
In the 1911 census, Gertrude is a visitor at the home of Louisa Smithwick.
Also at the house at that time was Louisa's son, George Smithwick. In 1921,
George was named as co-respondent in the divorce, and Helen married George
in 1922.
Henry Edgar Lowry
1874/5, in county Meath, Ireland
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
Trinity College Dublin,
graduating with a B.A. in 1900
Lawyer
The Irish Law Times and solicitors' journal, vol 36
21 June 1902 p234
CALLS TO THE
OUTER BAR.
The following gentlemen have been called
to the Outer Bar :-
Henry Edgar Lowry, B.A., T.C.D., youngest son of Joseph Lowry, of
Bachelor's Lodge, Navan, in the County of Meath, Esq. Certificate signed
by Molyneux Barton, Esq. Proposed by the Right Honourable the Lord Chief
Baron.
1901:
Scallanstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
Hubert Steen Kilroy Lowry
22 January 1900, in Dublin South
district, county Dublin, Ireland
Hubert Steen Kilroy was born on Twenty Second January 1900 at 14 Wucton (?)
Ave, the son of George Herbert Lowry, rate collector of Headfort Place,
Kells, and Margaret Eliza Lowry, formerly Millar.
George Herbert
Lowry
Margaret Eliza (Millar, Irwin) Lowry
Jocelyn Ruth Beere on 30
September 1930 in the parish church, Kells, county Meath, Ireland
Herbert Steen Kilroy Lowry is recorded as a bachelor, aged 30, the son of
George H. Lowry, M.I.A.A. law agent. Herbert is a medical dr. L.R.C. P.S.A.,
resident at The Elms, Hucclecote, nr. Gloucester, England. Jocelyn Ruth
Beere is recorded as a spinster, aged 24, the daughter of Francis J. A.
Beere, clerk in holy orders, rector of Kells. Jocelyn is resident at The
Rectory, Kells, Co. Meath. The marriage was witnessed by Thekla June Beere
and Andrew Nigel Dixon.
Jocelyn was born on 24 April 1906 in Streete, county Westmeath, the daughter
of Francis John Armstrong Beere and Lucy Maud Potterton. She was known as
Joy. Joy was the sister of Thekla
Beere who became the first woman to become secretary of a government
department in Ireland when, in 1959, she was promoted to run the Department
of Transport & Power. A biography of Thekla provides some colour to
Joy's upbringing:
No Coward Soul: A Biography of Thekla Beere
p3 (Anna Bryson, 2009)
Life in the
Beere household was, not surprisingly, dominated by church-related
activities. Reports in local diocesan magazines testify to Lucie Beere’s
involvement in the Mothers’ Union and to her role in raising funds for
the local church. Both Thekla and Jocelyn played the organ at church
functions and were frequently listed in the Church
of Ireland Gazette as prizewinners at religious knowledge
examinations. The Beere children were taught to play the piano and
Thekla fondly recalled family sing-songs at the vicarage. Indeed her
private correspondence testifies to a warm and loving relationship with
her parents. Her childhood notes include an affectionate letter sent to
her father from boarding school in 1916. Addressing him as ‘my darling
daddy’, she congratulated him on his forty-sixth birthday and added: ‘I
hope mother has made you a good cake – even in Lent – war-time too – and
that you will get for presents just whatever you most wish for.’ She
went on to reassure him that the sermons she had heard thus far in
Dublin were far inferior to his: Mr Kennedy’s sermon was well delivered,
but it was very evident to me that he had been reading ‘The Great War’ –
the little Band of Hope book, for all he said was word for word what I
had been reading in it with Joy.
... (p4)
Thekla reflected that her childhood was nevertheless quite lonely as she
was too weak to attend the local school and was thus forced to create
much of her own entertainment. Together with Joy, she founded and edited
The Kilbrixie Family Storyteller:
‘We had our own magazine, to which various other children and parents
used to contribute: it had stories, competitions, all sorts of things.’
... (p7)
Joy treasured her British identity and departed for Gloucestershire in
the 1930s. Renowned as a local beauty, she had married Dr Hubert Lowry
of Kells, Co. Meath in September 1930.
Joy became a magistrate in Gloucestershire. She died in 1980, in Northampton
district, Northamptonshire.
Census & Addresses:
1911:
Ballyclamay, Forgney, county Longford
1930: The Rectory, Kells, county Meath (marriage record)
Physician
16 July 1964, in Gloucester
Rural district, Gloucestershire, England, aged 64
British Medical Journal 5 September 1864
p637
H. S. K.
LOWRY, L.R.C.P.&S.I. & L.M.
Dr. H. S. K. Lowry, always known as Hubert to
his many friends, died on 16 July at the age of 64 after a long and
distressing illness.
