John Boileau
Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Baronet FRS, DL, JP (2 September 1794 – 9 March 1869)[1] was a British baronet and archaeologist.
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Early life
Born in Hertford Street in London's district Mayfair, he was the eldest son of John Peter Boileau and his wife Henrietta Pollen, 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
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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]
Personal life
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In 1825, he married Lady Catherine Sarah Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, the third daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto and Anna Maria Amyand (a daughter of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet).[8] They had four sons and five daughters.[8] Their children were:
- Anna Maria Boileau (1826–1897), who married Rev. William Gurney, son of Daniel Gurney and Lady Harriett Hary (daughter of William Hay, 17th Earl of Erroll). They had issue.
- John Elliot Boileau (1827–1861), who died unmarried.
- Caroline Mary Boileau (c. 1829–1877), who died unmarried.
- Sir Francis George Boileau, 2nd Baronet
- Edmund William Pollen Boileau (1831–1883), who married Bridget Walsh and had issue.
- Agnes Lucy Boileau (c. 1833–1881), who married Hon. William John Borlase Warren Venables-Vernon, son of George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron Vernon.[9]
- Lt. Charles Augustus Penrhyn Boileau (1835–1855)
- Mary Georgina Boileau (1836–1910), who died unmarried.
- Theressa Anna Catherine Boileau (c. 1840–1872), who died unmarried.
His wife died in 1862 and Boileau survived her until 1869, having suffered on chronic bronchitis in his last years.[4] Sir John died on 9 March 1869 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.[10]
Descendants
Through his daughter Agnes, he was a grandfather of Reginald Venables-Vernon.[9]
References
- "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
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- Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 651.
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