Grace (Toler) Vandeleur (abt. 1813 - 1872)

Ancestors

Wife of Crofton Moore (Moore Vandeleur) Vandeleur — married 23 Apr 1832 in St George, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1872 at about age 59 in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland

Biography

Grace Toler, the daughter of Hector Toler and Elizabeth Brabazon, was born about 1813. Year of birth inferred from age at death.

She married Colonel Crofton Moore Vandeleur, son of Rt. Hon. John Ormsby Vandeleur and Lady Frances Moore, on 23 April 1832.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—Married on the 23rd instant, at St. George’s Church, by the Right Hon. The Lord Bishop of Meath, Crofton Moore Vandeleur, Esq., to the Lady Grace Toler, the lovely and accomplished daughter of the Earl of Norbury. After the Ceremony the Earl and Countess of Norbury gave a splendid dejeuneur to a numerous circle of relations and friends, after which the happy pair set off for Durrow, the seat of the Noble Earl, on their way to Kilrush House, County of Clare.^[1]

She died on 2 June 1872 at Kilrush House, Kilrush, County Clare. ^{[2] [3]}
LADY GRACE VANDELEUR.
Lady Grace Vandeleur, who died on the 1st inst., at Kilrush House, in the county of Clare, was the second daughter of Hector John Graham, second Earl of Norbury, by Elizabeth, his wife, only child of William Brabazon, Esq., of Brabazon Park, in the county of Mayo, and was sister to Hector, the present Earl of Norbury. Her Ladyship was married, April 23, 1832, to Colonel Crofton Moore Vandeleur, of Kilrush House, Clare, M.P., for that county, and had issue three sons and three daughters.^[4]

She was interred in the Vandeleur Mausoleum at Kilrush Church of Ireland Graveyard.
Plaque facing eastwards, to the right of main entrance: “Sacred to the memory of Grace second daughter of Hector second Earl of Norbury the affectionate and lamented wife of Crofton Moore Vandeleur who departed this life trusting in the Lord June 2nd AD 1872 aged 59. This mausoleum was erected by her husband for the Vandeleur family as a tribute of love and honour to one who for forty years proved herself a devoted wife mother and friend and by her kindness of heart many virtues and talents endeared herself to all. A stained glass window was dedicated in her memory:
A stained glass window at the back of the Alter:
“This window sacred to the memory of the Lady Grace Vandeleur who died deeply lamented, June 2, 1872, is erected as a tribute of love by her affectionate children, Elizabeth Blacker, Grace Reeves, Hector, Crofton and John Vandeleur.”^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ “Sligo Journal” Friday 27 April 1832 page 4 column 4 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
2. ↑ SR District/Reg Area - Kilrush Death of GRACE VANDELEUR in 1872 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
3. ↑ LADY GRACE VANDELEUR Married, Age 59, Wife of Col. C. M. Vandeleur, M.P. Image of civil register at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1872/020723/7270994.pdf
4. ↑ "“Illustrated London News” Saturday 15 June 1872 page 21 column 1 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
5. ↑ Scanlan, Senan. 'Memorial Inscriptions from the Church of Ireland Graveyard, Kilrush' https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/don_tran/fam_his/vandeleurs/memorial_inscriptions.htm