Lt Col J Hume Dudgeon
Dudgeon Family of Stillorgan
Henry James Dudgeon, barrister at law was the son of James Dudgeon of Fitzwilliam Street
and Isabella Smith. He was a government stockbroker and a stock and share broker of 113
Grafton Street. He was appointed broker and agent to the Isthmus of the Suez Canal in 1858.
He married Eliza Reid on 1 Aug 1849 at Manchester Cathedral. Eliza was the eldest daughter
of John Reid of Manchester and of the Bank of England. When first married they lived in
Monkstown and moved to The Priory, Stillorgan circa 1871. Henry died 14 Dec 1894 and was
buried at Deansgrange. He left 39K in personal estate. Eliza died 19 Apr 1895 at Hermitage,
Cross Avenue and was buried with her husband.
Henry James Dudgeon married Eliza Maitland Reid
born circa 1823 1 Aug 1849 born circa 1822
died 14 Dec 1894 age 71 Manchester Cathedral died 19 Apr 1895 age 73
The Priory Hermitage, Cross Ave
1 Adelaide Dudgeon, eldest daughter born 4 Jun 1850 married John Arthur Berzelious Bald
son of John Bald, a merchant of Grove Street, Liverpool on 17 Feb 1874 at All Saint's
Church, Carysfort. They moved to Liverpool and had three children, Nora, Edward and
Eric and then moved to Herts.
2 Henry (Harry) Dudgeon, eldest son born 18 May 1851 at Templeogue House married first
Sarah Julia Courtenay of Hyde Park at Paddington on 18 Jan 1883. Sarah died of
diphtheria on 2 Oct 1883 and was buried at Deansgrange. Henry of Northbrook Road
secondly married Rose Chute on 28 Sep 1889 at 25 Longford Terrace. Rose was the
daughter of the late Richard Chute of Chute Hall, Kerry. Harry was a stockbroker, senior
partner in Dudgeon & Sons. He was Vice-president of the Dublin Stock Exchange, a position
he resigned from in 1898, but was later president. Henry died at The Priory Stillorgan on
1 May 1920 and Rose died 10 Mar 1921 at Melbeach, Monkstown. There is a window in
memory of the family at All Saints, Blackrock.
1 Cyril Henry Dudgeon born 30 Dec 1890 at 206 Clyde Road a stock broker died
a bachelor at Melbeach, Monkstown on 6 May 1922.
2 Dorothy Dudgeon born 27 Mar 1893 at 206 Clyde Road died a spinster in 1966.
3 Rose Dudgeon born 12 Nov 1894 at Belgrave Hall, Kingstown joined the Red Cross
on the outbreak of WW1 and worked at the Sphagnum Moss Association. She
married Charles Edward Drennan on 19 Oct 1916 at All Saints, Carysfort.
4 Florence Dudgeon born 12 Nov 1894 died from TB on 18 May 1911 at The
Priory Stillorgan.
5 Lilian Mary (Cuckoo) Dudgeon youngest daughter born 2 Jul 1896 at Belgrave Hall,
Monkstown. Her engagement to Newenham Manly was announced in 1924. She
died a spinster in 1968.
3 Katherine Isabella Dudgeon, second daughter born 15 Aug 1852 at New Brighton, Monkstown
married the widower George Thomas Stokes, the incumbent of All Saints, at All Saints on
3 Jul 1883. Canon Stokes died 24 Mar 1898 aged 54 at All Saints Vicarage and was buried at
Deansgrange with his first wife. Isabella died 20 Jan 1938 and was buried at Deansgrange.
1 Henry James Dudgeon Stokes born 26 Oct 1884.
4 Florence Dudgeon, third daughter born 12 Sep 1853 at New Brighton, Monkstown married
Rheinhold Baker Bald at All Saint’s, Carysfort on 12 Feb 1878. Their first child was born
at Stillorgan after which the family moved to England.
1 Sibyl Florence Bald born 3 Apr 1879 at The Priory, Stillorgan.
2 Irene Stephanie Bald born 1881 at Billericay, Essex.
3 Philip Robert Ball born 1881 at Billericay, Essex
4 Lila Florence Bald born circa 1883, Brentwood, Essex.
5 Gordon Rheinhold Bald born circa 1886 Colchester, Essex.
5 Joseph Hume Dudgeon, second son born 4 Jan 1855 at 3 New Brighton, Monkstown. He
married Frances Amelia Brereton at Hove, Sussex on 17 Apr 1879. Fanny was the only
child of Henry Brereton of the Bengal Civil Service. Frances died at Bayswater, Kensington on
24 Jan 1881, late of Ovoca Cottage, Blackrock.*
Joseph secondly married Isabella Best McCorquodale on 10 May 1886 at St Peter's Church,
Newton. Belle was the seventh surviving daughter of George McCorquodale of the Willows,
Netwode de Willows, Lancashire. Joseph was a stockbroker and they lived at Stonehenge,
Killiney before moving to Merville, Booterstown. Joseph died at Merville on 31 Aug 1923.
