John Boileau

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John Boileau, 1849

Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Baronet FRS, DL, JP (2 September 1794 – 9 March 1869)[1] was a British baronet and archaeologist.

Background[]

Born in Hertford Street in London's district Mayfair, he was the eldest son of John Peter Boileau and his wife Henrietta, the eldest daughter of John Pollen.[2] His family claimed descendancy of Étienne Boileau, one of the first known provosts of Paris.[3] He was educated at Eton College and went then to Merton College, Oxford.[3] In 1813, Boileau joined the British Army and was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant into the Rifle Corps, which his uncle Coote Manningham had established.[4] After four years service, he was put on halfpay in 1817.[4] He bought an estate in Ketteringham in 1836, which he later expanded with a Gothic hall.[5]

Career[]

In 1838, Boileau was created a baronet, of Tacolnestone Hall, in the County of Norfolk.[6] He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1843[7] and was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1844.[2] When one year later the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society was founded, Boileau was nominated one of its vice-presidents until 1849, after which he became the Society's president.[4] He joined the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1852 and by the recommendation of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope, he was chosen a vice-president in 1858, a post he occupied for seven years with only a break in 1863.[4] Boileau was additionally vice-president of the Zoological Society of London and of the Royal Statistical Society.[4] He served in the same capacity for the Institute of Archaeology and for the Royal Society of Arts.[4] Boileau further held a fellowship in the Geological Society of London and was vice-president of the Royal Institution as well as the British Science Association.[4] He represented Norfolk both as a Deputy Lieutenant as well as a Justice of the Peace.[3]

Family[]

Memorial, All Saints, Little Bookham

In 1825, he married Catherine Sarah, the third daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto.[8] They had four sons and five daughters.[8] His wife died in 1862 and Boileau survived her until 1869, having suffered on chronic bronchitis in his last years.[4] He died at Torquay and was buried in the family's vault in Ketteringham.[4] His oldest son John having predeceased him in 1861, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his second son Francis.[9]

Their children were:

  • Anna Maria (11 Aug. 1826-21 Nov. 1897), married Rev. William Gurney, son of Daniel Gurney and Harriett, daughter of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll. They had issue.
  • John Elliot (28 Sep. 1827-8 Oct. 1861). Unmarried.
  • Caroline Mary (c. 1829-2 Apr. 1877). Unmarried.
  • Sir Francis George, 2nd Baronet
  • Edmund William Pollen (8 Aug. 1831-9 Jul. 1883), married Bridget Walsh and had issue.
  • Agnes Lucy (c. 1833-30 Sep. 1881), married Hon. William John Borlase Warren Venables-Vernon, son of George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon. They had one son, Reginald.
  • Lt. Charles Augustus Penrhyn (9 Aug. 1835-1 Aug. 1855)
  • Mary Georgina (23 Nov. 1836-2 Oct. 1910). Unmarried.
  • Theressa Anna Catherine (c. 1840-1 Jul 1872). Unmarried.

References[]

  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 124.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. pp. 61.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Boileau, John Peter" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  5. ^ "Ketteringham Hall Courses, Information Communications Technology - About Ketteringham Hall-". Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  6. ^ "No. 19631". The London Gazette. 3 July 1838. p. 1488.
  7. ^ "Royal Society - Library and Archive catalogue". Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 651.
  9. ^ "ThePeerage - Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Bt". Retrieved 22 December 2009.

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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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