Richard Donovan Speer (abt. 1806 - 1866)

Born about 1806 in Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1866 at about age 60 in Dunmurry, County Kildare, Ireland

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Biography

Richard Donovan Speer was born in Wexford about 1806, the son of Solomon Speer, Barrister at law, and Anne Donovan.^[1][2]

Mr Speer obtained his B.A. (1829) and M.A. (1832) degrees from Trinity College, Dublin.^[2]

Richard Donovan Speer died in the residence of his nephew, J.E. Medlicott, Esq., in Dunmurry, county Kildare, on the 2nd November 1866. He had returned to Ireland from St Vincent in Canada, and was sixty years of age when he died.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ O’Hart, John. Irish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation. 5th ed. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. “Richards.” (pg 371.) Dublin: James Duffy and Co., 1892.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} University of Dublin. Trinity College. Alumni dublinenses: a register of students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860). 1924 ed. (pg 704). “SPEAR (SPEER), RICHARD DONOVAN, Pen. (P.T.), July 5, 1824, aged 19; s. of Solomon, Jurisconsultus; b. Wexford. B.A. Vern. 1829. M.A. Nov. 1832.” (pg 770.) Digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-10-28, by subscription).
3. ↑ London Illustrated News, 10 November 1866 (pg 6). Death notice: “On the 2nd inst., at Dunmurry, in the county of Kildare, the residence of his nephew, J.E. Medlicott, Esq., of congestion of the lungs, Richard Donovan Speer, Esq., late of St. Vincent, Canada West, and formerly of the Tumeries, in the county of Tyrone, Ireland.” Digital image online at the British Newspaper Archive, www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by subscription 2018-11-19, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick.

Links

• Arborealis: Solomon Speer, sen., of Lisneight and Stewartstown, and Jane, his wife – Family outline