Bentley family of Laurel Hill and Frescati Lodge, Blackrock & Foxrock
William Frederick Bentley Susanna Cooley Anna Maria Butler
born circa 1776 born circa 1799 of Drumgriffen
an Auctioneer married circa 1796 married 23.04.1821
Marriage Licence St Mary’s Church, Dublin
died 27.04.1851 (75) died 08.10.1819 died 13.11.1874 (75)
at his residence buried at St Paul’s at Brighton Square
Frescati Lodge, Blackrock formerly of 7 Cullenwood Tce
1 Mary Anne Bentley eldest daughter married William Egan of Aaran Quay on 02.12.1820 at St
Peter’s Church. Mary Anne returned to her father’s residence in Charlemont Street after a
visit to her brother-in-law’s seat at Hampton Hall near Douglas, Isle of Man in 1833.
2 Abigail Bentley 3rd daughter born circa 1804 married Lattin Fitzgerald 2nd son of late Lattin
Fitzgerald of Soho, Westmeath on 01.12.1821 at St Peter’s Church. Abigail the daughter of
late William Frederick Bentley of Laurel Hill died on 05.08.1881 aged 77 years at 4 Kingston
Place, Glasgow the residence of her son and is buried at Mount Jerome.
3 George Bentley eldest son of Newtown House called to the English Bar in 1837.
4 Henry Bentley 2nd son born circa 1807 died on 26.05.1852 aged 45 years of Frescati Lodge.
5 Thomas Hesketh Bentley born circa 1808 married Margaret McQuestion nee Courtney
daughter of Samuel Courtney on 17.06.1850 at Donnybrook. Thomas a MD died on
02.01.1882 at 27 Moyne Road.
6 Catherine Bentley married James Crosbie Kennan a Clothier of James Street son of James
Kennan on 13.05.1856 at St Peter’s Church.
Susanna died and was buried on 10.10.1819 at St Paul’s. William Frederick Bentley of Bride Street
secondly married Anne Butler 3rd daughter of Thomas Butler of Capel Street in 1821.
7 Anna Maria Bentley born circa 1823 entered the Baggot Street Novitiate of the Sisters of
Mercy in 1850 and was professed three years later in New York. Mother Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
moved with five other nuns to St Louis in 1886. and was the foundress of the Convent of
Mercy in St Louis in 1856. She opened the first St John's Hospital there in 1891. She
opened a school and hospital in 1901 at Sprinfield, Missouri and established the Hotel Dieu in
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She died on 28.11.1910.
8 William Wellington Bentley born circa 31.10.1824 baptised at St Nicholas Church married
Mary Lamprey nee Littledale eldest daughter of John Littledale of Lower Gardiner Street and
relict of Joseph Lamprey on 07.09.1852 at Booterstown Church. William was declared
Bankrupt in 1870 in London and died aged 71 years on 10.02.1896 in Fulham. Mary died
23.01.1912 aged 85 at Bray the residence of her son in law.
Joseph Lamprey born circa 31.10.1849 son of Mary and Joseph Lamprey deceased and
stepson to William.
1 Evelyn Florence Bentley eldest daughter born 10.07.1853 at Leinster Avenue, Rathgar
married Edward Ernest Blake Knox MD son of Francis Blake Knox by special licence on
10.12.1873 at 4 Clifton Terrace, Monkstown. Francis died on 15.04.1908 aged 57 years at
10 Summer Hill, Kingstown and Evelyn died on 13.10.1931 aged 78 years at Springfield,
Foxrock.
2 Harriette Emily Bentley 2nd daughter born 01.04.1855 at Dundrum. Harriette of 61
Schubert Road, Putney married William Patrick Trant-McCarthy a Solicitor of Killarney
youngest son of late Daniel McCarthy of Sugrena, Kerry on 27.08.1892. Harriet died on
05.12.1897 of TB aged 42 years at New Street, Killarney.
3 William Harry Bentley born 24.12.1856 at Mount Tallant, Harolds Cross.
4 Sidney Littledale Bentley born circa 1864.
9 John Bentley born circa 1827 married Catherine Thomas daughter of William Thomas of Wellington
Quay, Dublin on 04.07.1855 at the Parish Church in Booterstown. Kate died on 02.02.1872 aged 37
years at Glenville, Donnybrook. John a JP died on 25.10.1906 aged 79 years at 23 Longford Terrace.
