Monkstown Park Preparatory School from an advertising brochure circa 1913.
Cairnes Family of Monkstown Park
William Elliot Cairnes, born at Saville Lodge, Co Tyrone on 28 Jun 1787. He was the second
son of John Elliot Cairnes and Catherine Moore of Kilnahushogue, Co Tyrone. He was an
apprentice brewer at the Bellingham Brewery in Scotland owned by Sir William Bellingham &
John Woolsey. He married Mary Anne Woolsey, the daughter of Rev William Woolsey and the
niece of Sir William Bellingham. In 1813 he was a partner in that firm. He set up his own
brewery in Castlebellingham in 1826 and the same year he purchased the Stameen estate
in Drogheda. He died 29 Dec 1863 at Stameen and left 100K in personal estate. He is buried
at St Mary's Graveyard, Drogheda. Mary Anne died 23 Dec 1865 at Stamen aged 76 and is
buried with her husband.
1 Mary Anne Cairnes eldest daughter born circa 1813. She married John Jameson
Robertson in 1837.
2 Anna Cairnes second daughter born circa 1818. She married Rev John William
Hallowell in 1837. She died 1 Apr 1856 aged 38 and is buried at St Mary's churchyard,
Drogheda.
3 Lucy Plunket Cairnes third daughter born circa 1820. She married James
Jameson of Prussia Street on 17 Oct 1843. She died in 1907 at Glencormac and left
28k in personal estate.
4 Frances Cairnes born circa 1821 died 11 Jul 1902 in Aix les Bains in France. She left
15k in personal estate. She is buried at St Mary's churchyard.
5 John Elliot Cairnes born 26 Dec 1823 attended Trinity and graduated B A in 1848 and
M A in 1848 was a Professor of economics and Political economy at Trinity. He married
Elizabeth Charlotte (Eliza) Alexander, daughter of George Henry Minto Alexander, a
Judge of the High Court in India. In 1861 he was appointed to the professorship of
jurisprudence and political economy in Queens College Galway and in 1866 he was
appointed professor of political economy in University College, London. He died
8 Jul 1875 in London.
1 William Elliott Cairnes born 18 Sep 1862 was an Irish officer of the British Army
and military writer. He married Mamie McClelland in 1884. He died 19 Apr 1902
in London.
2 Anna Alexander Cairnes.
3 Robert Evelyn Cairnes.
4 Frederick Evelyn Cairnes born circa 1865 in Dublin. He was a civil engineer, married
and lived at Killester House, Raheny.
6 Elizabeth Sophia Cairnes born circa 1826 died unmarried on 16 Apr 1904 at Weymouth.
7 William Henry Plunket Cairnes second son married Isabella Jameson in 1858. Isabella
was the only surviving daughter of John Jameson. William died in 1889 in Pau, France.
8 Thomas Plunket Cairnes born December 1830. He was chairman of Castlebellingham and
Drogheda Breweries Ltd and director of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland. Thomas
married Sophia Gaussen, daughter of Charles Gaussen at St George’s Church on 1 Jun 1855.
In 1889 the interests of the two breweries were merged, and a public company formed
under the title of the Castlebellingham and Drogheda Breweries Ltd and this title was
changed in 1933 to Cairnes Ltd. He sponsored a wing at the Rotunda Hospital which is
now the NCIU unit known as the Plunket Cairnes unit and he erected the Blue School at
Drogheda in memory of his father. They moved to Monkstown Park in 1888. Thomas died
24 Apr 1894 at Monkstown Park and left 368K (approx 50 million) in personal estate. Sophia
died 8 Feb 1902 at Monkstown Park aged 70. Both are buried at St Mary's churchyard in
Drogheda.
1 William Plunket Cairnes born 1 Apr 1857, attended Cheltenham College and Trinity
Cambridge graduating in 1880. He was a businessman and a banker and he
married Alice Jane Hamilton Agar, daughter of Major General James Sturgeon
Hamilton Agar on 1 Dec 1886. They lived at Stameen in Drogheda and their Dublin
residence was 6 Raglan Road. William was Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
Ireland and then Governor of the Bank of Ireland. He was a director of the City of
Dublin Junction Railway (The loop) and lived at the Cycamores, Drogheda. William
died at Raglan Road on 18 Dec 1925 at Raglan Road and was buried at Drogheda.
