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Scovell family of Ferney
The Scovell family moved from Scotland to Dublin about 1834. Henry had been Army Deputy Paymaster in the Iberian Peninsula from 1811 to 1814 and Army Deputy Paymaster in Canada in 1815. He offered the tobacco bonding warehouse he leased called stack A, now known as the chq building on Custom House Quay, as the venue for the welcome home party for Irish soldiers who fought in the Crimean War. It was reported at the time as being the biggest building in Dublin. William Dargan offered his services and the materials for free to prepare the building for the banquet. This Crimean Banquet took place there on the 22 Oct 1856 and it is thought that almost 4000 people sat down to dinner. A list of food on offer was printed in the newspapers, 'There were laid 250 hams, 230 legs of mutton, 250 pieces of beef, 500 meat pies, 100 venison pasties, 100 rice puddings, 250 plum puddings weighing one ton and a half, 200 turkeys and 200 geese, 2,000 rolls, 3,500 lbs of bread, 3 tons of potatoes, 8,500 quart bottles and 3,500 pint bottles of port.'
Henry was a keen yachtsman; he was a founder member of the Royal St George Yacht Club and his yacht was called The Atlanta.
Two of Henry & Anna Maria's sons were in the army and died, one as a cadet in Sandhurst and another from yellow fever while on duty in Brazil. They were to lose two more of their children in the 1868 Abergele rail crash when runaway carriage trucks carrying barrels of paraffin collided with the Holyhead Irish mail train and exploded. Their memorial is in St Michael's Church in Wales. Henry and Anna Maria are buried in their family vault at Stillorgan along with their two boys William and Fitzhenry.
Henry's brother was General Sir George Scovell, known as 'The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes'. Sir George died on 19 Jan 1861 and Henry died 3 days later on the 22 Jan 1961 at 25 Longford Terrace, Monkstown. He was the oldest member of the St George Yacht when he died. The funeral service was huge and led by Rev Thomas S Grey and he was buried at Stillorgan graveyard. He left 90K in personal estate. Anna Maria widow of Henry Scovell died at Prince of Wales Terrace in Bray on 9 Jul 1875 aged 77.
Henry Scovell married 16 Sep 1818 Anna Maria Whitmore
born circa 1790 St Mary’s, Newington born circa 1798
of Symons Wharf, London Surrey
died 22 Jan 1861 died 9 Jul 1875
Prince of Wales Tce, Bray
1 Anna Maria Scovell eldest daughter born on 25 Jun1819 married Rev John Grant on 20 Oct 1846
at Monkstown Church.
2 Emma Fielding Scovell, second daughter born circa 7 Feb 1821, married 18.12.1847 George
Frederick Thompson son of Thomas Thompson of 74 Harcourt Street at Monkstown Church.
Emma died at her home ‘Calpe’ in Blackrock on 31 Jan 1867.
3 Whitmore Scovell, eldest son born on 15 Sep 1822 at St Olave, Southwark, London, married
on 15 Apr 1852 Caroline Mary Taylor Heitland daughter of Edward Dance in Notting Hill
London. Whitmore died 20 Aug 1868 in the Welsh Railway Disaster at Abergele with his sister
Kathleen.
1 Cara Georgina Whitemore Scovell born 21 Mar 1853 at Mount Street married William A Bell
in 1872. They had a son William Archibald Jixon Bell, and three daughters, Cara Rowena Bell
who married Harold Vyvyan Pearce, Margaret Angela Bell who became Lady Montagu Pollock
and Hyacynthe Mary Bell who married Peter James Boyle and became Countess of Glasgow.
2 Nora R Scovell born 28 Mar 1857 at Landsdown Villas, Kensington married Courtney
Wellesley at Manitou, Colorado in September 1883.
4 Grace Sarah Scovell, third daughter born 25 Apr 1824 Surrey. Grace died unmarried on
20 Nov 1916. Grace lived at 10 Prince of Wales Terrace, Bray.
5 Fielding Scovell, second son of Henry Scovell and nephew of the late General Sir George Scovell
brother to Henry (c1790-1861) born 21 Jun 1825 in Surrey, married Nannie Busby daughter of
John Busby of Longford Tce, Monkstown at Byculla, Bombay on 5 Dec 1854. He secondly married
14 Jul 1863 at Monkstown Mary Emily Vance eldest daughter of Thomas Vance of Blackrock
House.
