Millicent Georgina Montague (Dobbs) Hughes (1840 - 1926)

Born 7 Nov 1840 in Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

Millicent Georgina Montagu Dobbs [1840-1926] married George William Bulkeley Hughes of Carreg Bran, Anglesey

DOBBS Ballynure CI Ballynure Toberdowney Antrim

Comment [White marble scroll hanging from cornice Open bible ] [The Dobbs family was established here by John Dobbs who came to Ulster in 1596 with Sir Henry Dockwra In 1603 he married Margaret, only child of John Dalway of Ballyhill, Kilroot When Dalway died in 1618 a bitter dispute on the title to his estates divided the Dalway and the Dobbs families By judgement of Chancery in 1625, Hercules, son of John Dobbs was awarded the lands of Ballynure and the townland of Castle Dobbs, where the family still lives The family included amongst its members Richard Dobbs, who, as mayor with Williamite sympathies was committed to the 'common gaole' during the siege of 1689; Arthur [1689-1765] who became Governor of North Carolina; Richard [d 1802], Dean of Connor; and William Cary [1806-1869], judge of the Landed Estates Court in Ireland The present representative, Sir Richard A C , is the first resident of Castle Dobbs to be knighted

Conway Richard Dobbs of Castle Dobbs [1795-1886] married [1] Charlotte Maria Sinclair, daughter and co-heiress of William Sinclair of Fort William, county Antrim They had 2 sons and 7 daughters:

1. Olivia Nichola Dobbs [1827-1906] married Sir James Macaulay Higginson
2. Frances Millicent Dobbs [b 1828] married Major-General Hugh Boyd and was present at the siege of Lucknow
3. Louisa Charlotte Mary Dobbs [1830-1860] [vide supra]
4. Alicia Hester Caroline Dobbs [1831-1907] married Sir Gerald George Aylmer, 9th Bart , of Donadea Castle, county Kildare
5. Harriet Sydney Dobbs [1834-1907] married [1] the 6th Duke of Manchester and [2] Sir Arthur Stevenson Blackwood, K C B
6. Nichola Susan Dobbs [1836-1857] [vide supra]
7. Millicent Georgina Montagu Dobbs [1840-1926] married George William Bulkeley Hughes of Carreg Bran, Anglesey
8. Richard Archibald Conway Dobbs [1842-1853] [vide supra]
9. Montagu William Edward Dobbs [1844-1906] died unmarried

Conway Richard Dobbs married [2] Winifred Susannah Morris See McCrum ed of McSkimin: History and Antiquities of Carrickfergus [1909];ClarkeArthur Dobbs, Esquire, 1689-1765 [1957]; Burke's Irish Family Records [1976]; Rankin and Nelson: Curious in Everything, The Career of Arthur Dobbs of Carrickfergus, 1689-1765 [1990] See also Dobbs entry under Carrickfergus Old Graveyard ].

Sources

* http://www.thepeerage.com/p12776.htm#i127754