Cemetery: Buried at St. Patrick's, Enniskerry
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BURIED AT ST.PATRICK'S, ENNISKERRY
ABBOTT, Dr. Richard Theophilus MD. 1833-1881 Surgeon and
Sanitary Commissioner, Inspector of Jails and Dispensaries
and Superintendent of Vaccination. Hyderabad, Nagpur, etc,
India
ALCOCK, Rev. James Henry. d.1965. From 1925-1948
Powerscourt Parish was not considered wealthy enough to
afford a Rector. The Rev. Alcock was Curate-in-Charge from
1925 - 1933, and Rev. Mervyn Archdall Bryn followed him
until 1948.
ALLEN, Gladys . d.1986 . Teacher at Powerscourt National
School; then lecturer in Irish at Church of Ireland College
of Education. Principal of Colaiste Moibhi 1952-1984. ALLEN,
Ellen d.1972, aged 92. Mother of Gladys, who lived with her
at the schools.
ALLEN, Thomas Taylor Allen. Bengal Civil Service, d. 1927 in
Bray. Graduate of Queens Coll. Cork; appointed to Bengal
Revenue and Judicial depts 1859; held various posts in legal
affairs; magistrate, member of the legislative council etc,
until retirement in 1894. In 1897, he published a
translation of the Autobiography of Madam Guyon (1648-1717),
the first to render this into English. Jeanne-Marie Bouvier
de la Motte Guyon was a French mystic in the reign of Louis
XIV . She was a leading exponent of Quietism, a theory that
redemption and contentment comes from constant prayer..
Considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, she was
imprisoned from 1695to 1703 after publishing a book on
Prayer. Thomas Allen began his translation as "an occupation
to fill up leisure hours in the Indian hot weather", but
became increasingly interested in this 17th Century woman,
persecuted for her beliefs. Until relatively recent times,
Allen's translation was the only complete one in English,
though Madam Guyon's ideas were well known in theological
and spiritual studies..
ALLEN, Wentworth (Wenty) d 1943,aged 49. Irish Cricketer,
right handed batsman and a medium pace bowler. Played eight
times for Ireland between 1920 and 1925.
ARMSTRONG, Reg, (1928-1979) Racing Motorcyclist, runner-up
five times in World Championships. He won 7 World
Championship Grand Prix races 1952-56 and the Isle of Man
Senior 500cc TT in 1952. Reg Armstrong Motors assembled and
distributed motorbikes at Ringsend, for Opel from 1962 to
1975. An expert shot, he represented Ireland in the 1978
World Clay Pigeon Championships in Korea. He lived in
Ashford and died in a road accident.
ATKINSON. Rev. Frederick Staples., d.1945. Rector of
Derryheen( Diocese of Cavan) 1888-1924
BARLOW, William Ruxton, 1855-1922. Col Royal Artillery.
Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory. Expert on
Ammunitions. Retired on half pay in 1897
BARLOW , Maurice, 1870-1923, Veterinary Surgeon, brother of
the above. Their father was Rev James William Barlow,
history professor and Vice Provost of TCD from 1889-1899.
The Rev James was founder of the SPR Society in Dublin, a
select group of individuals, mostly academic, clerical,
protestant and middle class, for the promotion of Scientific
Psychical Research. When he died in 1913, his sons and
daughter moved to St Valerie, Bray. The daughter, Jane
Barlow, 1857-1917, was a poet and author of some repute.
She was the first recipient of an honorary doctorate from
TCD in 1904. She is buried with her parents in Mount Jerome.
JAMES WALTER BECKETT (1875-1938) Master builder and TD.
During a long career in the building industry, he served as
President of the Builders' Federation and of the Dublin
Master Builders' Association. He and his firm were
associated with the renovation and extension of many
churches, including Rathmines Methodist, Christ Church Dun
Laoghaire, and Novara Road Parochial Hall, Bray. He was
elected to the Dail as a Fine Gael TD for Dublin City South
in 1927, until his death. Cousin of Samuel Beckett and
father of Walter Koehler Beckett, musician and composer of
note.
BLENNERHASSETT, Giles. MC d 1978. Served during WW1 in the
Irish Rifles, then in the RFC. Was a flying ace, credited
with 8 victories. Observer with 18 Squadron, flying an FE
2b, a contraption which resembled a cat's cradle; the
observer sat in front of the pilot and in the early days was
armed with a camera and a pistol. Neither harness nor
parachutes were issued.
BOYD, Walter , Ravenna, Bray, d.1932. The headstone also
commemorates his son, Thomas Evelyn Boyd 10th Batt. Royal
Dublin Fusiliers who died a POW in Germany in 1918 aged 20.
His name appears on the Aravon School War Memorial.
BOYLE, Rev. William Foster, 1860-1951. He served the parish
for 68 years. He was Curate to Powerscourt church in the
1880s, but gave this up when he married. His wife was
Phillipa Jephson, niece of Sir John Crampton. The Jephson
household moved into Bushy Park on the death of Sir John.
Phillipa, continuing in the artistic tradition of her
family, was a writer of romantic novels. The Rev Boyle
lived the life of a gentleman in Bushy Park, and made
violins as a hobby. He deputised frequently for the Rectors
and served on the Select Vestry. In spite of his high blood
pressure, he lived until the age of 91.
BOYLE, Selina ( Ina,) 1889-1967. She was a prolific
composer and musician, and daughter of Rev. Foster Boyle of
Bushy Park. She studied in Dublin and briefly with Vaughan
Williams. She wrote a symphony titled "Glencree" and a Hymn
tune "Enniskerry". Though her work is now almost forgotten,
she was highly regarded in musical circles. In the Carnegie
Collection of British Music, set up in 1917 to encourage
young musicians, she is the only female composer
represented. A revival of her work is due, and begun.
BRESLIN, Edward. d.1897 Developed the catering and hotel
business in Bray after the arrival of William Dargan's
railway. By 1859, his royal Marine Hotel had 90 bedrooms and
12 sittingrooms. He was one of the commissioners for Bray,
wealthy , energetic, and involved in every improvement in
the town.
BREW, Olive Caroline, d. 1968 aged 95, widow of Dr. Cecil
Brew, Physician and Medical Officer of Health for Bray.(c
1910); their daughter Marjory Caroline Le Fanu d. 2004 aged
93, and her husband John Lewen Le Fanu (see below) who died
aged 98
BROWNE, Cyril, OBE,MA d.1960 at Roslyn, Bray. He was the son
of Major the Lord Richard Browne, 7th Fusiliers, of Sligo
(1834-1912). Cyril's wife, Alice Christina, was the daughter
of Frederick Thomas Lewen of Castle Grove, Co Galway.( and
niece of the famous "Flying General", Brig Gen Arthur Corrie
Lewen.)
BROWNE, Peter Raleigh Howe, 2nd Lt, son of the above, was
killed in France in 1940 at the retreat to Dunkirk, aged 22.
A plaque commemorates him in Christ Church, Bray
BROWNE, Phyllis Marion Alice, sister of the above, has
separate entries. See IND and PENNEFATHER.
BUCKLEY, Francis and Georgina, of Powerscourt Arms Hotel in
Enniskerry. Their son, William Buckley, Lt. 7th Battalion
R.I.R. died in 1918, aged 29, while a POW in France.
BULWER, infant child of Henry and Mary Bulwer. d.1887, ‘a
few hours old'. Henry Alan Bulwer was the son of Walter
Redfoord Bulwer, of Seaview Enniskerry. Walter was Lord
Powerscourt's Land Agent. Henry's wife was Mary Sophia
Wingfield, great granddaughter of Richard 4th Viscount
Powerscourt. The Bulwer family, including Walter, emigrated
to British Columbia. Walter's sister, Dorothea, married
Humphrey Lloyd, noted mathematician and Provost of Trinity
College. Lloyd's family home at one time was Kilcroney
House.
BUNN, William, d.1883 Churchwarden at Powerscourt at the
time the new church was built. His name appears on the
document buried in the foundation stone. Farmer at Killegar.
CAMPBELL, Rev. Ernest F. Rector of Christ Church Bray 1943
- 1960, and Freeman of the City of Dublin.
CARLETON, Annie (Nano). Nano was the caretaker of the
parochial hall for 20 years, 1956-1977, and a well known
figure in the village. She lived on the premises in two
tiny rooms. Nano had been a "Nurse child", an orphan
brought up by a local family in Glencree.
CARNEGIE, John Dalrymple. 1824-1903. Dublin Stockbroker
and philanthropist; benefactor and member for 30 years of
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Bray, where one of the
windows commemorates him. He gave a tenth of his
considerable income to charitable causes , and was a
generous subscriber to many Bray enterprises.. His estate
was valued at £38,405.1s.4d. Lived in Prince Edward Terrace.
His daughter, Deborah, married Powerscourt's curate, Rev
Ernest Whelan.
CHARTERS, Robert James d.1975. Dean of Clonmacnoise and
Archdeacon of Meath. His wife; his brother and wife; his
sister; his son and his wife are all buried here.
CHASE, Richard, Inspector DMP (Mounted Division).died
1939.The Dublin Mounted Police was an elite corps of men,
all over six feet tall with some grand uniforms. He was
part of the guard of honour during the visits of three
monarchs. Queen Victoria in 1900, Edward 7th in 1903 and
George 5th in 1911, just before he retired to live in
Glencormack. He had decorations for all three occasions.
Richard Chase had retired before the Rising in 1916, but was
involved in policing the Tramway Riots of 1913. He was
injured trying to defend the Tram Depot at Ringsend and his
horse was knocked down under him by the hundreds of people
taking part.