1 William Frederick Bentley born 03.06.1856 at Belgium Road, Rathmines died on 01.12.1869
aged 13 years at 24 Waterloo Road.
2 Helen Victoria Bentley born circa 1857. Helen of Glenville married William Arthur Evans of
Rainsford Cottage, Sandford Road son of John Ogle Evans on 22.04.1882 at Sandford Church.
The family lived at Longford Terrace, Kingstown.
3 Eugenia Constance Bentley born 15.01.1858 at Bellevue baptised at Taney. Eugenia of
Glenville, Stillorgan married Arthur Locke Evans of 3 Annaville, Lower Ranelagh a Clerk in the
General Post Office son of John Lock Evans on 24.03.1881 at St Peter’s Church.
4 Kate Florence Bentley born 16.11.1862 at Foxrock died on 07.12.1865 aged 3 years at Mount
Aventine, (now Lis na Carraig) Foxrock.
5 John Herbert Bentley born 28.08.1864 at Mount Aventine, Foxrock. John married Mary
Anderson (Daisy) Gane only daughter of John Henry Gane a Cocoa Agent of Marino, Sandycove
on 01.06.1908 at Dalkey Church.
6 George Frederick Butler Bentley 3rd son born 02.02.1872 at Glenville, Stillorgan Road. George
a Stockbroker married Marguerite Eleanor Lecky nee O’Donoghue daughter of Rev Robert
Cashel O’Donoghue and widow of Joseph Lecky on 21.01.1922 at the Parish Church, Bray.
George died on 17.02.1952 aged 79 years at his residence Glenherbert, 8 Royal Terrace West,
Dun Laoghaire.
10 Mark Cumberland Bentley a Solicitor baptised on 28.0.1828 at the RC Church in Rathmines married
Anna Maria Mulock eldest daughter of Robert Mulock MD of Munster Terrace, Kingstown on
13.10.1858 at the Parish Church, Monkstown. Mark died on 21.06.1887 aged 59 years at 2 Castle
Avenue, Clontarf and Anna Maria died on 30.07.1904 at 13 Montpelier Parade, Monkstown.
1 Constance Helen Bentley eldest daughter born 17.10.1860 and died on 15.03.1872 aged 11
years at Gosport House, Grosvenor Road East, Rathmines. Buried at Mount Jerome.
2 Robert Mulock Bentley born 27.09.1861 infant died circa 13.10.1861 aged 14 days at
Kenilworth Terrace, Rathgar and is buried at St Paul’s.
3 Emily Frances Murlock Bentley born 01.05.1863 at Kenilworth Terrace. Emily living with her
mother in 1901 at Montpelier Parade died unmarried on 29.03.1906 aged 42 years at The
Peak, Killiney.
4 Ada Leonora Bentley 2nd daughter married John Jerome Mahony of Clonard, Blackrock Road,
Cork son of William Vincent Mahony on 08.06.1893 at St Peter’s Church. Ada died on
28.12.1901 aged 30 years at St Patrick’s Hospital.
5 George Walpole Mulock Bentley born 14.04.1864 at 4 Kenilworth Terrace. George infant son
died 26.08.1864 aged 4 months at Brighton House and is buried at St Paul’s.
6 Charles Bentley born 02.03.1865 at Brighton House, Brighton Square, Rathgar, infant died aged
1 day and was buried on 05.03.1865 at St Paul’s.
7 Thomas Mulock Bentley born 04.05.1866 at 8 Kenilworth Square.
8 Charles Fielding Bentley born 01.05.1867 at 34 Kenilworth Square and died unmarried late of 3
Seaview Terrace, Ailesbury Road on 06.03.1943 at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital.
9 Henry Mulock Bentley born 22.02.1869 at Gosport House, Grosvenor Road.
10 Adelaide Bentley born 22.03.1870 at Gosport House, Grosvenor Road.
11 Rev George Ponsonby Bentley born 15.12.1872 at 32 Harcourt Street. George a widower
married Kathleen Hayden eldest daughter of John Hayden on 04.10.1904 at Cahir Parish Church.
12 Anna Maria Bentley born 19.07.1875 at 32 Harcourt Street died unmarried on 02.10.1946 aged
71 years late of 3 Seaview Terrace, Ailesbury Road at Bloomfield, Donnybrook.
