Richard Archibald Dobbs (1842 - 1853)

Born 2 Oct 1842 in Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 24 Feb 1853 at age 10 in Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, Ireland

Biography

Conway Richard Dobbs was born on 18 July 1795.2 He was the son of Richard Conway Dobbs and Nichola Obins.3 He married, firstly, Charlotte Maria Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, in 1826 at County Antrim, IrelandG.4 He married, secondly, Winifred Susannah Morris, daughter of Benjamin Morris, in 1875.2 He died on 28 February 1886 at age 90.2

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Carrickfergus in 1832.2 He held the office of High Sheriff of County Antrim in 1841.2 He lived at Castle Dobbs, County Antrim, IrelandG.1

Children of Conway Richard Dobbs and Charlotte Maria Sinclair

Olivia Nichola Dobbs+5 b. 26 Jul 1827, d. Oct 1906

Frances Millicent Dobbs5 b. 24 Dec 1828

Louisa Charlotte Mary Dobbs5 b. 10 Jun 1830, d. 28 Mar 1860

Alicia Hester Caroline Dobbs+1 b. 6 Jan 1831, d. 6 Mar 1907

Harriet Sydney Dobbs+4 b. 4 Dec 1834, d. 30 May 1907

Nichola Susan Dobbs5 b. 30 Jun 1836, d. 19 Jun 1857

Millicent Georgina Montague Dobbs+5 b. 7 Nov 1840, d. 3 Feb 1926

Richard Archibald Conway Dobbs5 b. 2 Oct 1842, d. 24 Feb 1853

Montagu William Edward Dobbs5 b. 28 Sep 1844, d. 7 Apr 1906^[1]

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 [continued - ]. [ - continued ] 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

1. ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p12776.htm#i127754