The Lee Family in the garden of The Grange - Courtesy of Mike Lee
Lee family of The Grange, Stillorgan and Bellevue, Cross Avenue
Edward Lee of Tyrrellspass
1 Edward Lee, born circa 1811 a farmer of Tyrrellspass and son of Edward Lee married Hannah
Bagnall, daughter of Robert Bagnall, a farmer of Kiltobber at Newtown Fartullagh parish church
on 22 Jan 1849. Edward died 22 Feb 1876. Hannah, a farmer and widow living a Cornaher,
Newtown, Co Westmeath in 1901 died 4 Feb 1917 aged 97 at Cornahir. Both were buried at
Newtown.
1 Nannie Lee eldest daughter born circa 1850 died 23 Mar 1876 aged 26.
2 Edward Lee* born circa 1853 at Tyrrellspass married Annie Sheckleton of 1 Belgrave Square
daughter of George Sheckleton, a farmer and his wife Mary Anne Carry from Dungar County Offaly
on 25 Jul 1878 at the Methodist Church in Monkstown. Edward worked as a draper at Penrose
Bowles and Co in Kingstown and opened his first shop at Bray in 1885 and over the next few years
he opened shops at Kingstown, Dublin, and Rathmines. The chain became a private limited
company in 1904 and he was appointed a JP by Viscount Powerscourt. He had a high sense of
justice and was the originator of the weekly half day holiday in the drapery business in 1889 and
also introduced a profit sharing system in his business. He was a governor of Donnybrook Hospital
and a member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. The Lee family lived at The Grange from 1903
and in 1912 they moved to Bellevue in Booterstown. Edward died at Bellevue on 14 Feb 1927 and
Annie died 6 Mar 1938 at Temple Gardens, Rathmines. Both were buried at Deansgrange.
1 Edward Shekleton (Ted) Lee born at 2 Goldsmith Tce., Bray on 11 Apr 1879. He attended
Wesley College and graduated Trinity. He was an accountant and married married Orynthia
May Collings, daughter of William and Henrietta Collings from Cardiff at Wandsworth in 1921.
2 George Johnstone Lee born 5 Aug 1880 at Goldsmith Terrace died 8 Aug 1880.
3 Robert Ernest born Lee 15 Jan 1883 at Goldsmith Tce attended Wesley College and graduated
Trinity. Robert Ernest was a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the 14th
Field Ambulance and was promoted to Captain 1915 after the second battle of Ypres. Robert
was returning to France on board the RMS Leinster when it was torpedoed and sunk on
10 Oct 1918 and he was drowned. His body was recovered near Gorey and he was buried at
Deansgrange.
4 Hastings Lee born 13 Nov 1884 died 21 Dec 1884 at Goldsmith Terrace.
5 William Lee born 8 Sep 1885 at Upper Georges Street died 8 Dec 1885 at Georges Street.
6 Joseph Bagnall Lee born 3 May 1888 at Goldsmith Tce attended Epworth College, Rhyl and
graduated Trinity. He joined the 6th Service Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers as 2nd
Lieutenant. Joseph was killed on the Kiretch Tepe Sirt Ridge, Galipoli on the 7 Aug 1915.
7 Annie Lee born 3 Oct 1891 at Goldsmith Tce died 16 Nov 1891 at Goldsmith Terrace.
8 Alfred Tennyson Lee born 6 Oct 1892 at Goldsmith Tce was educated at Epworth College,
Rhyl and graduated Trinity. He joined the 6th Service Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers as 2nd
Lieutenant. Alfred Tennyson was wounded on the 9 Aug 1915. He was living at Bellevue
Blackrock when he married Marice Winifred Butler Cranwill, daughter of Thomas Butler
Cranwill of Montpelier Parade at Monkstown Parish Church on 23 Feb 1922.
9 Geoffrey Patrick Lee born 20 Mar 1906 at The Grange, Stillorgan died 5 Aug 1906 at The
Grange.
3 Joseph (Joe) Lee born circa 1859 in County Westmeath married Jane and died 27 Sep 1902 in a
farming accident at Benalbit and was buried at Newtown.
4 Harriet N Lee born circa 1860 was a book-keeper living with her sister Mary in 1901 in a house
belonging to her father. She was the informant of her mother’s death in 1917.
