Frances Kyle & Averil Deverell 1 Nov 1921
Deverell Family of Rockmount, Dundrum, Rockville Dundrum and Ellesmere, Greystones
William Deverell Clerk of the Crown and Peace for Wicklow eldest son of late Robert G Deverell of Tullamore married
Ada Kate Statter Carr only daughter of Edward Statter Carr of 23 Redcliffe Gardens, Kensington in 1892. They lived
at Rockville, Dundrum before moving to Greystones.
William Deverell married 21.01.1892 Ada Kate Statter Carr
born circa 1861 St Mary’s Abbott born circa 1864
King's County Kensington London
died 09.11.1934 (73) died 02.02.1952
at Ellesmere
Greystones
Twins
1 Brig. General William Beringer Slatter Deverell OBE RASC MA BL born 02.01.1893 at 26 Leeson
Park. He died 28.02.1966 of Ellesmere Church Road, Greystones, Wicklow. Probate to Averil.
2 Averil Catherine Slatter Deverell,Barrister at Law born 02.01.1893 at 26 Leeson Park. She
attended the French School in Bray, graduated Trinity College and was awarded a law degree in
1915. She served as an ambulance driver in France and Flanders in 1918 with the Red Cross.
She also clocked up 338 hours at the Red Cross depot in Greystones. She was called to the bar
in 1921. With her first earnings she bought a cairn terrier. She was a dog breeder and referred
to her home as the Brehon Kennels. She won numerous prizes at shows and was much in
demand as a judge of terriers. Averil became known as the 'mother of the Bar'. Although she
was not the first woman to be called to the bar, she was the first woman ever to practice in
Ireland or Britain. She died 11.02.1979 aged 86 years.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2018
William Deverell Clerk of the Crown and Peace for Wicklow eldest son of late Robert G Deverell of Tullamore married
Ada Kate Statter Carr only daughter of Edward Statter Carr of 23 Redcliffe Gardens, Kensington in 1892. They lived
at Rockville, Dundrum before moving to Greystones.
William Deverell married 21.01.1892 Ada Kate Statter Carr
born circa 1861 St Mary’s Abbott born circa 1864
King's County Kensington London
died 09.11.1934 (73) died 02.02.1952
at Ellesmere
Greystones
Twins
1 Brig. General William Beringer Slatter Deverell OBE RASC MA BL born 02.01.1893 at 26 Leeson
Park. He died 28.02.1966 of Ellesmere Church Road, Greystones, Wicklow. Probate to Averil.
2 Averil Catherine Slatter Deverell,Barrister at Law born 02.01.1893 at 26 Leeson Park. She
attended the French School in Bray, graduated Trinity College and was awarded a law degree in
1915. She served as an ambulance driver in France and Flanders in 1918 with the Red Cross.
She also clocked up 338 hours at the Red Cross depot in Greystones. She was called to the bar
in 1921. With her first earnings she bought a cairn terrier. She was a dog breeder and referred
to her home as the Brehon Kennels. She won numerous prizes at shows and was much in
demand as a judge of terriers. Averil became known as the 'mother of the Bar'. Although she
was not the first woman to be called to the bar, she was the first woman ever to practice in
Ireland or Britain. She died 11.02.1979 aged 86 years.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2018