Hubert Steen Kilroy Lowry came from
Kells, Co. Meath. He went to Coleraine Royal School and then proceeded
to Trinity College, Dublin, and qualified at the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland in 1925. After qualification he held the post of
resident medical officer at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital.
He came to England in 1928 after
spending a year as a ship surgeon, and was for a short while in general
practice in Southport. He then joined Dr. Moore and Dr. Foster in
practice at Hucclecote, Gloucester, then a rural area but soon to become
a thickly populated suburban district as the result of the rapid growth
of the local aircraft - industry. The practice he entered, then only a
small nucleus, he built up until it eventually embraced seven partners
at the time of his retirement. Before the second world war he was for
some years an honorary anaesthetist at the Gloucestershire Royal
Infirmary and Eye Institution.
Always a keen and loyal supporter of
the B.M.A., it gave him much pleasure when his colleagues honoured him
by electing him president of the Gloucestershire Branch for 1955-6, and
his presidential address is remembered by many as illustrating his keen
interest in history, medical and otherwise. He subsequently served on
the Branch council.
He was one of those who regarded the
courtesies between members of the profession as being of the utmost
importance, never failing to adhere to them himself, and he observed the
rules of medical ethics in a similarly punctilious manner.
Brought up in the genial atmosphere of
the Irish countryside, he continued throughout his life to have a great
love of fishing, shooting, and golf. For a time he was captain of the
Gloucester Golf Club. Railways formed another subject of abiding
interest to him.
He was held in great affection by his
colleagues, friends, and patients, who would wish to extend their
sincere sympathy to his family. He is survived by his wife, Joy, in
whose magisterial duties he always took a keen interest, a daughter, and
two grandsons.- H. G. D.
1911:
Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath
Joseph Lowry
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Portrait of Joseph Lowry hanging in
Bachelors Lodge, Kells, county Meath
photo from Andrew Aitkens
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1839/40, in county Cavan, Ireland
John Lowry
Mary
Jane (Kilroy) Hannon on 19 February 1861, in St Thomas, Dublin,
Ireland. The marriage was witnessed by Joseph Trevor and James Trevor.
Joseph is recorded as a bachelor, a minor, of 97 Amicus Street, a commercial
traveller, the son of John Lowry, a farmer. Mary Jane Hannon is recorded as
a widow, of full age, of 1 Upper Derrel Street, the daughter of James
Kilroy.
The 1911 census notes that there were 10 children of this marriage, of whom
6 were living in 1911.
Commercial traveller (1861);
Hotel Keeper (1865, 1869, 1871); Saloonmaster (1878); Sub-sheriff of county
Meath (1880,
1883,
1884, 1889, 1901, 1904) and an auctioneer (1875, 1911, 1913). Joseph was the
subject of a question on the House of Commons on 20 May 1884, regarding his
liquor license and his appointment as sub-sheriff.
Hansard's parliamentary debates, vol 288
pp841-2
THE MAGISTRACY (IRELAND) - MR JOSEPH LOWRY, SUB SHERIFF OF MEATH.
Mr SEXTON asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, with reference to 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 68, s. 13, Whether Mr.
Joseph Lowry, of Kells, who holds, and has held for a number of
consecutive years, the office of sub-sheriff of the county of Meath, also
holds and has held, during the whole of the same period, a licence "to
sell beer, cider, or spirits by retail to be consumed on the premises?
Mr TREVELYAN: I am informed that Mr. Joseph Lowry does not hold
such a licence, and that he has not held one since his appointment as
Sub-Sheriff.
Mr SEXTON: May I ask if some considerable time before he was
appointed he transferred his licence to his wife's sister?
Mr TREVELYAN: Sir, my information is that since he held the
appointment of Sub-Sheriff he has held no such licence. A transfer of the
licence which took place was, I am informed, perfectly bona
fide.
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Bachelors Lodge in Kells, county Meath
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In the 1880's, Joseph initially
leased and subsequently bought a property named Bachelors Lodge in Kells,
county Meath. The 200 acre property, which is still in the Lowry family, was
as a stud farm for many years, and, since 1990, is home to the Bachelors
Lodge Equestrian Center. Joseph Lowry was one of the founder members
of Navan Racecourse on the Proudstown road. He owned and bred two Irish
Derby winners in Killeagh and Bachelor's Double, a close relation to Bachelor's
Button, a horse owned by Joseph that won the Champion Stakes at
Newmarket in 1904, and the Ascot Gold cup in 1906.
