Sir William Ireland De Courcy Wheeler
The Royal Navy.
Surgeon Rear-Admiral, 1939-43.
HMS "Bacchante".
Twice mentioned in dispatches in 1914-18 War, in which he served as a Lieut.-Colonel in the medical corps.
Son of William Ireland De Courcy Wheeler [29 Feb. 1884-25 Nov. 1899] and Frances Victoria Shaw Wheeler [1848-24 Oct. 1897], of Robertstown House, Co. Kildare.
Husband of Hon. Elsie Shaw Wheeler, daughter of Thomas Shaw [1850-1937], 1st Baron Craigmyle [MP and a Law Lord of Appeal], and Elsie Stephen Forrest [d.1939].
William and Elsie were married on 5th January 1909.
Lady Elsie Wheeler died on 3rd October 1951.
They had two children.
A daughter, Elspeth Desiree Wheeler, b. 20 Feb. 1912, d. 31 July 1947.
A son, William Ireland Thomas Wheeler, b. 4th Jan 1916, d. 30th March 1976.
In the 1911 census. William & Elsie were living at 59, Lower Mount Street, Dublin. William was a 31 year old surgeon at Trinity College Dublin. Elsie was 27 years old and was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. They had no children.
President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.
An Obituary
Sir William Wheeler
Sir William Ireland De Courcy Wheeler
The Royal Navy.
Surgeon Rear-Admiral, 1939-43.
HMS "Bacchante".
Twice mentioned in dispatches in 1914-18 War, in which he served as a Lieut.-Colonel in the medical corps.
Son of William Ireland De Courcy Wheeler [29 Feb. 1884-25 Nov. 1899] and Frances Victoria Shaw Wheeler [1848-24 Oct. 1897], of Robertstown House, Co. Kildare.
Husband of Hon. Elsie Shaw Wheeler, daughter of Thomas Shaw [1850-1937], 1st Baron Craigmyle [MP and a Law Lord of Appeal], and Elsie Stephen Forrest [d.1939].
William and Elsie were married on 5th January 1909.
Lady Elsie Wheeler died on 3rd October 1951.
They had two children.
A daughter, Elspeth Desiree Wheeler, b. 20 Feb. 1912, d. 31 July 1947.
A son, William Ireland Thomas Wheeler, b. 4th Jan 1916, d. 30th March 1976.
In the 1911 census. William & Elsie were living at 59, Lower Mount Street, Dublin. William was a 31 year old surgeon at Trinity College Dublin. Elsie was 27 years old and was born at Edinburgh, Scotland. They had no children.
President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland.
An Obituary
Sir William Wheeler
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