Jellett family of Clonard
Hewitt Poole Jellett married Josephine Barrington
born 5 Jan 1825 17 Aug 1859 10 Mar 1826
Co Monaghan Abbington Church Dublin
died 19 Mar 1911 Limerick died 1 Feb 1868
Pembroke Street Pembroke Street
Hewitt Poole Jellett born 5 Jan 1825 in County Monaghan fourth son of the Rev Morgan
Jellett, of Tullycorbett, Co Monaghan and his wife Harriett Poole. He attended
Edgeworthstown School and graduated Trinity in 1846. He was called to the Bar in
1847. He married Josephine Barrington daughter of Sir Matthew Barrington of
Glenstal, Limerick and his wife Charlotte Hartigan on 17 Aug 1859 at Abbington Church
in Limerick. He was appointed to the Chairmanship of the King's County in 1865.
Hewitt was selected by the Irish commissioners to draw up both parts of practice
and procedure and differences between the courts of England and Ireland, so far
as it related to Ireland. Hewitt was appointed Irish Serjeant at Law in 1888.
Josephine died 1 Feb 1868 at 31 Upper Pembroke Street and was buried at Mount
Jerome. Hewitt died 19 Mar 1911 at Upper Pembroke Street and was buried with his
wife. A staircase and gallery were erected at Kilternan Church in 1913 in his memory
by Matthew and Belinda Barrington Jellett. There is also a brass plaque.
1 John Croker Jellett born May 1860 at 32 Pembroke Street was a surgeon. John
a bachelor was found dead at Lambert’s lane near the golf links in Milltown on
28 Dec 1918. He had died from a heart attack, his brother Matthew identified
the body and he was buried at Mount Jerome.
2 Matthew Barrington Jellett born 29 Mar 1862 in Dublin. He was educated at
Charterhouse and graduated Trinity College. Has was admitted a solicitor in
1887. He was living at 32 Upper Pembroke Street and married Belinda
Grainger Chaytor on 28 Sep 1899 at St Stephens Church. Belinda resident at
40 Lower Leeson Street was the daughter of Charles Henry Chaytor, a
stockbroker from Killiney. He was a director of The Royal Bank of Ireland and
chairman from 1920. He was also a director of Minch, Norton and Co, Maltsters.
At the farm in Dundrum, he bred prize winning pedigree shorthorn cattle. He
was on the board of the Rathdown Guardians and church warden at Kilternan
from 1909 to 1915. In 1919 Belinda was part of a committee to erect a
memorial for the men of the district who had died in the great war. She
obtained permission from the district council for a Celtic cross designed by Mr
Butler* and built by the Barnaculia stone masons for it to be sited at Kilgobbin
graveyard. Belinda was also a fundraiser for the Cheeverstown Convalescent
Home for children. Matthew died 29 Dec 1925 at his office at 10 Ely Place and
was buried at Kilternan graveyard. After his death the family moved to
Newtown House in Leixlip. Belinda of Newtown Hill, Leixlip died 9 Apr 1942 aged
77 and was buried with her husband. She left 1/6 of her estate to her son and
5/6 to her daughter.
1 Charles Hewitt (Hewitt/Hew) Barrington Jellett born 18 Oct 1900 at 6 Clyde
Road, Donnybrook was a solicitor and worked with his father at Barrington &
Son. He married Kathleen Iris Crozier, daughter of Thomas Francis Crozier on
8 Jan 1931 at Taney Church. They lived at Coolmines House, Clonsilla which
was damaged by fire in 1948. Hewitt was chairman of the Royal Dublin
Society's Agriculture Committee in 1949 and president of the Royal Dublin
Society in 1965. They later lived at Gernonstown House in Slane and Hewitt
was appointed a director of Ballsbridge International Bloodstock Sales Ltd.
2 Phyllis Rosetta (Bluebell) Jellett born 3 Dec 1902 at 6 Clyde Road,
Donnybrook, Co Dublin died died 10 Aug 1907 at Portobello Hospital, late of
Dundrum. She was buried at Kilternan graveyard. The gallery in Kilternan
Church was dedicated to her memory in 1913 by her parents.
3 Mary Primrose (Diddles) Jellett born 3 Jan 1904 at Clonard. Her godmother
Maude Helena Collingwood Montgomery of Beaulieu and Rokeby Hall left
her £500 when she died in 1912. She lived with her mother at Newtown Hill
Leixlip and after the death of her mother she moved to Castlebank in
Castleknock.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - February 2023
* Possibly architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler who had undertaken work at Clonard.