5 Mary (Molly) Lee born circa 1863 was living at 1 Clifton Terrace, Ranelagh when she married
William John Gilbert, on 23 Feb 1886 at Christ Church, Leeson Park. William was an accountant of
South Main Street, Bandon and died circa 1889 before the birth of their third child. Mary was living
with her three children and her sister Harriet in Tyrrellspass in 1901.
1 William Edward Gilbert born at Hill Tce, Bandon on 3 Jun 1887.
2 Robert Henry Gilbert born at Hill Tce, Bandon on 13 May 1888.
3 Violet Grace Gilbert born 25 Aug 1889 at Cornahir.
6 Pamela Harriett Lee born 22 Oct 1864 at Cornaher married James Lewis Hodgins, a widower for
Rahaher, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath son of Thomas Hodgins on 7 Feb 1918 at the Dublin Registrar’s
Office. Pamela died 4 Jan 1934 at the Adelaide Hospital and was buried at Newtown.
7 William Lee born 25 Jun 1866 died a bachelor farmer at Cornahir, Mullingar Road on 3 Feb 1937
and was buried at Newtown.
2 Pamela Lee married George Lee son of Samuel Lee, a farmer of Rahue on 16 Feb 1846 at the parish
church of Newtown Fartullagh.
3 Mary Lee married Peter Ryland, son of John Ryland, a farmer of Rahue on 26 Oct 1846 at the parish
church of Newtown Fartullagh.
4 Judith Lee married Thomas Brannan, son of Robert Brannan, a farmer on 26 Mar 1849 at the parish
church of Newtown Fartullagh.
5 Rachel Lee Married George Ryland, son of Jonathan Ryland, a farmer of Halugh on 20 Jan 1853 at the
parish church of Newtown Fartullagh.
6 Jane Lee married William Blackbourne, son of James Blackbourne, a manufacturer of Moate on
24 Apr 1855 at the parish church of Newtown.
*Edward Lee was the great grandfather of Michael Lee who has written a book on Edward Lee and his inspiring
story. Lees ceased trading in the 1970's and there is now a branch of Dunne's Stores in their old shop in Dun
Laoghaire.
Edward Lee: Model Employer and Man of Moral Courage, is available in all dlr libraries, and bookshops.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2020
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Edward Lee of Tyrrellspass
1 Edward Lee, born circa 1811 a farmer of Tyrrellspass and son of Edward Lee married Hannah
Bagnall, daughter of Robert Bagnall, a farmer of Kiltobber at Newtown Fartullagh parish church
on 22 Jan 1849. Edward died 22 Feb 1876. Hannah, a farmer and widow living a Cornaher,
Newtown, Co Westmeath in 1901 died 4 Feb 1917 aged 97 at Cornahir. Both were buried at
Newtown.
1 Nannie Lee eldest daughter born circa 1850 died 23 Mar 1876 aged 26.
2 Edward Lee* born circa 1853 at Tyrrellspass married Annie Sheckleton of 1 Belgrave Square
daughter of George Sheckleton, a farmer and his wife Mary Anne Carry from Dungar County Offaly
on 25 Jul 1878 at the Methodist Church in Monkstown. Edward worked as a draper at Penrose
Bowles and Co in Kingstown and opened his first shop at Bray in 1885 and over the next few years
he opened shops at Kingstown, Dublin, and Rathmines. The chain became a private limited
company in 1904 and he was appointed a JP by Viscount Powerscourt. He had a high sense of
justice and was the originator of the weekly half day holiday in the drapery business in 1889 and
also introduced a profit sharing system in his business. He was a governor of Donnybrook Hospital
and a member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce. The Lee family lived at The Grange from 1903
and in 1912 they moved to Bellevue in Booterstown. Edward died at Bellevue on 14 Feb 1927 and
Annie died 6 Mar 1938 at Temple Gardens, Rathmines. Both were buried at Deansgrange.
1 Edward Shekleton (Ted) Lee born at 2 Goldsmith Tce., Bray on 11 Apr 1879. He attended
Wesley College and graduated Trinity. He was an accountant and married married Orynthia
May Collings, daughter of William and Henrietta Collings from Cardiff at Wandsworth in 1921.