1 Son born 08 Jun 1864 at Trafalgar Terrace, Monkstown.
2 George Vance Scovell, second son born 21 Apr 1866 at Blackrock Lodge. George
married Vivienne Hillas of Beaufield on 05 Oct 1892 at St Stephen’s Church, Dublin
and lived in Florida and at 3 Fitzwilliam Street and Lower Baggot Street. George filed
for divorce in 1896. It was a messy divorce case with another party cited.
6 William George Scovell, third son born circa 1827, First Lieutenant of HMS Express died on
12 Jul 1856 aged 29 of Yellow Fever at Rio de Janeiro.
7 Lydia Gribble Scovell, fourth daughter born in Surrey 26 Sep 1829 married John Henry Richards
of 29 Upper Mount Street eldest son of Right Hon John Henry Richards on 27 Aug 1853 at
Monkstown Church.
8 FitzHenry Scovell, fourth son born 17 Oct 1832 of H.M. 55th regiment, died 2 Apr 1854 aged 21
years at Ferney, Stillorgan. He was notes as a nephew of Lieutenant-General Sir George Scovell K.B.
9 Rowland Hill Scovell, fifth son born June1835, married 16 Dec 1858 at St Anne’s Church, Dublin
to Maria Louisa Worthington only surviving daughter of William Worthington J P of Kingstown.
Rowland died at Fairholm, Monkstown on 11.02.1894 and Maria died 17 Oct 1896. The
family are buried at Deansgrange.
1 Son born 21 Mar 1860.
2 Maud Fielding Scovell born circa 1861 joined the Red Cross in 1915 and packed parcels
at the Cabinteely depot. She died a spinster on 26 Aug 1954 at The Red Cottage,
Foxrock.
3 Rowland Hill Scovell born circa 1863 became a doctor. He married Gertrude Mary Perry,
daughter of William James Perry of Ardlui at Cork on 10 Nov 1898.
1 Rowley F Scovell born 1902.
4 William John Scovell born 25 Nov 1864 Dalkey.
5 Ada Louisa Johnstone Scovell born 16 Jun 1867 at Dalkey joined the Red Cross and
worked as a nurse in France, Belgium and London during WW1. She died a spinster at
The Red Cottage, Foxrock on 9 Feb 1935.
6 Lilian Constance Worthington Scovell born circa 1872 died in 11 Aug 1886.
7 Kathleen Scovell born circa 1875 married Sir Cuthbert Slade at Kill Church on
2 Dec 1896 and moved to Maunsell, near Bridgewater in Somerset. Cuthbert
was described as a brilliant horseman and died aged 44 in February 1908.
Kathleen died 14 Jan 1930 at Taunton in Somerset.
1 Alfred Fothergham Slade born January 1898.
2 Michael N Slade born circa 1901.
3 Barbara Slade born circa 1903
10 Charles Augustine Scovell, sixth son of Henry Scovell of Ferney, Stillorgan born 29 Apr 1837
Gentleman Cadet of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, nephew to the Governor Lieutenant-
General Sir George Scovell, K B died 16 Nov 1853 aged 16.
11 Capt Thornton Scovell, seventh and youngest son born 27 Mar 1841 in Stillorgan, Dublin, 63rd
Regiment. Thornton married Florence Sydney daughter of Christopher Eales on 7 Aug 1877 at St
Thomas’s London. Thornton died in Sussex shortly after the 1911 census.
12 Kathleen Scovell, youngest daughter born circa 1841 of Wycroft, Bray, Co Wicklow died in the
Welsh Railway Disaster at Abergele on 20 Aug 1868 unmarried aged 27 with her brother
Whitmore.
Alice Grant eldest daughter of the late Rev John Grant (died 1858 aged 53) and grand-daughter of the late
Henry Scovell married Robert William Hillas of Beaufield, Stillorgan on 8 Jul 1865. Charles Scovell
Grant MD died 18 Aug 1887 West Africa. Emma Fielding Grant daughter married Benjamin Francis
McDowell 1870. (George Scovell and Emma Fielding were thought to be the parents of Henry Scovell).
