Evie Hone in her Studio by Hilda van Stockum
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My four Green Fields - now on display in Government Buildings (Office of An Taoiseach)
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Hone Family of Roebuck Grove (now University Lodge)
Joseph Hone third son of Joseph Hone (1804 -1865) was born on 28 Mar 1850 at Dublin and was
baptised 8 May 1850 at Eustace Street. He was educated at Rugby and played cricket for Phoenix
Park CC. In 1879 he was a member of the Irish cricket team that toured America. Joseph of 35
Lower Leeson Street married Eva Eleanor Robinson only daughter of Henry Robinson of Lansdowne
Road on 8 Feb 1882 at St Stephen’s Church, Dublin. Joseph was a director of the Bank of Ireland and
a director of a number of public companies. He was considered to have considerable financial
acumen. They lived at Northbrook Avenue before moving to Roebuck Grove in 1887. Eva died
25 Apr 1894 at Roebuck Grove aged 34, just three days after the birth of her daughter Eva. In 1904
Joseph was kicked by a horse while hunting in Meath, this caused a convulsion of the spine. Joseph
died from Pneumonia on 9 Mar 1908 at Roebuck Grove leaving his four daughters orphans. Joseph
left 67K in personal estate to be divided between his children equally.
1 Dorothy Annadale Hone born 19 Nov 1882 at 17 Northbrook Road married Capt Norman
McDonald Teacher at All Saint's, Cairo on 13 Nov 1911. Norman was with the Royal Scots
Fusiliers and the son of Donald M Teacher of Edinburgh. Dorothy was widowed on
26 Sep 1917. She was living in Galway in 1955.
2 Anne Frances (Nancy) Hone born 9 Jun 1884 at Northbrook Road married Lieut Alfred Hamilton
Connell of the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Christ Church, Leeson Street on 3 Aug 1910. Alfred was
the son of Charles Connell, shipbuilder. They moved to Merville (UCD) on the Stillorgan Road.
She was widowed when Alfred was Killed in Action on 28 Sep 1915 just six weeks after joining
his regiment at the front. Nancy died at Jervis Street Hospital, late of St Catherine's, Leixlip on
3 Oct 1957.
3 Leland Mary Hone born 9 Oct 1889 at Roebuck Grove married Lieut Rex Hamilton Leyland at St
Thomas' Church on Foster Avenue on 3 Jun 1911. Leyland was with the Rifle Brigade and the
son of Frederick D Leyland. Leyland retired from the army in 1914 but rejoined on the onset of
war. Captain Leyland of the Rifle Brigade was appointed Deputy Assistant Military Secretary, on
the Military Secretary's Staff at the War Office and in May 1918 he went to the front. He died in
September 1918. Leland secondly married George Thomas Hutchinson in 1921. George was
Treasurer of Christ Church, Oxford. Leland died suddenly at a nursing home in Dublin on
28 Mar 1927.
4 Eva Sydney ‘Evie’ Hone born 22 Apr 1894 at Roebuck Grove, Clonskeagh. A celebrated painter she
is best known for her works in stained glass. In 1905 she collapsed at St Thomas' Church on
Foster Avenue while helping to arrange Easter flowers and it was discovered that she had
contracted Polio. She was eleven years old and was bed bound for a year and spent her
recuperation sketching. She was educated by a governess and travelled to London and
Switzerland for operations but the polio left her with a limp, little use of her left hand and in poor
health for the rest of her life. Her three sisters married British army officers, and were all widowed
by the First World War. She moved to London in 1913 and attended a number of art colleges. It was
here she met Mainie Jellet who would become a lifelong friend. She travelled to Paris in 1920 and
Mainie joined her the following year. They both studied under Andre Lhote and worked in the
studio of Albert Gleizes. She spent a year in an Anglican nunnery, but it was not for her. Evie and
Mainie returned to Dublin in 1931 and frequently held joint art exhibitions. Evie turned to stained
glass windows but was refused work by An Túr Gloine and returned to London to work with
Whilhelmina Geddes. In 1935 she reapplied to An Túr Gloine and was accepted. In 1937 she
became a Roman Catholic and in 1938 she was commissioned by the Irish Government to produce a
window for the Irish pavilion at the World’s Trade Fair in New York in 1939. In 1943 An Túr Gloine
closed after the death of Sarah Purser and Edie set up her own studio at Marlay with a staff of five.
She lived at the dower house and her studio was just across the courtyard. Maimie and Evie then
set up The Irish Exhibition of Living Art but tragedy struck when Mainie developed cancer and died
in 1944 and although Evie had many friends including Margaret Crilly (Mrs Harry Clarke) and Elizabeth
Rivers, with the death of Mainie, Evie lost her best friend and greatest support.