2 George Johnstone Lee born 5 Aug 1880 at Goldsmith Terrace died 8 Aug 1880.
3 Robert Ernest born Lee 15 Jan 1883 at Goldsmith Tce attended Wesley College and graduated
Trinity. Robert Ernest was a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the 14th
Field Ambulance and was promoted to Captain 1915 after the second battle of Ypres. Robert
was returning to France on board the RMS Leinster when it was torpedoed and sunk on
10 Oct 1918 and he was drowned. His body was recovered near Gorey and he was buried at
Deansgrange.
4 Hastings Lee born 13 Nov 1884 died 21 Dec 1884 at Goldsmith Terrace.
5 William Lee born 8 Sep 1885 at Upper Georges Street died 8 Dec 1885 at Georges Street.
6 Joseph Bagnall Lee born 3 May 1888 at Goldsmith Tce attended Epworth College, Rhyl and
graduated Trinity. He joined the 6th Service Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers as 2nd
Lieutenant. Joseph was killed on the Kiretch Tepe Sirt Ridge, Galipoli on the 7 Aug 1915.
7 Annie Lee born 3 Oct 1891 at Goldsmith Tce died 16 Nov 1891 at Goldsmith Terrace.
8 Alfred Tennyson Lee born 6 Oct 1892 at Goldsmith Tce was educated at Epworth College,
Rhyl and graduated Trinity. He joined the 6th Service Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers as 2nd
Lieutenant. Alfred Tennyson was wounded on the 9 Aug 1915. He was living at Bellevue
Blackrock when he married Marice Winifred Butler Cranwill, daughter of Thomas Butler
Cranwill of Montpelier Parade at Monkstown Parish Church on 23 Feb 1922.
9 Geoffrey Patrick Lee born 20 Mar 1906 at The Grange, Stillorgan died 5 Aug 1906 at The
Grange.
3 Joseph (Joe) Lee born circa 1859 in County Westmeath married Jane and died 27 Sep 1902 in a
farming accident at Benalbit and was buried at Newtown.
4 Harriet N Lee born circa 1860 was a book-keeper living with her sister Mary in 1901 in a house
belonging to her father. She was the informant of her mother’s death in 1917.
5 Mary (Molly) Lee born circa 1863 was living at 1 Clifton Terrace, Ranelagh when she married
William John Gilbert, on 23 Feb 1886 at Christ Church, Leeson Park. William was an accountant of
South Main Street, Bandon and died circa 1889 before the birth of their third child. Mary was living
with her three children and her sister Harriet in Tyrrellspass in 1901.
1 William Edward Gilbert born at Hill Tce, Bandon on 3 Jun 1887.
2 Robert Henry Gilbert born at Hill Tce, Bandon on 13 May 1888.
3 Violet Grace Gilbert born 25 Aug 1889 at Cornahir.
6 Pamela Harriett Lee born 22 Oct 1864 at Cornaher married James Lewis Hodgins, a widower for
Rahaher, Kilbeggan, Co Westmeath son of Thomas Hodgins on 7 Feb 1918 at the Dublin Registrar’s
Office. Pamela died 4 Jan 1934 at the Adelaide Hospital and was buried at Newtown.
7 William Lee born 25 Jun 1866 died a bachelor farmer at Cornahir, Mullingar Road on 3 Feb 1937
and was buried at Newtown.
2 Pamela Lee married George Lee son of Samuel Lee, a farmer of Rahue on 16 Feb 1846 at the parish
church of Newtown Fartullagh.
3 Mary Lee married Peter Ryland, son of John Ryland, a farmer of Rahue on 26 Oct 1846 at the parish
church of Newtown Fartullagh.
4 Judith Lee married Thomas Brannan, son of Robert Brannan, a farmer on 26 Mar 1849 at the parish
church of Newtown Fartullagh.
5 Rachel Lee Married George Ryland, son of Jonathan Ryland, a farmer of Halugh on 20 Jan 1853 at the
parish church of Newtown Fartullagh.
6 Jane Lee married William Blackbourne, son of James Blackbourne, a manufacturer of Moate on
24 Apr 1855 at the parish church of Newtown.
*Edward Lee was the great grandfather of Michael Lee who has written a book on Edward Lee and his inspiring
story. Lees ceased trading in the 1970's and there is now a branch of Dunne's Stores in their old shop in Dun
Laoghaire.
Edward Lee: Model Employer and Man of Moral Courage, is available in all dlr libraries, and bookshops.
©June Bow & Karen Poff – May 2020
Return to The Grange page
Return to Bellevue page