CHERRY, Richard Theodore, Lt 9th Batt Rifle Brigade; wounded
1916, but survived. Died 1948. Son of Lord Chief Justice
Cherry, Attorney General of Ireland, 1905-9
COCHRANE, Sir Desmond, 1918-1979 Major in the Lancashire
Fusiliers in 1940; Hon. Irish Consul in Beirut for Syria and
the Lebanon . Controller of Beirut Racecourse. Active in the
Irish Army's first deploymant in Lebanon with the UN in
1953. Married Lebanese activist Yvonne Sursock.
COCHRANE, Henry, Woodbrook, d. 1945. Grandson of Sir
Henry Cochrane, "the C-in-C man" who invented the "pea in
the bottle", first Director of Cantrell & Cochrane,
manufacturers of carbonated drinks. This Henry was a Major
in WW2, serving with the Inniskillin Fusiliers. Decorated
MC, he died in an accident in Austria.
COCHRANE, Lady Elsa, d.1966, mother of Henry and Sir
Desmond, one of three divorced wives of Sir Ernest Cochrane,
son of Sir Henry, Woodbrook (see above) Her daughter,
Elizabeth Margaret, married Professor Robert Elsworth Steen,
noted Paediatrician,( see below)
COOKE, Maura, died 7th Dec. 2004. Teacher of Art at
Alexander College, she gave a lifetime of service to the
Irish Girl Guides.
COTTON, Charles P. d. 1904 President of the Engineering
Association of Ireland after Bindon Blood Stoney; wrote
papers on public health, sanitation, etc. Wrote "Manual of
Railway Engineering for Field and Office" . Amazon.com's
comment in their old books section suggests that this title
might be on everyone's favourite Christmas list! His father,
the REV. HENRY COTTON, Dean of Lismore until 1849, was a
distinguished academic , dying in 1879 in his 90th year.
Henry Cotton was responsible for a Diocesan Clergy list,
Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae.
CRAIG, Thomas d.1896 of Novara, Bray. His son, Hedley
William Craig 2nd Lt. 30 squadron, RFC., killed in action
aged 27, in Samarrah, Mesopotamia, in 1917. Shot down while
flying as an observer. The pilot also died, and the burial
of both was conducted by the German pilot who downed them.
Recorded on the War memorials of Dublin Boy Scouts, Aravon
School and Bray Town. Graduating fromTCD in 1913, Hedley was
a notable athlete, a runner with the Harriers; about to take
up a Divinity Course at the outbreak of war; Superintendent
of the Fishamble Street Mission and Secretary for Ireland of
the Boy Scouts Association.
CRAIG. Eliza Brent Rosetta, wife of Thomas, ‘ died at
Wimereux in 1917 during the Great War'. Wimereux in France
was at that time the headquarters of the QMAAS, and had a
large group of hospitals served by VADs. Perhaps she was
one.
CRAIG, Lizbeth Burkitt, d 1957, daughter of Thomas and
Eliza, was a missionary for some 30 years in Fukien , China,
with the Dublin University Mission (DUM). She was a trained
teacher, a graduate of Trinity, gold medallist in Modern
Literature, and founder of Women Students Missionary
Association. The history of CMS Fukien 1909 , records that
she was the first lady graduate of Dublin University to join
the staff and her work was largely supported by the Women
Students.
CRAIG, Arthur Brent, d 1955, Headmaster of Aravon School
,Bray 1928-55. Brother of Hedley Craig (above). In WW1 was
a Captain in the Worcestershire Regiment, 1914-1919; wounded
but survived.
CRAMPTON, Selina, 1813-1893 she was the favourite daughter
of Sir Philip Crampton, the well known Surgeon. In the late
1800s she lived at Glenbrook, Enniskerry with her widowed
sister Adelaide ( see Jephson) . Clever and talented, she
was known as an artist, gardener, wit and generous friend.
Went to live in Bushy Park on the death of her brother, Sir
John. (see below)
CRAMPTON, Sir John, 1805- 1886. of Bushy Park. He was the
elder son of Sir Philip Crampton, the famous surgeon.
Eccentric career diplomat in Russia and US, and caused a
diplomatic row there by recruiting for the Crimea .He
married Victoria Balfe, who divorced him. She was a
celebrated singer and daughter of the Irish composer Michael
Balfe. An accomplished painter, observing life on his
diplomatic travels with an artists eye.
CREAM, Alice Lake, wife of Clement Chevellier Cream
(1854-1937),Manager and Secretary of the National Assurance
Company of Ireland. Their son, Clement Byron Chevallier
Cream, Private Canadian Seaforth Highlanders was killed in
action in 1915. Name on the Aravon War memorial and on the
Memorial window of Worcester College, England. Another son,
Major RobertTemple Chevallier Cream went to France with 57th
Siege Battery RGA. Won 5 medals. A career soldier, he
survived the war.
CRISP, John Francis, 1923-2017. WW2 veteran. He was a
student in TCD in his second year when he enlisted in 1941
in Belfast. He was 18. He served with the North Irish Horse
which was an armoured car regiment at the time. He was in
the African and Italian campaigns and was part of a
Churchill tank crew, as a wireless operator-gunner. In
civilian life, he worked in the shoe trade, and was an avid
gardener and motor bike enthusiast.
CURTIS, Amy. CBE She was made Superintendent WRNS in
1946. In the Naval Review of 1978, Admiral Sir William James
is quoted: " There is nothing these Wrens cannot do….I am
most fortunate in my Superintndent, a Miss Amy Curtis. She
is a most remarkable woman and combines firmness, tact and
charm to a degree rare in women of authority. The Wrens all
admire and respect her ..(and).. though there are 6,000
Wrens, I have never had a disciplinary case to deal with. I
put this down to her fine example and leadership. If there
is ever a change at the Admiralty Wrennery, I hope she will
become the Admiral Wren". Miss Curtis died in 1970 at
Kilpedder, aged 76.
D'ARCY, Ida Maud. d.1920 g/daughter of Sir Robert
Prescott Stewart, famous organist, composer and professor of
Music at TCD. He founded and conducted Bray Philharmonic
Society choir from 1866-73, often practising at his house,
"Holyrood" on the Seafront. Some of his family remained
living in Bray. Ida is buried here with her sister,
Charlotte STEWART, d. 1905. Ida's husband, Matthew D'Arcy
was killed in action in Mafeking 1901. The D'Arcy family
lived at Kilcroney House.
DARLEY FAMILY. Violet Hill Bray. Benefactors and long term
parishioners of Kilbride Church. Wellington and Anne Darley
died in 1920 and 1925. Wellington was a Director of the Bank
of Ireland; J.P.;on the Board of Governors of the Meath
hospital; a supporter of animal welfare and interested in
Psychical research. He donated the Connacher organ to
Kilbride church in 1889. They lost two sons and a daughter
in the First World War, who are commemorated in the stained
glass windows of the church and the Altar screen: Arthur
Tudor Darley, Commander of HMS Good Hope, 1914; Lt Col.John
Evelyn Darley of the 4th Hussars, 1918; Stella Cecil Darley
,VAD, 1917. The brass plaque dated Easter 1919, has the
inscription: "In glad thanksgiving for their lives; in proud
remembrance of their deaths" Stella is buried here.
DARLINGTONS. The family lived at Monastery House,
Enniskerry, and had been there since the 1760s. Charles,
Horace John Darlington, d.1958, gentleman farmer of
Monastery, Enniskerry. In 1918, one of the few people in the
parish with a car. His daughter, May Moore, (see Cecil
Moore) was a Guide Leader, and enrolling member for the
Mothers' Union for 25 years. Her sister, Monica Darlington,
1911-2000, a teacher, ran the GFS.( Girls' Friendly Society)
The Rev Charles Arnold DARLINGTON, RNVR, died on active
service as chaplain, HMS Drake, 1943;
DAUNT, Ernest George, d 1960. Dean of Cork.
DeGROOT, Mary E. (Bessie), died 3rd Jan. 1981. Bessie was
the wife of Francis De Groot who swept to world fame when he
hijacked the opening of The Sydney Harbour Bridge, slashing
the ribbon with his ceremonial sword. Bessie was known for
her lively disposition and for her delight in purple hair
ribbons, whisky and untipped cigarettes. Before her
Australian life, Bessie (nee Byrne) had worked in Switzers.
DEANE-OLIVER, Charles, CE,d.1945, of Rockmills House Co
Cork. Chief Engineer, Dept. of Agriculture, and the
Congested Districts and Fisheries Board. Responsible for a
great many of the harbours in the south and west of Ireland,
and for opening up the harbour in Arklow in 1915.. He worked
directly with Dr Siemens on the Bushmills Electric Tramway-
the first in the UK and longest in the world. In 1919, the
year he retired, Rockmills House was attacked by armed
masked men who shot Charles in both thighs. In the spring of
1921, the IRA burnt the house down and the family were
forced to go to England as refugees, living with relations.
His wife, Maria Charlotte Litton (Mina) ,d.1933, was the
daughter of the Hon Edward Falconer Litton (1827-1890) QC,
Barrister and Liberal Party politician, MP for Tyrone for a
short time. Litton left Parliament to take up an appointment
as the first Judicial Land Commissioner under the Land Act
,1881. Litton's family home was Ardavilly ,Cloyne (see also
LITTON) , but he also lived at Valclusa, Enniskerry.
Charles' brother, Rev Richard John Deane-Oliver, CBE. As
chaplain served in WW1, and was mentioned in despatches;
Assistant Chaplain General 1915-1920 in the service of
Eastern Command.
DEANE-OLIVER, Richard Edward , RE, born 1890, and baptised
in Powerscourt Church. Only son of Charles Deane-Oliver CE,(
above) and grandson of Edward Falconer Litton,QC. Killed in
Action on the Somme, 7th Sept. 1916, in his 26th year.
