Dease of Turbetstown, Co Westmeath and Owenstown House, Dundrum
The Dease family lived at Turbotstown and the Coole area from before 1272, and claimed
to be descended from the Celtic royal family of the Decies in Co Waterford.
James Arthur Peter Joseph Dease married Charlotte Agnes Jerningham
born circa 1826 11 Aug 1853 born circa 1832
died 5 Sep 1874 Paris died 16 Mar 1905
Switzerland London
James Arthur Dease born circa 1826 eldest son of Gerald Dease and Elizabeth O’Callaghan
of Turbetstown married Charlottes Agnes Jerningham on 11 Aug 1853 at Paris. Charlotte
was the eldest daugter of Edward Jerinigham. James was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of Co
Cavan. His father built a church on the Coole estate in 1841, it was named Saint Mary’s.
James, a Commissioner of National Education died on 5 Sep 1874 at Montchalet,
Switzerland. Charlotte was taken ill on a visit to London and was moved to St Joseph’s
Hospice where her daughter was the Mother Superior. She died there on 16 Mar 1905
and was buried at Morlake with her parents and sister.
1 Gerald R Dease eldest son born 8 Aug 1854 at Spring Lodge Twickenham. He
attended Oscott College in Aston, Warwickshire. He joined the Royal Fusiliers,
served in the East Indies and attained the rank of colonel. He married Florence
Helen Marlay on 3 Jun 1896 at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart. In 1923 the left
Turbetstown and took a house in Killiney. Gerard died at St Declan’s, Killiney on
22 Oct 1934. Florence died 9 Mar 1944 aged 75 at St Declan’s and left her estate
to her niece; Maude French. No issue found.
2 Mary Elizabeth Dease born 28 Jun 1855 at Turbetstown, Westmeath married
widower Charles William Francis Noel at Coole Chapel on 2 Feb 1880. Charles then
known as Viscount Campden became 3rd Earl of Gainsborough. Charles’ first wife,
Augusta Berkeley, had died giving birth to daughter, Lady Agnes Noel, in 1877.
Charles died in 1926 and Dowager Countess Mary died at Chipping Camden in
November 1937.
1 Charles Hubert Francis Noel born 22 Oct 1885 at Oakham, Rutland, 4th
Earl.
3 Edmund Fitzlaurence Dease second son born 20 Dec 1856 in London married
Kate Mary Murray at Beech Hill Oratory on 15 Nov 1888. Mary was the
daughter of Maurice Murray, a distiller of Beech Hill, Cork. Edmund was a land
agent and wrote the History of The Westmeath Hunt. They lived at Ballygall.
Edmund of Levington Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, and formerly of Gaulstown,
Coole, Co Westmeath died 18 Mar 1934. Kate died at Holland Park, Kensington
in April 1944 and left her estate to her daughter Maude.
1 Maurice James (Peckham) Dease born 28 Sep 1889 at Ballymagaul was
educated at Stonyhurst College. He was a lieutenant in The Royal Fusiliers
(City Of London Regiment). He was killed in one of the first battles of World
War I, the Battle of Mons in Belgium on 23 August 1914. He was the first
person to be awarded the Victoria Cross (posthumously) for bravery in
WW1. He was buried at Saint Symphorien Military cemetery.
2 Maude Dease born 19 Mar 1891 in Montenotte, Cork married Bertram L
French in 1927 at Kensington.
4 Maude Mary Dease second daughter born 5 Jan 1859 at Turbetstown Westmeath,
married John Carrol Naish on 15 Aug 1884 at the RC Church Turbotstown. John, a
barrister of Ballycullen House, Askeaton, Co Limerick was the Attorney General of
Ireland and the son of Charles Naish of Ballycullen and his second wife Anne
Margaret Carrol. He was later Lord Chancellor. They had three children. John died
at the German spa town of Bad Ems on 17 Aug 1890 aged 48, late of 65 Mountjoy
Square. Maud died 16 Jul 1920 at an Oxford nursing home.
5 Ida Mary Dease born 2 Aug 1860 at Turbetstown became a Franciscan nun and died
in 1930.
6 Teresa Margaretha Dease born 2 Sep 1862 at Turbetstown, Coole. Teresa lived at
Turbetstown and in 1905 she opened a school to train young girls as domestic
servants. In 1916 and some members of the family were the founders of Saint
Joseph’s Hospital and School for cripple boys in Coole. She died a spinster at
Warwick Hall, Carlisle, the home of her sister Madeline on 7 Sep 1924 and left her
estate to her sister Alice Chichester.
