Glanville family of Ben Inagh, Blackrock
Thomas Glanville married Anne Lee
born 3 Nov 1812 1841 born 23 May 1820
Tyrrellspass
died 11 Dec 1890 died 13 Aug 1887
Moate Moate
Thomas Glanville, son of William Glanville and Elizabeth Lowe was born on 3 Nov 1812 at Tyrrellspass,
Co Westmeath. He married Anne Lee in 1841. He was a shopkeeper and postmaster of Moate, Co
Westmeath. Anne died 13 Aug 1887 at Moate. Thomas Glanville died on 11 December 1890 at Moate.
He was buried on 13 December 1890 at Church of Ireland, Moate with his wife.
1 William Henry Glanville born 11 May 1843 was secretary of the Moate branch of the Land
League in 1881 and was a shorthand writer and post office official. William died 17 Apr 1917
and was buried at Church of Ireland, Moate.
2 Edward Samuel Glanville born 16 Aug 1844 at Moate. He married Jane Price, daughter of
Bower Price on 16 Aug 1870 at Killybeggs. Edward worked as a book-keeper and stone works
manager before he opened his own marble and stone works at Lower Erne Street in 1892.
Jane died 11 Sep 1884 aged 39 at 5 Pembroke Place, Mount Merrion Avenue.
1 Edward Edwin Glanville born 8 Jun 1873 at 70 Aughrim Street. He studied mathematics
and experimental science and graduated Trinity in 1895. He worked for the Wireless
Telegraph & Signal Company founded by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in 1897.
He carried out the transmission tests between Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight and
Bournemouth and was involved in the transmitting of the first sporting event at the
Regatta in Kingstown. He was assistant to George Kemps who Marconi had employed
to set up a wireless telegraphy link between Rathlin Island and Ballycastle to monitor
shipping for Lloyds. He died on 21 Aug 1898 after a fall from the cliffs on Rathlin Island.
2 Annie Lee Glanville born 21 Sep 1876 at 5 Pembroke Place, Mount Merrion Avenue. Annie
had a degree in Mathematics and Physics and worked as a maths teacher in Dublin,
Belfast and Cardiff and died a spinster 19 Aug 1922 at Ben Inagh.
3 Arthur Harold Edward Glanville (Harold) born 26 Apr 1879, died from Meningitis on
6 Sep 1888 at 5 Pembroke Place, Blackrock.
4 Mary Nora Glanville born 10 Jul 1881 at 5 Pembroke Place died a spinster at the Elpis
Hospital late of 78 Terenure Road on 28 Jul 1946.
Edward secondly married Selina Agnes Vance on 26 Jan 1892 at Bray Methodist Church and they
moved to Peafield House. Their boys all attended Wesley College in Dublin and were members of
14th Dublin (Blackrock) Scout troop later 3rd Dublin (Stillorgan) Rover Scouts. Edward died at
Peafield House on 28 Aug 1928. After Edward’s death the family moved to 15 Garville Avenue,
Rathgar. Selina died 17 Dec 1946 aged 82 at 78 Terenure Road.
5 Eric Vance Glanville born 13 Feb 1895 at 2 Mount Merrion Avenue. He attended the Royal
College of Science and enlisted with the Royal Engineers in 1916. He married Mona Evelyn
Simpson daughter of Charles Simpson at Zion Church on 21 Sep 1934. They lived at
Drummany, Stillorgan Park. Mona died 11 Oct 1965 and Eric died 29 Oct 1972, both were
buried at St Brigid’s, Stillorgan.
6 Arthur Evenson Glanville born 11 Jan 1897 at Ben Inagh. He was scoutmaster for 14th Dublin,
Blackrock in 1916 and played hockey for Leinster. He attended the Royal College of Science.
He enlisted with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1917 and was a POW in 1918. Arthur, a radio
engineer married Dorothy Eleanor Ashley on 15 Jul 1933 at Christ Church parish church,
Surbiton Hill. He died on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire in 1978.
7 Edward George Glanville born 26 Aug 1898 at Ben Inagh. He was with the 14th Blackrock
Scout troop and was an Asst Commissioner by 1929. He married Marjorie Beatrice Flude on
2 Apr 1931 at Bray C of I church. Marjorie was the daughter of Henry Flude, a civil engineer
from The Cottage, Killarney Road, Bray.
8 Robert Ranulph Glanville born 13 Mar 1901 at Ben Inagh attended the Wembley Jamboree
in 1924. He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin and won an agricultural Scholarship to
the Royal College of Science. He was a civil servant and worked as a British senior agricultural
officer in Sierra Leone (1924–1944) and principal agricultural officer in Nigeria (1944–1950). He
was the author of The Agricultural Survey of the Existing and Potential Rice Lands in the
Swamp Areas of the Little Scarcies, Great Scarcies, Port Loko and Rokel Rivers (1931). He
married Lillian Florence Dupen on 24 Oct 1931 at Brighton Road Methodist Church,
Rathfarnham. Lillian was the daughter of Vivien Pennefather Dupen. Robert was made an MBE
in 1936 and CBE in 1947. On his retirement in 1951, they to moved back to Dublin and lived at
Derryclare, Kilternan.
