Biography of James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey 1846-1936
Paternal Family Tree: Joicey
Before 04 Apr 1846 [his father] George Joicey (age 32) and [his mother] Dorothy Gowland (age 30) were married.
On 04 Apr 1846 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey was born to George Joicey (age 32) and Dorothy Gowland (age 30).
On 23 Sep 1856 [his father] George Joicey (age 43) died.
Before 1875 [his future brother-in-law] Nicholas Robinson (age 28) and [his sister] Dorothy Ann Joicey (age 21) were married. His sister [his future wife] Elizabeth Amy Robinson (age 18) subsequently married her brother James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 28).
On 16 Dec 1877 [his mother] Dorothy Gowland (age 61) died.
In 1879 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 32) and Elizabeth Amy Robinson (age 23) were married. His sister Dorothy Ann Joicey (age 25) had previously married her brother Nicholas Robinson (age 32).
On 01 May 1880 [his son] James Arthur Joicey 2nd Baron Joicey was born to James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Amy Robinson (age 24).
In 1881 [his son] Hugh Edward Joicey 3rd Baron was born to James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 34) and [his wife] Elizabeth Amy Robinson (age 25).
In 1884 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 37) and Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 31) were married.
Around 1885 [his son] Sydney James Drever Joicey was born to James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 38) and [his wife] Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 32).
On 01 Apr 1886 [his son] Drever Joicey was born to James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 39) and [his wife] Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 33).
On 16 Sep 1887 [his daughter] Margueurite de Fontaine Drever Joicey was born to James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 41) and [his wife] Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 34).
In 1902 [his former brother-in-law] Nicholas Robinson (age 55) died.
On 03 Jul 1903 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 57) was created 1st Baronet Joicey of Longhurst and Ulgham in Northumberland. [his wife] Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 50) by marriage Lady Joicey of Longhurst and Ulgham in Northumberland.
In 1906 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 59) bought Ford Castle [Map] and its estates.
On 13 Jan 1906 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 59) was created 1st Baron Joicey of Chester le Street in County Durham. [his wife] Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 53) by marriage Baroness Joicey of Chester le Street in County Durham.
In 1908 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 61) bought Etal Castle [Map] and its estates.
On 04 Jul 1911 [his wife] Marguerite Smyles Drever Baroness Joicey (age 58) died.
On 27 Jan 1915 [his son] Drever Joicey (age 28) died.
On 20 Mar 1916 [his son] Sydney James Drever Joicey (age 31) was killed in action at Calonne whilst serving as Captain Adjutant of the 10th Northumberland Fusiliers.
In 1921 [his son] Hugh Edward Joicey 3rd Baron (age 40) and [his daughter-in-law] Joan Katherine Lambton Baroness Joicey (age 27) were married. She the daughter of Frederick Lambton 4th Earl Durham (age 65) and Beatrix Bulteel Countess Durham (age 61).
On 25 Apr 1924 [his daughter] Margueurite de Fontaine Drever Joicey (age 36) died.
On 21 Nov 1936 James Joicey 1st Baron Joicey (age 90) died at Ford Castle [Map]. He was buried at St Michael's and All Angels Church Ford [Map]. His son [his son] James Arthur Joicey 2nd Baron Joicey (age 56) succeeded 2nd Baron Joicey of Chester le Street in County Durham and 2nd Baronet Joicey of Longhurst and Ulgham in Northumberland.
Durham University Journal 1918 February Volume 21 Number 20. He was also keenly interested in paintings. At Witton-le-Wear, he bought for £25 a water-colour which he suspected of being a Turner, which it proved to be. He sold this for eleven hundred guineas, and it afterwards changed hands again to the father of the present Lord Joicey for £2000.