The Romance of the Charley Family - Appendix VIII

 Appendix VIII

Extracts from Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1958

(4^th Edition) (Amended to 1970)

 

Charley – formerly of Seymour Hill

Lt-Col. William Robert Hunter Charley, The Royal Irish Rangers, formerly of The Royal Ulster Rifles, b. 25 April, 1924. Educated at Elm Park, Co. Armagh, Cheltenham College and The Queen’s University, Belfast. Served in W.W.II and Korea; Commanded The Queen’s University Officers Training Corps (1965-68). Chairman R.U.R. Association Council (1969- ); p.s.c. (1958); A.M.B.I.M.; A.I.P.R.; m. 24 September, 1960 *Catherine Janet Kingan dau. of W.S. Kingan, DL, JP, of Glenganagh, Co. Down (see that family) and has issue:

*	1.	Catherine June	b. 17th June, 1961
*	2.	Elizabeth Jane	b. 23rd November, 1962
*	3	Jane Mary Isabella	b. 11th February, 1968

Lineage – The family of Charley, or Chorley, originally from Chorley Hall, Lancs., passed over from the North of England and settled in Ulster in the 17^th century, at first at Belfast, where they were owners of house property and afterwards at Finaghy, Co. Antrim.

John Charley, of Belfast, b. ca. 1659; d. 22 Dec. 1743, was father of
Ralph Charley, of Finaghy House, b. 1674, m. Elizabeth (Hill?) (b. 1684, d. 9 Sept. 1748), and d. 6 Aug. 1756, leaving issue, a son,
John Charley, of Finaghy, b. 1711, m. Jane Ussher (b. 7 Jul. 1718; d. 9 Aug. 1781), and d. 6 April, 1793, leaving issue,
1.	John, of whom presently,
2.	Matthew, M.D., d. unm
3.	Hill, b. 1751 d. unm. Jan. 1772
1.	Jane, b. 1745, m. 14 Feb. 1771 John McCance, of Farmhill, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim (b. 1744 d. 1811). She d. 4 Feb. 1818.
2.	A daughter, m. Dr. Craig, of Ballymena. She d. 6 May, 1842.
The eldest son, John Charley, of Finaghy House, b. 1744, m. 16 April, 1783, Ann Jane (b. 1758; d. 3 Feb. 1818), a daughter of Richard Wolfenden, linen manufacturer of Harmony Hill, Co. Down, and d. 26 Jan. 1812, leaving issue.
1.	John, of Finaghy House, b. 31 Jan. 1784; d. unm. 27 Sept. 1844.
2.	Matthew, of Finaghy House, b. 23 June, 1788, m. 6 Aug 1819, Mary Anne (b. 23 June, 1797; d. 2 Oct. 1866), dau. of Walter Roberts, of Colin House, and d. 23 Sept. 1846, leaving issue,
	1.	John Stouppe, DL,JP, of Finaghy House, Co. Antrim, and Island of Arranmore, Co. Donegal, JP Cos. Donegal, Antrim, and Borough of Belfast, High Sheriff, Co. Donegal 1875, b. 30 April, 1825, m. 21 Aug 1851, Mary Stewart (b. 21 Sept. 1832; d. 15 May 1915), dau. of Francis Forster, JP of Roshine Lodge, Co. Donegal, and d. 14 April 1878, having had issue

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Appendix VIII (continued)

Extracts from Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ireland, 1958 (continued)

 

