The Boyd Family of Glensavage, Stillorgan
William Herbert Boyd married 07.02.1895 Daisy Emmie Figgis
born 10.03.1869 Lecture Room born 22.02.1872 Ranelagh
died 12.08.1933 (64) Grosvenor Hall died 10.01.1962 (89)
at the White House Rathgar at Carysfort Nursing Home
Ballybrack late of White House
buried at Deansgrange buried at Deansgrange
William a Druggist the 6th son of Samuel Boyd and Jane Parker of Illerton, Killiney married
Daisy Emmie Figgis daughter of Henry Wingfield Figgis of The Chalet, Temple Road,
Rathmines. He was a managing partner in the firm of Boileau & Boyd, which was founded
in 1700 and based in Bride Street. The family lived at Glensavage from 1906 to 1928. The
company was taken over in the 1970’s by TP Whelehan.
1 Alfred Henry (Harry) Boyd eldest son born 02.11.1895 at 3 Waltham Terrace. Harry was
educated at Monkstown Park and Dean Close School in Cheltenham. He entered the Royal
College of Surgeons in 1913 and was a member of Wanderers Football Club. He joined the
D company (The Pals) of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in September 1914
and took part in the landing at Suvla Bay and the taking of Chocolate Hill. He was killed on
16.08.1915 aged 19 years at Gallipoli.
2 Marjorie Primrose Boyd born 19.04.1897 at 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock. From July 1916
to August 1917 she worked as a VAD at Blackrock War Hospital Supply Depot and from
1917 to 1919 she worked for the Red Cross in various hospitals and convalescent homes in
France. She married Horatio John Hare a captain in the Indian Army, son of Herbert Leoni
Williams Hare on 18.03.1926 at St Brigid’s Church, Stillorgan.
3 Donald William Parker Boyd born 21.11.1899 at 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock married
Mary Henrietta Molyneux daughter of William George Molyneux of 4 Islington Ave, Sandycove
on 08.05.1928 at Christ Church, Kingstown.
4 Gerald Victor Aubrey Boyd born 04.03.1901 at 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock. Gerald died
on 06.12.1964 aged 63 years at Monkstown Hospital and was buried at Deansgrange.
5 Phyllis Daisy Boyd born circa 12.12.1904 married Edward Clibborn Bewley son of Thomas
Watson Bewley of Sandford Hill, Ranelagh on 29.08.1928 at St Brigid’s, Stillorgan.
6 Douglas Herbert Stuart Boyd born 07.10.1906 at Glensavage, Blackrock married Margaret
Peart younger daughter of A R Peart of Dunn Mill, Hungerford, Berks. on 03.06.1937 at
Hungerford Parish Church.
7 Geoffrey Dudley Figgis Boyd born 06.04.1909 at Glensavage, Blackrock and died of
Pneumonia on 16.04.1912 aged 3 years at Glensavage and was buried at Deansgrange.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2019
William Herbert Boyd married 07.02.1895 Daisy Emmie Figgis
born 10.03.1869 Lecture Room born 22.02.1872 Ranelagh
died 12.08.1933 (64) Grosvenor Hall died 10.01.1962 (89)
at the White House Rathgar at Carysfort Nursing Home
Ballybrack late of White House
buried at Deansgrange buried at Deansgrange
William a Druggist the 6th son of Samuel Boyd and Jane Parker of Illerton, Killiney married
Daisy Emmie Figgis daughter of Henry Wingfield Figgis of The Chalet, Temple Road,
Rathmines. He was a managing partner in the firm of Boileau & Boyd, which was founded
in 1700 and based in Bride Street. The family lived at Glensavage from 1906 to 1928. The
company was taken over in the 1970’s by TP Whelehan.
1 Alfred Henry (Harry) Boyd eldest son born 02.11.1895 at 3 Waltham Terrace. Harry was
educated at Monkstown Park and Dean Close School in Cheltenham. He entered the Royal
College of Surgeons in 1913 and was a member of Wanderers Football Club. He joined the
D company (The Pals) of the 7th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in September 1914
and took part in the landing at Suvla Bay and the taking of Chocolate Hill. He was killed on
16.08.1915 aged 19 years at Gallipoli.
2 Marjorie Primrose Boyd born 19.04.1897 at 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock. From July 1916
to August 1917 she worked as a VAD at Blackrock War Hospital Supply Depot and from
1917 to 1919 she worked for the Red Cross in various hospitals and convalescent homes in
France. She married Horatio John Hare a captain in the Indian Army, son of Herbert Leoni
Williams Hare on 18.03.1926 at St Brigid’s Church, Stillorgan.
3 Donald William Parker Boyd born 21.11.1899 at 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock married
Mary Henrietta Molyneux daughter of William George Molyneux of 4 Islington Ave, Sandycove
on 08.05.1928 at Christ Church, Kingstown.
4 Gerald Victor Aubrey Boyd born 04.03.1901 at 3 Waltham Terrace, Blackrock. Gerald died
on 06.12.1964 aged 63 years at Monkstown Hospital and was buried at Deansgrange.
5 Phyllis Daisy Boyd born circa 12.12.1904 married Edward Clibborn Bewley son of Thomas
Watson Bewley of Sandford Hill, Ranelagh on 29.08.1928 at St Brigid’s, Stillorgan.
6 Douglas Herbert Stuart Boyd born 07.10.1906 at Glensavage, Blackrock married Margaret
Peart younger daughter of A R Peart of Dunn Mill, Hungerford, Berks. on 03.06.1937 at
Hungerford Parish Church.
7 Geoffrey Dudley Figgis Boyd born 06.04.1909 at Glensavage, Blackrock and died of
Pneumonia on 16.04.1912 aged 3 years at Glensavage and was buried at Deansgrange.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2019