©June Bow & Karen Poff - February 2017
The Scovell family moved from Scotland to Dublin about 1834. Henry had been Army Deputy Paymaster in the Iberian Peninsula from 1811 to 1814 and Army Deputy Paymaster in Canada in 1815. He offered the tobacco bonding warehouse he leased called stack A, now known as the chq building on Custom House Quay, as the venue for the welcome home party for Irish soldiers who fought in the Crimean War. It was reported at the time as being the biggest building in Dublin. William Dargan offered his services and the materials for free to prepare the building for the banquet. This Crimean Banquet took place there on the 22 Oct 1856 and it is thought that almost 4000 people sat down to dinner. A list of food on offer was printed in the newspapers, 'There were laid 250 hams, 230 legs of mutton, 250 pieces of beef, 500 meat pies, 100 venison pasties, 100 rice puddings, 250 plum puddings weighing one ton and a half, 200 turkeys and 200 geese, 2,000 rolls, 3,500 lbs of bread, 3 tons of potatoes, 8,500 quart bottles and 3,500 pint bottles of port.'
Henry was a keen yachtsman; he was a founder member of the Royal St George Yacht Club and his yacht was called The Atlanta.
Two of Henry & Anna Maria's sons were in the army and died, one as a cadet in Sandhurst and another from yellow fever while on duty in Brazil. They were to lose two more of their children in the 1868 Abergele rail crash when runaway carriage trucks carrying barrels of paraffin collided with the Holyhead Irish mail train and exploded. Their memorial is in St Michael's Church in Wales. Henry and Anna Maria are buried in their family vault at Stillorgan along with their two boys William and Fitzhenry.
Henry's brother was General Sir George Scovell, known as 'The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes'. Sir George died on 19 Jan 1861 and Henry died 3 days later on the 22 Jan 1961 at 25 Longford Terrace, Monkstown. He was the oldest member of the St George Yacht when he died. The funeral service was huge and led by Rev Thomas S Grey and he was buried at Stillorgan graveyard. He left 90K in personal estate. Anna Maria widow of Henry Scovell died at Prince of Wales Terrace in Bray on 9 Jul 1875 aged 77.
Henry Scovell married 16 Sep 1818 Anna Maria Whitmore
born circa 1790 St Mary’s, Newington born circa 1798
of Symons Wharf, London Surrey
died 22 Jan 1861 died 9 Jul 1875
Prince of Wales Tce, Bray
1 Anna Maria Scovell eldest daughter born on 25 Jun1819 married Rev John Grant on 20 Oct 1846
at Monkstown Church.
2 Emma Fielding Scovell, second daughter born circa 7 Feb 1821, married 18.12.1847 George
Frederick Thompson son of Thomas Thompson of 74 Harcourt Street at Monkstown Church.
Emma died at her home ‘Calpe’ in Blackrock on 31 Jan 1867.
3 Whitmore Scovell, eldest son born on 15 Sep 1822 at St Olave, Southwark, London, married
on 15 Apr 1852 Caroline Mary Taylor Heitland daughter of Edward Dance in Notting Hill
London. Whitmore died 20 Aug 1868 in the Welsh Railway Disaster at Abergele with his sister
Kathleen.
1 Cara Georgina Whitemore Scovell born 21 Mar 1853 at Mount Street married William A Bell
in 1872. They had a son William Archibald Jixon Bell, and three daughters, Cara Rowena Bell
who married Harold Vyvyan Pearce, Margaret Angela Bell who became Lady Montagu Pollock
and Hyacynthe Mary Bell who married Peter James Boyle and became Countess of Glasgow.
2 Nora R Scovell born 28 Mar 1857 at Landsdown Villas, Kensington married Courtney
Wellesley at Manitou, Colorado in September 1883.
4 Grace Sarah Scovell, third daughter born 25 Apr 1824 Surrey. Grace died unmarried on
20 Nov 1916. Grace lived at 10 Prince of Wales Terrace, Bray.
5 Fielding Scovell, second son of Henry Scovell and nephew of the late General Sir George Scovell
brother to Henry (c1790-1861) born 21 Jun 1825 in Surrey, married Nannie Busby daughter of
John Busby of Longford Tce, Monkstown at Byculla, Bombay on 5 Dec 1854. He secondly married
14 Jul 1863 at Monkstown Mary Emily Vance eldest daughter of Thomas Vance of Blackrock
House.
