Gamble family of Knocksinna
George Francis Gamble married Florence Johnston
born 21 Jun 1837 1 Aug 1866 born 5 Mar 1842
London London Harold's Cross, Dublin
died 22 Feb 1912 died 28 Feb 1921
Mount Jerome House
George Francis Gamble, born circa 1837 at London, Middlesex, a Major in the Royal Marine
Light Infantry was the son of Frederick Gamble of St George's Square. He married Florence
Johnston, second surviving daughter of Charles Bolton Johnston and Charlotte Johnston of
Mount Jerome and Tudor Lodge at St George's, Hanover Square, London on 1 Aug 1866.
Florence's father was secretary to the Director and Registrar of the Mount Jerome Cemetery.
Florence accompanied her husband on his various postings abroad. The Major took over the
running of the Mount Jerome Cemetery on the death of his father in law. The couple separated
for a time in 1877 after George accused Florence of flirting with The Rev W H Frazer, who was
employed to carry out funerals at the cemetery. This only came to light when the Rev Frazer
brought a case of libel and slander against the Major. George died 22 Feb 1912 at Mount
Jerome House and Florence died 28 Feb 1921. Both were interred at Mount Jerome.
1 Charles Gamble born circa 1868 became a solicitor and partner in the firm of Carruthers
& Gamble of Fleet Street, Dublin. He married Ida Gertrude King, the youngest of the five
daughters of John Wingfield King, DL of Sligo. They lived at various addresses around
Rathgar and Killiney. In 1905 Charles applied and was granted a divorce absolute by an
Act of Parliament on the grounds that his wife was intimate with Mr Charles Guy. It was
thought that Gertrude was living with him in Canada. He subsequently applied for
damages for criminal conversation and was awarded 3000 pounds. In 1906 Charles’s son
Vyvian was kidnapped from his school, Woodtown Park in Rathfarnham. It was discovered
that Gertrude had taken the child, she was arrested and taken into custody. Gertrude
secondly married John Harrison Middleton, third son of Alfred Hancock Middleton on
2 Jun 1906. Charles was engaged to a Miss Hill, daughter of the Rev Hill who was
headmaster and proprietor of Woodtown Park school in Rathfarnham where his sons
attended but instead married Hephzibah Mary Prichard, daughter of Charles Prichard of
Keymer, Sussex at all Saint’s Church, Norfolk Square on 31 Mar 1901.
Charles was a member Zoological society and the County Kildare Archaeological Society.
He was author of ‘Solicitors in Ireland 1607 – 1901’ and was on the standing committee of
the RCB and President of the Law Society. He moved to Knocksinna circa 1920 and died
9 Feb 1934 at Knocksinna and was buried at Mount Jerome.
1 Florence Wingfield Gamble born 30 Jul 1889 at Bellview Avenue married
Christopher Pemberton, the son of Henry Pemberton, a builder at Harold’s Cross
Parish Church on 8 Aug 1909.
2 Frederick Charles Gamble born 24 Sep 1891 at Bellvilla Avenue was engaged to
Ethel Melian Frizell daughter of R W Bruchfield Frizell of 44th Street New York.
Frederick was District Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate.
3 Vyvyan Webber younger son born 21 Nov 1896 at Windsor Road was a Lieut in the
Royal Munster Fusiliers. He died at Knocksinna on Easter Sunday 16 Apr 1933
after a long illness.
2 George Frederick Gamble born circa 1869 worked with his father at Mount Jerome. He
drowned while bathing in the River Dovey in South Wales on 16 Jul 1898.
3 Florence Gamble born 20 Nov 1876 baptised at Harold's Cross.
4 Alfred Gamble born 11 Feb 1880 baptised at Harold's Cross married Annie Caroline Violet
Rooke at St Mary’s Donnybrook on 19 Jul 1912. Violet was the third daughter of Thomas
Robert Rooke of Brighton Square, Dublin and died at Sefton Place, Liverpool on 2 Oct 1939.
1 George Alfred Henry Gamble born 28 Apr 1912 at Lower Baggot Street.
5 Cléonice Gamble born 14 Sep 1881 baptised at Harolds's Cross married Captain William
James Norman Cooke-Collis of the Royal Irish Rifles at Harold’s Cross Parish Church on
30 Jan 1906. William James was living at of 42 Castle Street, Dundalk, and was the son of
Col William Cooke-Collis of Castle Cooke, Kilworth, Cork.* William joined the army in 1900
and served throughout WW1. He attained the rank of major general. James as he was
known by his friends, became ADC to the King and was knighted in 1937. Sir W J N
Cooke-Collis, KCB, CMG, DSO formerly of Tilford Way, Farnham and 21 Cockspur Street,
London died at The Lodge, Dunmurry, Co Antrim on 13 Apr 1941. He left personal estate in
Ireland of just under 3K. Cléonice died at Northampton in 1968.