26 July 1913, at Bachelor's Lodge,
Navan, county Meath, Ireland. Joseph is recorded as a widower, aged 73. The
cause of death is listed as a cerebral haemorrhage of a duration of 11 days
and a cerebral contusion(?) of duration 1 day.
granted 22 September 1913, to
Albert J. Lowry and Charles J. Lowry
Ireland
Calendar of Wills 1913 p384
LOWRY
Joseph. 22 September. Probate of the Will of Joseph
Lowry late of Bachelor's Lodge Navan County Meath
Auctioneer who died 26 July 1913 granted at Dublin
to Albert J. Lowry J.P. and Charles J.
Lowry Auctioneer. Effects £63,099 14s 2d. Resworn £63,174 14s
2d. Resworn £64,012 5s 5d.
1861: 97 Amicus Street, Dublin, county Dublin (marriage record)
1869: Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath (Ireland
civil records Births 1869 Kells #458)
1871: Headfort Place, Kells, county Meath (Ireland
civil records Births 1871 Kells #270)
1901:
Scallanstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1911:
Scallanstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1913: Bachelor's Lodge, Navan, county Meath (Ireland
Calendar of Wills 1913 p384)
Joseph Trevor Lowry
4 October 1867, at Headfort Place,
Kells, county Meath, Ireland
Joseph Trevor is recorded as born on Fourth October 1867 at Headfort Place,
Kells, the son of Joseph Lowry, hotel keeper, of Headfort Place, Kells, and
Mary Jane Lowry formerly Kilroy
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
Trinity College Dublin
In the Dublin University Calendar for 1890 p494,
Joseph is listed as a senior sophister.
Jane Maybury McGregor on 4
October 1893, in Christ Church, Rathfarnham, county Dublin, Ireland
Joseph Trevor Lowry is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the son of
Joseph Lowry, sub sheriff. The groom is a solicitor, resident in Kells. Jane
Maybury McGregor is recorded as a spinster, of full age, the daughter of
Adam McGregor, gentleman. Jane is resident at 63 Grosvenor Square, Dublin.
The marriage was witnessed by George Herbert Lowry and Margaret Lockhart(?)
McGregor.
Jane was born on 15 April 1865 at Mall, Tralee, county Kerry, the daughter
of Adam McGregor, grocer of Mall, and Ellen McGregor formerly Lunham. Jane
died on 28 May 1904 at 33 Emorville Ave, Dublin, aged 39. The cause of death
is listed as phithsis of duration one year and syncope.
Anne Mary Swan on 6 September
1904, at the Registrar's Office, City of Dublin, county Dublin, Ireland.
Joseph Trevor Lowry is recorded as a widower, of full age, the son of Joseph
Lowry, sub sheriff in county Meath. The groom is a solicitor, resident at
the Moira Hotel, Trinity Street. Annie Mary Swan is recorded as a spinster,
a minor, the daughter of John Swan, car proprietor. Annie is resident at 35
Pembroke Lane. The marriage was witnessed by John Swan and Thomas ?.
Anne was born on 22 February 1884 at Gresham House, 4 Gresham Lane,
Kingstown, county Dublin, the daughter of John Swan, car man of Gresham
Lane, and Kate Swan formerly Groves. In the 1901 census her occupation is
listed as a dressmaker. Anne died in 1964. She is possibly the Annie
Lowry who died on 28 March 1964 and is buried in Mount Royal cemetery,
Montreal, Quebec.
Census:
1901:
Pembroke Lane, Pembroke West, county Dublin
1911:
Waverley, Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Edith Lowry (1907 - ? )
- Margaret Lowry (1908 - ? )
Solicitor
Joseph passed his examination for admittance to the Law Society of Ireland
in January 1893 (Irish Law Times 28 January 1893 p53)
Kentucky Irish American 8 October 1898
On Saturday
evening Mr. Staweel Garnett formerly owner of considerable landed
properly in the neighborhood of Kells died suddenly within a short
distance of Williamstown House where he lived in his days of affluence.
Mr Garnett who has been on a visit to Kells, drove out to Williamstown
on Saturday evening, accompanied by Mr Joseph Trevor Lowry, solicitor.
Arrived at Williamstown Mr. Lowry went into the fields to have a shot at
snipe. Mr Garnett, while waiting for him drove quietly along the road,
and meeting a man named Daniel Kingley, who in more prosperous times was
his trusted servant, stopped for a brief chat. After a few moments'
conversation, Mr. Garnett took suddenly ill. Kingley and a herder named
Donohue, who happened to be near the spot, at once rendered assistance.
They lifted the unfortunate gentleman out of the trap, and, having laid
him down, made efforts to revive him. Dr. T. F. Sparrow, M. D., was soon
on the scene and pronounced life extinct, death being due to heart
disease.
Joseph and Anne emigrated to Canada in 1904.