1 Son born 08 Jun 1864 at Trafalgar Terrace, Monkstown.
2 George Vance Scovell, second son born 21 Apr 1866 at Blackrock Lodge. George
married Vivienne Hillas of Beaufield on 05 Oct 1892 at St Stephen’s Church, Dublin
and lived in Florida and at 3 Fitzwilliam Street and Lower Baggot Street. George filed
for divorce in 1896. It was a messy divorce case with another party cited.
6 William George Scovell, third son born circa 1827, First Lieutenant of HMS Express died on
12 Jul 1856 aged 29 of Yellow Fever at Rio de Janeiro.
7 Lydia Gribble Scovell, fourth daughter born in Surrey 26 Sep 1829 married John Henry Richards
of 29 Upper Mount Street eldest son of Right Hon John Henry Richards on 27 Aug 1853 at
Monkstown Church.
8 FitzHenry Scovell, fourth son born 17 Oct 1832 of H.M. 55th regiment, died 2 Apr 1854 aged 21
years at Ferney, Stillorgan. He was notes as a nephew of Lieutenant-General Sir George Scovell K.B.
9 Rowland Hill Scovell, fifth son born June1835, married 16 Dec 1858 at St Anne’s Church, Dublin
to Maria Louisa Worthington only surviving daughter of William Worthington J P of Kingstown.
Rowland died at Fairholm, Monkstown on 11.02.1894 and Maria died 17 Oct 1896. The
family are buried at Deansgrange.
1 Son born 21 Mar 1860.
2 Maud Fielding Scovell born circa 1861 joined the Red Cross in 1915 and packed parcels
at the Cabinteely depot. She died a spinster on 26 Aug 1954 at The Red Cottage,
Foxrock.
3 Rowland Hill Scovell born circa 1863 became a doctor. He married Gertrude Mary Perry,
daughter of William James Perry of Ardlui at Cork on 10 Nov 1898.
1 Rowley F Scovell born 1902.
4 William John Scovell born 25 Nov 1864 Dalkey.
5 Ada Louisa Johnstone Scovell born 16 Jun 1867 at Dalkey joined the Red Cross and
worked as a nurse in France, Belgium and London during WW1. She died a spinster at
The Red Cottage, Foxrock on 9 Feb 1935.
6 Lilian Constance Worthington Scovell born circa 1872 died in 11 Aug 1886.
7 Kathleen Scovell born circa 1875 married Sir Cuthbert Slade at Kill Church on
2 Dec 1896 and moved to Maunsell, near Bridgewater in Somerset. Cuthbert
was described as a brilliant horseman and died aged 44 in February 1908.
Kathleen died 14 Jan 1930 at Taunton in Somerset.
1 Alfred Fothergham Slade born January 1898.
2 Michael N Slade born circa 1901.
3 Barbara Slade born circa 1903
10 Charles Augustine Scovell, sixth son of Henry Scovell of Ferney, Stillorgan born 29 Apr 1837
Gentleman Cadet of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, nephew to the Governor Lieutenant-
General Sir George Scovell, K B died 16 Nov 1853 aged 16.
11 Capt Thornton Scovell, seventh and youngest son born 27 Mar 1841 in Stillorgan, Dublin, 63rd
Regiment. Thornton married Florence Sydney daughter of Christopher Eales on 7 Aug 1877 at St
Thomas’s London. Thornton died in Sussex shortly after the 1911 census.
12 Kathleen Scovell, youngest daughter born circa 1841 of Wycroft, Bray, Co Wicklow died in the
Welsh Railway Disaster at Abergele on 20 Aug 1868 unmarried aged 27 with her brother
Whitmore.
Alice Grant eldest daughter of the late Rev John Grant (died 1858 aged 53) and grand-daughter of the late
Henry Scovell married Robert William Hillas of Beaufield, Stillorgan on 8 Jul 1865. Charles Scovell
Grant MD died 18 Aug 1887 West Africa. Emma Fielding Grant daughter married Benjamin Francis
McDowell 1870. (George Scovell and Emma Fielding were thought to be the parents of Henry Scovell).
©June Bow & Karen Poff - February 2017