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Photograph courtesy of the Somerville-Large family.
 The Somerville-Large family of Farmhill, Dundrum.


Richard Large was the eldest son of William Large, 35 South Terrace, Cork.   He was a solicitor in a
co- partnership with Richard Nevill Parker and Richard Large in Cork City.   He owned 8 Adelaide
place, Cork.

Richard Large                             Married                  Elizabeth (Dizzy) Mellifont Townsend Somerville
                                                    7 Oct 1845             born circa 1823
Died 5 Nov 1862                       Myross, Cork         Died 29 Oct 1886
South Tce, Cork                                                         Bray Co Wicklow

1                     William Somerville Large born Cork City 3 Dec 1846.  He changed his name by deed poll to
                       William Somerville Somerville- Large which was registered in the High Court in
                       September 1887.  He married firstly Alice Emily Maunsell, daughter of the Rev Richard
                       Dixie Maunsell of Celbridge on 8 Sept 1887 at St John’s Church, Sandymount.  Alice
                       died on 30 Sep 1888 age 24, her funeral took place at St John’s Sandymount and her
                       burial was in Celbridge Churchyard. 

                       William then married Elizabeth Townsend Townsend, the widow of Horatio Hamilton
                       Townsend and the daughter of Becher Lionel Fleming on 25 Apr 1899 at St Andrew's
                       Church, Malahide.    He was a Canon of the Church of Ireland and and Rural Dean of
                       Clonbulloge.  He was curate of Castlemacadam, Co Wicklow until 1875, curate of
                       St John's Church, Sandymount until May 1881, curate of Bray until 1887 and then
                       rector of Carnalway Church, Kilcullen, Co Kildare.  He retired in 1918 and moved to
                       Farmhill, Dundrum.  He died 13 Sep 1939 at Farmhill, Dundrum leaving an estate
                       valued at just under ten thousand.

                       He was the last surviving ordained clergyman before the disestablishment of the Church
                       of Ireland.  His funeral took place in Carnalway, County Kildare.

                       1                  Alice Emily Maunsell Somerville-Large born 17 Sep 1888 at Aylesbury Road
                                           married Rev William Thomas Kingston Pearson at St Patricks Church, Naas
                                           on 21 May 1915.   Rev Pearson was appointed rector of Castletown 
                                           Berehaven in 1921, rector of St Mary's Sunday's Well, Cork in 1941 and
                                           a Canon of Cork and Ross in 1948. 

                        2                 Philip (Paddy) Townsend Somerville-Large born 8 Jul 1900 at Carnalway
                                           rectory, Kilcullen, co Kildare.  He was District Engineer in the Great Southern
                                           Railways Company.  He married Grace Anne Orpen the daughter of Charles
                                           St George Orpen
on 26 Jan 1933 at Tullow Church.

                        3                Lionel Becher Somerville-Large born 28 Jul 1901 at Carnalway in County
                                          Kildare.  Living at Farmhill, Dundrum, and an Ophthalmic surgeon married
                                          Beatrice Sherlock, the daughter of the late Charles Gregg Sherlock of Killiney
                                          on 5 Sep 1934.

                        4                William Collis Somerville-Large born circa 16 Sep 1902 in County Kildare.
                                          Living at Farmhill, Dundrum he married Katherine Clara Joyce Phillips at
                                          Killiney Church on 29 Jul 1926.   He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in
                                          1940 as a Major.  He was an Orthopaedic surgeon and surgical registrar of the
                                          Adelaide Hospital and a keen yachtsman.  Collis died at Monkstown hospital
                                          on 1 May 1951, a plaque was placed in the Adelaide Hospital in his memory. 
                                          Katherine and Collis had 2 sons and a daughter.
               
2                       Philip Townsend Somerville Large born Cork City 1848 was educated at Queens
                         University, he joined the India Public Works Department as an engineer in 1870.  He
                         changed his name by deed poll  which was registered in the High Court in September
                         1887 to Philip Townsend Somerville Somerville-Large.    He married Edith Maud Kinloch,
                         the daughter of Alexander John Kinloch on at the British India Office ar Bombay on
                         29 Oct 1885.   He retired in 1897 having been responsible for the building of 400 miles
                         of the Bengal Nagpur Railway.  He died 2 Jun 1929 at Farmhill, Dundrum.

3                      Brisbane Warren Large known as Briz was born circa 1850.  He was a Lieut. Col in the
                        Royal medical corps.  He changed his name by deed poll which was registered in the
                        High Court in September 1887 to Brisbane Warren Somerville-Large.  He married
                        Alice Rose Grace Jameson on 8 Aug 1889.  Alice was  born in India she was the daughter
                        of the late Major General E W Sargent and the widow of John William Jameson.  They
                        had no children.  He served in the South African war from 1899 to 1902 as principal
                        Medical Officer of hospital No 6 and 12.  He was awarded the Queens Medal (3 clasps)
                        and the Kings medal (2 clasps) and died 4 Feb 1934 at Pembroke Road, Dublin.  Alice of
                        Ardmore, Booterstown died at Portobello Hospital on 2 Jul 1913 age 59.

4                      Richard Collis Large born circa 1851 of Myrtlevill,  Crosshaven, County Cork and of Park
                        Avenue,  Sandymount, County Dublin, a bachelor died 19 Apr 1877 at Rushbrook,
                        Queenstown, County Cork on 1 Apr 1877 age 26.
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5                      Henrietta Anna Townsend Large born circa 1852.


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