Educated at "Mr Bookey's School, Bray" (Aravon), Shrewsbury
and TCD, where he graduated in Arts and Engineering. Gave up
a responsible job on the Manchester Ship Canal to take a
commission in the Royal Engineers and was killed
instantaneously by a shot while engaged in constructing a
new line of trenches. His CO wrote of him " the famous corps
to which he belonged for so short a time, will always regard
him as one of her heroes."
DEANE-OLIVER, Margaret Silver Esther, sister of the above, d
1988, was a highly qualified doctor. A graduate of TCD, she
qualified MB.BCh in 1926, BOA (Obstetrics) in 1941, and DA
(Diploma in Anaesthesia). Principal anaesthetist of the
Meath Hospital, and consulting anaesthetist of the National
Childrens' Hospital.
DES VEOUX, Alice H. d.1874 daughter of Major Thomas Des
Veoux, Portarlington. Her brother was a career soldier,
Major Charles Hamilton Des Veoux, serving in Australia and
Afganistan. He took part in a famous seige of Semana fort on
the North West Frontier in 1897.The Sikh regiment and their
officers defended the fort for several days against rebel
tribesmen, while Mrs DesVeoux gave birth under fire to a
baby girl. The child lived and was named Violet Semana. The
nursemaid attending Mrs DesV.had to combine her duties with
caring for the many wounded. For this she was awarded the
Royal Red Cross medal, which she received from Queen
Victoria's own hands. Unfortunately the records of the early
recipients of the Royal Red Cross before the Great War are
incomplete, and so far nothing can be found except her name.
Theresa McGrath was almost certainly Irish. Rather a remote
connection to Enniskerry, but a good story.
DOBBS, "Little Peggy", d. 1917. Perhaps the most loved
memorial in the graveyard, visited by generations of
children. She was an only child and died in Bray at the age
of 7. Her mother lived to be an old lady of 102. She was
Dolly Montgomery, the daughter of a Moderator of the
Presbyterian Church.
D'OLIER, Alice, d. 1939. Wife of Edmund Guy D'Olier of
Knocklinn, Ballyman, who was a wine merchant. Alice was
the first Secretary of the Mothers' Union at Powerscourt
Church in 1907. Lived later at Fairy Hill, Bray.( see also,
WIX)
D'OLIER, Bertrand. Son of Alice and Edmund. Pilot Officer
who was killed in a flying accident in 1923. An early
casualty in the history of flight.
DONNELLY, Sir John McNeale, C.B., K.C.B. d. 1907. He
joined Madras Medical Department in 1856, and he became
Deputy Surgeon General HM forces in Burma 1885. He
superintended vaccination programmes against smallpox among
the civilian population, insisting that his officers learn
the native languages.
DOUGLAS, James, d.1924 Steward of Charleville in the
1870s. He was in charge of the gardens, the demesne and the
home farm. He lived in a little house built into the stones
of Charleville walled garden with his sister, Alice
(d.1934). Both are buried here.
DRAPER, Carter, 1845-1902. County Surveyor Wicklow from
1882. He was involved in the railway schemes of the county
and the controversy over the Dublin to Blessington Steam
Tramway and the interminable plans for the Bray to
Enniskerry railway. Designed the Captain Robert Halpin
memorial in Wicklow town.
DUFF-MOORE, Rev. Alexander. After a long career as rector of
Killiskey, he was Rector of Kilbride for the last five
years of his life. Archdeacon of Glendalough 1937-1942. His
sister Jessie, was married to Lt Col Rickard, commanding
officer of the 2nd Batt Royal Munster Fusiliers in WW1. He
and some 600 of his men were killed in a disastrous battle
in 1915. She commissioned the famous painting entitled "The
Last General Absolution of the Munsters" by Fortunino
Matania, then an official war artist. The painting depicts
the chaplain, Fr Gleeson, blessing the troops by a roadside
shrine on the evening before the battle. Jessie Rickard was
herself a well known novelist.
EDWARDS, Guy. 1925-2006 Served in WW2 as a mid-rear
gunner. He was shot down, captured and was a survivor of a
POW camp and subsequent "death march".
EGLINTON,Joseph 1832-1875 Tutor to Lord Powerscourt and an
RM (Resident Magistrate) in Co. Down. A rather stern
quotation is carved on the stone: "Set thy house in order,
for thou shalt die and not live". And beneath, as if
relenting, "God is Love"
ELMITT, Austina, b. 1847 wife of Lt Col George Edward
Elmitt., Novara, Bray. Their sons, Austin Joyce Elmitt, MC,
Capt Welsh Regiment, killed Nov. 1917, aged 20, and George
Carleton Brooksby Elmitt, Lt. 7th Batt RIF was killed near
Ypres Aug 1917. Both recorded on the Aravon memorial and
Bray Town. Austin's medal was presented to his mother at
Portobello Barracks and pinned on the breast of his
schoolboy brother.
ERCK, John Caillard Wentworth. 1862-1938, "Sherrington"
Shankill. Lt Col. Indian Army. Also fought in China, and
was Draft Conducting Officer with the Royal Irish Rifles in
WW1. He had two sisters, also buried here: MARY EMILY ERCK
1860-1950 and CAROLINE ERCK who died in 1958 at the age of
97. These ladies lived at Sherrington also and were beloved
in Shankill, well known for their benevolence and
hospitality. Sherrington had been owned by their uncle, Mr.
Wentworth Erck,1827-1890. He was a barrister, magistrate and
Poor Law Guardian, but his great passion was astronomy. He
built an observatory in the garden of the house, and
constructed his own telescopes, with which he made close
observations of the heavens, especially of Mars and Jupiter.
These observations impressed, and were acknowledged by, the
professionals. Both house and observatory have been
demolished since. The Rev John Caillard Erck, brother of
Wentworth, was a vicar in England, but had been Perpetual
Curate of Kilbride Church , Bray from 1860-1861 Three
generations of John Caillard Ercks preceded these
gentlemen, the first dying in 1811.He was a sugar refiner,
and established the family fortunes in sweet bakeries. The
Ercks descended from Huguenot families who came to Ireland
in the 17th century.
FELLINGHAM, George, d.1903 Lived at Powersourt Gate Lodge.
Unmarked grave.
FENTON, Thomas, d.1960 gardener at Powerscourt House, 1950s
FITZGERALD, William Raymond, 1890-1964. After serving with
The Royal Engineers in WW1, he joined Egyptian Railways. He
became the General Manager in 1941. He was knighted in 1947
for war service in Calcutta, where he held the honorary rank
of Major General. His grandfather was the Rt, Rev. Bishop of
Killaloe, William Fitzgerald, who consecrated Powerscourt
Church on 15th September, 1863. ( who also consecrated
Christ Church Bray in July the same year)
FOX, Leilagh,,d.2003; Dorothy ,d.2001 and Marie,d.1997
(Sisters). Worked Verney Farm, Kilternan, in traditional
style for decades. They were well known for the production
of top quality milk, pasteurised, packed and distributed
directly from the farm.
GALLAGHER, Anthony. d. 1928. RIC constable in Borris,
Co.Carlow, and later in Enniskerry, following Thomas Mustard
(see below). On retirement he also followed Mr Mustard at
his post of gatekeeper at the Dargle. His daughter Kathleen
married Thomas Mustard's son, also Thomas, a mason in co.
Louth . The grave contains 5 members of the family. The
last, Annie Gallagher, died in 1973 and was the old lady
remembered at the cottage at Dargle Glen (now demolished),
who collected pennies from walkers.
GALBRAITH, Ven. Archdeacon Henry, d. 1905, Rector of
Powerscourt for 30 years.; Archdeacon of Glendalough. He and
his family lived in the New Rectory, built in 1874, on the
Cookstown Road. Also his second wife, Charlotte. The
Connacher organ in the church was a gift in her memory 1889.
Rev Galbraith had been the Rector of Rathdrum , and was sent
for to teach the young Charles Stuart Parnell at Avondale.
He was not very successful, as the child would climb out of
the window to escape the lesson.
GALBRAITH, Norman and Eileen. Two of the children of
Archdeacon Galbraith, Rector of Powerscourt. Norman, b.
1878, worked for the Colonial Office in Ceylon from 1902.
He died on active service in WW1, and his name is on the War
Memorial inside the Church. The headstone tells the story
of Eileen who, with her sister, Alice, went to Sudan to
serve as missionaries. She was buried in Nairobi in 1946.
Alice died in Sudan in the 1920s. She was much older than
her step brother and sister and helped to bring them up in
the Enniskerry Rectory. Eileen married Dr. Kenneth Fraser,
and together they founded and developed a very successful
ministry in Lui, Sudan.
GATENBY, John James Bronte 1892-1960 Appointed Professor
of Zoology, TCD in 1921. Born and educated in New Zealand,
he was related to the Bronte family, through Patrick
Bronte's brother. GATENBY, Peter Barry Bronte 1923-2015, his
son, was Professor of Medicine at TCD; Ireland's first full
time professor of Clinical Medicine, and Medical Director of
the UN.
GAYNOR, Sarah, d. 1922 For many years nurse to the family
of Rev.Boyle of Bushy Park
GIBSON, George Henry. d. 1981 last manager of the
Blessington Tramway.
GILBERT,Jane. d.1906 On the headstone: " For nearly 22
years the much loved and devoted friend and nurse in the
family of the Rt. Rev. Wm Packenham Walsh DD, Bishop of
Ossery, Ferns, and Leighlin". Jane's people were from Co.
Wicklow, and the Bishop married, as his second wife, Annie,
one of the daughters of Rev, Hackett of Crinken. He was a
good deal older and already had 7 children, and had 4 more
with Annie.