1935
Joseph is possibly the "Joseph
Lowery" who died on 27 February 1935 and is buried in Mount Royal
cemetery, Montreal, Quebec.
1901:
Nugentstown, Balrathboyne, county Meath
1911:
Waverley, Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Joseph Ewart Lowry
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Joseph Ewart Lowry
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19 May 1898, at Oatlands, Navan,
county Meath, Ireland
Joseph Ewart is recorded as born on Nineteenth May 1898 at Oatlands, Navan,
the daughter of Albert Lowry, a farmer of Oatlands, Navan, and Emma Olivia
Lowry formerly Lewis.
Albert
John
Lowry
Emma Eliza Olivia (Lewis) Lowry
Aravon School, Bray, county
Wicklow, Ireland
Army Officer
Joseph was a cadet, commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the
Royal Irish Regiment on 18 December 1917 (London Gazette 15 January 1918 p975).
25 August 1918, in action at Bapaume,
France, during the Second
Battle of Bapaume, aged 20
Joseph Ewart Lowry is recorded as a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion
of the Royal Irish Regiment, aged 20. He is the son of Albert and Emma
Lowry, of Bachelors Lodge, Navan, Co. Meath.
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Adanac Military Cemeter in Miraumont,
France, where Joseph Ewart Lowry is buried
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Navan Great War Memorial in St Mary's
church, Navan, which memorialises Joseph Ewart Lowry
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Adanac military cemetery, Miraumont,
Somme, France, grave II.I.18
Joseph is also memorialised on the Aravon
School Memorial and on the Navan
Great War Memorial at St Mary's church, Navan, county Meath where a
plaque reads:
In memory of the men of this parish who gave their lives in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Joseph Ewart Lowry aged 20 years 2nd. Lieut. Royal Irish Regiment killed
in action at Bapaume 25. Aug. 1918
1901:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1911:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
Mary Josephine (Lowry) Cheeke
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Mary Josephine (Lowry) Cheeke
photo from Andrew Aitkens
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28 December 1875, in Headfort Place,
Kells, county Meath, Ireland
Mary Josephine is recorded as born on Twenty Eighth December 18765
at Headfort Place, the daughter of Joseph Lowry, auctioneer, of Headfort
Place, Kells, and Mary Jane Lowry formerly Kilroy
Joseph
Lowry
Mary
Jane
(Kilroy, Hannon) Lowry
William
Alexander Mosely Cheeke on 1 June 1898, in the church of
Donaghpatrick, Navan, county Meath, Ireland
William Alexander Mosely Cheeke is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, the
son of George A. Cheeke, gentleman. William is a civil engineer, resident at
Bachelor's Lodge, Navan. Mary Josephine Lowry is recorded as a spinster, of
full age, the daughter of Joseph Lowry, gentleman. She is resident at
Bachelor's Lodge, Navan. The marriage was witnessed by George A. Cheeke and
George Herbert Lowry.
24 November 1904, at Portobello
House, Dublin, county Dublin, Ireland, aged 29. The cause of death is listed
as "Double ovarian cysts old Peritonitis 12 years Shock".
1901:
Scallanstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1904: Bachelor's Lodge, Navan, county Meath (Ireland
civil records 1904 Deaths South Dublin #498)
Norah Louisa Lowry
25 June 1894, at Castlemartin
Cottage, Kells district, county Meath, Ireland
Norah Louise is recorded as born on June Twenty-fourth at Castlemartin
Cottage, the daughter of Albert Lowry, an auctioneer and cattle salesman, of
Castlemartin Cottage, and Emma Lowry formerly Lewis.
Albert John
Lowry
Emma Eliza Olivia (Lewis) Lowry
1901:
Durhamstown, Ardbraccan, county Meath
1911:
The French School, Sidmonton Terrace, Bray, county Wicklow
Raby Mary (Lowry) Hayes
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Raby Mary Lowry (left) serving as a nurse
in France in 1916
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17 June 1894, at Knockumber, Navan,
county Meath, Ireland
Raby Mary is recorded as born on Seventeenth June 1894 at Knockumber, Navan,
the daughter of Charles Lowry, a gentleman of Knockumber, Navan, and Raby
Lowry formerly Clarke.
Charles
James Lowry
Raby Georgina (Clarke) Lowry
Thomas J. Hayes in 1925, in Fulham
district, London, England
Raby was instrumental in organising
Christmas concerts in the Palace in Navan in 1914 and 1915, to raise money
for "comforts" to send out to the Leinsters. In 1916, she was serving as a
nurse in France.
1930, in Lambeth
district, London, England, aged 34
1901:
Athlumney Rural, Athlumney, county
Meath
1911: The Hall,
5 Belgrave Square South, Monkstown, county Dublin
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