John Gage Davis of Booterstown
John Gage Davis married Jane Cary
born circa 1774 15 Aug 1798
St Peters
died 6 Jun 1834 died 17 May 1822
Gardiners Row, Booterstown Booterstown Avenue
John Gage Davis born circa 1774. He was a captain and married Jane Cary on 15 Aug 1798
at St Peter’s, Dublin.
John's sister Elizabeth Sarah Davis married widower John Lyons of 17 Stephen’s Green on
22 Jun 1807. John Lyons died in 1814 so Elizabeth was a widow for nearly 35 years when
she died on 15 Nov 1846 aged 87 at Marlborough Street. She was stepmother to John
Charles Lyons.
John Davis was a member of the RDS from 1810, and a member of its Fine Art Committee.
He was also a director of the Royal Irish Institution. He lived in Booterstown Avenue by 1820.
He took his own life on 6 Jun 1834 at the house of his sister Elizabeth Lyons in Gardiner’s Row,
Booterstown. He was a collector of fine art and his collection was put up for sale after his
death. It included masters of the Dutch, Flemish and Italian schools, principally cabinet
specimens. He also had a copy of Macklin’s Bible, numerous etchings and sketches. The sale
took place at the Royal Irish Institution on College Street. He died intestate leaving the sum
of £2K, his executor was Joseph S Moore attorney of Hume Street. They had no children.
John and Jane are buried at Stillorgan graveyard.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - December 2023
John Gage Davis married Jane Cary
born circa 1774 15 Aug 1798
St Peters
died 6 Jun 1834 died 17 May 1822
Gardiners Row, Booterstown Booterstown Avenue
John Gage Davis born circa 1774. He was a captain and married Jane Cary on 15 Aug 1798
at St Peter’s, Dublin.
John's sister Elizabeth Sarah Davis married widower John Lyons of 17 Stephen’s Green on
22 Jun 1807. John Lyons died in 1814 so Elizabeth was a widow for nearly 35 years when
she died on 15 Nov 1846 aged 87 at Marlborough Street. She was stepmother to John
Charles Lyons.
John Davis was a member of the RDS from 1810, and a member of its Fine Art Committee.
He was also a director of the Royal Irish Institution. He lived in Booterstown Avenue by 1820.
He took his own life on 6 Jun 1834 at the house of his sister Elizabeth Lyons in Gardiner’s Row,
Booterstown. He was a collector of fine art and his collection was put up for sale after his
death. It included masters of the Dutch, Flemish and Italian schools, principally cabinet
specimens. He also had a copy of Macklin’s Bible, numerous etchings and sketches. The sale
took place at the Royal Irish Institution on College Street. He died intestate leaving the sum
of £2K, his executor was Joseph S Moore attorney of Hume Street. They had no children.
John and Jane are buried at Stillorgan graveyard.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - December 2023