GOULDING, Sir Basil and Lady Valerie. Sir Basil (1909-1982)
was a Wing Commander in the RAF in WW2, an industrialist, in
the family fertiliser business, W&HM Goulding and Co, and
art collector. Lady Valerie (1918-2003) was a campaigner
for the disabled, and Senator. In 1951, she set up The
Central Remedial Clinic following the polio epidemic, and
was a tireless fundraiser for this and other projects for
the disabled. She was regarded as a possible candidate for
the Presidency of Ireland.
GRAHAM, Barbara Mary 1906 –1964. Widow of Col. P L Graham MC
(1919) R A anti-Tank Regiment in WW 2. Daughter of Col E
Cotton Jury ( see below)
GRAHAM, Constance Elaine, 1929- 2014 . For more than 40
years worked with Interserve, an interdenominational
missionary society in Asia and the Middle East. Twenty two
years of her service was in India and Pakistan. Elaine grew
up in the Rectory at Castlecomer, where her father was
Rector.(see below) She trained at Redcliffe Missionary
College and travelled, in 1955, to Lahore, to be, in turn,
librarian at Kinnaird College, secretary at a field hospital
in India, and again as secretary to the principal of
Kinnaird High School. She was appointed a church worker for
the Church of Pakistan, serving in St. Andrews church, until
she returned in 1977 to London to work at the Society's
Office. She became Director of Interserve in the Republic
until retirement in 1994. She was then commissioned as a
Diocesan lay reader, serving Powerscourt and Kilbride
Parishes. She became President of YWCA , writing a history
of the Association in Ireland.
GRAHAM, Rev Malcolm Moore, 1898-1965, Incumbent of
Castlecomer 1932-1961; Chancellor of Ossary 1954-61. Retired
to Glencormac, where his daughter Elaine lived after him. .
His wife, Constance Kathleen Hilare Vaughan. d.1991. Also
Frances Graham of Waterloo Road, d. 1979, his sister. His
brother, Rev Henry Colles Graham, a missionary with the DU
Fukien Mission to China, was killed in 1918, shot at sea by
Chinese pirates.
GREGG, Archbishop John Allen Fitzgerald, CH. 1873-1961.
Archbishop of Dublin 1920-1938. Though a conservative and
Unionist, he encouraged his flock to come to terms with the
political realities of 1922. Tall and dignified, he was once
mistaken for De Valera, and arrested. Archbishop of Armagh
and Primate of all Ireland 1939-1959. Respected Church
Historian. Also commemorated, his sons, Claude and John
Francis GREGG who died in WW2 aged 25 and 37. John Francis
was drowned at sea while a prisoner of the Japanese.
GRIFFIN, Leslie Rugby player. Played for Ireland in
1949, a Triple Crown winning year. He also played for the
Barbarians, Leinster and for Wanderers FC from 1942-1952.
HAMILTON, John. of Merrion Square. d 1875 Surgeon to the
Queen in Ireland, and Vice President of the College of
Surgeons.
HANAN, Anthony Mervyn Sandys d.1972 Had the task of
bringing the John F. Kennedy Arboretum to fruition. Henry
Jervis Sandys was his grandfather (see below). His father,
Dr Charles P. Hanan, was the doctor in charge of Newcastle
Hospital, originally built in 1896 for the treatment of T.B.
HAWKESWORTH, Desmond d 1970 Governor of Kersala
Province of Sudan His twin, Geoffrey, d.1969 concluded his
Sudan career as Governor of Kordofan,1950-54, and later
Chairman of the Public Service Commission in Nigeria.
HEATLEY, Elizabeth d.1977. headmistress of the French
School, Bray 1934 – 1955, buried here in the family grave.
HEATLEY, Edward, Royal Dublin Fusiliers "Pals" died 1920
aged 25. Recorded on Bray War Memorial. Severely shell
shocked at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, he was discharged to a
medical facility in Bray in 1918, where he died in 1920. The
RDF awarded him the Silver War Badge, an acknowledgement for
those who for one reason or another were not able to
continue in service, and thus not eligible for the campaign
medals. It was inscribed, "for King and Empire- Services
Rendered"
HENRY, Paul, 1876-1958. Famous painter, especially of
scenes of life in the West of Ireland, where he lived on
Achill Island for 9 years. This is the most famous and
visited grave in the churchyard. Henry lived in Kilmacanogue
for many years
HENRY, Robert Mitchell, 1873-1950 Brother of Paul Henry.
Classical scholar. Appointed chair of Latin at Queens
University, Belfast in 1908. Lecturer at St. Andrew's
University and at Trinity College Dublin as chair of
Classical Literature. Irish Nationalist and in sympathy
with the aims of the Gaelic league. Supporter of Home Rule.
HEWITT, John, d. 1901. Engaged as Sexton and his wife as
Sextoness in 1884. On his contract, he is described as
Ex-Sergeant. RIC. He was 47 at the time and brought his
growing family with him. The headstones show that three
children died young, a family story of tragic loss in one
century, but long life in the next. Fifty years later, Alice
McNulty earned £50 a year as Sextoness, but the fees charged
for writing the names in the burial book remained at 2/6d
IRWIN, Infant. d. 1934, The Infant child of Rev. H. Clarke
Irwin. He was the Minister of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, Bray. 1881 - 1892, the second to hold that office.
The Irwin family emigrated to Australia.
IND, Harold Hugh Brodie BSc 1914-1977. Member of the Ind
Coope brewing family. 2nd Lt Scots Guards 1934-35.
Graduated Edinburgh 1938. Married Phyllis Marion Alice
Browne of Rosslyn. Bray in 1941. She was a noted artist.
After her husband's death she remarried in 1982, Mr
Kingsmill Pennefather. (For obituary of Phyllis, see
Pennefather) Her brother was killed in WW2, 1940 (see
Browne)
JEPHSON, Henry Lorenzo d.1914 , Glenbrook. Son of HPG
Jephson,( see below) brother of Phillipa and uncle of Ina
Boyle, the composer. Worked with London County Council.
Wrote books, including "The Sanitary Evolution of London"
(1907) His daughter, Adelaide, married in 1912, Captain
Grenville Fortescue, killed in action, 1915
JEPHSON, Henry Prittie George 1813-1866 . So far this is
the oldest dated headstone in the graveyard. He had been an
officer in her Majesty's 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and
lived latterly at Glenbrook where his widow and her sister(
Miss Selina Crampton) continued to live after his death. His
brother, confusingly named Lorenzo Henry Jephson, died about
the same time, in Carrick on Suir, when he was struck by a
stone thrown at him by a disgruntled pensioner. LHJ was one
of the workhouse Guardians there.
JEPHSON, Adelaide, d.1892, wife of Henry PG and mother of HL
appears in the Dictionary of Irish Architects as an "amateur
wood or stone carver". A decorative fireplace for the
Crampton Lodge at Loch Bray, dated 1902, is stated to be
carved by her. She was a sister of Sir John Crampton (see
above). However, there are three Adelaide Jephsons – mother,
daughter ( Mrs Sandford; see below) and granddaughter (Mrs
Fortescue)
JOHNSTON, Venerable Arthur Joseph. d. 1941
Curate-in-charge and then Rector of Kilbride, 1929-1937.
Archdeacon of Glendalough 1914-1937
JURY, Colonel Edward Cotton CMG; M C d. 1966 aged 84. 18 th
Hussars; Served in the South African War 1901-1902; awarded
the Queens medal with 5 clasps. Captain in 1914 and awarded
MC in 1916 rose to the rank of Lt. Col. and received
American DSM and French Ordre de la Couronne. Descended from
William Jury, founder of the Commercial Family Hotel in
Dublin, and ran " Jurys" in later life. JURY, Peter Charles
Cotton, d 1995, son of the above, took over management of
the hotel from his father. ( se also Graham, above)
KEEGAN, Charlie. 1926- 2003, Well known and respected farmer
in the area. Represented Ireland in the World Ploughing
Championship in 1962, and won it in 1964. Co-founder of the
Kilmacanogue Horse Show. He was also a Show Judge. He
served on Powerscourt Church Vestry for 30 years.
KENNEDY, Frederick Alexander, 1879-1966, Solicitor. And
"Admiralty Marshall" for Dublin Port, responsible for
impounding vessels which default on port fees, or carry
contraband goods etc. He played Rugby for Ireland in 1904.
Frederick married Ruby Mullaly, and their son, George
O'Brien Kennedy, also known as Brian, was the man
responsible for introducing hire boats to the Shannon. He
served in WW2 as a naval architect, and post war designed
many sailing boats, including the IDRA 14 sailing dinghy.
Brian wrote an autobiography entitled, "Not All at Sea",
which tells of his life in Bray among much else. Family of
Sir Frederick Kennedy, one time eccentric owner of
"Frascati", the emormous house in Blackrock, Co Dublin, who
died in 1815.
KERSLAKE ( or KERSLEY) Robert. Unmarked grave of sexton of
Powerscourt Church. Followed Mr Hewitt as sexton (see above)
KILPATRICK, William (Bill) RAF d 2009 Flew Dakotas for
Transport Command, Burma WW2; Aer Lingus pilot. Talented
woodturner.
KINLAY, Howard, 1942-1987. Guitarist; Student Representative
at Trinity, where he was a "radical and innovative leader";
President of the Students' Union of Ireland; founder and
director of USIT Travel; editor with RTE and then with the
Irish Times as News Features Editor . KIRKWOOD, Phoebe.
died 1945; daughter of Major Charles Kirkwood of Woodbrook,
Co. Roscommon. The House, estate and people of the district
in the 1930s,feature in a memoir, "Woodbrook" by David
Thomson, Phoebe's tutor. Phoebe was only 23 when she died
and her short life is described in loving detail in the
book, published in 1974. When Woodbrook was sold, the family
came to live in Glencot, a property in Glencormac.