1 Catherine Patricia Cooke-Collis born 10 Mar 1907 married William Thomas Rhys
Wingfield only son of Major William Wingfield of Strettington House, Chichester at Holy
Trinity Church, Brompton on 5 Jul 1936.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – February 2019
* Courtesy of George Wingfield, Palisade, Colorado, USA - December 2020
George Francis Gamble married Florence Johnston
born 21 Jun 1837 1 Aug 1866 born 5 Mar 1842
London London Harold's Cross, Dublin
died 22 Feb 1912 died 28 Feb 1921
Mount Jerome House
George Francis Gamble, born circa 1837 at London, Middlesex, a Major in the Royal Marine
Light Infantry was the son of Frederick Gamble of St George's Square. He married Florence
Johnston, second surviving daughter of Charles Bolton Johnston and Charlotte Johnston of
Mount Jerome and Tudor Lodge at St George's, Hanover Square, London on 1 Aug 1866.
Florence's father was secretary to the Director and Registrar of the Mount Jerome Cemetery.
Florence accompanied her husband on his various postings abroad. The Major took over the
running of the Mount Jerome Cemetery on the death of his father in law. The couple separated
for a time in 1877 after George accused Florence of flirting with The Rev W H Frazer, who was
employed to carry out funerals at the cemetery. This only came to light when the Rev Frazer
brought a case of libel and slander against the Major. George died 22 Feb 1912 at Mount
Jerome House and Florence died 28 Feb 1921. Both were interred at Mount Jerome.
1 Charles Gamble born circa 1868 became a solicitor and partner in the firm of Carruthers
& Gamble of Fleet Street, Dublin. He married Ida Gertrude King, the youngest of the five
daughters of John Wingfield King, DL of Sligo. They lived at various addresses around
Rathgar and Killiney. In 1905 Charles applied and was granted a divorce absolute by an
Act of Parliament on the grounds that his wife was intimate with Mr Charles Guy. It was
thought that Gertrude was living with him in Canada. He subsequently applied for
damages for criminal conversation and was awarded 3000 pounds. In 1906 Charles’s son
Vyvian was kidnapped from his school, Woodtown Park in Rathfarnham. It was discovered
that Gertrude had taken the child, she was arrested and taken into custody. Gertrude
secondly married John Harrison Middleton, third son of Alfred Hancock Middleton on
2 Jun 1906. Charles was engaged to a Miss Hill, daughter of the Rev Hill who was
headmaster and proprietor of Woodtown Park school in Rathfarnham where his sons
attended but instead married Hephzibah Mary Prichard, daughter of Charles Prichard of
Keymer, Sussex at all Saint’s Church, Norfolk Square on 31 Mar 1901.
Charles was a member Zoological society and the County Kildare Archaeological Society.
He was author of ‘Solicitors in Ireland 1607 – 1901’ and was on the standing committee of
the RCB and President of the Law Society. He moved to Knocksinna circa 1920 and died
9 Feb 1934 at Knocksinna and was buried at Mount Jerome.
1 Florence Wingfield Gamble born 30 Jul 1889 at Bellview Avenue married
Christopher Pemberton, the son of Henry Pemberton, a builder at Harold’s Cross
Parish Church on 8 Aug 1909.
2 Frederick Charles Gamble born 24 Sep 1891 at Bellvilla Avenue was engaged to
Ethel Melian Frizell daughter of R W Bruchfield Frizell of 44th Street New York.
Frederick was District Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate.
3 Vyvyan Webber younger son born 21 Nov 1896 at Windsor Road was a Lieut in the
Royal Munster Fusiliers. He died at Knocksinna on Easter Sunday 16 Apr 1933
after a long illness.
2 George Frederick Gamble born circa 1869 worked with his father at Mount Jerome. He
drowned while bathing in the River Dovey in South Wales on 16 Jul 1898.
3 Florence Gamble born 20 Nov 1876 baptised at Harold's Cross.
4 Alfred Gamble born 11 Feb 1880 baptised at Harold's Cross married Annie Caroline Violet
Rooke at St Mary’s Donnybrook on 19 Jul 1912. Violet was the third daughter of Thomas
Robert Rooke of Brighton Square, Dublin and died at Sefton Place, Liverpool on 2 Oct 1939.
1 George Alfred Henry Gamble born 28 Apr 1912 at Lower Baggot Street.
5 Cléonice Gamble born 14 Sep 1881 baptised at Harolds's Cross married Captain William
James Norman Cooke-Collis of the Royal Irish Rifles at Harold’s Cross Parish Church on
30 Jan 1906. William James was living at of 42 Castle Street, Dundalk, and was the son of
Col William Cooke-Collis of Castle Cooke, Kilworth, Cork.* William joined the army in 1900
and served throughout WW1. He attained the rank of major general. James as he was
known by his friends, became ADC to the King and was knighted in 1937. Sir W J N
Cooke-Collis, KCB, CMG, DSO formerly of Tilford Way, Farnham and 21 Cockspur Street,
London died at The Lodge, Dunmurry, Co Antrim on 13 Apr 1941. He left personal estate in
Ireland of just under 3K. Cléonice died at Northampton in 1968.
1 Catherine Patricia Cooke-Collis born 10 Mar 1907 married William Thomas Rhys
Wingfield only son of Major William Wingfield of Strettington House, Chichester at Holy
Trinity Church, Brompton on 5 Jul 1936.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – February 2019
* Courtesy of George Wingfield, Palisade, Colorado, USA - December 2020