Pauline (Villiers-Stuart) Cuffe (abt. 1830 - 1895)

Born about 1830 in Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Frederick Denny Wheeler-Cuffe JP DL — married 2 Jul 1861 in Church of Affine, County Waterford, Ireland

Died 5 Jul 1895 at about age 65 in Leyrath, County Kilkenny, Ireland

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Hon. Lady Pauline Villiers-Stuart was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Biography

Pauline (Villiers-Stuart) Cuffe was born in Ireland.

Pauline Villiers-Stuart was born about 1830. She was the daughter of Right Hon. Lord Henry Stuart de Decies and Theresia Pauline Ott.

She married Charles Frederick Denny Wheeler-Cuffe on 2 July 1861^[1].

Waterford Mail 08 July 1861, page 2:

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

The marriage of Sir Charles Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., of Leyrath, County Kilkenny, with the Hon. Pauline Stuart, daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Stuart de Decies, was solemnized on Tuesday, the 2nd inst., at the church of Affine, Co. Waterford, in presence of a numerous assemblage of the relatives and friends of both families.

The bride, magnificently attired and supported by her noble father, was received at the entrance of the church, and attended to the altar, by 14 bridesmaids. After the ceremony, a splendid dejeuner was given by Lord Stuart de Decies at the family mansion, Dromana, to upwards of 200 guests.^[2]

Waterford Mail 24 July 1861, Page 2:

Local Intelligence.

The Right Hon. Lord and Lady Stuart de Decies, will shortly leave for London, en route for the Continent, where they intend spending some months. Sir Charles Wheeler Cuffe, Bart., and the Hon. Lady Cuffe, have arrived at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, London, en route to the Continent.^[3]

Her father died in 1874.

Pauline passed away in 1895 at the age of 65.

Kilkenny Moderator 06 July 1895, page 2:

DEATH OF THE HON. LADY CUFFE.

The melancholy duty devolves upon us this morning of announcing the death of the Hon. Lady Cuffe, wife of Major Sir Charles Wheeler Cuffe, Bart, D.L., J.P., of Leyrath, in this county, which sad event took place early yesterday. The announcement will create mingled feelings of profound regret and sympathy: regret at the removal by the hand of death from her high social sphere of a lady whose gracious manner, innate courtesy, and cultured mind enable her to adorn her high station in society; and sympathy with her bereaved husband in this the great sorrow of his life - a sorrow that invades the baronial hall as well as the humble cottage. The late Lady Cuffe was daughter of the late Lord Stuart de Decies and sister of Mr. Villiers Stuart, D.L., of Dromona, county Waterford. For some considerable time the deceased lady had been in delicate health, and was obliged to spend each succeeding winter in a mild climate. It was hoped, however, that after returning from Glengariff a few months ago her health would soon be restored. But it was not to be, and ere the general public had heard that Lady Cuffe was even ill, the news of her death comes, bringing with it a sense of shock and pain inseparable from the intelligence of the death of a lady whose benevolence and charity were extended to all in need, irrespective altogether of any narrow considerations. By rich and poor, high and low in this and neighbouring counties the death of the Hon. Lady Cuffe will be deeply and sincerely deplored.

The funeral leaves Leyrath on Tuesday next at 12 o'clock.^[4]

She was buried at Templemartin Church of Ireland Graveyard, Templemartin, County Cork, Ireland^[5].

Inscription:

Sir CHARLES FREDERICK DENNY

WHEELER-CUFFE,

2nd Baronet of Leyrath, D.L.,

Major 66th Regiment.

Born September 1832, Died 13th January 1915.

PAULINE his Wife,

Daughter of Lord Stuart de Decies

Died 5th July 1895.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYMQ-W28 : 10 March 2018), MARRIAGES entry for Charles Frederick Wheeler (Bart) Cuffe; citing Lismore, 1861, vol. 7, p. 136, General Registry, Custom House, Dublin; FHL microfilm 101,248.
2. ↑ Waterford Mail 08 July 1861, page 2, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
3. ↑ Waterford Mail 24 July 1861, Page 2, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
4. ↑ Kilkenny Moderator 06 July 1895, page 2, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215052408/pauline-wheeler-cuffe : accessed 9 February 2022), memorial page for Pauline Villiers-Stuart Wheeler-Cuffe (1830–5 Jul 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #215052408, citing Templemartin Church of Ireland Graveyard, Templemartin, County Cork, Ireland ; Maintained by Jenny Dené-Hotchkiss (contributor 47344781)

Research Notes

Although it states on her Findagrave memorial page that she and her husband had 7 children, no evidence could be found at the time of profile creation. Upon the death of her husband in 1915, he was succeeded by his nephew, Otway Fortescue Luke Wheeler-Cuffe.