LAMBERT, N.H. ("Ham") d. 2006. Famous Veterinary Surgeon
and sportsman. He specialised in the treatment of small
animals, and continued this long past retirement. Official
Vet to Dublin Zoo for 25 years. Played cricket for Ireland
between 1931 and 1947, and Rugby Union in 1934. A referee
trainer for more than 50 years.
LANGRELL, Maria (nee Wilson). d.1966 A Jubilee Nurse in
Enniskerry before she married Isaac Langrell in 1944. Maria
lived in Rose Cottage, which was the home of several Jubilee
nurses over the years. The headstone reveals that Maria's
children died as infants. Only one survived. On her
Cemetery , she set up the Knockrath Nursing Home in
Greystones.
LARMINIE, William. 1848-1900 poet and folklorist;
employed in the BIO (British India Office), from 1873-1887
and then retired to Bray. Wrote two volumes of poetry and
collections of stories from local people.
LeFANU, Francis Lewen. d. 1831 at the age of 21
LeFANU, Captain Hugh Barrington, R.N. d. 1929. He was
Harbour Master at Dunkirk 1915-1918; subsequently Officer in
charge of Coast Guards in S.E. Ireland. ( his son, Admiral
Sir Michael LeFanu, CB,KCB,GCB 1913-1970,served in WW2 and
became First Sea Lord 1968-70)
LeFANU, John Lewen, 1906-2005. Grandson of WR Le Fanu (see
below), son of Brindsley Rankine Le Fanu. He fought in WW2
in the RAFVR, was chairman on Grahams Lager Ltd and Sales
Director of Ind Coop & Allsopp, England.
LeFANU, Thomas P. d. 1945. Son of W.R.LeFanu, Commissioner
of Public Works. President of the Royal Society of
Antiquarians in Ireland.
LeFANU, Victor Charles, J.P. 1862-1939, Agent for Lord
Meath's Estates and a classical scholar. He played rugby
for Ireland 11 times, and was captain in 1892.
LeFANU, William Richard, 1861-1925. Barrister; son of
W.R.LeFanu. Queen Anne's Bounty, mentioned on the
headstone, was a fund for impoverished clergy, set up 1703
LeFANU, William R. 1816-1894. Famous railway engineer
responsible for the Bagenalstown and Kilkenny line,
including the Borris viaduct; author of "Seventy years of
Irish Life"; had 8 sons and 2 daughters; his brother, Joseph
Sheridan LeFanu was the writer of Gothic novels; lived at
Summerhill, now the Hotel. His wife , Henrietta Victorine,
was daughter of Sir Matthew Barrington,( of Barrington's
Hospital, Limerick.)
LITTON, George Edward, 1897-1955 Lt Colonel, born in India,
son of Marshall William Litton, lawyer and coffee planter
and grandson of Edward Falconer Litton (see Deane-Oliver).
Marshall was gravely wounded in WW1 and in the Irish
‘Troubles' he had provided invaluable assistance to the
British authorities. Marshall's cousin, was, confusingly,
also called Edward Falconer Litton.
LITTON, Peter George Marshall. Brigadier.OBE. 1920-2006. Son
of the above. Peter was commissioned into the Sherwood
Foresters in 1939. Took part in the invasion of Italy at
Salerno, and was captured in 1944. POW in Germany until
liberation in 1945. Vaious miltary posts after the war
including Malaya, Northern Ireland and Cyprus in the 60s.
ADC to the Queen. Retired 1975; Colonel of the
Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment until 1983
McCORMICK,Canon Francis James, d. 1947, Rector of Ardcarne
and Canon of Killmallan. Though he was living in Shankill
when he died, he was a neighbour and Rector of the Kirkwoods
in Woodbrook, conducted the funeral service for Phoebe
Kirkwood(see above) in Powerscourt church, and is buried
beside her.
McCULLAGH, Andrew Torrens;1815-1902. related to the
highly eccentric Irish premier of South Australia, Robert
Richard Torrens. His daughter, Clare Marsh,(1875-1923) was a
noted painter in Dublin
McDONAGH, Rev. Charles, d. 1873. Clergyman at the time the
new church was built. Curate of Stagonil 1848-1867.
Prebendary of Stagonil 1867-1873. His grave is one of the
first in the New Churchyard. His predecessor, Rev Joshua
Bernard is buried in the old churchyard at Powerscourt
House. ( Rev Joshua's grandson was John Moore Casement CB,
Admiral RN and ADC to King George V. John Casement's father
, Julius, was Sheriff of Co. Wicklow and distantly related
to executed Roger)
McDONAGH, C.W. d.1936 Drapers in Bray. The shop was at
25,26, and 27 Main Street. At Christmas,1910, he advertised
bargains – "6 mens' collars for 2/9; Irish linen sheets at
17/6 a pair; mens' suits at 15/9". In 1928 the bargains
included "brown all wool fleece blankets 6/11 each; mens'
tennis flannels 8/11;ladies' fur trimmed coats (tailor
made).. clearing regardless of cost 29/6; gents' soft
collars.. selling at 3 and a half pence" . Not much
inflation in 18 years.
McDONAGH, Dr Charles Lewens. d. 1976. Set up the first
Radiology Department of the RotundaHospital in 1927.
McKEE, Rev. Ernest. Presbyterian Minister in Bray from
1924-1934. He was wounded in the 3rd battle of Ypres while
serving as a Chaplain with the 9th Royal Irish Rifles. His
son, Ian, was killed in Burma in 1942.
McKENZIE, William Thomas. RAF Volunteer Reserve. d 1943
Killed by walking into the rotating propeller of a
Wellington in the dark at Silloth, Cumbria, after a night
exercise.
McMULLEN, General Sir Norman , CIE,KCB,DSO,CMG 1877-1944
Born in Delhi to a service family; spent most of his career
in India. Major to the Ludhiana Sikhs in 1915; mentioned in
despatches 9 times in the Great War; decorated with the
Order of the Crown of Belgium, Croix de Guerre of France and
of Belgium; CIE for services in the Afgan War 1920. In 1935
appointed General Commander-in- Chief, Eastern Command,
India. He enjoyed trout fishing.
McMULLEN, John Franklin 1820-1897, Inspector of the Union
Bank of Australia. Beatrice, nee Carnegie, his wife,
1823-1887, sister of John D Carnegie (see above)
MacMANUS, Henry RHA 1810-1878 Artist and native of Co.
Monaghan, he was appointed headmaster of Glasgow School of
Design in 1845 and returned to Dublin four years later to
take up a similar post with the Dublin Society. He was a
successful teacher and artist, well loved by his students as
the headstone reveals.
McNULTY, Alice. d. 1978. A well known figure in the
parish. She acted as Sexton from 1939 to 1956. Lively and
energetic, she performed an endless range of duties for £50
a year. Alice lived in Rose Cottage which had once been an
Alms House for elderly women.
MACK, Sir Henry, CBE, KCMG, d. 1974 Career diplomat;
British Ambassador in Egypt, Iran and Buenos Aires 1950s
MADDEN,Harriett, nee Baxter. d.1869. Widow of Charles Dudley
Madden (1784-1827) of Rosslea Co Monaghan. JP;DL; and High
Sheriff. He had fought as a Lieutenant with the 4th Dragoons
during the Peninsula War 1800-1811 and kept a daily Diary of
his life in the saddle. This is now printed in full on the
internet- a fascinating document. Charles Dudley was the
younger son of Lt Col Samuel Madden, Hilton House,
co.Monaghan, now a "Hidden Ireland" Country House Hotel,
still owned by the Madden family.
MALLINSON, P.Russell ( 1891- 1979) Pilot in WW1,
journalist, editor and writer of adventure stories. Gained
Aviator's certificate in 1916 and joined the RFC as 2nd Lt.
and Lt. in 1917. Sustained a head injury in an aircraft
accident in 1916. Served until 1919. In 1941 commissioned as
Pilot Officer and promoted to Flight Lieutenant in 1945.
Relinquished his commission in 1954.. He was a prolific
writer under many pen names; in the 1920s and 30s wrote
flying tales for several publications. Retired to Ireland
and lived in Ballyreagh.
MASON, Ernest Vance,MC. 1887-1960. Capt. RFA. Gassed at
Ypres 1917; earned MC in Salonica in 1918 "for gallant
conduct in circumstances of extreme danger (while a FLO.
Forward Liaison Officer) under continuous heavy barrage" and
wounded 3 times
MAUNSELL, Arthur Monroe , Major Royal Munster Fusiliers,
d.1925. His son , commemorated on the headstone, Lieut.
Douglas Slade Maunsell Royal Munster Fusiliers, was killed
in 1916. He was invalided home in 1915 and on recovery
served in Dublin during the Rising, April 1916, and was
killed within hours of returning to his battalion in France
in September. The Maunsells have a military pedigree in
Ireland stretching back to the 11th Century .
MECREDY, Rev. Henry Capel. Sandys, Rector of Powerscourt
1907-1924. He donated the brass font and flagon in 1909 in
memory of his Godfather, Rev. Charles McDonagh, also Rector
of Powerscourt until 1874 - most probably to mark the 50th
anniversary of the church building. His daughters, Louisa
Hope James Mecredy, buried here in 1967, was a CMS
missionary in India, and Doris H.Sandys Mecredy, d. 1969.
They occupied the "new" rectory in Cookstown.
MECREDY, Henry Sandys 1803-1891.MA,TCD. Father of the
above. Solicitor, residing at Kingstown at the time of his
death. Donated the south transept window in honour of his
father, Wills Hill Mecredy who died at Cookstown in 1852.