		1.	John Francis Ralph, b. 25 Nov 1853; d. 22 Feb. 1855
		2.	John Francis William, Major 1st Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fus., Cmdt. of Messourie, N.W. Provinces of India, b. 14 May, 1857, mortally wounded while leading his Regt. at the Battle of Colenso, 15 Dec. 1899, unm.
		3.	Walter Roberts Matthew, JP, settled at Pine Lake, Alberta, Canada. b. 2 July, 1859, m. 1899, Mary (b. 1883, d. 10 Dec. 1955), dau. of John A. Simpson, MPP of Innisfall, Canada, and d.s.p. 21 May, 1930.
		4.	Ralph Mansfield, b. 20 Jan, 1861; d. an infant
		1.	Mary Grace Leader, b. 16 Sept. 1855; d. unm. 18 Feb. 1919
		2.	Constance Stewart, b. 17 March, 1863; d, unm. 17 Dec 1947
		3.	Charlotte Elizabeth Forster, b. 2 June, 1865; d. unm. 17 Feb. 1919
	2.	Walter Matthew, b. 23 May, 1827, m. 1stly, 7 Aug 1856, Isabel Irvine (b. 23 June, 1837; d. 5 March, 1860), and had issue,
		1.      Edith Marie Janie Moore, b. 7 Sept. 1857, m. Rev. W.H. Winn, 1 Dec. 1875, and had issue, two sons, Walter d. 1948 and one other.
		2.      Isobel Ethel Annie, b. 10 Oct 1858; d. unm.
		He married 2ndly, 24 Nov. 1869, Catherine Crowe (b. 1838; d. 27 Nov. 1906), and d. 13 Jan. 1870.
	3.	William Thomas (Sir), Colonel, BA, St. John’s College, Oxford 1856; DCL 1868; called to Bar 1865; Common Sergeant of London 1878-92; helped to reorganize conservative party in London and Lancashire 1867; Member of Court of Lieutenancy of London; M.P. for Salford 1868-80; knighted and QC 1880; strong supporter of Disraeli; vigorous defender of Church of England; Past Master of the Lorimers’ Co.; Hon. Col. 3rd Vol. Bn. Royal Fus; enthusiastic Volunteer and author of legal and other works; President of the Pickwick Bicycle Club; KC 1901; DL for City of London, b. 5 March, 1833, m. 11 Feb. 1890, Clara, dau. of F.G. Harbord, of Kirby Park, Cheshire, and d. 8 July, 1904. Having had issue,
		1.	Noel
		2.	Estelle Dumerque
	1.	Cecilia Anna, b. 30 Nov. 1820; d. unm. 7 Jan. 1871
	2.	Suzanne Caroline, b. 4 Oct. 1822; m. 10 March, 1857, Rev. H.N. Dupont, and d.s.p. 1 May, 1897.
	3.	Letitia, b. 9 April, 1831; m. 25 Sept. 1851, Colonel William Mackay Mackenzie, The Donegal Militia and had issue, three sons, and four daus. She d. Oct. 1915.

  3.       

