The Constance Markiewicz Link
The familial link with Violet Bryce (née L'Estrange) involved four separate lineages, and presents quite a challenge. I'll try my best to modularise the connections, highlighting the key participants in blue.
1) One patriarch of the entanglement between the Gore-Booth, de la Poer Beresford, Lumley-Savile and l'Estrange families was George de la Poer Beresford the distinguished Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh:
| # | Individual | Spouse / Partner | Family |
| Rt Rev George de la Poer Beresford (19 Jul 1765 – 16 Oct 1841) Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh. son of Rt Hon John de la Poer Beresford & Anne Constantia de Ligondes |
Frances Bushe (d May 1843) |
Charlotte Mary de la Poer Beresford (b ca 1795) =1. Frederick Lumley Savile (m 2 May 1812) =2. Robert Henry Southwell (m 20 Jul 1839) George de la Poer Beresford (d 6 Jun 1826) Frances Beresford (d 17 Nov 1833) John Beresford (Apr 1796 – 16 Sep 1856) Most Rev Marcus Gervais Beresford (14 Feb 1801 – 26 Dec 1885) = Mary L'Estrange (d 31 Dec 1845) (d 25 Aug 1824) |
2) Another was Frederick Lumley:
| # | Individual | Spouse / Partner | Family |
| Frederick Lumley(17 Oct 1761 – 20 Sep 1831) son of Richard Lumley-Saunderson 4th Earl of Scarborough & Barbara Savile |
Harriet Anne Boddington (d 20 Jul 1810) (m 20 Feb 1786) |
Frederick Lumley-Savile (14 Jan 1788 – 27 Feb 1837) | |
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| Frederick Lumley-Savile (14 Jan 1788 – 27 Feb 1837) |
out of wedlock? | Lady Frances Charlotte Arabella Lumley (d 3 Aug 1879) | |
| Charlotte Mary de la Poer Beresford (b ca 1795) daughter of Rt Rev George de la Poer Beresford & Frances Bushe |
Lady Henrietta Susan Beresford Lumley (ca 1820 – 22 Dec 1904) Richard George Lumley 9th Earl of Scarborough (7 May 1813 – 5 Dec 1884) Lady Georgiana Anne Lumley (ca 1820 – 2 Feb 1877) | ||
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| Lady Frances Charlotte Arabella Lumley (d 3 Aug 1879) |
Col Charles John Hill (d 22 May 1867) (m 8 Mar 1836) |
Georgina Mary Hill (d 23 Jan 1927) | |
| Lady Henrietta Susan Beresford Lumley (ca 1820 – 22 Dec 1904) |
Edmund L'Estrange (d Aug 1866) (m 5 Nov 1835) |
Rev Savile Richard William L'Estrange-Malone
Mary Caroline L'Estrange (1849 – 12 Oct 1934) | |
| Richard George Lumley 9th Earl of Scarborough (7 May 1813 – 5 Dec 1884) |
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| Lady Georgiana Anne Lumley (ca 1820 – 2 Feb 1877) |
Sir William Mordaunt Edward Milner 5th Bart (m 16 Apr 1844) |
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| Georgina Mary Hill (d 23 Jan 1927) |
Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Bart (m 29 Apr 1867) son of Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Bart & Caroline Susan Goold |
Mabel Olive Gore-Booth (d 2 Mar 1955) Constance Georgine Gore-Booth (4 Feb 1868 – 15 Jul 1927) Joint portrait Sir Josslyn Augustus Richard Gore-Booth, 6th Bart (25 Feb 1869 – 14 Mar 1944) Eva Selina Laura Gore-Booth (22 May 1870 – 30 Jun 1926) Joint portrait Mordaunt Gore-Booth (5 Dec 1878 – 20 Nov 1958) | |
| Constance Georgine Gore-Booth (4 Feb 1868 – 15 Jul 1927) Portraits |
Count Casimir Dunin Markievicz (Kazimierz Dunin-Markiewicz) (15 Mar 1874 – 2 Dec 1932) (m 29 Sep 1900) painter and dramatist |
Stanislas Markiewicz (stepson) Maeve Alys Markiewicz (13 Nov 1901 – 1962) | |
3) So too was Col Henry Peisley Lestrange:
| # | Individual | Spouse / Partner | Family |
| Col Henry Peisley L'Estrange (1776 – 1824) |
Grace Burdett | Mary L'Estrange (d 31 Dec 1845) Jane Anne L'Estrange (d 20 Jan 1847) Sophia L'Estrange Lt Col Henry Peisley L'Estrange (1793 – 1847) Sir George Burdett L'Estrange (1796/7 – 5 Feb 1878) Edmund L'Estrange (d 1866) | |
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| Mary L'Estrange (d 31 Dec 1845) | Most Rev Marcus Gervais Beresford (14 Feb 1801 – 26 Dec 1885) (m 25 Oct 1824) son of Rt Rev George de la Poer Beresford (19 Jul 1765 – 16 Oct 1841) Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh | Charlotte Henrietta Beresford (d 15 Sep 1884) Mary Emily Beresford (d 12 Aug 1858) George de la Poer Beresford (22 Apr 1831 – 3 Aug 1906) Maj Henry Marcus Beresford (2 Mar 1835 – 5 Feb 1895) | |
| Sir George Burdett L'Estrange (1796/7 – 5 Feb 1878) | Louisa Vincentia Stepney (d 1855) | George Henry L'Estrange (1825 – 1852) = Augusta Caroline des Voeux Sophie L'Estrange (b 1826) Stepney Mercer L'Estrange (b 1827) Frederick Herbert L'Estrange (b 1829) Colonel Paget Walter L'Estrange (1831 – post 1889) =1. Emily Ryves =2. Eliza Gibbes Capt Champagne L'Estrange (1832 – 1900) Selina Mary (L'Estrange) Hamilton (1834 – 1865) Louisa Georgina Harriet L'Estrange (b 1835) Richard Malone L'Estrange (b 1837) Charlotte Letitia L'Estrange (b 1838) Guy Marcus Frederick William L'Estrange (b 1841) John Ffolliot L'Estrange (b 1842) Emily Mary (L'Estrange) Lawrence (b 1845) Jane Sophia Frances (L'Estrange) Coffey (ca 1846 – 1921) Camilla Alicia Vincentia L'Estrange (b 1849) | |
| Edmund L'Estrange (d 1866) |
Lady Henrietta Susan Beresford Lumley-Savile (~1820 – 22 Dec 1904) (m 1835) daughter of Frederick Lumley-Savile (b 14 Jan 1788) & Charlotte Mary de la Poer Beresford (b ~1795) elder sister of Richard George Lumley 5th Earl of Scarborough (7 May 1813 – 5 Dec 1884) |
Rev Savile Richard William L'Estrange-Malone
Mary Caroline L'Estrange (1849 – 12 Oct 1934) | |
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| Artillery Capt (later Maj) Champagne L'Estrange (3 May 1832 – 5 Mar 1900) | Frances Mary Fairbanks (b 12 Mar 1841) (m 8 May 1860) | Guy L'Estrange (b 1861) Violet L'Estrange (10 Oct 1863 – 3 Nov 1939) Harry Victor L'Estrange (3 May 1867 Halifax NS – 21 Nov 1889 Allahabad) | |
The bottom line is that Violet Bryce's great-uncle Edmund L'Estrange was married to Constance Markiewicz's great-aunt Henrietta Lumley-Savile, a remote connection indeed, but Violet and Constance might well have been documented in military intelligence dossiers as "cousins".
Click here to see a diagrammatic summary.