Henry was the grandson of Rev Michael Sandys, rector of
Stagonil ( Powerscourt ) parish 1775-1814, and a nephew
therefore of Robert Sandys, agent to two Lord Powerscourts
until 1845.. Also buried here are Maria Louisa Mecredy ,d.
1900 ( his wife) and two daughters, Jane E Sandys Mecredy
(Bessie) 1864 -1914, and Mary L. Stewart Mecredy, d.
1951,aged 85. Maria Louisa was the daughter of John Hope
James, MD, of Enniskerry. His wife was Hester Hope James,
who died in 1891 a month after her son in law, see above. At
81, she was 7 years youmger than he. She had been a widow
for 50 years, as Dr James died in 1842 and is buried in the
old Graveyard at Powerscourt.
MELLEFONT, Thomas, Lance Corporal. 2nd Royal Irish Rifles,
killed 1914 at Ypres aged 19.. Recorded on the Powerscourt
War Memorial. Name on Le Touret Memorial Son of Robert and
Susan Mellefont. Born in Millisle, Co Down, 1895. His father
from Wexford, was in the Royal Navy , and worked with the
Coast Guard service. His mother was born in Dublin.
Relatives lived in Enniskerry. (Father worked as Sexton at
Powerscourt Church ?) Thomas was posted in August;, killed
in action in October ( recorded also on Dunlaoghaire
Mariner's War Memorial.)
MEREDITH, Captain Boyle, d.1873 , 13th (PrinceAlbert's)
Light Infantry; became Staff Officer of Pensioners.
MEREDITH, Rev Ralph R.A. d 1878 (son of the above) Curate of
Christchurch, Bray 1846-1873 and Rector of Killiskey;
married Eliza, daughter of Phineas Riall,JP, Old Conna Hill.
Son of Ralph and Eliza, Lewis Meredith, created the rock
garden at Old Conna House.
MILLER, Melville 1917-1972 ( k a Sandy) Managing Director of
Rowntree Mackintosh, Ireland. Killed in the Staines Air
disaster. He was the only one taken alive from the debris,
but died soon after.
MILLER, Bishop Robert 1866-1931 Bishop Cashel,1919-1931
MOSES,Emily (nee Wilkinson) wife of Marcus Tertius Moses,
died 1931. He was a tea merchant, politician and magistrate
in Dublin, and is mentioned in James Joyce's ‘Ullyses'.
Their son, Marcus Alwynne Moses died of fever in 1914 ages
27, while serving with the 2nd Rhodesian Regiment in WW1 He
is honoured on the war memorial in Kilbride Church
MOORE, Cecil Robert, MD, 1902-1960, Phydician in Bray;
Surgeon Lt. RN in WW2 May Louisa Frances Moore( nee
Darlington), his wife.
MULLER, Clarissa Johanna( Stein) 1920-1983, daughter of
Walter Johannes Stein, an Austrian philosopher and
educationist; pupil and friend of Rudolph Steiner. Her
mother, Nora, was a eurythmist, a proponent of enlightenment
through music and movement.
MUSTARD, Thomas James 1826-1902. RIC Constable in
Enniskerry .His eldest son was born in Enniskerry barracks.
On his retirement, he became the gatekeeper at Dargle and
reared his large family of 11children there. The headstone
records the death of the mother and two of the children,
Cecil and Lucy who died in 1877 and 1878 aged 7 and 10, but
Thomas himself and 4 other adult members of the family are
buried here also. He and his wife (d.1886) served teas to
the visitors to the Dargle Glen. Mr Mustard's son Thomas
married the daughter of his successor, Kate Gallagher (see
Gallagher above) and their daughter, Kathleen Mustard, Bray,
celebrated her 100th birthday in 2012.
MUSTARD, Kathleen, 1912-2016. Granddaughter of Thomas James
(above) and of Anthony Gallagher (above), both RIC officers
in Enniskerry. Kathleen lived all her long life in Bray. At
school in St Pauls, now no longer there, and at 18 went to
the Technical School in Brighton Terrace to study
book-keeping, commercial arithmetic, shorthand and Irish.
She was then employed in a number of Businesses. She was
with Murdoch's department store for 13 years, and also with
Paddy Dempsey, the butcher, and with Hans Hautz, who
manufactured Beverley Bags. At one time she had a job with
the Hospital's Trust, which included working the famous
"Hollerith" machine which chose the winners for the Lottery.
She retired in 1981.
NICHOLLS, Henry, d.1975 City Engineer, Dublin, responsible
for the sanitation and water mains. 1916 patriot, took an
active part in the Rising on Easter Monday, in and around
the Royal College of Surgeons. He was the only TCD graduate
who took action in the Easter Rising, 1916. Spent time in
Frongoch, the prison camp in Wales. Later was a founding
member of ILGOU, the trade union of Local Government
officials. His wife, Kathleen HOLMES (Emerson), was a well
known Suffragette, arrested several times for smashing
windows, and during one of her demonstrations on the streets
of Dublin, she narrowly escaped being thrown into the Liffey
by an enraged crowd of men.
ORMSBY, Sisters Edith, Isabel d.1946 ,and Kate, d. 1948,
daughters of John Yeadon Ormsby of Ballinamore, Co. Mayo..
They lived in the Rectory at Cookstown, and their house was
one of the first in Enniskerry to have electric light
installed. Donated the electric engine for Powerscourt
Church organ.
OSTERBERG, Harald, died 1968. Danish Consul General in
Dublin . Civil Engineer. Introduced the Dragon Sailing Boats
to Irish waters. KDM stands for Kommander of the Company of
the Danish Flag. His son, Paul Harald, was a distinguished
orthopaedic surgeon in Belfast.
PALMER, Rev. Abraham Smythe, 1844-1917, Curate of
Powerscourt from 1868-74. Served during the period of the
Disestablishment, and was disillusioned about his pay. He
then became a Vicar in England and wrote many academic
books. Two of his daughters, Phyllis and Gladys Palmer ran
Hillcourt School. His son Geoffrey Palmer was a musician
who composed settings for poems by James Joyce. His wife,
Sarah Frances Palmer ( nee Echlin) wrote and published
Children's books. His youngest daughter, Eileen Palmer, was
the carer of Geoffrey who became an invalid All except Rev.
Palmer are buried here. Another daughter, Sylvia, settled in
England.
PATRICKSON, Annie Martha d. 1934, daughter of Mr F. Du
Bedat, wife of Captain J.H. Patrickson, 21st Royal Scots
Fusiliers. Their daughter Meriel Frances, married Rev Joseph
Samuel Wylie, Rector of Newtownmountkennedy, also buried in
this graveyard. PATRICKSON, Eric Colquhoun Esq, Colonial
Engineer, appointed the legislative Council of the
Presidency of Dominica. Lost at sea 1936 PATRICKSON, Lt.
Col. Denis James , Worcestershire Regiment, son of Eric and
his wife, Oonagh. He was a career soldier, serving in WW2 in
the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma. Post war served in
various Staff and Regimental appointments until retirement
in 1972. He then worked at MOD Chessington and died in 2001,
aged 84. "Universally known as a true gentleman."
PENNEFATHER, Phyllis Marion Alice (Phyl) d.2008,aged 96.
Her mother was Alice Lewin from Co.Galway and her father
Cyril Browne, son of Lord Richard Howe Browne from Sligo.
The family moved to Bray in the 1930s. Phyl was one of the
first wave of women students to enter TCD from which she
graduated with a First in Modern Languages. She taught in
England and then joined the Air Ministry at the start of the
war in 1939. In 1941 she married Harold Ind of the brewing
concern, Ind Coope, and returned to Ireland to her parents
home, Rosslyn in Bray. There she became an active member of
the community for 70 years. She was Chief Commissioner of
the Wicklow Girl Guides -they paraded in front of Rosslyn at
their annual gathering- and she worked tirelessly for the
RNLI, SSAFA etc. When her family had grown up she returned
to her painting. She set up the Wicklow artists group;
organised exhibitions for the Adelaide hospital; taught
painting at Summer schools in the Burren in her 70s and 80s.
Her pictures decorate the walls of the Dargle Nursing Home
where she spent her final years. She played bridge and
helped raise funds to build the Bridge Centre in Greystones.
Her husband Harold Ind died in 1977 and in 1982 she married
Kingsmill Pennefather, a Veterinary Surgeon.
PHAYRE, Lieut. General Sir Arthur Purves, G.C.M.G.,
K.C.S.I., C.B. d. 1885, First Commissioner of British Burma
1863-1867. Governor of Mauritius 1874-1878. Renowned
scholar, linguist, naturalist and "universally beloved".
PINKERTON, Samuel, d.1967 and Harriet and Robert BUCKLEY.
d,1952 Descendants of the rebel Billy Byrne, who joined the
United Irishmen, fought at Vinegar Hill, was arrested in
1799 and executed. Byrne was buried in Wicklow Abbey. Robert
and Harriet lived at the Upper Lodge at the Deerpark and
died within a fortnight of each other. Samuel was Harriet's
brother.
PITTAR, Ada Mary d.1882 One of the Sunday School
teachers in Powerscourt parish in the 1870s. She died very
young, at 25.
PRICE, Canon Charles Herbert Pownall. Canon of St.
Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; Rector of Kilbride 1911-1925.
Served in WW1 in the Chinese Labour Corps. A memorial window
in Kilbride church was erected "in affectionate remembrance"
by his parishioners and friends. A great tea drinker,
according to the memoir of a colleague.
PRICE, Francis William Blackwood, 1947- 1924 ( unmarked
grave). His family descended from Nicholas Price, Esq,
Saintfield, Co Armagh. Said to have travelled to Australia
in 1867.