	William of Seymour Hill, of whom presently
4.	Edward, b. 6 July, 1794; d. unm. 21 Sept. 1841
5.	Hill, a Belfast merchant and shipping agent, b. 6 Oct. 1802, m. 29 Nov. 1823, Mary (b. 1801; d. 31 Aug. 1846). Dau. of William Hunter, of Dunmurry House, and d. 12 June, 1848, having had issue,
	1.	John, b. 25 Sept. 1824, m. 1845, Elizabeth Franceys Howell (b. 1826; d. 12 Oct. 1899), and d. 21 Oct. 1870, having had issue,
		1.	John, b. 1847; d. 12 Dec 1876
		2.	Phineas Howell, b. 6 May, 1849, m. L. Herdman, and d. 26 Jan 1928, leaving issue,
			1.	John Howell, m. – Smith, and has issue, John
		3.	Hill, m. E. Parker, and d.s.p. 21 May, 1930. Corn and flour merchant, Keen member RU Yacht Club, of Bangor and Hoylake.
		4.	Frederick William, of Lisburn, m. – Kennedy, and had issue,
			1.	Elsie
			2.	Mabel
		5.	Henry Purdon, b. 1855; d. 27 Sept, 1871
		6.	Charles Edwin, b. April, 1860, d. 12 Aug 1861
		7.	Arthur Norman, of Belfast, m. L. Finlay, and had issue,
			1.	John
			2.	Murial
		1.	Jane, b. 7 Dec. 1850; d. unm.
		2.	Edith, b. 1856, d. 3 March, 1858
		3.	Maud, m. H. Herdman, and had issue, one son and one dau.
	2.	Frederick William Hunter, b. 31 May, 1827; d. 3 June, 1849
	3.	Henry Moore, a Belfast coal and commission merchant, b. 22 Nov. 1831, m. Hannah Andrews Wilson (b. 24 June, 1832; d. 30 Nov. 1898), and d. 22 Feb. 1896, having had issue,
		1.	William Ralph, b. June, 1856, d. 10 Dec 1856
		2.	Henry Moore, b. 30 Mar. 1859, m. – Young, and d.s.p.
		3.	Edward Hill, b. 23 Oct. 1862
		4.	Thomas Eaton, b. 14 Jan. 1865; d. unm. 12 June, 1903.
		1.	Hannah, the first Queen’s District Nurse in Ireland, b. 1858; d. unm. 11 March, 1947
	4.	Herdman, b. 22 Feb, 1834; d. 11 May 1853
	5.	Hill, b. 27 Dec. 1839; m. Edith – (b. 1856, d. 19 March, 1951), and d. 22 June, 1922
	6.	Edward, b. Oct. 1842, d. an infant
	1.	Mary, b. 23 March, 1830, m. John F.C. Praeger, and had issue, three sons and six daughters. He was b. 1823 and d. 25 Aug 1869
	2.	Edith, b. 7 Jan. 1844, d. 25 March, 1847

1.             3	Annabella, b. Aug. 1793, m. John Riddell of Beechmount, Co. Down, and d. 25 March, 1865, having had issue, six sons and four daus. He was b. 25 Nov, 1783 and d. 22 Jan. 1870.
2.           4	Eliza Jane, b. 6 Oct. 1800; d. 6 May, 1854.
The 3rd son,
William Charley, of Seymour Hill, Dunmurry, one of the original founders of Northern Banking Co., and Chm. J. & W. Charley & Co., b. 16 April, 1790, m. 17 Oct. 1817, Isabella (b. 9 June, 1800; d. 15 May 1882), eldest dau. of William Hunter, J.P., of Dunmurry, and d. 20 Feb. 1838, having had issue,
1.	John, of whom presently.
2.	William, s. his brother.
3.	Edward, of Conway House, Dunmurry, b. 20 April, 1827, m. 1stly, Mary (d. 4 Aug. 1854), dau. of Andrew Caldecott, of Woodford Hall, Essex, and had issue,
	1.	Mary Caldecott, m. Capt. George Leslie Poë, R.N. (ret.), 2nd son of William Thomas Poë, M.A., of Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary, and Glen Ban, Queen’s Co. (see Poë of Riverston), and had issue,
	He m. 2ndly, Catherine Jane (b. 1829; d. 27 Nov. 1906), dau. of Jonathan Richardson, J.P., of Lambeg House, Lisburn (see that family), and d. 7 Nov. 1868, having by her had issue,
	1.	Edward (Rev.), M.A. Oxon, sometime Rector of Rossett, Denbighshire, b. 20 March, 1860, m. 2 Sept. 1886, Margaret Eva, dau. of Alfred Thomas, J.P., of Frodsham, Cheshire, and d.s.p.
	2.	Ernest William Ralph, b. 1864; d. 12 Sept. 1869.
	2.	Edith Margaret, b. 5 June, 1857, m. 6 May, 1884, Ven. William Lang Paige Cox, M.A., B.D., Archdeacon of Chester, son of William Lang Paige Cox, of Kingsmear, Dartmouth, and d. 25 Oct. 1950, leaving issue, two daus. He d. 1934.
	3.	Kathleen Isabel Airth, b. 3 March, 1864; d. unm.
1.	Mary, b. 17 Nov. 1820; d. unm. 13 July, 1886. Lived at Huntley, Dunmurry.
2.	Anne Jane, b. 15 Aug. 1822, m. 1842, William Stevenson, jun., of Belfast, and d.s.p. 2 Nov. 1904. He d. Sept. 1855. Lived at Huntley, Dunmurry.
3.	Eliza, b. 11 Oct. 1830, m. Andrew Caldecott, J.P., of Pishobury Park, Sawbridgeworth, Herts., and d. 28 Oct 1913, leaving issue, four sons and seven daus.
4.	Isabella, b. 24 April, 1832, m. 22 Sept. 1857, Rev. Richard Leslie Scott, Rector of Little Parndon, Essex, son of the Rev Chancellor James L.M. Scott, of Portaferry, Co. Down, and d.s.p. 30 Oct. 1905.
5.	Emily, b. 19 April, 1837; d. unm 1 May, 1917.
The eldest son,
John Charley, of Seymour Hill, Co. Antrim, b. 1 Aug. 1818, d. unm. 17 Dec 1843, and was s. by his brother,