Hewitt Poole Jellett married Josephine Barrington
born 5 Jan 1825 17 Aug 1859 10 Mar 1826
Co Monaghan Abbington Church Dublin
died 19 Mar 1911 Limerick died 1 Feb 1868
Pembroke Street Pembroke Street
Hewitt Poole Jellett born 5 Jan 1825 in County Monaghan fourth son of the Rev Morgan
Jellett, of Tullycorbett, Co Monaghan and his wife Harriett Poole. He attended
Edgeworthstown School and graduated Trinity in 1846. He was called to the Bar in
1847. He married Josephine Barrington daughter of Sir Matthew Barrington of
Glenstal, Limerick and his wife Charlotte Hartigan on 17 Aug 1859 at Abbington Church
in Limerick. He was appointed to the Chairmanship of the King's County in 1865.
Hewitt was selected by the Irish commissioners to draw up both parts of practice
and procedure and differences between the courts of England and Ireland, so far
as it related to Ireland. Hewitt was appointed Irish Serjeant at Law in 1888.
Josephine died 1 Feb 1868 at 31 Upper Pembroke Street and was buried at Mount
Jerome. Hewitt died 19 Mar 1911 at Upper Pembroke Street and was buried with his
wife. A staircase and gallery were erected at Kilternan Church in 1913 in his memory
by Matthew and Belinda Barrington Jellett. There is also a brass plaque.
1 John Croker Jellett born May 1860 at 32 Pembroke Street was a surgeon. John
a bachelor was found dead at Lambert’s lane near the golf links in Milltown on
28 Dec 1918. He had died from a heart attack, his brother Matthew identified
the body and he was buried at Mount Jerome.
2 Matthew Barrington Jellett born 29 Mar 1862 in Dublin. He was educated at
Charterhouse and graduated Trinity College. Has was admitted a solicitor in
1887. He was living at 32 Upper Pembroke Street and married Belinda
Grainger Chaytor on 28 Sep 1899 at St Stephens Church. Belinda resident at
40 Lower Leeson Street was the daughter of Charles Henry Chaytor, a
stockbroker from Killiney. He was a director of The Royal Bank of Ireland and
chairman from 1920. He was also a director of Minch, Norton and Co, Maltsters.
At the farm in Dundrum, he bred prize winning pedigree shorthorn cattle. He
was on the board of the Rathdown Guardians and church warden at Kilternan
from 1909 to 1915. In 1919 Belinda was part of a committee to erect a
memorial for the men of the district who had died in the great war. She
obtained permission from the district council for a Celtic cross designed by Mr
Butler* and built by the Barnaculia stone masons for it to be sited at Kilgobbin
graveyard. Belinda was also a fundraiser for the Cheeverstown Convalescent
Home for children. Matthew died 29 Dec 1925 at his office at 10 Ely Place and
was buried at Kilternan graveyard. After his death the family moved to
Newtown House in Leixlip. Belinda of Newtown Hill, Leixlip died 9 Apr 1942 aged
77 and was buried with her husband. She left 1/6 of her estate to her son and
5/6 to her daughter.
1 Charles Hewitt (Hewitt/Hew) Barrington Jellett born 18 Oct 1900 at 6 Clyde
Road, Donnybrook was a solicitor and worked with his father at Barrington &
Son. He married Kathleen Iris Crozier, daughter of Thomas Francis Crozier on
8 Jan 1931 at Taney Church. They lived at Coolmines House, Clonsilla which
was damaged by fire in 1948. Hewitt was chairman of the Royal Dublin
Society's Agriculture Committee in 1949 and president of the Royal Dublin
Society in 1965. They later lived at Gernonstown House in Slane and Hewitt
was appointed a director of Ballsbridge International Bloodstock Sales Ltd.
2 Phyllis Rosetta (Bluebell) Jellett born 3 Dec 1902 at 6 Clyde Road,
Donnybrook, Co Dublin died died 10 Aug 1907 at Portobello Hospital, late of
Dundrum. She was buried at Kilternan graveyard. The gallery in Kilternan
Church was dedicated to her memory in 1913 by her parents.
3 Mary Primrose (Diddles) Jellett born 3 Jan 1904 at Clonard. Her godmother
Maude Helena Collingwood Montgomery of Beaulieu and Rokeby Hall left
her £500 when she died in 1912. She lived with her mother at Newtown Hill
Leixlip and after the death of her mother she moved to Castlebank in
Castleknock.
© June Bow & Karen Poff - February 2023
* Possibly architect Rudolf Maximilian Butler who had undertaken work at Clonard.