PRINGLE, Donald Seton. Became the 2nd Headmaster of
CastlePark School in 1935. d.1961 . He was the son of
Professor Seton Sydney Pringle FRCSI, very eminent surgeon..
His sister ,Elizabeth (Betty) who died in 1976, married
Arthur Hamilton Butler, Bishop of Connor 1969-1981. His name
is also recorded on the headstone.
QUIGLEY, Irene,(d 1990) Noreen (d.1994) and Sheila( d.1996)
(Sisters) They lived together in the village of Enniskerry.
Noreen was a primary school Principal in Killiney. On
retirement, was substitute teacher when required, in
Powerscourt National School, where she herself had been a
pupil. She was a volunteer organist in Powerscourt Church
and Kilbride Church.
QUIN, Captain Richard (Dick) Pilot, late of Clonroe,
Enniskerry ; held the transatlantic record from New York to
Shannon, flying a 707 passenger aircraft.
REID, Margaret Hamilton. 1902-2010, aged 98 years. Active in
many national and international organisations; Christian
feminist, philanthropist; 14 years as International
Commissioner with the Irish Girl Guides; sportswoman and
business leader. Chairman of the board of Switzers, in the
1950s, the first woman to hold the office of a chairman of a
publicly quoted Irish company. For 46 years an elder of
Abbey Road Presbyterian Church. Enjoyed driving sports cars
and motorcycles until quite late in her life.
REYNOLDS, Ralph. W. Headmaster of the High School, Dublin
1951-1970.
RIALL, Major Patrick Dudley Erskine RA. d 1996 Served in
WW2. Faithful supporter of Powerscourt Church. Served on the
Select Vestry as Secretary and Treasurer etc, as did his
father before him. His father was Lt Col. Claude Phineas
RIALL. (1876-1952) Served in East Yorkshire Regiment in WW1
RISHWORTH, Frank Sharman BA, BE, MAI,
MICEI.1876-1960.Railway engineer. 1902 lecturer in School of
Engineering in Egypt, where he took a leading part in the
design of the Aswan Dam.. 1910 –1947, professor of Civil
Engineering at UCG. From 1925-1930 was chief engineer for
the Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme, and was subsequently
consulting engineer to the ESB.
ROBERTSON, Eleanor Frances, d.1903, daughter of Joseph
Sheridan LeFanu, the writer of ghost stories. Joseph was the
brother of William Robert LeFanu of Summerhill. ROBERTSON,
Eleanor Frances Grant Robertson, daughter of the
above,d.1963. Well known in the village as Miss Grant
Robertson from Enniskerry Lodge.
ROBERTSON, James Scott. d. 1895. Purveyor General in the
Crimea. Initially Florence Nightingale approved of his
appointment, but later criticised him for defending the
Irish Sisters of Mercy whom she accused of eating too much
meat. The nuns seem to have been incorrigibly cheerful in
spite of the dire conditions. Scott Robertson's son, Ivan
Robertson, died of wounds at Gallipoli, 1915, aged 34. (
10th Batt Australian Imperial Forces)
ROBINSON, George Hanbury, d. 1975. Factor of the
Powerscourt Estate. Lived at Scalp House, and was the last
Town Clerk of Rathmines.
ROGERS, Henry Ivers, BA MD, Surgeon RN, 1875-1917. Gazetted
to be surgeon on "Her Majesty's Fleet" in 1900
ROWAN-HAMILTON, Lt. Col. George, 1845- JP in Co. Wicklow,
3rd Batt. Royal Irish Rifles. Lived in Wilford, Bray. His
great grandfather Archibald Rowan Hamilton was a United
Irishman, fighting in the 1798 rebellion. He was sentenced
to death but escaped to the US.
ROWLAND, Michael Ryan the interesting memorial stone on
the field boundary with a water feature, was erected to his
memory by his friends and colleagues in the film industry
ROWLETTE, Robert James, FRCP, 1873-1944. President of RCP
and RIAM. Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy in Dublin
University. Was a Lt. Colonel in the RAMC during WW1.
Involved in long distance athletics, and later in the Irish
Amateur Athletics Association, and the National Athletic and
Cycling Assoc. of Ireland. He was Honorary Physician to the
British Olympic Team in 1920 and to the Irish teams at the
1924 and 1928 Olympics. Elected to the Dail in 1933 and to
the Senate in 1938.
RUDMOSE-BROWN, Thomas, d. 1942 Professor of French at
T.C.D. Tutor and mentor to Samuel Becket. Buried here with
his wife, but no headstone or dedication on the granite
kerbs.
SANDFORD, Adelaide Elizabeth (nee Jephson) d. 1880 2nd
daughter of HPG Jephson of Glenbrook. Her husband, William
Robert Wills Sandford was an officer in the Royal Scots
Dragoons – the "Greys" Their daughter, Charlotte, was a
singer and pianist, studying at the RCM, and married the
famous composer of church music, Charles Wood. Ina Boyle
studied composition with him. ( see Boyle, Ina, above)
SANDYS Family. Descendants of MICHAELSandys, Prebendary of
Stagonil from 1775-1814 . HENRY Sandys and his wife Emily
Darley were the first couple to be married in Powerscourt
Church in 1861, and their son HENRY JERVIS was the first
child to be baptised in Powerscourt Church in 1863. Lived at
Dargle Hill. Henry Snr was Agent to Lord Monck of
Charleville. Henry Snr's father, Robert Sandys, was agent to
two Lord Powerscourts from 1819 to 1849.
SANDYS, HILDA, daughter of Henry (Jervis) and Maud. Hilda
and her sister Dorothea served as VADs in WW1 . Hilda was
awarded the prestigious medal, the RRC ( Royal Red Cross)
which she received from the king at Buckingham Palace, for
her exceptional work. Took part in the Peace Commission in
Paris in 1919. She was a WAAF officer until the 1960s when
she retired to Kilmacanogue. She died in 1983. Her family
had been in the parish for more than 200 years.
SARRATT, Walter, d. 1950. Dublin Commissiioner for Cubs,
Scout Association of Ireland. Treasurer of Dublin SAI. He
worked all his life for Guinness.
SAUL, Captain J. Patrick.d.1968 Free State Army Air Corps.
navigator on the second east-west trans-Atlantic flight.
The "Southern Cross" took off from Portmarnock sands in June
1930. After 31 hours in the air, the crew landed their
craft in Newfoundland and flew on directly to New York, the
first to make this trip. He became a navigational instructor
with the RAF in 1937, and, at Shannon Airport, worked to
establish the Irish Air Traffic Control system. His first
wife drowned in a boating accident in 1922, when Saul
managed to swim ashore with his infant daughter, Patricia.
She lived until 2012, and her ashes are buried here with her
father.
SAUL, Air Vice Marshal Richard Ernest, C.B., D.F.C., R.A.F
1891-1983, whose ashes are buried here. He was one of the
five most senior R.A.F. Officers in WW2. He was responsible
for the aircraft and stations defending the North of England
during the Battle of Britain.
SAUL, William Hogan.,d.1960. Naval Commander 1939-1943, HMS
Queen of Bermuda, armed merchant cruiser, South Atlantic
Station.
SCOTT, Percy, B.L. d.1955. Life-long Scout Leader. The
symbol on the headstone is a tracking sign, usually made
with a circle of pebbles, which means "Gone Home".
SCOTT, Trevor, MRCVS 1911-1991 Well loved Bray Vet,
who often gave his services for nothing if it would benefit
the animal. Brother of Percy Scott (see above)
SEALY, James,1876-1949, Barrister, KC, Circuit Court Judge.
He had a long career as a Judge. Was a keen sportsman in
youth and retained a presence in Rugby and Cricket most of
his life. Won 9 caps for Ireland and 4 for the British
Isles in Rugby. Married the daughter of Douglas Hyde.
SEALY, May Una. Daughter of Douglas Hyde, First President of
Ireland. Wife of James Sealy
SHAW, William, d. 1895. Banker; liberal MP and a leader of
the Home Rule Movement. Chairman of the Munster Bank, which
collapsed in 1885 and he was disgraced and ruined. Became a
journalist.
SHANNON, Samuel J., d.1924 From 1899-1916 was Chief Civil
Engineer with the Dublin South Eastern Railway.
SIMPSON, Rev.Chancellor Walter Cadden, d.1958 Rector of
St Bartholemews 1918-1951 SIMPSON, Captain Alan P.
1920-1980. TCD Engineering. Served in the Irish Army in WW2.
Captain 1950 Corps of Engineers. He and his first wife,
Carolyn Swift founded the Pike Theatre (1953) in Dublin
which staged the first production of Samuel Beckett's
"Waiting for Godot' and Behan's ‘The Quare Fellow'. Artistic
advisor with the Abbey Theatre, 1968-69, and writer.
SLOAN. Mabel Fitzgerald. 1888-1974. Wife of Harold Alexander
Sloan.. He was a noted footballer, who scored the first goal
at the new Dalymount Park in 1901, playing for the home team
, Bohemians. He played for Ireland 8 times. A Presbyterian
FP of the High School, he became a civil servant and
enlisted in the army in 1916. He was posted with the 198th
Royal Garrison Artillary and was killed in Jan 1817 at
Combles on the Somme, aged 37. Mabel and he had one son,
also Harold Fitzgerald Sloan, b.1913, Surgeon Lt RNVR (HMS
Javelin) who was killed in 1940 WW2
SMITH, Annie, d. 1918 Powerscourt Gate Lodge keeper
SMITH, John. 1918-2006. Farmed at Berryfield. John served
on the Select Vestry of Powerscourt Church for 60 years, and
was churchwarden many times.