Evie died at Rathfarnham Church while she was attending Mass, her maid was with her on
13 Mar 1955. She left 67k in personal estate of which 21K was paid out in duty. She left paintings,
including a Picasso to the National Gallery of Ireland and her cartoon for Eton College was left to St
Patrick's College, Maynooth. Her sisters and friends were made bequests, but it was to her maid
Emily Harvey that she made the largest bequest, which included her household effects, furniture
and Francois her dog. Emily also received 7K plus 100 for the upkeep of Francois. Her greatest
legacy are her heavenly windows which there are in the region of 72 on display in Ireland and England.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2020
Return to Roebuck Grove page
Return to Marlay page
Joseph Hone third son of Joseph Hone (1804 -1865) was born on 28 Mar 1850 at Dublin and was
baptised 8 May 1850 at Eustace Street. He was educated at Rugby and played cricket for Phoenix
Park CC. In 1879 he was a member of the Irish cricket team that toured America. Joseph of 35
Lower Leeson Street married Eva Eleanor Robinson only daughter of Henry Robinson of Lansdowne
Road on 8 Feb 1882 at St Stephen’s Church, Dublin. Joseph was a director of the Bank of Ireland and
a director of a number of public companies. He was considered to have considerable financial
acumen. They lived at Northbrook Avenue before moving to Roebuck Grove in 1887. Eva died
25 Apr 1894 at Roebuck Grove aged 34, just three days after the birth of her daughter Eva. In 1904
Joseph was kicked by a horse while hunting in Meath, this caused a convulsion of the spine. Joseph
died from Pneumonia on 9 Mar 1908 at Roebuck Grove leaving his four daughters orphans. Joseph
left 67K in personal estate to be divided between his children equally.
1 Dorothy Annadale Hone born 19 Nov 1882 at 17 Northbrook Road married Capt Norman
McDonald Teacher at All Saint's, Cairo on 13 Nov 1911. Norman was with the Royal Scots
Fusiliers and the son of Donald M Teacher of Edinburgh. Dorothy was widowed on
26 Sep 1917. She was living in Galway in 1955.
2 Anne Frances (Nancy) Hone born 9 Jun 1884 at Northbrook Road married Lieut Alfred Hamilton
Connell of the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Christ Church, Leeson Street on 3 Aug 1910. Alfred was
the son of Charles Connell, shipbuilder. They moved to Merville (UCD) on the Stillorgan Road.
She was widowed when Alfred was Killed in Action on 28 Sep 1915 just six weeks after joining
his regiment at the front. Nancy died at Jervis Street Hospital, late of St Catherine's, Leixlip on
3 Oct 1957.
3 Leland Mary Hone born 9 Oct 1889 at Roebuck Grove married Lieut Rex Hamilton Leyland at St
Thomas' Church on Foster Avenue on 3 Jun 1911. Leyland was with the Rifle Brigade and the
son of Frederick D Leyland. Leyland retired from the army in 1914 but rejoined on the onset of
war. Captain Leyland of the Rifle Brigade was appointed Deputy Assistant Military Secretary, on
the Military Secretary's Staff at the War Office and in May 1918 he went to the front. He died in
September 1918. Leland secondly married George Thomas Hutchinson in 1921. George was
Treasurer of Christ Church, Oxford. Leland died suddenly at a nursing home in Dublin on
28 Mar 1927.
4 Eva Sydney ‘Evie’ Hone born 22 Apr 1894 at Roebuck Grove, Clonskeagh. A celebrated painter she
is best known for her works in stained glass. In 1905 she collapsed at St Thomas' Church on
Foster Avenue while helping to arrange Easter flowers and it was discovered that she had
contracted Polio. She was eleven years old and was bed bound for a year and spent her
recuperation sketching. She was educated by a governess and travelled to London and
Switzerland for operations but the polio left her with a limp, little use of her left hand and in poor
health for the rest of her life. Her three sisters married British army officers, and were all widowed
by the First World War. She moved to London in 1913 and attended a number of art colleges. It was
here she met Mainie Jellet who would become a lifelong friend. She travelled to Paris in 1920 and
Mainie joined her the following year. They both studied under Andre Lhote and worked in the
studio of Albert Gleizes. She spent a year in an Anglican nunnery, but it was not for her. Evie and
Mainie returned to Dublin in 1931 and frequently held joint art exhibitions. Evie turned to stained
glass windows but was refused work by An Túr Gloine and returned to London to work with
Whilhelmina Geddes. In 1935 she reapplied to An Túr Gloine and was accepted. In 1937 she
became a Roman Catholic and in 1938 she was commissioned by the Irish Government to produce a
window for the Irish pavilion at the World’s Trade Fair in New York in 1939. In 1943 An Túr Gloine
closed after the death of Sarah Purser and Edie set up her own studio at Marlay with a staff of five.
She lived at the dower house and her studio was just across the courtyard. Maimie and Evie then
set up The Irish Exhibition of Living Art but tragedy struck when Mainie developed cancer and died
in 1944 and although Evie had many friends including Margaret Crilly (Mrs Harry Clarke) and Elizabeth
Rivers, with the death of Mainie, Evie lost her best friend and greatest support.
Evie died at Rathfarnham Church while she was attending Mass, her maid was with her on
13 Mar 1955. She left 67k in personal estate of which 21K was paid out in duty. She left paintings,
including a Picasso to the National Gallery of Ireland and her cartoon for Eton College was left to St
Patrick's College, Maynooth. Her sisters and friends were made bequests, but it was to her maid
Emily Harvey that she made the largest bequest, which included her household effects, furniture
and Francois her dog. Emily also received 7K plus 100 for the upkeep of Francois. Her greatest
legacy are her heavenly windows which there are in the region of 72 on display in Ireland and England.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – January 2020
Return to Roebuck Grove page
Return to Marlay page