William Charley, of Seymour Hill, Co. Antrim, D.L., J.P., Chm. J. & W. Charley & Co., acted as juror at the Great Exhibition 1851, wrote ‘Flax and its Products’ at request of Royal Society of Arts; b. 11 April, 1826, m. 1 Oct. 1856, Ellen Anna Matilda (b. 26 March, 1839; d. 21 Feb. 1890), dau. of Edward Johnson, J.P., of Ballymacash, nr. Lisburn, and grand-dau. of Rev. Philip Johnson, D.L., J.P., and d. 30 Sept. 1890, having had issue,
1.	William, of Seymour Hill, b. 24 Nov. 1857; d. unm. In Sydney, Australia, 30 June, 1904.
2.	Edward Johnson, D.L., J.P., of Seymour Hill, Co. Antrim, J.P. (1893), High Sheriff 1913, Chm. Northern Banking Co., and of J. & W. Charley & Co., Linen Manufacturers; devoted to the Orders of Free Masonry and Orangeism holding high rank in both, having attained 31st Degree and being P.S.G.W. of Antrim in Masonry and Senior Dep. Grand Master and Grand Treasurer for Ireland of Orange Order; Rear Cdre. Of Royal Ulster Yacht Club; Member of Unionist Council; b. 10 Dec. 1859; d. unm. 18 Feb. 1932.
3.	John George Stewart, b. 19 Dec. 1863; d. 22 May, 1886
4.	Thomas Henry FitzWilliam, Lieut. 4th Bn. Royal Irish Rifles, b. 27 Jan. 1866; d. 28 March, 1885.
5.	Arthur Frederick, J.P., of Seymour Hill, Co. Antrim, and of Mossvale, Lambeg, Co. Down, J.P., Co. Antrim; served in World War I 1914-19 as Capt. 11th Royal Irish Rifles; Chm. J. & W. Charley & Co., a keen horseman and farmer; b. 25 Sept. 1870, educ. Cheltenham, m. 3 Nov. 1917, Clare (b. 1880, d. 3 Sept. 1961), dau of Patrick Burgess Fenn, of Maze Hall, Beaumont, Essex, and d.s.p. 18 May, 1944.
6.	Harold Richard, of whom presently,
1.	Mary Isabella, b. 5 Nov., d. 12 Nov. 1858.
2.	Ellen Frances Isabella, b. 11 Sept. 1861, m. 6 April, 1893, Charles Howard Duffin, (d. 2 Sept. 1921), of Rselands, nr. Belfast, son of Adam Duffin, of The Lodge, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim, and d. 25 June, 1942, having had issue,
	1.	Frances Charles Duffin, Captain R.I.R. b. 1895, K.I.A. 13 Mar. 1918, unm.
	2.	William Howard Duffin, b. 1900. Murdered by I.R.A. 15 Feb. 1922, unm.
	1.	*Eileen Emily, m. Major Robert Lyall Dempster and had issue two sons (one adopted) and one daughter.
3.	Elizabeth Mary Florence, b. 21 Aug. 1868; d. unm. 29 Nov. 1946.
4.	Emily Constance Jane, b. 18 Aug. 1872, m. 29 April, 1903, James Stewart Reade, J.P., (b. 20 Jul. 1871, and d. 14 Dec. 1934), eldest son of James Thomas Reade, of Ardara, Belfast, and d. 4 Oct 1955, having had issue,
	1.	Denis James Stewart Reade, b. 26 March, 1905; d. 8 Nov. 1905,
	1.	Clare Emily, b. 13 Aug. 1906; d. 16 Mar. 1917.
	2.	*Rosamund Mary Elizabeth, b. 28 Jun. 1908; m. 1stly 4 Sept. 1928, *Sir R.M.T. McConnell, Br., V.R.D., and has issue three sons and one dau. She m. 2ndly, *C. O. Haselden, 1954.

