Bewley Family of Willow Park
Henry Bewley married Anne E Pike
Born 4 Jul 1804 Grange Charlemont born 30 Mar 1814
died 25 Jun 1876 died 19 Dec 1891
Willow Park Willow Park
buried Mount Jerome buried Mt Jerome
Henry Bewley born into a Quaker family on 4 Jul 1804, son of Samuel Bewley and Elizabeth Fayle,
was a Dublin merchant and a partner in the firm of Bewley & Evans, which became Hamilton and
Long, chemists. He married Anne E Pike, daughter of Jonathan Pike and Sarah Nicholson at Grange,
Charlemont on 25 Nov 1835.
Henry, brother of Samuel, William & Joshua Bewley was a charitable man and donated to many
causes. He was on the committee of the Irish Relief Association. He was a chemist and an
apothecary and in 1854 he produced a product called essence of coffee, possibly the first instant
coffee ever. He was also a partner in Bewley and Drapers, a mineral water company. It was
through trying to develop a bung for their soda bottles that Henry got involved with guppa percha
(a type of latex) and designed an extruding machine. This would later be advanced to use to
produce a core for telegraphic cable by his own firm. The Guppa Percha Co which operated from
London. He was an early investor and director of the Anglo-American Cable Company, receiving a
telegram on the 29 Jul 1866 to say that the transatlantic cable was working from Valentia and
contact had been made with both Newfoundland and New York.
Henry & Ann lived at Leeson Street before moving to Lota on Cross Avenue. They moved to Willow
Park in 1857. Here they entertained groups of various religious groups often throwing open the
doors to 700 people who would be given tea and provided with transport. Henry died 25 Jun 1876
at Willow Park leaving 200K in personal estate, having given away 100K to various good causes.
Anne died 19 Dec 1891. Willow Park stayed in the family until the death of their daughter Sarah in
1924.
1 Henrietta Bewley born 10 Oct 1839 at Leeson Street died at Lota on Cross Avenue,
Booterstown on 3 Aug 1844 and was buried at Mount Jerome.
2 Joseph Henry Bewley born 1 Apr 1842 at Leeson Street died 11 Jul 1856 at Lota on Cross
Avenue, Booterstown and was buried at Mount Jerome.
3 Sarah Elizabeth Bewley born 24 Feb 1844 married Charles Pease, a merchant of Darlington
at Monkstown meeting house on 27 Sep 1871. Charles was the son of James Pease and died
on 9 Jul 1873 at Princes's Gardens, Kensington and left 350K in personal estate (later resworn
at 400K. Sarah moved back to Willow Park after his death. After the death of her father she
opened the house in the same altruistic spirit to various charities. She died 19 Jun 1924 and
was buried at Mount Jerome. She left 30K in personal estate.
1 Charles Gurney Pease only child born 19 Sep 1872 at Greencroft, Darlington died
26 May 1883 at Willow Park and was buried with his father at the Quaker cemetery
in Darlington.
4 Sophia Bewley born 12 Feb 1846 lived at Willow Park for most of her life and died
unmarried on 12 Nov 1929 at 1 Williamstown Terrace.
5 Henry Theodore Bewley born 25 Jun 1860 at Willow Park was a medical doctor. He
married Elizabeth Eveleen Pim, daughter of Thomas Pim of Knocksinna, Stillorgan
on 16 Aug 1887 at the Friends meeting house in Monkstown. Her family owned
a large department store in George's Street, Dublin. Henry was president of the
Dublin University Biological Association. He was on the medical staff of the Adelaide
Hospital and lecturer on Typhoid and its prevention. It was elected to the consulting
staff of the Rotunda Hospital in 1917. Eveleen died 5 Aug 1930 and Henry died
8 Jan 1948 aged 84.
1 Charles Henry Bewley born 12 Jul 1888 at 26 Lower Baggot Street attended
Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He converted to Roman Catholicism
and embraced Irish Republicanism. He was Irish consul in Berlin with responsibility
for trade and Irish ambassador to the Vatican. He was Ireland's Minister to Berlin
from 1933 to 1939, was a Nazi sympathiser and anti-Semite. He died a bachelor on
1 Feb 1969 at his home in Rome. His personal estate was left to his chauffeur.
2 Thomas Kenneth Bewley born 3 Jul 1890 at 26 Lower Baggot Street attended
Oxford and became a civil servant of HM Treasury.
3 Arthur Geoffrey Bewley born 6 Oct 1894 at 26 Lower Baggot Street studied
medicine at Trinity.