Belle died 5 Jan 1941 aged 78 at Merville.
1 Mary Kate Dudgeon born 19 Jul 1887 at Stonehenge, Killiney married Harold Stanley
Cayzer, 11th Hussars, fifth surviving son of Sir Charles Cayzer, Bart., and Lady Cayzer,
of Gartmore, Perthshire on 5 Dec 1908 at St Thomas’s Church, Fosters Avenue.
2 Eileen Dudgeon born 19 Jan 1890 at Stonehenge, Killiney married Maj Gen George
Hanbury Jackson, son of Rev Robert Noble Jackson, on 15 Dec 1917 at St Thomas’s
Church, Fosters Avenue. Ellen died on 5 Apr 1953 at Brompton, Yorkshire.
3 Joseph (Joe) Hume Dudgeon born 19 Mar 1893 at Stonehenge, Ballybrack. He was
educated at Harrow and received a commission from the South Irish Horse. He
served in WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. He was appointed
Equitatian Officer in 1919 and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal
Scots Greys. He married Isabella Felicia Marie (Sybil) Symington on 9 Feb 1920 at
Exeter Cathedral. He retired in 1936 but re-entered the service two years later and
fought in WW2. He was appointed Officer OBE in 1943 and retired in 1945. He was
an international showjumper winning numerous cups Including the Aga Khan Cup
in 1931. He was chairman of the Show Jumping Association of Ireland and ran a
riding school at Merville from 1938 before moving it to Burton Hall in 1953. Joe
died 26 Oct 1965 at Burton Hall and Sybil died on 15 Oct 1975. Both are buried at
St Brigid's, Stillorgan.
1 Kathleen Isabella Dudgeon born 2 Aug 1921.
2 Ian Hume Dudgeon
6 Eliza (Lila) Dudgeon, 4th daughter 22 Dec 1857 at Longford Tce, Monkstown married Joseph
Blood of the India Medical Service, son of Fitzgerald Blood of Ballykilty on 20 Jul 1887 at All
Saint's Church, Carysfort.
7 William John Dudgeon third son born 9 May 1859 at 19 Longford Terrace, Monkstown moved
to Scotland. He was a wine merchant and died 18 Apr 1906 at Glasgow and was buried in
Deansgrange close to his parents.
8 Emily Dudgeon, 5th daughter 23 Oct 1860 at 19 Longford Tce, Monkstown married Rev
Thomas Edward Winder at All Saints, Carysfort on 17 Jun 1893. They moved to Carlow after
the birth of their daughter and then to Kilkenny. Thomas became the Dean of Ossory.
1 Naomi Mary Winder born 24 Mar 1895 at Hermitage, Cross Avenue.
9 Mary Frances (Mimi) Dudgeon youngest daughter 1 Dec 1863 at 19 Longford Tce., Monkstown
married John Brownrigg Balloch on 4 Jun 1889 at All Saints, Carysfort.
1 Henry Dudgeon Balloch born 7 Mar 1895.
10 James Maitland Dudgeon fourth son born 19 Mar 1865 at Frescati, Blackrock. He was rector
of All Saints from 1895 to 1898. He married Emily Hodgeson, daughter of George H Horsfull
at Christ Church Linnet-Lane, Liverpool on 20 Apr 1898. He became vicar of Evridge and
Chaplin to the Marquess of Abergavenny before becoming Rector of Frant, Tunbridge Wells.
James, a widower died while on holiday, in Dublin at Rockfort, Blackrock on 26 Oct 1935
and was buried at Frant parish church in Sussex.
11 Herbert Dudgeon, youngest son born 23 Oct 1869 married Margaret Jameson on
13 Jun 1896 at The Free College Church, Glasgow. Margaret was the youngest daughter of
Sir William Collins of Glasgow. Herbert was commodore of the Royal Irish Yacht Club from
1936 to 1953 and an honorary member of the Royal St George Yacht Club. He was a
stockbroker, lived at Glandore in Kingstown and the couple had no children. Margaret died
on 26 Feb 1921 at Glandore and was buried at Deansgrange. Herbert secondly married
Caroline Speers from Derry on 3 Jun 1922 at St John's, Monkstown. He had two daughters
by his second marriage. Herbert died at Rockford, Blackrock in July 1953 aged 83 and was
buried at Deansgrange. Caroline died at The Rise, Mount Merrion on 2 Jun 1961 and was
buried with her husband.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2018/updated July 2022
*With thanks to Clive O'Connor for additional information.