7 Elizabeth Margaret Mary Dease born 17 May 1864 at Turbetstown Westmeath
became a nun and died 17 Jul 1951.
8 Mabel Mary Dease born 9 Feb 1866 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath became a nun
with the Irish Sisters of Charity and died at the Hospice Harold’s Cross on
2 Jan 1939.
9 Madeline Mary Dease born 30 Dec 1867 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath married
Charles Liddell on 11 Jan 1894 in the Catholic Church of Coole. Charles was of
Sandhoe, High House, Northumberland was a colliery owner. They later lived at
Warwick Hall near Carlisle. Charles died on 9 Jul 1922 and left 434K in personal
estate. He left the Benedictine Nunnery, known Holme Eden, Warwick Bridge to
his wife. Warwick Hall was destroyed by fire in 1933. Madeline died on 5 Mar 1936.
1 Aileen Mary Liddell only child married Gervase Elwes in 1919.
10 Catherine Mary Dease born 28 Oct 1869 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath became a
nun. She died on 24 Jun 1936 at Stanhope Street Convent, Dublin and was buried
at Kilbarrack.
11 Anna Maria Frances Dease born 30 Dec 1872 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath died
an infant.
12 Alice Mary Frances Dease youngest daughter born 14 Feb 1874 at Turbotstown,
Coole, Co Westmeath. She was an author and her works include 'Other Erin her
people and her places (1909), 'Some Irish Stories' (1912), 'The Lady of Mystery' (1913),
'Down West' (with a foreword from Henry Bellingham of Castle Nellingham) and
'Other Sketches of Irish Life' (1914). She married Philip Charles Chichester on
5 Oct 1915 at the Roman Catholic Church at Warwick Bridge near Carlisle. Philip was
the land agent to Lord Gainborough and the third son of Captain Nugent Chichester
and Amelia Mary Lamb of Caverleigh Court in Devon. They moved to Frankton House,
near Rugby in 1921. Alice continued to write under her maiden names after she
married. She published ‘Debt of Guy Arnolle' in 1919. The couple had no children.
Philip died on Oct 1930 aged 65. Alice died at Owenstown House on 27 Oct 1949. She
left 43K in personal estate in Ireland and was buried at Glasnevin.
The Coole estates were sold in 1926.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - April 2023
The Dease family lived at Turbotstown and the Coole area from before 1272, and claimed
to be descended from the Celtic royal family of the Decies in Co Waterford.
James Arthur Peter Joseph Dease married Charlotte Agnes Jerningham
born circa 1826 11 Aug 1853 born circa 1832
died 5 Sep 1874 Paris died 16 Mar 1905
Switzerland London
James Arthur Dease born circa 1826 eldest son of Gerald Dease and Elizabeth O’Callaghan
of Turbetstown married Charlottes Agnes Jerningham on 11 Aug 1853 at Paris. Charlotte
was the eldest daugter of Edward Jerinigham. James was appointed Vice-Lieutenant of Co
Cavan. His father built a church on the Coole estate in 1841, it was named Saint Mary’s.
James, a Commissioner of National Education died on 5 Sep 1874 at Montchalet,
Switzerland. Charlotte was taken ill on a visit to London and was moved to St Joseph’s
Hospice where her daughter was the Mother Superior. She died there on 16 Mar 1905
and was buried at Morlake with her parents and sister.
1 Gerald R Dease eldest son born 8 Aug 1854 at Spring Lodge Twickenham. He
attended Oscott College in Aston, Warwickshire. He joined the Royal Fusiliers,
served in the East Indies and attained the rank of colonel. He married Florence
Helen Marlay on 3 Jun 1896 at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart. In 1923 the left
Turbetstown and took a house in Killiney. Gerard died at St Declan’s, Killiney on
22 Oct 1934. Florence died 9 Mar 1944 aged 75 at St Declan’s and left her estate
to her niece; Maude French. No issue found.
2 Mary Elizabeth Dease born 28 Jun 1855 at Turbetstown, Westmeath married
widower Charles William Francis Noel at Coole Chapel on 2 Feb 1880. Charles then
known as Viscount Campden became 3rd Earl of Gainsborough. Charles’ first wife,
Augusta Berkeley, had died giving birth to daughter, Lady Agnes Noel, in 1877.
Charles died in 1926 and Dowager Countess Mary died at Chipping Camden in
November 1937.
1 Charles Hubert Francis Noel born 22 Oct 1885 at Oakham, Rutland, 4th
Earl.
