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And the Sydney Repertory Theatre ќѢџћюљ of THE HUNGERFORD & ASSOCIATED FAMILIES SOCIETY INC. Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon Henry George Herbert, Henry John Herbert, Henry Herbert, 4th 2nd Earl of Carnarvon 3rd Earl of Carnarvon Earl of Carnarvon Homes and Heroes ISSN 1036-2223 Volume 15, Number 2 – November 2019 ќѢџћюљ of THE HUNGERFORD & ASSOCIATED FAMILIES SOCIETY INC. Volume 15 Number 2 November 2019 Homes and Heroes &ඈඇඍൾඇඍඌ Editorial Charles Sherlock 1 %DOO\ULVRGH+RXVH&RXQW\&RUN,UHODQG /HVOH\$EUDKDPV a Hungerford home from 1895 to 1989 )HUQKLOO+RXVH&ORQDNLOW\&RXQW\&RUN,UHODQG /HVOH\$EUDKD P V a Hungerford home Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert (1831–1905) Pauline Tyrrell 10 Gregan Thomas McMahon (E.6.12a) and the Brett Harvey 15 Sydney Repertory Theatre ‘Island Boy’ – Sir Thomas Davis (L.VIII.iv.3.5a.2b) Gabrielle Buckley 22 9LOOD$GD5RPHDEULHIKLVWRU\ FRPSLOHG Cover photo: Four generations of Lord Carnarvon © Hungerford & Associated Families Society Inc. 2019 ĴDZȦȦ ǯǯǯ Editorial ouses become homes when they are lived in for long enough for their Hinhabitants to shape their ambience. This happens not only through fabric alterations, furniture arrangements and garden developments, but in the way those who live there relate to one another, mark special occasions and face the tragedies which marr human life. So ‘home’ is one aspect of this Journal: the pair about Hungerford houses from Ireland were reseached and penned by Lesley Abrahams (H.4a.1b.1c.1d / E.6.5a.1b.1c.1d). The third, of Villa Ada park in Rome, a home without walls to locals and many guests, was compiled from online sources.. eople become heroes when the example of their living inspires others to Pfollow in their footsteps. Three articles take up the lives of three twentieth century people from very different walks of life. Pauline Tyrrell (E.2a.4a.10b.1c.2d=) has written up the wide-ranging life of Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, first Premier of Queensland, and an outstanding example of what it means to be a ‘public servant’ dedicated to the well-being of society. Brett Harvey (E.1.1a.15b.1c.1d.1e=) writes – and shows through graphics – the wide-ranging career of Gregan Thomas McMahon (E.6.12.a), instigator of the Sydney Repertory Theatre, and an actor who fulfilled an amazing range of roles. Gabrielle Buckley (Pauline Tyrrell’s sister) puts pen to paper to outline the incredible career of Sir Thomas Robert Alexander Harries Davis (L.VIII. iv.3.5a.2b): sailor, scholar, doctor, politician and more besides: a hero of the Cook Islands. Enjoy reading this varied collection. You would not be doing so without a lot of research leading to words by our writers, who keep on keeping on! Their words may lead you to reflect on where and how find home, and who are the heroes who have formed and continue to shape your own hopes and ideals. And these articles may inspire you to tell a story of your own, or want to follow up on something that provoked your curiousity. If so, don’t hesitate to contact the Society: the easiest way is via the website. Charles Sherlock AM Editor HAFS Journal 15-2 page 1 Ballyrisode House, County Cork, Ireland: a Hungerford home from 1895 to 1989 By Lesley Abrahams (H.4a.1b.1c.1d / E.6.5a.1b.1c.1d) allyrisode House is in the townland of BBallyrisode, Civil Parish of Kilmoe (Kilmore), Poor Law Union of Skull, DED Toormore, Barony of West Carbery, Ire- land. The property originally comprised 638 acres, and was valued at £154.9s Richard Hedges Becher Hungerford Ballyrisode House, co. Cork acquired the property on 22 January 1895, following the death in 1894 of his father, Richard Becher Hungerford.1 It was registered to his wife Elizabeth Anne Hungerford (née Adams). His father, Richard Becher Hungerford JP (SH41, c.1800-1894) was a magistrate, and had also lived at The Island, County Cork. He was married at Ballyrizard in 1837 to Francis Eyre Becher. Ballyrizard, Goleen, was registered to him in 1847 and 1870.2 Between 1861 and 1867 he issued a series of Game Notices in British newspapers. This correlates with information that the woods behind the property are still called ‘Hungerford Woods’, so Ballyrizard may have been a hunting lodge during this period. The first Hungerford owner ichard Hedges Becher Hungerford was born on 4 March 1846 in County RCork, Ireland. His parents were Richard Becher Hungerford and Francis Eyre Becher. He married Elizabeth Ann Adams in September 1879 in Skull, County Cork. He died on 16 December 1917 in Skull; Elizabeth died on 11 August 1933. The 1911 Census of Ireland shows the occupants of Ballyrisode as Elizabeth Hungerford (head of family, b. 1856) Farmer; Richard Hungerford (her husband, b. 1846) Gentleman Farmer; 1 “The Hungerfords of The Island (1)”, HAFS Journal 4/1 (May 1997) 30, pedigree chart; also “County families of the United Kingdom”, Ancestry.com.au website. 