He left 102K in personal estate and Alice died 27 Dec 1952.
1 Tomas Agar Elliott Cairnes.
2 Francis Herbert Cairnes.
3 William Jameson Cairnes.
2 Charles Elliott Cairnes born May 1858 took Holy orders. He was Rector of
Coolkenno and drowned in St Moritz Switzerland while skating on 29 Dec 1894.
He inherited Marina House and Galerno in Killiney on the death of his father. Charles
left 36K in personal estate which mostly went to charity.
3 Arthur Cairnes born 1866 died 11 Feb 1867 aged 11 months.
4 Alfred Bellingham Cairnes, youngest son born at 19 Dec 1875 at Stameen, Drogheda
joined the Louth militia (6th Royal Irish rifles). He inherited the Clongowes Wood
Estate on the death of his father. He was killed in action on 9 Sep 1916 aged 40.
5 Alan Thomas Cairnes, third son born March 1859 married Julia Caroline Beanes,
daughter of Edward Beanes of Mortlands in Kent on 4 Sep 1884 at Brencheley in
Kent. He lived at the Glen, Drogheda which he inherited together with Milloren on
the death of his father Julia died of enteric fever in Egypt in May 1901. Alan died
5 Oct 1902 at Stameen Drogheda. He left 60K in personal estate.
1 Violet Muriel Cairnes.
2 Audrey Cairnes.
3 William Edward Plunket Cairnes.
6 Edith Sophia Cairnes married Rev Percy Smith. Edith died in 1949.
7 Alice Cairnes married William Burton Carson on 7 Sep 1897. Alice died
7 Oct 1943.
8 Helen Christobel Cairnes married Lt Col Douglas Thorn Seckham on 19 Sep 1900.
Helen died 1 Sep 1947.
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William Elliot Cairnes, born at Saville Lodge, Co Tyrone on 28 Jun 1787. He was the second
son of John Elliot Cairnes and Catherine Moore of Kilnahushogue, Co Tyrone. He was an
apprentice brewer at the Bellingham Brewery in Scotland owned by Sir William Bellingham &
John Woolsey. He married Mary Anne Woolsey, the daughter of Rev William Woolsey and the
niece of Sir William Bellingham. In 1813 he was a partner in that firm. He set up his own
brewery in Castlebellingham in 1826 and the same year he purchased the Stameen estate
in Drogheda. He died 29 Dec 1863 at Stameen and left 100K in personal estate. He is buried
at St Mary's Graveyard, Drogheda. Mary Anne died 23 Dec 1865 at Stamen aged 76 and is
buried with her husband.
1 Mary Anne Cairnes eldest daughter born circa 1813. She married John Jameson
Robertson in 1837.
2 Anna Cairnes second daughter born circa 1818. She married Rev John William
Hallowell in 1837. She died 1 Apr 1856 aged 38 and is buried at St Mary's churchyard,
Drogheda.
3 Lucy Plunket Cairnes third daughter born circa 1820. She married James
Jameson of Prussia Street on 17 Oct 1843. She died in 1907 at Glencormac and left
28k in personal estate.
4 Frances Cairnes born circa 1821 died 11 Jul 1902 in Aix les Bains in France. She left
15k in personal estate. She is buried at St Mary's churchyard.
5 John Elliot Cairnes born 26 Dec 1823 attended Trinity and graduated B A in 1848 and
M A in 1848 was a Professor of economics and Political economy at Trinity. He married
Elizabeth Charlotte (Eliza) Alexander, daughter of George Henry Minto Alexander, a
Judge of the High Court in India. In 1861 he was appointed to the professorship of
jurisprudence and political economy in Queens College Galway and in 1866 he was
appointed professor of political economy in University College, London. He died
8 Jul 1875 in London.
1 William Elliott Cairnes born 18 Sep 1862 was an Irish officer of the British Army
and military writer. He married Mamie McClelland in 1884. He died 19 Apr 1902
in London.