Henry James Dudgeon, barrister at law was the son of James Dudgeon of Fitzwilliam Street
and Isabella Smith. He was a government stockbroker and a stock and share broker of 113
Grafton Street. He was appointed broker and agent to the Isthmus of the Suez Canal in 1858.
He married Eliza Reid on 1 Aug 1849 at Manchester Cathedral. Eliza was the eldest daughter
of John Reid of Manchester and of the Bank of England. When first married they lived in
Monkstown and moved to The Priory, Stillorgan circa 1871. Henry died 14 Dec 1894 and was
buried at Deansgrange. He left 39K in personal estate. Eliza died 19 Apr 1895 at Hermitage,
Cross Avenue and was buried with her husband.
Henry James Dudgeon married Eliza Maitland Reid
born circa 1823 1 Aug 1849 born circa 1822
died 14 Dec 1894 age 71 Manchester Cathedral died 19 Apr 1895 age 73
The Priory Hermitage, Cross Ave
1 Adelaide Dudgeon, eldest daughter born 4 Jun 1850 married John Arthur Berzelious Bald
son of John Bald, a merchant of Grove Street, Liverpool on 17 Feb 1874 at All Saint's
Church, Carysfort. They moved to Liverpool and had three children, Nora, Edward and
Eric and then moved to Herts.
2 Henry (Harry) Dudgeon, eldest son born 18 May 1851 at Templeogue House married first
Sarah Julia Courtenay of Hyde Park at Paddington on 18 Jan 1883. Sarah died of
diphtheria on 2 Oct 1883 and was buried at Deansgrange. Henry of Northbrook Road
secondly married Rose Chute on 28 Sep 1889 at 25 Longford Terrace. Rose was the
daughter of the late Richard Chute of Chute Hall, Kerry. Harry was a stockbroker, senior
partner in Dudgeon & Sons. He was Vice-president of the Dublin Stock Exchange, a position
he resigned from in 1898, but was later president. Henry died at The Priory Stillorgan on
1 May 1920 and Rose died 10 Mar 1921 at Melbeach, Monkstown. There is a window in
memory of the family at All Saints, Blackrock.
1 Cyril Henry Dudgeon born 30 Dec 1890 at 206 Clyde Road a stock broker died
a bachelor at Melbeach, Monkstown on 6 May 1922.
2 Dorothy Dudgeon born 27 Mar 1893 at 206 Clyde Road died a spinster in 1966.
3 Rose Dudgeon born 12 Nov 1894 at Belgrave Hall, Kingstown joined the Red Cross
on the outbreak of WW1 and worked at the Sphagnum Moss Association. She
married Charles Edward Drennan on 19 Oct 1916 at All Saints, Carysfort.
4 Florence Dudgeon born 12 Nov 1894 died from TB on 18 May 1911 at The
Priory Stillorgan.
5 Lilian Mary (Cuckoo) Dudgeon youngest daughter born 2 Jul 1896 at Belgrave Hall,
Monkstown. Her engagement to Newenham Manly was announced in 1924. She
died a spinster in 1968.
3 Katherine Isabella Dudgeon, second daughter born 15 Aug 1852 at New Brighton, Monkstown
married the widower George Thomas Stokes, the incumbent of All Saints, at All Saints on
3 Jul 1883. Canon Stokes died 24 Mar 1898 aged 54 at All Saints Vicarage and was buried at
Deansgrange with his first wife. Isabella died 20 Jan 1938 and was buried at Deansgrange.
1 Henry James Dudgeon Stokes born 26 Oct 1884.
4 Florence Dudgeon, third daughter born 12 Sep 1853 at New Brighton, Monkstown married
Rheinhold Baker Bald at All Saint’s, Carysfort on 12 Feb 1878. Their first child was born
at Stillorgan after which the family moved to England.
1 Sibyl Florence Bald born 3 Apr 1879 at The Priory, Stillorgan.
2 Irene Stephanie Bald born 1881 at Billericay, Essex.
3 Philip Robert Ball born 1881 at Billericay, Essex
4 Lila Florence Bald born circa 1883, Brentwood, Essex.
5 Gordon Rheinhold Bald born circa 1886 Colchester, Essex.
5 Joseph Hume Dudgeon, second son born 4 Jan 1855 at 3 New Brighton, Monkstown. He
married Frances Amelia Brereton at Hove, Sussex on 17 Apr 1879. Fanny was the only
child of Henry Brereton of the Bengal Civil Service. Frances died at Bayswater, Kensington on
24 Jan 1881, late of Ovoca Cottage, Blackrock.*
Joseph secondly married Isabella Best McCorquodale on 10 May 1886 at St Peter's Church,
Newton. Belle was the seventh surviving daughter of George McCorquodale of the Willows,
Netwode de Willows, Lancashire. Joseph was a stockbroker and they lived at Stonehenge,
Killiney before moving to Merville, Booterstown. Joseph died at Merville on 31 Aug 1923.