13 Alfred Jocelyn Bentley born 30.05.1878 at Alma House, Grosvenor Road.
11 Matilda Victoria Bentley baptised on 09.01.1830 at Rathmines married Henry Smullen on 13.12.1857 at
the RC Church in Rathmines, Henry died on 08.09.1861 at 7 Cullenswood Terrace.
1 Anna Maria Adelaide Smullen baptised on 10.10.1858 at Rathmines.
12 Adelaide Bentley born circa 1831 a Presentation Nun died of TB on 24.05.1891 aged 60 years at
Doneraile, Mallow, Cork.
13 Solomon Bentley 12th son baptised on 19.05.1832 at Rathmines died on 04.06.1840 at Newtown
House.
14 Teresa Bentley youngest daughter married Maurice Spotswood MD son of John Spotswood of Corabeg
House, Kerry on 18.12.1862 at Cahirciveen Church. Maurice died on 13.10.1888 aged 76 years at Avoca,
Caherciveen. Theresa died on 08.04.1927 aged 87 years in London.
1 Anna Maria Edith Butler Spotswood born 25.10.1864 at Avoca, Cahirciveen died 21.09.1881
aged 16 years at Avoca, Cahirciveen.
2 Cathleen Thomasina Spotswood born 14.07.1866 at Avoca, Cahirciveen married H B Jameson of
Maritzburd eldest son of the Hon M Jameson on 30.10.1895 at the Hall, Bellair, Natal.
3 Agnes Spotswood born 14.11.1867 at Avoca, Cahirciveen. Agnes living with her uncle John Bentley
in 1901 at 23 Longford Terrace. Agnes died in 1953 in London.
4 Therisa Myra Leyne Spotswood born 26.04.1869 at Avoca, Cahirciveen married George Thornton
on 15.12.1903 at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
5 John Theobald Spotswood only son born 10.03.1870 at Avoca, Cahirciveen married Emily Fisher
2nd daughter of Robert Underwood Fisher late of Brooklands, Bellica, Natal during the summer
of 1895.
6 Bessie Ethel Field Spotswood born 19.09.1875 at Avoca, Cahirciveen.
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William Frederick Bentley Susanna Cooley Anna Maria Butler
born circa 1776 born circa 1799 of Drumgriffen
an Auctioneer married circa 1796 married 23.04.1821
Marriage Licence St Mary’s Church, Dublin
died 27.04.1851 (75) died 08.10.1819 died 13.11.1874 (75)
at his residence buried at St Paul’s at Brighton Square
Frescati Lodge, Blackrock formerly of 7 Cullenwood Tce
1 Mary Anne Bentley eldest daughter married William Egan of Aaran Quay on 02.12.1820 at St
Peter’s Church. Mary Anne returned to her father’s residence in Charlemont Street after a
visit to her brother-in-law’s seat at Hampton Hall near Douglas, Isle of Man in 1833.
2 Abigail Bentley 3rd daughter born circa 1804 married Lattin Fitzgerald 2nd son of late Lattin
Fitzgerald of Soho, Westmeath on 01.12.1821 at St Peter’s Church. Abigail the daughter of
late William Frederick Bentley of Laurel Hill died on 05.08.1881 aged 77 years at 4 Kingston
Place, Glasgow the residence of her son and is buried at Mount Jerome.
3 George Bentley eldest son of Newtown House called to the English Bar in 1837.
4 Henry Bentley 2nd son born circa 1807 died on 26.05.1852 aged 45 years of Frescati Lodge.
5 Thomas Hesketh Bentley born circa 1808 married Margaret McQuestion nee Courtney
daughter of Samuel Courtney on 17.06.1850 at Donnybrook. Thomas a MD died on
02.01.1882 at 27 Moyne Road.
6 Catherine Bentley married James Crosbie Kennan a Clothier of James Street son of James
Kennan on 13.05.1856 at St Peter’s Church.
Susanna died and was buried on 10.10.1819 at St Paul’s. William Frederick Bentley of Bride Street
secondly married Anne Butler 3rd daughter of Thomas Butler of Capel Street in 1821.
