Julius Alexandre Sartoris.
Julius Alexandre (Jules) Sartoris was born in France circa 1831, the youngest son of Urban
Sartoris and Matilda Tunno of Seaux, Paris. He was of Hoppesford Hall, Coventry and held a
commission as Captain in the 16th Lancers. He resigned this on his marriage. He married
Georgina Alicia Lyster, daughter of Anthony Lyster of Stillorgan Cottage in Stillorgan Grove
on 12 Sep 1854 at St James' Church London. A second marriage ceremony was reported as
having taken place in Stillorgan Parish Church on 10 Oct 1854 but this is not noted in the
marriage register. They moved into Lindon Castle beside Stillorgan Cottage in 1863. Julius
was certified insane in 1859 and a ward of chancery after a fall from a horse while hunting
in Leicestershire which left his brain compromised. A happy and gentle person with bouts
of bewilderment, he was minded by his family, a butler and a medic. He died jumping off
the parapet of the tower of Linden Castle. He landed on the portico and Doctor Pollock was
called. Jules was hauled back up to the parapet and died fourteen hours later from a
fractured skull. His death was reported as suicide by some newspapers but the coroner just
called it death from jumping from a roof while in a state of insanity. He died 2 Aug 1863 and
was buried in the Lees vault at Monkstown Church.
Georgina lived between London and Stillorgan Cottage after the death of her husband.
She died aged 91 at Addington House, Winslow, Bucks on 3 Jan 1919. There is a memorial
to Jules and Georgina at Stillorgan Church. The couple had three daughters.
1 Florence Caroline Matilde Sartoris eldest daughter born Feb 1856 at Tusmore House,
Oxfordshire, married Lieut Col Edmund Antrobus of the Grenadier Guards, oldest son
of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart of Amesbury Abbey, Salisbury at St Peter Church, Eaton
Square on 2 Mar 1886. Anthony suceeded his father as 4th Bt. of Antrobus and
Florence became known as Lady Antrobus and it was under this title that she
published a A Sentimental and Practical Guide to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was on land
that the Antrobus' owned and she was instrumental in keeping it preserved. She
dedicated the book to her mother. The couple had one son who was killed in WW1.
2 Constance Emily Sartoris, second daughter born 20 Jul 1857 married the Hon Claud
Hamilton Vivian, of the Western Circuit, fourth son of Lord Vivian and Lady Mary on
29 Apr 1838 at St George's, Hanover Square. Claude translated books from Welsh
to English and died at Lowdes Street, the house of his mother in May 1902 aged 54.
Constance died 20 Oct 1905 at Plas Gwyn, Pentraeth, their Anglesea residence. There
is a memorial to Constance in Stillorgan Parish Church. The couple had six children.
3 Rosalie Louisa Sartoris, youngest daughter and famed beauty married Shipley
Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan, son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of
Buchan and Agnes Graham Smith. Lord Cardross, eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
aka 'The Pocket Adonis' at the Church of St Luke, Maidenhead on 9 Nov 1876. In
Dec 1898 the Earl of Buchan died and Rosalie and Lord Cardross became Lord & Lady
Buchan. Shipley's sister Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine married Hon Walter Guinness,
Viscount Iveagh's youngest son. The couple had four children.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – March 2019
Julius Alexandre (Jules) Sartoris was born in France circa 1831, the youngest son of Urban
Sartoris and Matilda Tunno of Seaux, Paris. He was of Hoppesford Hall, Coventry and held a
commission as Captain in the 16th Lancers. He resigned this on his marriage. He married
Georgina Alicia Lyster, daughter of Anthony Lyster of Stillorgan Cottage in Stillorgan Grove
on 12 Sep 1854 at St James' Church London. A second marriage ceremony was reported as
having taken place in Stillorgan Parish Church on 10 Oct 1854 but this is not noted in the
marriage register. They moved into Lindon Castle beside Stillorgan Cottage in 1863. Julius
was certified insane in 1859 and a ward of chancery after a fall from a horse while hunting
in Leicestershire which left his brain compromised. A happy and gentle person with bouts
of bewilderment, he was minded by his family, a butler and a medic. He died jumping off
the parapet of the tower of Linden Castle. He landed on the portico and Doctor Pollock was
called. Jules was hauled back up to the parapet and died fourteen hours later from a
fractured skull. His death was reported as suicide by some newspapers but the coroner just
called it death from jumping from a roof while in a state of insanity. He died 2 Aug 1863 and
was buried in the Lees vault at Monkstown Church.
Georgina lived between London and Stillorgan Cottage after the death of her husband.
She died aged 91 at Addington House, Winslow, Bucks on 3 Jan 1919. There is a memorial
to Jules and Georgina at Stillorgan Church. The couple had three daughters.
1 Florence Caroline Matilde Sartoris eldest daughter born Feb 1856 at Tusmore House,
Oxfordshire, married Lieut Col Edmund Antrobus of the Grenadier Guards, oldest son
of Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart of Amesbury Abbey, Salisbury at St Peter Church, Eaton
Square on 2 Mar 1886. Anthony suceeded his father as 4th Bt. of Antrobus and
Florence became known as Lady Antrobus and it was under this title that she
published a A Sentimental and Practical Guide to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was on land
that the Antrobus' owned and she was instrumental in keeping it preserved. She
dedicated the book to her mother. The couple had one son who was killed in WW1.
2 Constance Emily Sartoris, second daughter born 20 Jul 1857 married the Hon Claud
Hamilton Vivian, of the Western Circuit, fourth son of Lord Vivian and Lady Mary on
29 Apr 1838 at St George's, Hanover Square. Claude translated books from Welsh
to English and died at Lowdes Street, the house of his mother in May 1902 aged 54.
Constance died 20 Oct 1905 at Plas Gwyn, Pentraeth, their Anglesea residence. There
is a memorial to Constance in Stillorgan Parish Church. The couple had six children.
3 Rosalie Louisa Sartoris, youngest daughter and famed beauty married Shipley
Gordon Stuart Erskine, 14th Earl of Buchan, son of David Stuart Erskine, 13th Earl of
Buchan and Agnes Graham Smith. Lord Cardross, eldest son of the Earl of Buchan
aka 'The Pocket Adonis' at the Church of St Luke, Maidenhead on 9 Nov 1876. In
Dec 1898 the Earl of Buchan died and Rosalie and Lord Cardross became Lord & Lady
Buchan. Shipley's sister Evelyn Hilda Stuart Erskine married Hon Walter Guinness,
Viscount Iveagh's youngest son. The couple had four children.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – March 2019