John Francis Waller BA (1809 - 1894)

Born 21 Jul 1809 in Finnoe, County Tipperary, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Hopkins) Waller — married 1835 in Ireland

Died 19 Jan 1894 at age 84 in Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

John was born in 1809. He was the son of Thomas Waller and Margaret Vereker.

He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1827, and graduated B.A. in 1831. He was called to the Irish bar in 1833, and while studying in the chambers of Joseph Chitty [q. v.] he commenced his contributions to periodical literature. On returning to Ireland he went on the Leinster circuit, but almost immediately joined the staff of the ‘Dublin University Magazine,’ a periodical which had been founded a few months earlier. To this magazine he was a prolific contributor.

In 1835 he married Anna Hopkins (daughter of William Hopkins). They had 8 children; two sons and six daughters.

John wrote extensively under the name Jonathan Freke Slingsby. His comic and sentimental contributions were anthologized as 'The Slingsby Papers' in 1852.

He was elected to the Royal Dublin Society as a life member in 1840.

He became a vice-president of the Royal Irish Academy in 1864 and was also the founder, in 1872, and vice-president of the Goldsmith Club. In 1867 he became registrar of the rolls court, and on his retirement removed to London, England, where his later years were spent in literary work for Cassell & Co.

UK Census Date 1891: Living with his wife Anna, granddaughter Anna Robinson and two servants in Montpelier Square, Westminster, London, England. Aged 81.

Occupation: Retired Barrister

He passed away in 1894 at the age of about 84.

Probate Date: 19 January 1894

Event Place: Tipperary^[1]

Burial

Waller Family Cemetery, Finnahy, County Tipperary, Ireland

Sources

1. ↑ "Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5Z-K3F : 13 March 2018), John Francis Waller, 19 Jan 1894; citing 00462, 005014908, Principal Probate Registry, Dublin; 100,994.

• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Waller,_John_Francis_(DNB00)

• https://www.geni.com/people/John-Waller/6000000012402346249

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Waller

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3YZG-TZM : 11 December 2017), John F Waller, Westminster, London, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census,"