2 Anna Alexander Cairnes.
3 Robert Evelyn Cairnes.
4 Frederick Evelyn Cairnes born circa 1865 in Dublin. He was a civil engineer, married
and lived at Killester House, Raheny.
6 Elizabeth Sophia Cairnes born circa 1826 died unmarried on 16 Apr 1904 at Weymouth.
7 William Henry Plunket Cairnes second son married Isabella Jameson in 1858. Isabella
was the only surviving daughter of John Jameson. William died in 1889 in Pau, France.
8 Thomas Plunket Cairnes born December 1830. He was chairman of Castlebellingham and
Drogheda Breweries Ltd and director of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland. Thomas
married Sophia Gaussen, daughter of Charles Gaussen at St George’s Church on 1 Jun 1855.
In 1889 the interests of the two breweries were merged, and a public company formed
under the title of the Castlebellingham and Drogheda Breweries Ltd and this title was
changed in 1933 to Cairnes Ltd. He sponsored a wing at the Rotunda Hospital which is
now the NCIU unit known as the Plunket Cairnes unit and he erected the Blue School at
Drogheda in memory of his father. They moved to Monkstown Park in 1888. Thomas died
24 Apr 1894 at Monkstown Park and left 368K (approx 50 million) in personal estate. Sophia
died 8 Feb 1902 at Monkstown Park aged 70. Both are buried at St Mary's churchyard in
Drogheda.
1 William Plunket Cairnes born 1 Apr 1857, attended Cheltenham College and Trinity
Cambridge graduating in 1880. He was a businessman and a banker and he
married Alice Jane Hamilton Agar, daughter of Major General James Sturgeon
Hamilton Agar on 1 Dec 1886. They lived at Stameen in Drogheda and their Dublin
residence was 6 Raglan Road. William was Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
Ireland and then Governor of the Bank of Ireland. He was a director of the City of
Dublin Junction Railway (The loop) and lived at the Cycamores, Drogheda. William
died at Raglan Road on 18 Dec 1925 at Raglan Road and was buried at Drogheda.
He left 102K in personal estate and Alice died 27 Dec 1952.
1 Tomas Agar Elliott Cairnes.
2 Francis Herbert Cairnes.
3 William Jameson Cairnes.
2 Charles Elliott Cairnes born May 1858 took Holy orders. He was Rector of
Coolkenno and drowned in St Moritz Switzerland while skating on 29 Dec 1894.
He inherited Marina House and Galerno in Killiney on the death of his father. Charles
left 36K in personal estate which mostly went to charity.
3 Arthur Cairnes born 1866 died 11 Feb 1867 aged 11 months.
4 Alfred Bellingham Cairnes, youngest son born at 19 Dec 1875 at Stameen, Drogheda
joined the Louth militia (6th Royal Irish rifles). He inherited the Clongowes Wood
Estate on the death of his father. He was killed in action on 9 Sep 1916 aged 40.
5 Alan Thomas Cairnes, third son born March 1859 married Julia Caroline Beanes,
daughter of Edward Beanes of Mortlands in Kent on 4 Sep 1884 at Brencheley in
Kent. He lived at the Glen, Drogheda which he inherited together with Milloren on
the death of his father Julia died of enteric fever in Egypt in May 1901. Alan died
5 Oct 1902 at Stameen Drogheda. He left 60K in personal estate.
1 Violet Muriel Cairnes.
2 Audrey Cairnes.
3 William Edward Plunket Cairnes.
6 Edith Sophia Cairnes married Rev Percy Smith. Edith died in 1949.
7 Alice Cairnes married William Burton Carson on 7 Sep 1897. Alice died
7 Oct 1943.
8 Helen Christobel Cairnes married Lt Col Douglas Thorn Seckham on 19 Sep 1900.
Helen died 1 Sep 1947.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – December 2019
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