9 Owen Hugh Glanville born 4 Feb 1903 at Ben Inagh. He travelled to Rangoon in 1925 and worked
as an assistant superintendent on the Burmese Railways. He married Ivy Mealin at Westminster
in 1939.
10 Waldo Hearne Glanville youngest son born 8 Nov 1904 at Ben Inagh was a member of
Blackrock 14th Scout group and attended the Jamboree at Wembley in 1924. He played rugby
for Old Wesley RFC from 1923 to 1926. He qualified as a vet in 1927 and moved to Sudan as
a Veterinary Inspector. He married Sally Tierney, daughter of J P Tierney and Fanny Patterson
at Belfast on 25 Apr 1935. Waldo was appointed Director of Veterinary Services in Sudan in
1944 and he was awarded the 1939-1945 War Medal for his services. Waldo and Sally had no
children and returned to Ireland in 1952. They finally settled at Ballywaltrim in Bray and Waldo
worked part time for the Dept of Agriculture.
11 Edwina Vance Glanville born 4 Feb 1907 at Ben Inagh, died a spinster from TB on 3 May 1929
at Pension Dent du Midi, Leysin, Switzerland.
12 Ina Helen Glanville born 11 Jun 1909 at Ben Inagh married Harold Egerton Conlan on 4 Jun 1935
at Brighton Road Methodist Church. Harold was an official with Royal Bank and the son of Alfred
Joseph Conlan. The family lived at Fortfield Grove, Terenure.
3 Thomas Glanville born 22 Nov 1845, died a bachelor at Moate on 19 Mar 1881.
4 Jane Ellen Glanville born circa 1847.
5 Mary Anne Glanville born circa 1850.
6 Anne Glanville born circa 1853 died a spinster 26 Jun 1872 at Moate.
7 George Joseph Glanville born 23 May 1855. George was the Post Master of Moate and married
Elizabeth Adela Black, daughter of Randal Black on 1 Oct 1890 at Moate C of I Church. George died
18 Dec 1899 at Moate.
8 Robert James Glanville born 2 Feb 1857 was a mercantile clerk and died a bachelor 18 Aug 1879 at
Moate.
9 Frederick Charles Glanville born circa 1860.
10 Albert Edwin Glanville born 11 Mar 1862 was a Methodist Minister. He married Alice Brown Gregg
daughter of James Gregg of Drury Street on 29 Jun 1897 at the Centenary Church, Dublin. Albert died
30 Mar 1947 at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2021
Thomas Glanville married Anne Lee
born 3 Nov 1812 1841 born 23 May 1820
Tyrrellspass
died 11 Dec 1890 died 13 Aug 1887
Moate Moate
Thomas Glanville, son of William Glanville and Elizabeth Lowe was born on 3 Nov 1812 at Tyrrellspass,
Co Westmeath. He married Anne Lee in 1841. He was a shopkeeper and postmaster of Moate, Co
Westmeath. Anne died 13 Aug 1887 at Moate. Thomas Glanville died on 11 December 1890 at Moate.
He was buried on 13 December 1890 at Church of Ireland, Moate with his wife.
1 William Henry Glanville born 11 May 1843 was secretary of the Moate branch of the Land
League in 1881 and was a shorthand writer and post office official. William died 17 Apr 1917
and was buried at Church of Ireland, Moate.
2 Edward Samuel Glanville born 16 Aug 1844 at Moate. He married Jane Price, daughter of
Bower Price on 16 Aug 1870 at Killybeggs. Edward worked as a book-keeper and stone works
manager before he opened his own marble and stone works at Lower Erne Street in 1892.
Jane died 11 Sep 1884 aged 39 at 5 Pembroke Place, Mount Merrion Avenue.
1 Edward Edwin Glanville born 8 Jun 1873 at 70 Aughrim Street. He studied mathematics
and experimental science and graduated Trinity in 1895. He worked for the Wireless
Telegraph & Signal Company founded by Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi in 1897.
He carried out the transmission tests between Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight and
Bournemouth and was involved in the transmitting of the first sporting event at the
Regatta in Kingstown. He was assistant to George Kemps who Marconi had employed
to set up a wireless telegraphy link between Rathlin Island and Ballycastle to monitor
shipping for Lloyds. He died on 21 Aug 1898 after a fall from the cliffs on Rathlin Island.
2 Annie Lee Glanville born 21 Sep 1876 at 5 Pembroke Place, Mount Merrion Avenue. Annie
had a degree in Mathematics and Physics and worked as a maths teacher in Dublin,
Belfast and Cardiff and died a spinster 19 Aug 1922 at Ben Inagh.
3 Arthur Harold Edward Glanville (Harold) born 26 Apr 1879, died from Meningitis on
6 Sep 1888 at 5 Pembroke Place, Blackrock.
4 Mary Nora Glanville born 10 Jul 1881 at 5 Pembroke Place died a spinster at the Elpis
Hospital late of 78 Terenure Road on 28 Jul 1946.