SMITH, Sarah Anne,d.1974. ( Headstone of Alexander Smith,
Berryfield). Jubilee Nurse in Enniskerry. So called because
the organisation was founded in the year of Queen Victoria's
Jubilee, to provide medical care and advice to people in
their own homes – a revolutionary notion for the time.
Sarah's maiden name was Mossman
SMITH, Susan, d. 1955. Caretaker of the Parochial Hall,
Enniskerry. Her name does not appear on the headstone
erected on her grave to Elsie GORDON.d 1976
SMYTH, Devaynes, JP, Bray Head. 1849-1912. His son, Algernon
Beresford Smyth, Captain 2nd Kings Own Yorkshire Light
Infantry was killed in 1914, aged 30. His grandfather was
Charles Putland, of Sans Souci, Bray Head. Charles died in
1874, and is buried in St Pauls Bray.
SMYTH, Louis Bouvier, 1883-1952. Professor of Geology at
T.C.D. Assistant to the famous Professor Joly. He succeeded
him in 1933. (Frank Mitchell then became the Assistant).
The problem of the day was to discover the age of the earth.
SMYTHE, Amelia H. Stewart, d 1924, daughter of John Franklin
Mc Mullen (see above); her husband, James Stewart Smythe an
Australian surgeon. Amelia was a writer, also known as
Millie. The headstone is decorated with bronze cameo
portraits of the pair. (These have been recently stolen)
SMYTHE,Edward and Esther Hamilton, d 1831 and 1938, of
Knockbawn, Enniskerry. Five sons fought in the Great War.
Albert Edward Smythe, Private, 1st Batt Irish Guards was
killed at Ypres in 1914, aged 18
SOMERS, Edward (Ned), d. 1981. Sexton to Powerscourt Church
for 20 years (1956-1976). Well-known figure in the village
and at the ploughing matches and horse shows; sought-after
anchor man in the Tug-of-War teams.
STEEDE, Percival Forbes (Percy), d.1957. He was a
schoolmaster at Powerscourt School for almost 40 years
(1907-1942), and organist for almost 50 years (1907-1952).
The headstone was erected by public subscription, the
residue of £40 being invested for the benefit of the school
in 5½% Bonds.
STEEN, Robert Elsworth, FRCPI. 1902-1981 Physician,
Professor, Musician. The first Irishman to be elected
President of the British Paediatric Association. Married
Elizabeth Margaret Cochrane, daughter of Sir Ernest Cecil
Cochrane, 2nd Baronet, Woodbrook., and Elsa. ( see Cochrane)
STEPHENS, Edward Millington, 1888-1955. Had a distinguished
career in the legal profession; assistant registrar to the
Supreme Court; registrar to the Court of Criminal Appeal;
nephew of John Millington Synge. He wrote a book called "My
Uncle John" about the life and family of his famous uncle.
STEPHENS, Edward Brandon. 1919- 2015 . Surgeon at the Meath
Hospital
STEWART,Charlotte, d.1905, daughter of Sir Robert Proscott
Stewart. ( see D'Arcy)
SUTTON, James and Louise, Bray, parents of Pte James
George(Albert) SUTTON, killed in action Mareth Line 1943,
aged 27. Interred in Sfax cemetery, Tunisia.
SWITZER, John, 1935-2008. Civil Engineer in Canada and
Ireland. The family were originally Palantines, refugees
from religious persecution in Germany in the 18th century.
The iconic store was set up in Dublin about 1780, and became
one of the top fashion outlets in Europe, employing a staff
of 250, including "resident French lady models".
SYMMONDS, Eileen. d. 2002. Organist of St.Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Bray for a record 60 years from 1932 to
1998.
TINKLER, Teresa, died 1998. Much loved principal teacher at
Powerscourt National School until 1997.
TOWNSHEND, George. 1876-1957. A leading exponent of the
Baha'i faith in Ireland. He was an ordained member of the
Church of Ireland, Rector of Anascragh and Archdeacon of
Clonfert and Kilmacduagh until 1947, when he retired – some
say resigned. By 1920 he had become convinced of the truth
of the Baha'i faith. On retirement, aged 70, he
relinquished his orders and devoted his life to writing
about this religion. He is regarded with special reverence
in Ireland as the last of those who had met Shogi Effendi,
Abdul Baha,(d. 1921) son of the first great missionary of
Baha'iism, Baha'ullah.(d.1892) The Rev. Townshend's family
were all Baha'is. His daughter Una was especially active and
honoured as the founder of the Baha'i faith in Malta. His
wife Anna, and son, Brian Uniacke Townshend are buried with
him.
TUDOR, Admiral Oswald Peploe, 1844-1908. Latterly Harbour
Master at Kingstown. Lived at Harbour House, and died there.
Was a descendent of the royal house of Tudor. He served
(from 1870) with HMS Rattlesnake and (from 1879) HMS
Swinger, R.N. ships, which worked the Australian Station at
the time, exploring and "keeping the peace". His youngest
son, Alan Roper Tudor, died in action in 1917 at the age of
16 years
TURNER, Robert. d. 1873. Forester at Powerscourt for 40
years.
VALENTINE, William. d. 1967. Sexton to Kilbride Church for
60 years. His wife was a fine seamstress and embroiderer
VERNEY, Major General Lloyd, D.S.O.., M.V.O., 1900-1957.
Career soldier. Personally invited by "Monty" to command
the Desert Rats in Normandy, 1944. His family was connected
to Florence Nightingale, who wrote letters to him as a boy.
Emblems on the stone are the Grenadier Guards (left) and
Irish Guards (right)
WALKER, Robin, 1924-1991, noted architect, partner with
Michael Scott in the firm Scott, Tallon & Walker. Graduated
UCD in 1948; worked in Rhodesia and the US; returned to
Ireland in 1958. Elected President RIAI in 1968. Retired in
1982, and took up painting.
WALLIS, Hilda Olympic tennis player. Played for Ireland in
1924 Olympics
WARDLE, Jo. d. 1900. Devoted servant of the Earl of Meath
at Kilruddery for 53 years.
WEIR, David Joseph , d.1981 Powerscourt Estate Head
Forester .
WEIR, William Ritchy RFA. d. 1917. Gunner, 22nd Reserve
Battery. He died of wounds in a Military Hospital in London.
His name appears on the War Memorial in the church.
Beneath this his bronze medallion is set in the wall. These
were awarded to the families of all who gave their lives in
WW1, and were known as the Widows' Pennies
WEST , Alfred Edward ,gentleman, of Kilcroney. 1851-1919
Late Lt. The Wicklow Rifles. Was High Sheriff of Wicklow in
1915. On the day of the Easter Rising,1916, he was in
Dublin, and was caught in the fighting, unable to make his
way home. He took refuge in the Kildare Street Club, and
wrote an account of the events as they occurred . His car
was requisitioned to rescue wounded men. These documents are
in the Club Archive. His wife, Florence was a Canadian from
Quebec.
WEST, Cyril Charles, 1878-1953, son of the above Alfred, was
a Lt. Col. in the Black Watch. Fought in the Boer War and in
WW1. His wife, Ursula May Sealy West (nee Gilman) died in
1974
WEST,(WEST-ERSKINE) the Hon William Alexander
ErskineWest-Erskine,MLC, 1839-1892, elder brother of Alfred
West , see above. William and Alfred were sons of the Rev
William James West 1809-1859, Rector of Delgany from 1847
until his death, and also rector of Deralossery, 1840-47,
who married Elmina Erskine.(d.1886) William took his
mother's name when he inherited her property . He emigrated
to Australia in 1861, and took up farming, breeding Hereford
cattle. He is best known as a politician, becoming a Member
of the Legislative Council of South Australia, and
Commissioner of Public Works for a short time. He resigned
his seat in 1891, intending to travel to America and
Ireland. He was expected to return to Australia, but died
while in Ireland in 1892. He was 53.
WHELAN, Rev. Ernest. B Mus. d. 1910. Curate of Powerscourt
1876-1883, where he lived at Weston. Rector of Kilbride
1883-1910. Noted musician. Wrote and composed hymns and
conducted choirs. Kilbride's fine Arts & Crafts furnishings
were donated by friends and parishioners in his memory.
Headstone decorated with broken lily for little Jack (died
of gastro enteritis at six months) and a lyre for Rev.
Ernest's musical talents. His wife, Deborah Carnegie. Only
child of John D Carnegie (see above)
WHITE, Mary. d. 1872. Housekeeper of Powerscourt House.
WHITTY, Sophia Angel St.John, d. 1924. She worked as a
teacher in the Bray Art Furniture Industry, an enterprise
which flourished in the period before the first War. Some of
the beautiful carving in Christ Church, Bray, was designed
and fashioned by her, and the organ case was dedicated to
her memory.. She wrote a book on the flora and fauna of
Co.Wicklow. She and her mother cycled the length and
breadth of the county for this project.
WILBRAHAM, Lady Marion,d.1916, was the widow of Hugh
Wilbraham Esq, Old Head Co Mayo and Fairy Hill, Bray. She
was the daughter of Howe Peter Browne,2nd Marquess of Sligo.
Her nephew, Cyril Browne , who died 1960 at Rosslyn, Bray is
also buried here. (see Browne)
WILSON, Maria (see Langrell). Jubilee Nurse in Enniskerry.
WINCHESTER, Robin. Banker. Set up the first Western Bank in
Eastern Europe, Citibank in Budapest, in the 1980s
WIX, Sylvia May, daughter of Edmund D'Olier,( see above)
died 1988, aged 96. She was a friend of Ina Boyle, the
composer ( see above), and an anthem was dedicated to her by
Ina in 1913. Her husband, Randolph Stonehewer Wix
(k.a.Stoney) at one time played Rugby for Oxford 1904-08.
They lived in Crinken Lodge, Shankill