Charley

Description

John Stouppe Charley, who lived at Finaghy House in Belfast, married Mary Stewart Foster, daugher of Francis Foster of Roshin, Burtonport, County Donegal.

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Estate(s)

Name	Description
Charley (Boylagh)	John S. Charley was among the principal lessors in the parish of Templecrone, Barony of Boylagh, at the time of Griffiths Valuation. He married Mary Foster, daughter of Francis Foster, Roshin House, Burtonport. In 1863 over 2000 acres in the parish of Templecrone, barony of Boylagh, County Donegal, previously owned by Francis Foster, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The tenure details indicated that the original lease, dating from 1738, was between William Conyngham and David Williams but had later devolved to Robert Johnston. In the 1870s Charley was recorded as the proprietor of over 6000 acres in County Donegal. His address was noted as Finaghy House in Belfast. The Charley family had been noted linen entrepreneurs in Belfast since the eighteenth century. In 1901 the Congested Districts Board completed the purchase of much of the Charley estate in west Donegal.
Foster (Boylagh)	Francis Foster was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Templecrone, barony of Boylagh, County Donegal at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. This property later became part of the Charley estate through the marriage, in 1851, of Francis' daughter, Mary, to John S. Charley. In 1863 over 2000 acres in the parish of Templecrone, barony of Boylagh, County Donegal, previously owned by Francis Foster, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The tenure details indicated that the original lease, dating from 1738, was between William Conyngham and David Williams but had later devolved to Robert Johnston. In 1876 over 7000 acres of the estate of Arthur Sandys Forster in the barony of Boylagh was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court.