Tufnell of Mount Anville Lodge
Thomas Joliffe Tufnell married Harriett Fannin nee Molony
born 3 May 1819 7 Nov 1844 born circa 1817
Lacock, Wiltshire St Peter's
died 27 Nov 1885 died 13 Jul 1886
Dublin Dublin
Thomas Joliffe (Joliffe) Tufnell younger son born 3 May 1819 at Lackham House, Lacock,
Wiltshire son of Colonel John Charles Tufnell and Uliana Margaret Fowell. He was
educated at Dr Radcliffe’s in Salisbury. He was apprenticed to Samuel Luscombe,
senior surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital in 1836 and admitted a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons (England) in 1841. He was appointed assistant surgeon to
the 44th Regiment of Foot the same year. He was a surgeon with the 3rd Dragoon
Guards and married Henrietta Molony on 7 Nov 1844 at St Peter’s Church, Dublin.
Henrietta was the widow of Robert Fannin and the only daughter of Croasdaile Molony
of Granahan, Co Clare. Joliffe became the first Fellow of the RCSI in 1845 admitted by
examination and was appointed assistant surgeon to the forces in 1846 and surgeon to
the Military Prison at Arbour Hill. They lived at Mount Anville Lodge from 1850 to 1851.
In 1854 he was sent to inspect the army hospitals in Crimea and in the same year, was
made Regis Professor of Military Surgery in Ireland. He designed a bullet extractor on
his return and had Reads of Parliament Street manufacture them. He purchased 2
Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey from Lord Dunally as their county residence circa 1857. By
1864 he was surgeon to the City of Dublin Hospital and an examiner at the RCSI. He
was author of ‘On the treatment of Aneurysm by Compression’. He was president of the
RCSI in 1874 and intervened in the public vivisection of a dog. Protesting that the
demonstration was a "cruel proceeding", he stormed to the operating table to cut the
dog loose. This intervention ultimately led to the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act. Thomas
died 27 Nov 1885 at 58 Lower Mount Street and was buried at Mount Jerome. Henrietta
died at Mount Street on 13 Jul 1886 aged 69.
1 Iva Maria Catherine Henrietta Tufnell born 21 Aug 1845 at Mount Street married
Peter Leslie Peacocke on 8 August 1865 at Dalkey Church. Peter, resident at
Dalkey, was a coronet in the 16th Lancers and the son of Major Thomas G Peacock
of Fort Edna, Limerick.
2 Daughter Tufnell stillborn at Mount Street on 25 Oct 1852.
3 Wyndham Tufnell born 23 August 1854 at Churchtown baptised at Taney.
4 Florence Emma Kate Tufnell youngest daughter born circa 1857 in Dublin married
Thomas Exham Turbitt of Owenstown on 19 Mar 1881 at St Stephen’s Church.
Thomas was a wine merchant and the son of James Turbett, a wine merchant of
Owenstown House. They had five children and were living at Kingstown in 1901 and
1911. Thomas died on 11 Jul 1917 at Crosthwaite Park and Florence died at
Godalming in Surrey on 11 Jul 1947.
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Thomas Joliffe Tufnell married Harriett Fannin nee Molony
born 3 May 1819 7 Nov 1844 born circa 1817
Lacock, Wiltshire St Peter's
died 27 Nov 1885 died 13 Jul 1886
Dublin Dublin
Thomas Joliffe (Joliffe) Tufnell younger son born 3 May 1819 at Lackham House, Lacock,
Wiltshire son of Colonel John Charles Tufnell and Uliana Margaret Fowell. He was
educated at Dr Radcliffe’s in Salisbury. He was apprenticed to Samuel Luscombe,
senior surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital in 1836 and admitted a member of the
Royal College of Surgeons (England) in 1841. He was appointed assistant surgeon to
the 44th Regiment of Foot the same year. He was a surgeon with the 3rd Dragoon
Guards and married Henrietta Molony on 7 Nov 1844 at St Peter’s Church, Dublin.
Henrietta was the widow of Robert Fannin and the only daughter of Croasdaile Molony
of Granahan, Co Clare. Joliffe became the first Fellow of the RCSI in 1845 admitted by
examination and was appointed assistant surgeon to the forces in 1846 and surgeon to
the Military Prison at Arbour Hill. They lived at Mount Anville Lodge from 1850 to 1851.
In 1854 he was sent to inspect the army hospitals in Crimea and in the same year, was
made Regis Professor of Military Surgery in Ireland. He designed a bullet extractor on
his return and had Reads of Parliament Street manufacture them. He purchased 2
Sorrento Terrace, Dalkey from Lord Dunally as their county residence circa 1857. By
1864 he was surgeon to the City of Dublin Hospital and an examiner at the RCSI. He
was author of ‘On the treatment of Aneurysm by Compression’. He was president of the
RCSI in 1874 and intervened in the public vivisection of a dog. Protesting that the
demonstration was a "cruel proceeding", he stormed to the operating table to cut the
dog loose. This intervention ultimately led to the 1876 Cruelty to Animals Act. Thomas
died 27 Nov 1885 at 58 Lower Mount Street and was buried at Mount Jerome. Henrietta
died at Mount Street on 13 Jul 1886 aged 69.
1 Iva Maria Catherine Henrietta Tufnell born 21 Aug 1845 at Mount Street married
Peter Leslie Peacocke on 8 August 1865 at Dalkey Church. Peter, resident at
Dalkey, was a coronet in the 16th Lancers and the son of Major Thomas G Peacock
of Fort Edna, Limerick.
2 Daughter Tufnell stillborn at Mount Street on 25 Oct 1852.
3 Wyndham Tufnell born 23 August 1854 at Churchtown baptised at Taney.
4 Florence Emma Kate Tufnell youngest daughter born circa 1857 in Dublin married
Thomas Exham Turbitt of Owenstown on 19 Mar 1881 at St Stephen’s Church.
Thomas was a wine merchant and the son of James Turbett, a wine merchant of
Owenstown House. They had five children and were living at Kingstown in 1901 and
1911. Thomas died on 11 Jul 1917 at Crosthwaite Park and Florence died at
Godalming in Surrey on 11 Jul 1947.
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