4 Richard Maurice Bewley born 1 Sep 1897 at 26 Lower Baggot Street studied
medicine at Trinity.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2019
Henry Bewley married Anne E Pike
Born 4 Jul 1804 Grange Charlemont born 30 Mar 1814
died 25 Jun 1876 died 19 Dec 1891
Willow Park Willow Park
buried Mount Jerome buried Mt Jerome
Henry Bewley born into a Quaker family on 4 Jul 1804, son of Samuel Bewley and Elizabeth Fayle,
was a Dublin merchant and a partner in the firm of Bewley & Evans, which became Hamilton and
Long, chemists. He married Anne E Pike, daughter of Jonathan Pike and Sarah Nicholson at Grange,
Charlemont on 25 Nov 1835.
Henry, brother of Samuel, William & Joshua Bewley was a charitable man and donated to many
causes. He was on the committee of the Irish Relief Association. He was a chemist and an
apothecary and in 1854 he produced a product called essence of coffee, possibly the first instant
coffee ever. He was also a partner in Bewley and Drapers, a mineral water company. It was
through trying to develop a bung for their soda bottles that Henry got involved with guppa percha
(a type of latex) and designed an extruding machine. This would later be advanced to use to
produce a core for telegraphic cable by his own firm. The Guppa Percha Co which operated from
London. He was an early investor and director of the Anglo-American Cable Company, receiving a
telegram on the 29 Jul 1866 to say that the transatlantic cable was working from Valentia and
contact had been made with both Newfoundland and New York.
Henry & Ann lived at Leeson Street before moving to Lota on Cross Avenue. They moved to Willow
Park in 1857. Here they entertained groups of various religious groups often throwing open the
doors to 700 people who would be given tea and provided with transport. Henry died 25 Jun 1876
at Willow Park leaving 200K in personal estate, having given away 100K to various good causes.
Anne died 19 Dec 1891. Willow Park stayed in the family until the death of their daughter Sarah in
1924.
1 Henrietta Bewley born 10 Oct 1839 at Leeson Street died at Lota on Cross Avenue,
Booterstown on 3 Aug 1844 and was buried at Mount Jerome.
2 Joseph Henry Bewley born 1 Apr 1842 at Leeson Street died 11 Jul 1856 at Lota on Cross
Avenue, Booterstown and was buried at Mount Jerome.
3 Sarah Elizabeth Bewley born 24 Feb 1844 married Charles Pease, a merchant of Darlington
at Monkstown meeting house on 27 Sep 1871. Charles was the son of James Pease and died
on 9 Jul 1873 at Princes's Gardens, Kensington and left 350K in personal estate (later resworn
at 400K. Sarah moved back to Willow Park after his death. After the death of her father she
opened the house in the same altruistic spirit to various charities. She died 19 Jun 1924 and
was buried at Mount Jerome. She left 30K in personal estate.
1 Charles Gurney Pease only child born 19 Sep 1872 at Greencroft, Darlington died
26 May 1883 at Willow Park and was buried with his father at the Quaker cemetery
in Darlington.
4 Sophia Bewley born 12 Feb 1846 lived at Willow Park for most of her life and died
unmarried on 12 Nov 1929 at 1 Williamstown Terrace.
5 Henry Theodore Bewley born 25 Jun 1860 at Willow Park was a medical doctor. He
married Elizabeth Eveleen Pim, daughter of Thomas Pim of Knocksinna, Stillorgan
on 16 Aug 1887 at the Friends meeting house in Monkstown. Her family owned
a large department store in George's Street, Dublin. Henry was president of the
Dublin University Biological Association. He was on the medical staff of the Adelaide
Hospital and lecturer on Typhoid and its prevention. It was elected to the consulting
staff of the Rotunda Hospital in 1917. Eveleen died 5 Aug 1930 and Henry died
8 Jan 1948 aged 84.
1 Charles Henry Bewley born 12 Jul 1888 at 26 Lower Baggot Street attended
Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He converted to Roman Catholicism
and embraced Irish Republicanism. He was Irish consul in Berlin with responsibility
for trade and Irish ambassador to the Vatican. He was Ireland's Minister to Berlin
from 1933 to 1939, was a Nazi sympathiser and anti-Semite. He died a bachelor on
1 Feb 1969 at his home in Rome. His personal estate was left to his chauffeur.
2 Thomas Kenneth Bewley born 3 Jul 1890 at 26 Lower Baggot Street attended
Oxford and became a civil servant of HM Treasury.
3 Arthur Geoffrey Bewley born 6 Oct 1894 at 26 Lower Baggot Street studied
medicine at Trinity.
4 Richard Maurice Bewley born 1 Sep 1897 at 26 Lower Baggot Street studied
medicine at Trinity.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2019