3 Edmund Fitzlaurence Dease second son born 20 Dec 1856 in London married
Kate Mary Murray at Beech Hill Oratory on 15 Nov 1888. Mary was the
daughter of Maurice Murray, a distiller of Beech Hill, Cork. Edmund was a land
agent and wrote the History of The Westmeath Hunt. They lived at Ballygall.
Edmund of Levington Park, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, and formerly of Gaulstown,
Coole, Co Westmeath died 18 Mar 1934. Kate died at Holland Park, Kensington
in April 1944 and left her estate to her daughter Maude.
1 Maurice James (Peckham) Dease born 28 Sep 1889 at Ballymagaul was
educated at Stonyhurst College. He was a lieutenant in The Royal Fusiliers
(City Of London Regiment). He was killed in one of the first battles of World
War I, the Battle of Mons in Belgium on 23 August 1914. He was the first
person to be awarded the Victoria Cross (posthumously) for bravery in
WW1. He was buried at Saint Symphorien Military cemetery.
2 Maude Dease born 19 Mar 1891 in Montenotte, Cork married Bertram L
French in 1927 at Kensington.
4 Maude Mary Dease second daughter born 5 Jan 1859 at Turbetstown Westmeath,
married John Carrol Naish on 15 Aug 1884 at the RC Church Turbotstown. John, a
barrister of Ballycullen House, Askeaton, Co Limerick was the Attorney General of
Ireland and the son of Charles Naish of Ballycullen and his second wife Anne
Margaret Carrol. He was later Lord Chancellor. They had three children. John died
at the German spa town of Bad Ems on 17 Aug 1890 aged 48, late of 65 Mountjoy
Square. Maud died 16 Jul 1920 at an Oxford nursing home.
5 Ida Mary Dease born 2 Aug 1860 at Turbetstown became a Franciscan nun and died
in 1930.
6 Teresa Margaretha Dease born 2 Sep 1862 at Turbetstown, Coole. Teresa lived at
Turbetstown and in 1905 she opened a school to train young girls as domestic
servants. In 1916 and some members of the family were the founders of Saint
Joseph’s Hospital and School for cripple boys in Coole. She died a spinster at
Warwick Hall, Carlisle, the home of her sister Madeline on 7 Sep 1924 and left her
estate to her sister Alice Chichester.
7 Elizabeth Margaret Mary Dease born 17 May 1864 at Turbetstown Westmeath
became a nun and died 17 Jul 1951.
8 Mabel Mary Dease born 9 Feb 1866 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath became a nun
with the Irish Sisters of Charity and died at the Hospice Harold’s Cross on
2 Jan 1939.
9 Madeline Mary Dease born 30 Dec 1867 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath married
Charles Liddell on 11 Jan 1894 in the Catholic Church of Coole. Charles was of
Sandhoe, High House, Northumberland was a colliery owner. They later lived at
Warwick Hall near Carlisle. Charles died on 9 Jul 1922 and left 434K in personal
estate. He left the Benedictine Nunnery, known Holme Eden, Warwick Bridge to
his wife. Warwick Hall was destroyed by fire in 1933. Madeline died on 5 Mar 1936.
1 Aileen Mary Liddell only child married Gervase Elwes in 1919.
10 Catherine Mary Dease born 28 Oct 1869 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath became a
nun. She died on 24 Jun 1936 at Stanhope Street Convent, Dublin and was buried
at Kilbarrack.
11 Anna Maria Frances Dease born 30 Dec 1872 at Turbetstown, Co Westmeath died
an infant.
12 Alice Mary Frances Dease youngest daughter born 14 Feb 1874 at Turbotstown,
Coole, Co Westmeath. She was an author and her works include 'Other Erin her
people and her places (1909), 'Some Irish Stories' (1912), 'The Lady of Mystery' (1913),
'Down West' (with a foreword from Henry Bellingham of Castle Nellingham) and
'Other Sketches of Irish Life' (1914). She married Philip Charles Chichester on
5 Oct 1915 at the Roman Catholic Church at Warwick Bridge near Carlisle. Philip was
the land agent to Lord Gainborough and the third son of Captain Nugent Chichester
and Amelia Mary Lamb of Caverleigh Court in Devon. They moved to Frankton House,
near Rugby in 1921. Alice continued to write under her maiden names after she
married. She published ‘Debt of Guy Arnolle' in 1919. The couple had no children.
Philip died on Oct 1930 aged 65. Alice died at Owenstown House on 27 Oct 1949. She
left 43K in personal estate in Ireland and was buried at Glasnevin.
The Coole estates were sold in 1926.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - April 2023