Belle died 5 Jan 1941 aged 78 at Merville.
1 Mary Kate Dudgeon born 19 Jul 1887 at Stonehenge, Killiney married Harold Stanley
Cayzer, 11th Hussars, fifth surviving son of Sir Charles Cayzer, Bart., and Lady Cayzer,
of Gartmore, Perthshire on 5 Dec 1908 at St Thomas’s Church, Fosters Avenue.
2 Eileen Dudgeon born 19 Jan 1890 at Stonehenge, Killiney married Maj Gen George
Hanbury Jackson, son of Rev Robert Noble Jackson, on 15 Dec 1917 at St Thomas’s
Church, Fosters Avenue. Ellen died on 5 Apr 1953 at Brompton, Yorkshire.
3 Joseph (Joe) Hume Dudgeon born 19 Mar 1893 at Stonehenge, Ballybrack. He was
educated at Harrow and received a commission from the South Irish Horse. He
served in WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. He was appointed
Equitatian Officer in 1919 and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal
Scots Greys. He married Isabella Felicia Marie (Sybil) Symington on 9 Feb 1920 at
Exeter Cathedral. He retired in 1936 but re-entered the service two years later and
fought in WW2. He was appointed Officer OBE in 1943 and retired in 1945. He was
an international showjumper winning numerous cups Including the Aga Khan Cup
in 1931. He was chairman of the Show Jumping Association of Ireland and ran a
riding school at Merville from 1938 before moving it to Burton Hall in 1953. Joe
died 26 Oct 1965 at Burton Hall and Sybil died on 15 Oct 1975. Both are buried at
St Brigid's, Stillorgan.
1 Kathleen Isabella Dudgeon born 2 Aug 1921.
2 Ian Hume Dudgeon
6 Eliza (Lila) Dudgeon, 4th daughter 22 Dec 1857 at Longford Tce, Monkstown married Joseph
Blood of the India Medical Service, son of Fitzgerald Blood of Ballykilty on 20 Jul 1887 at All
Saint's Church, Carysfort.
7 William John Dudgeon third son born 9 May 1859 at 19 Longford Terrace, Monkstown moved
to Scotland. He was a wine merchant and died 18 Apr 1906 at Glasgow and was buried in
Deansgrange close to his parents.
8 Emily Dudgeon, 5th daughter 23 Oct 1860 at 19 Longford Tce, Monkstown married Rev
Thomas Edward Winder at All Saints, Carysfort on 17 Jun 1893. They moved to Carlow after
the birth of their daughter and then to Kilkenny. Thomas became the Dean of Ossory.
1 Naomi Mary Winder born 24 Mar 1895 at Hermitage, Cross Avenue.
9 Mary Frances (Mimi) Dudgeon youngest daughter 1 Dec 1863 at 19 Longford Tce., Monkstown
married John Brownrigg Balloch on 4 Jun 1889 at All Saints, Carysfort.
1 Henry Dudgeon Balloch born 7 Mar 1895.
10 James Maitland Dudgeon fourth son born 19 Mar 1865 at Frescati, Blackrock. He was rector
of All Saints from 1895 to 1898. He married Emily Hodgeson, daughter of George H Horsfull
at Christ Church Linnet-Lane, Liverpool on 20 Apr 1898. He became vicar of Evridge and
Chaplin to the Marquess of Abergavenny before becoming Rector of Frant, Tunbridge Wells.
James, a widower died while on holiday, in Dublin at Rockfort, Blackrock on 26 Oct 1935
and was buried at Frant parish church in Sussex.
11 Herbert Dudgeon, youngest son born 23 Oct 1869 married Margaret Jameson on
13 Jun 1896 at The Free College Church, Glasgow. Margaret was the youngest daughter of
Sir William Collins of Glasgow. Herbert was commodore of the Royal Irish Yacht Club from
1936 to 1953 and an honorary member of the Royal St George Yacht Club. He was a
stockbroker, lived at Glandore in Kingstown and the couple had no children. Margaret died
on 26 Feb 1921 at Glandore and was buried at Deansgrange. Herbert secondly married
Caroline Speers from Derry on 3 Jun 1922 at St John's, Monkstown. He had two daughters
by his second marriage. Herbert died at Rockford, Blackrock in July 1953 aged 83 and was
buried at Deansgrange. Caroline died at The Rise, Mount Merrion on 2 Jun 1961 and was
buried with her husband.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - June 2018/updated July 2022
*With thanks to Clive O'Connor for additional information.