7 Anna Maria Bentley born circa 1823 entered the Baggot Street Novitiate of the Sisters of
Mercy in 1850 and was professed three years later in New York. Mother Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
moved with five other nuns to St Louis in 1886. and was the foundress of the Convent of
Mercy in St Louis in 1856. She opened the first St John's Hospital there in 1891. She
opened a school and hospital in 1901 at Sprinfield, Missouri and established the Hotel Dieu in
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. She died on 28.11.1910.
8 William Wellington Bentley born circa 31.10.1824 baptised at St Nicholas Church married
Mary Lamprey nee Littledale eldest daughter of John Littledale of Lower Gardiner Street and
relict of Joseph Lamprey on 07.09.1852 at Booterstown Church. William was declared
Bankrupt in 1870 in London and died aged 71 years on 10.02.1896 in Fulham. Mary died
23.01.1912 aged 85 at Bray the residence of her son in law.
Joseph Lamprey born circa 31.10.1849 son of Mary and Joseph Lamprey deceased and
stepson to William.
1 Evelyn Florence Bentley eldest daughter born 10.07.1853 at Leinster Avenue, Rathgar
married Edward Ernest Blake Knox MD son of Francis Blake Knox by special licence on
10.12.1873 at 4 Clifton Terrace, Monkstown. Francis died on 15.04.1908 aged 57 years at
10 Summer Hill, Kingstown and Evelyn died on 13.10.1931 aged 78 years at Springfield,
Foxrock.
2 Harriette Emily Bentley 2nd daughter born 01.04.1855 at Dundrum. Harriette of 61
Schubert Road, Putney married William Patrick Trant-McCarthy a Solicitor of Killarney
youngest son of late Daniel McCarthy of Sugrena, Kerry on 27.08.1892. Harriet died on
05.12.1897 of TB aged 42 years at New Street, Killarney.
3 William Harry Bentley born 24.12.1856 at Mount Tallant, Harolds Cross.
4 Sidney Littledale Bentley born circa 1864.
9 John Bentley born circa 1827 married Catherine Thomas daughter of William Thomas of Wellington
Quay, Dublin on 04.07.1855 at the Parish Church in Booterstown. Kate died on 02.02.1872 aged 37
years at Glenville, Donnybrook. John a JP died on 25.10.1906 aged 79 years at 23 Longford Terrace.
1 William Frederick Bentley born 03.06.1856 at Belgium Road, Rathmines died on 01.12.1869
aged 13 years at 24 Waterloo Road.
2 Helen Victoria Bentley born circa 1857. Helen of Glenville married William Arthur Evans of
Rainsford Cottage, Sandford Road son of John Ogle Evans on 22.04.1882 at Sandford Church.
The family lived at Longford Terrace, Kingstown.
3 Eugenia Constance Bentley born 15.01.1858 at Bellevue baptised at Taney. Eugenia of
Glenville, Stillorgan married Arthur Locke Evans of 3 Annaville, Lower Ranelagh a Clerk in the
General Post Office son of John Lock Evans on 24.03.1881 at St Peter’s Church.
4 Kate Florence Bentley born 16.11.1862 at Foxrock died on 07.12.1865 aged 3 years at Mount
Aventine, (now Lis na Carraig) Foxrock.
5 John Herbert Bentley born 28.08.1864 at Mount Aventine, Foxrock. John married Mary
Anderson (Daisy) Gane only daughter of John Henry Gane a Cocoa Agent of Marino, Sandycove
on 01.06.1908 at Dalkey Church.
6 George Frederick Butler Bentley 3rd son born 02.02.1872 at Glenville, Stillorgan Road. George
a Stockbroker married Marguerite Eleanor Lecky nee O’Donoghue daughter of Rev Robert
Cashel O’Donoghue and widow of Joseph Lecky on 21.01.1922 at the Parish Church, Bray.
George died on 17.02.1952 aged 79 years at his residence Glenherbert, 8 Royal Terrace West,
Dun Laoghaire.
10 Mark Cumberland Bentley a Solicitor baptised on 28.0.1828 at the RC Church in Rathmines married
Anna Maria Mulock eldest daughter of Robert Mulock MD of Munster Terrace, Kingstown on
13.10.1858 at the Parish Church, Monkstown. Mark died on 21.06.1887 aged 59 years at 2 Castle
Avenue, Clontarf and Anna Maria died on 30.07.1904 at 13 Montpelier Parade, Monkstown.
