Son of Dr. Benjamin Lentaigne
A noted social reformer.
President of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland.
Member of the Convicts Prison Board established in 1854.
Privy Council of Ireland, 11 May 1886.
He lived at Tallaght House, Co. Dublin
See the following report which he made on the treatment and punishment of young offenders
John Lentaigne
The following is taken from,
A History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries,
by Wm. J. Fitzpatrick. 1900
Three brothers named Lentaigne were, at the period of the French Revolution, firm adherents of the ill-fated King Louis XVI. Joseph and Jean, died under the guillotine. Benjamin, the youngest, escaped to England, afterwards settled as a physician in Dublin, and became father of the late Right Hon. Sir John Lentaigne, whose career in Ireland was marked by philanthropy and success. Born in 1803, during the throes of Emmet's Rebellion, he was one of the first pupils received at Clongowes College. His father had something to do with prisons, and attended Wolfe Tone when dying in his dungeon from a self-inflicted wound. John in due time became member of the Prisons Board, and in this capacity took Dr. Madden to see the cell in which Lord Edward Fitzgerald heaved his last sigh.
Lentaigne evinced a practical interest in the Industrial Exhibitions of 1853, 1865, and 1871, not less than in Irish archaeology; was President of the Statistical and Zoological Societies; and a Commissioner of National Education; but it was as Inspector-General of Prisons and Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Ireland that Sir John Lentaigne will be best remembered.
In 1852 Lentaigne contested the representation of the County Dublin with two Tories of the old school, Taylor and Hamilton, who regarded it as an impregnable citadel. The attempt proved a forlorn hope, but was marked by gallantry and courage. [Lentaigne polled 1370 votes; Col. Taylor, 1939.] He served as High Sheriff of Monaghan, possessed great influence with successive Viceroys, and finally he was created a Privy Councillor. He wore its gorgeous dress but once; it soon gave place to the shroud, and on 15th November, 1886, Sir John Lentaigne was buried at Glasnevin.
For details on the birth of his children, see the bio of his wife.
A further son, Benjamin Lentaigne, of 29, Westland Row, Dublin, married Elizabeth Coffey, of Leeson Park, Dublin, daughter of David Coffey and Mary Doherty, on 5th September 1894, at Rathmines [R.C.] Church, Dublin.
The marriage celebrant was Rev. Victor Lentaigne [a Jesuit priest].
Benjamin Plunkett Lentaigne, 29 March 1865 - 21 March 1941.
Elizabeth Monica Coffey Lentaigne, 9 September 1864 - 14 August 1935.
Benjamin was a judge of the High Court of Burma.
Their son,
Lieut.-Col. Edward Charles Lentaigne [b. 1884, Dublin]
married Cecilia Mary Bunbury in London on 30 April 1919.
Their son
Second Lieutenant John Wilfred O'Neill Lentaigne
died at El Alamein in 1942
Son of Dr. Benjamin Lentaigne
A noted social reformer.
President of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland.
Member of the Convicts Prison Board established in 1854.
Privy Council of Ireland, 11 May 1886.
He lived at Tallaght House, Co. Dublin
See the following report which he made on the treatment and punishment of young offenders
John Lentaigne
The following is taken from,
A History of the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries,
by Wm. J. Fitzpatrick. 1900
Three brothers named Lentaigne were, at the period of the French Revolution, firm adherents of the ill-fated King Louis XVI. Joseph and Jean, died under the guillotine. Benjamin, the youngest, escaped to England, afterwards settled as a physician in Dublin, and became father of the late Right Hon. Sir John Lentaigne, whose career in Ireland was marked by philanthropy and success. Born in 1803, during the throes of Emmet's Rebellion, he was one of the first pupils received at Clongowes College. His father had something to do with prisons, and attended Wolfe Tone when dying in his dungeon from a self-inflicted wound. John in due time became member of the Prisons Board, and in this capacity took Dr. Madden to see the cell in which Lord Edward Fitzgerald heaved his last sigh.
Lentaigne evinced a practical interest in the Industrial Exhibitions of 1853, 1865, and 1871, not less than in Irish archaeology; was President of the Statistical and Zoological Societies; and a Commissioner of National Education; but it was as Inspector-General of Prisons and Reformatory and Industrial Schools in Ireland that Sir John Lentaigne will be best remembered.
In 1852 Lentaigne contested the representation of the County Dublin with two Tories of the old school, Taylor and Hamilton, who regarded it as an impregnable citadel. The attempt proved a forlorn hope, but was marked by gallantry and courage. [Lentaigne polled 1370 votes; Col. Taylor, 1939.] He served as High Sheriff of Monaghan, possessed great influence with successive Viceroys, and finally he was created a Privy Councillor. He wore its gorgeous dress but once; it soon gave place to the shroud, and on 15th November, 1886, Sir John Lentaigne was buried at Glasnevin.
For details on the birth of his children, see the bio of his wife.
A further son, Benjamin Lentaigne, of 29, Westland Row, Dublin, married Elizabeth Coffey, of Leeson Park, Dublin, daughter of David Coffey and Mary Doherty, on 5th September 1894, at Rathmines [R.C.] Church, Dublin.
The marriage celebrant was Rev. Victor Lentaigne [a Jesuit priest].
Benjamin Plunkett Lentaigne, 29 March 1865 - 21 March 1941.
Elizabeth Monica Coffey Lentaigne, 9 September 1864 - 14 August 1935.
Benjamin was a judge of the High Court of Burma.
Their son,
Lieut.-Col. Edward Charles Lentaigne [b. 1884, Dublin]
married Cecilia Mary Bunbury in London on 30 April 1919.
Their son
Second Lieutenant John Wilfred O'Neill Lentaigne
died at El Alamein in 1942
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