Edward secondly married Selina Agnes Vance on 26 Jan 1892 at Bray Methodist Church and they
moved to Peafield House. Their boys all attended Wesley College in Dublin and were members of
14th Dublin (Blackrock) Scout troop later 3rd Dublin (Stillorgan) Rover Scouts. Edward died at
Peafield House on 28 Aug 1928. After Edward’s death the family moved to 15 Garville Avenue,
Rathgar. Selina died 17 Dec 1946 aged 82 at 78 Terenure Road.
5 Eric Vance Glanville born 13 Feb 1895 at 2 Mount Merrion Avenue. He attended the Royal
College of Science and enlisted with the Royal Engineers in 1916. He married Mona Evelyn
Simpson daughter of Charles Simpson at Zion Church on 21 Sep 1934. They lived at
Drummany, Stillorgan Park. Mona died 11 Oct 1965 and Eric died 29 Oct 1972, both were
buried at St Brigid’s, Stillorgan.
6 Arthur Evenson Glanville born 11 Jan 1897 at Ben Inagh. He was scoutmaster for 14th Dublin,
Blackrock in 1916 and played hockey for Leinster. He attended the Royal College of Science.
He enlisted with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1917 and was a POW in 1918. Arthur, a radio
engineer married Dorothy Eleanor Ashley on 15 Jul 1933 at Christ Church parish church,
Surbiton Hill. He died on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire in 1978.
7 Edward George Glanville born 26 Aug 1898 at Ben Inagh. He was with the 14th Blackrock
Scout troop and was an Asst Commissioner by 1929. He married Marjorie Beatrice Flude on
2 Apr 1931 at Bray C of I church. Marjorie was the daughter of Henry Flude, a civil engineer
from The Cottage, Killarney Road, Bray.
8 Robert Ranulph Glanville born 13 Mar 1901 at Ben Inagh attended the Wembley Jamboree
in 1924. He was educated at Wesley College, Dublin and won an agricultural Scholarship to
the Royal College of Science. He was a civil servant and worked as a British senior agricultural
officer in Sierra Leone (1924–1944) and principal agricultural officer in Nigeria (1944–1950). He
was the author of The Agricultural Survey of the Existing and Potential Rice Lands in the
Swamp Areas of the Little Scarcies, Great Scarcies, Port Loko and Rokel Rivers (1931). He
married Lillian Florence Dupen on 24 Oct 1931 at Brighton Road Methodist Church,
Rathfarnham. Lillian was the daughter of Vivien Pennefather Dupen. Robert was made an MBE
in 1936 and CBE in 1947. On his retirement in 1951, they to moved back to Dublin and lived at
Derryclare, Kilternan.
9 Owen Hugh Glanville born 4 Feb 1903 at Ben Inagh. He travelled to Rangoon in 1925 and worked
as an assistant superintendent on the Burmese Railways. He married Ivy Mealin at Westminster
in 1939.
10 Waldo Hearne Glanville youngest son born 8 Nov 1904 at Ben Inagh was a member of
Blackrock 14th Scout group and attended the Jamboree at Wembley in 1924. He played rugby
for Old Wesley RFC from 1923 to 1926. He qualified as a vet in 1927 and moved to Sudan as
a Veterinary Inspector. He married Sally Tierney, daughter of J P Tierney and Fanny Patterson
at Belfast on 25 Apr 1935. Waldo was appointed Director of Veterinary Services in Sudan in
1944 and he was awarded the 1939-1945 War Medal for his services. Waldo and Sally had no
children and returned to Ireland in 1952. They finally settled at Ballywaltrim in Bray and Waldo
worked part time for the Dept of Agriculture.
11 Edwina Vance Glanville born 4 Feb 1907 at Ben Inagh, died a spinster from TB on 3 May 1929
at Pension Dent du Midi, Leysin, Switzerland.
12 Ina Helen Glanville born 11 Jun 1909 at Ben Inagh married Harold Egerton Conlan on 4 Jun 1935
at Brighton Road Methodist Church. Harold was an official with Royal Bank and the son of Alfred
Joseph Conlan. The family lived at Fortfield Grove, Terenure.
3 Thomas Glanville born 22 Nov 1845, died a bachelor at Moate on 19 Mar 1881.
4 Jane Ellen Glanville born circa 1847.
5 Mary Anne Glanville born circa 1850.
6 Anne Glanville born circa 1853 died a spinster 26 Jun 1872 at Moate.
7 George Joseph Glanville born 23 May 1855. George was the Post Master of Moate and married
Elizabeth Adela Black, daughter of Randal Black on 1 Oct 1890 at Moate C of I Church. George died
18 Dec 1899 at Moate.
8 Robert James Glanville born 2 Feb 1857 was a mercantile clerk and died a bachelor 18 Aug 1879 at
Moate.
9 Frederick Charles Glanville born circa 1860.
10 Albert Edwin Glanville born 11 Mar 1862 was a Methodist Minister. He married Alice Brown Gregg
daughter of James Gregg of Drury Street on 29 Jun 1897 at the Centenary Church, Dublin. Albert died
30 Mar 1947 at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – October 2021