1 Constance Helen Bentley eldest daughter born 17.10.1860 and died on 15.03.1872 aged 11
years at Gosport House, Grosvenor Road East, Rathmines. Buried at Mount Jerome.
2 Robert Mulock Bentley born 27.09.1861 infant died circa 13.10.1861 aged 14 days at
Kenilworth Terrace, Rathgar and is buried at St Paul’s.
3 Emily Frances Murlock Bentley born 01.05.1863 at Kenilworth Terrace. Emily living with her
mother in 1901 at Montpelier Parade died unmarried on 29.03.1906 aged 42 years at The
Peak, Killiney.
4 Ada Leonora Bentley 2nd daughter married John Jerome Mahony of Clonard, Blackrock Road,
Cork son of William Vincent Mahony on 08.06.1893 at St Peter’s Church. Ada died on
28.12.1901 aged 30 years at St Patrick’s Hospital.
5 George Walpole Mulock Bentley born 14.04.1864 at 4 Kenilworth Terrace. George infant son
died 26.08.1864 aged 4 months at Brighton House and is buried at St Paul’s.
6 Charles Bentley born 02.03.1865 at Brighton House, Brighton Square, Rathgar, infant died aged
1 day and was buried on 05.03.1865 at St Paul’s.
7 Thomas Mulock Bentley born 04.05.1866 at 8 Kenilworth Square.
8 Charles Fielding Bentley born 01.05.1867 at 34 Kenilworth Square and died unmarried late of 3
Seaview Terrace, Ailesbury Road on 06.03.1943 at the Royal City of Dublin Hospital.
9 Henry Mulock Bentley born 22.02.1869 at Gosport House, Grosvenor Road.
10 Adelaide Bentley born 22.03.1870 at Gosport House, Grosvenor Road.
11 Rev George Ponsonby Bentley born 15.12.1872 at 32 Harcourt Street. George a widower
married Kathleen Hayden eldest daughter of John Hayden on 04.10.1904 at Cahir Parish Church.
12 Anna Maria Bentley born 19.07.1875 at 32 Harcourt Street died unmarried on 02.10.1946 aged
71 years late of 3 Seaview Terrace, Ailesbury Road at Bloomfield, Donnybrook.
13 Alfred Jocelyn Bentley born 30.05.1878 at Alma House, Grosvenor Road.
11 Matilda Victoria Bentley baptised on 09.01.1830 at Rathmines married Henry Smullen on 13.12.1857 at
the RC Church in Rathmines, Henry died on 08.09.1861 at 7 Cullenswood Terrace.
1 Anna Maria Adelaide Smullen baptised on 10.10.1858 at Rathmines.
12 Adelaide Bentley born circa 1831 a Presentation Nun died of TB on 24.05.1891 aged 60 years at
Doneraile, Mallow, Cork.
13 Solomon Bentley 12th son baptised on 19.05.1832 at Rathmines died on 04.06.1840 at Newtown
House.
14 Teresa Bentley youngest daughter married Maurice Spotswood MD son of John Spotswood of Corabeg
House, Kerry on 18.12.1862 at Cahirciveen Church. Maurice died on 13.10.1888 aged 76 years at Avoca,
Caherciveen. Theresa died on 08.04.1927 aged 87 years in London.
1 Anna Maria Edith Butler Spotswood born 25.10.1864 at Avoca, Cahirciveen died 21.09.1881
aged 16 years at Avoca, Cahirciveen.
2 Cathleen Thomasina Spotswood born 14.07.1866 at Avoca, Cahirciveen married H B Jameson of
Maritzburd eldest son of the Hon M Jameson on 30.10.1895 at the Hall, Bellair, Natal.
3 Agnes Spotswood born 14.11.1867 at Avoca, Cahirciveen. Agnes living with her uncle John Bentley
in 1901 at 23 Longford Terrace. Agnes died in 1953 in London.
4 Therisa Myra Leyne Spotswood born 26.04.1869 at Avoca, Cahirciveen married George Thornton
on 15.12.1903 at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa.
5 John Theobald Spotswood only son born 10.03.1870 at Avoca, Cahirciveen married Emily Fisher
2nd daughter of Robert Underwood Fisher late of Brooklands, Bellica, Natal during the summer
of 1895.
6 Bessie Ethel Field Spotswood born 19.09.1875 at Avoca, Cahirciveen.
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