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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.

Early life

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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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Lady Catherine Boileau, portrait by Margaret Carpenter

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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Memorial, All Saints, Little Bookham

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:

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

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Through his daughter Agnes, he was a grandfather of Reginald Venables-Vernon.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Leigh Rayment – Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 124.
  3. ^ a b c Walford, Edward (1860). The County Families of the United Kingdom. London: Robert Hardwicke. pp. 61.
  4. ^ 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. ^ a b Lodge, Edmund (1859). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (28th ed.). London: Hurst and Blackett. p. 651.
  9. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage. Burke's Peerage. doi:10.5118/bpbk.2003. ISBN 978-0-9711966-2-9.
  10. ^ "ThePeerage – Sir John Peter Boileau, 1st Bt". Retrieved 22 December 2009.
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Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Tacolnestone Hall)
1838 – 1869
Succeeded by
Francis Boileau