2 Property owners County Cork 1870, online, accessed 15 December 2018. HAFS Journal 15-2 page 2 Olive Hungerford, daughter; Eva Muriel Hungerford, daughter; Mary Morris, widow (b. 1846, sister of Elizabeth), retired teacher. The sisters’ home Ballyrisode House was inherited by their two daughters: Olive Mary Francis Hungerford was born on 25 December 1883 in Skull; she died on 4 April 1965 at Skibbereen, County Cork. Eva Muriel Hungerford was born on 24 February 1885 in Skull, and died on 3 November 1972 aged 87 years. Neither sister married: they lived all their lives in Ballyrisode House. They are both buried at The Altar, Church of Ireland, Skull, with their mother and father, and their second cousin Helena Frances Maud Hungerford. The Canada connection fter Eva Muriel Hungerford died, the house was bequeathed to her sec- Aond cousin Helena Frances Maud Hungerford, who was born on 5 May 1918 in London, Ontario, Canada.3 Many of the Hungerford family had moved from Ireland to Canada in the 1840s, due to the severe famine conditions in Ire- land. Other families migrated to the USA, New Zealand and Australia. Helena’s parents were Walter Francis Hugh Watson Hungerford (born 1869, died 1959), first cousin to Richard Hedg- es Becher Hungerford, and Maude Mar- garet McLaren (died 1951). Walter and Maude were married on 30 June 1900 in London, Ontario. Walter was the son of Becher Hungerford and Anne Jane Crossley. Walter died on 9 August 1959 in Dublin, Ireland, but is buried in Wood- land Cemetery, London, Ontario. At some date before Eva Muriel died, Helena Hungerford lived on and off at Ballyrisode House, travelling regularly to Canada and other parts of the world.4 She never married. She was at Ballyrisode House in 1974 when visited by friends Eva Muriel Hungerford, the last occupant. 3 Find my past, Canada Census 1911, online 4 The Hungerford Family Foundation, Inc. website HAFS Journal 15-2 page 2 HAFS Journal 15-2 page 3 from Canada.5 She died on 9 August 1989, and is buried with her cousins Olive and Eva Muriel at The Altar, Church of Ireland, Skull.6 Looking a bit further into the pedigree charts for Richard Hedges Becher Hungerford, I found that his grandmother, mother of Frances Eyre Becher, was a Susannah Hungerford, who died in 1846 at Ballygrizzard Cottage, County Cork.7 However I can find no primary sources for this information. More research is needed in the Becher family to see if the Ballyrizard property belonged to the Becher family in earlier times.8 Also buried at The Altar, Church of Ireland in Skull is Frances Eyre Becher Sweetnam (née Hungerford) who died on 10 November 1920, one of Rich- ard Hedges Becher Hungerford’s sisters. She was married to Mathew James Sweetnam, who died on 13 May 1916. This Frances Eyre Becher Hungerford was born between 1841 and 1846, at Ballyrizard to Richard Becher Hungerford, and Frances Eyre Becher.9 q 5 Postcard from Liz and Ted, to Bruce Hungerford, with a photo of Ballyrisode House, and note about Helena, who was a “delightful person”: The Hungerford Family Foundation, Inc. website. 6 Find a Grave website, accessed 20 February 2019 7 Family tree for L.E. Thomson, by L.J. Abrahams, on Ancestry.com.au 8 References found to Baile Riosoid, Ballyrisode, Ballyrizard 9 Find a Grave website, accessed 20 February 2019 HAFS Journal 15-2 page 4 Fernhill House, Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland: a Hungerford home By Lesley Abrahams (H.4a.1b.1c.1d / E.6.5a.1b.1c.1d) ernhill House Hotel, Fon the site of Fernhill House, Tawnies Lower, Clonakilty in County Cork, Ireland, previously in the townland of Kilgariff, was built in the early 18th cen- tury. It has been listed to join the Historic Hotels of Europe. The popular venue will now take its place alongside castles, manors, monasteries, lighthouses and palaces across 19 coun- tries throughout Europe. Fernhill is now in the hands of the fifth generation of O’Neills to run the Clon- akilty house. But Fernhill House dates all the way back to the Georgian era. “We’re passionate about Fernhill’s history,’ says Michael O’Neill Jr. “This house witnessed both sides of the fight for Ireland’s independence. Back in 1900, when Ireland was still under British rule, it was the home of the British- appointed solicitor general George Wright, but as a Clonakilty native, Michael Collins would have visited Fernhill. “You can see Michael Collins’ homestead from just outside Fernhill’s front door, along with the birthplace of the great Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Ros- sa. So when George Wright was surveying the West Cork countryside, little did he know the seeds of the end of British rule in Ireland were right outside his front door.” Hungerford links n article on the Historic Hotel classification in The Southern Star, West ACork of 17 May 2019 cites a marriage early in Fernhill’s history, on 18 March 1826.
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