	3.	*Helen Marguerite Ann, b. 16 Jun. 1910; m. 22 Sept. 1934, H. Holmes (he d. 1966), and has issue one son and three daughters
5.	Wilhelmina Maude Isabel, b. 9 Dec. 1877, m. Samuel Edward Baily, of California, U.S.A., and d.s.p. 23 Sept. 1918, serving with V.A.D. in Italy. He d. 1914.
The youngest son,
Col. Harold Richard Charley, C.B.E. (1920), D.L., of The Trees, Helen’s Bay, Co. Down, formerly of Seymour Hill, and Warren House, Dunmurry, Co. Antrim; late The Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal Ulster Rifles 1895-1923; D.L., (1946), Co. Antrim; cmd’d 1st R.U.R. 1919-23; Col. 1923, served with 1st Bn. R.I.R. in Natal and India, and with 2nd Bn. in France 1914 (seriously wounded and captured at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. 1914); started workshops for interned British at Murren 1916, Officer-in-Charge, Technical Instruction for British interned in Switzerland 1917, Commr. British Red Cross in Switzerland 1918, Man. British Red Cross, Berlin, 1919; City Cmdt. Belfast Ulster Spec. Constab. 1924-52, County Cmdt. Co. Antrim U.S.C. 1924-39; Chm. R.U.R. Assoc. 1924-49; hon. Sec. and organiser of Downshire Tennis Tournament 1923-33; Hon. Col. Antrim Coast Regt. R.A., (T.A.), 1938. In 1940 raised and commanded Belfast LDVs., later UHG. Originator of the British Legion Car Park Attendants Scheme which started in Belfast and was taken up in the rest of the U.K. President N.I. Branch Old Contemptibles; President Ulster Bee-Keepers Association; Member of the Irish Rainfall Association and the Chrysanthemum Society. Keen on photography and astronomy. Good horseman, polo player and sporting shot. In his younger days he was a keen rugby player and kept himself very fit until the end of his life. b. 4 April, 1875, educ. Cheltenham, m. 9 June, 1923, *Phyllis, M.B.E. (1952) (Benown, Holywood, Co. Down), dau. of late Robert Samuel Hunter, of Ma Vie, Cooden, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, and d. 13 April, 1956, having had issue,
*William Robert Hunter, of whom we treat.
Maureen June, b. 24 June, 1926; d. unm. 29 May, 1954.
Arms (U.O.) – Arg. On a chevron gu. Between three corn bluebottles slipped ppr. a mullet or. Crest-On a chapeau gu. Turned up erm., a falcon’s head erased arg. charged with a cinquefoil gu., in a beak a corn bluebottle as in the arms. Motto-Justus esto et non metue. (Grant C. of A. 24 July 1963).
Residence-Seymour Lodge, Larch Hill, Craigavad, Co. Down. Clubs-Army and Navy, Ulster Club.