Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn
AN ONLINE GOTHA - ERBACH
Shows Princess Imma Gustave Marie Luise Pauline Edda Adolfine Hermine zu Erbach-Schönberg (König 11 May 1901-London 14 Mar 1947);
m.1st Frankfurt 31 May 1923 Hans Karl Frhr von Dörnberg (Kassel 23 Dec 1875-Darmstadt 22 Mar 1924);
m.2d London 1 Jul 1940 (div 1947) Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn (Kensington 28 Oct 1884-Verbania, Italy 18 Apr 1964);
So who is Neil McEachern?
A search of the Internet came up with the Gazetteer for Scotland for Captain Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn (1884-1964) a garden designer, born in Garlieston (Dumfries and Galloway), the son of Anglo-Australian shipping magnate Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn (1852-1910),
It also mentions he built a renown garden surrounding what became known as the Villa Taranto.
A further search of the Internet located Villa Taranto and its biographical details for Captain Neil Boyd McEacharn mentions he was born on 28 October 1884 in Garlieston from a well-off Scottish family, who owned a big shipping company, rich iron- and coal- mines and large estates in Australia. He died on 18 April 1964 on the veranda of Villa Taranto with a view of his beloved garden.
A search of FreeBMD has entry in Births Dec 1884 for Neil Boyd W. McEacharn Kensington 1a 175 suggesting a possibility this is the same individual as that mentioned above but born in London rather than at Garlieston (Dumfries and Galloway).
A search of Ancestry has a Baptism record (ref: Kensington and Chelsea, Saint Matthias, Earls Court 1884) for Niel Boyd Watson McEacharn (parents Meleden Donald McEacharn and Mary Ann Dutton McEacharn).
An inspection of the scan of the actual baptism entry suggests the name of the baby could be Neil rather than Niel and also that of his father could be Malcolm rather than Meleden.
The scan of the baptism entry in the margin indicates the baby Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn was born on 28 October 1884 which is the same as in Villa Taranto suggesting this is one and the same individual.
According to Wikipedia, Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn was born in London on 8 February 1852 and married Anne Peirson, a landowner, on 10 January 1878 in Yorkshire, Anne died eleven months later,
The birth registration (1852 March Quarter) of Malcolm Donald McEacharn
The marriage registration (1878 March Quarter) of
Malcolm Donald McEacharn and
Anne Peirson.
The death registration (1878 December Quarter) of Anne McEacharn (born Peirson).
The death registration (Dec 1934 Quarter) of Mary A D McEacharn (born Watson).
According to the same Wikipedia article above, Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn 4 July 1882 married secondly married Mary Ann Watson, a daughter of mining millionaire J.B. Watson at Sandhurst (Bendigo) in Victoria.
The Brisbane Courier McEACHARN - WATSON maarriage On the 4th July 1882, at the residence of the bride's parents, Malcolm Donald McEacharn, of 31 Leadenhall-street, London, Goathland, York- shire and Rockhampton, Queensland, to Mary, second daughter of J. B. Watson, Esq., Kent House, Sandhurst, Victoria
The Independent On Sunday "Travel" article on
Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn in which it mentions he married in 1912 (article actually states he married two years after he inherited "The Galloway House estate" from his father who died in 1910). The article also mentions his marriage started to break down after the war (1914-1918) and in 1922, he was seen by a private detective to meet a woman at Victoria Station, whence the pair proceeded to the Hotel Metropole in Brighton, and his wife, Marie, divorced him. The article also mentions there were no children from the marriage and that never remarried,
The marriage registration (1912 March Quarter) of Neil B.W. McEacharn and his first wife Marie H.E. Raphael.
The birth registration Neil's first wife (1892 September Quarter)
Marie H.E.McEacharn (born Raphael).
The death registration Neil's first wife (1940 March Quarter)
Marie H.E.McEacharn (born Raphael).
The marriage registration (1940 September Quarter) of Neil B.W. McEacharn and his second wife Imma G.M.P.E.A.H. von Doenberg (Princess Imma zu Erbach-Schönberg).
The death registration (1947 March Quarter) of Imma G.M. McEacharn (Princess Imma zu Erbach-Schönberg).
The birth registration (Jun 1883 Quarter) of Mary Islay McEacharn
The marriage registration (Dec 1913 Quarter) of Mary Islay McEacharn and Connop T.R.S. Guthrie.
The death registration (Dec 1963 Quarter) of Mary Islay Guthrie (born McEacharn).
The marriage registration (Sep 1909 Quarter) of Annie Madeleine McEacharn (surname on registration spelt incorrectly) and William MITCHELL-THOMSON.
The death registration (Jun 1946 Quarter) of Annie Madeleine McEacharn (born McEacharn).
also
The death registration (Jun 1946 Quarter) of Annie Madeleine McEacharn (born McEacharn).
Report on Annie Madeleine McEacharn birth on 5 Match 1887
Photograph of Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn, his wife Mary, daughters Eila, Madeleine and son Neil.
Article "Elementary, my dear Watson" by Steffie Shields Lincolnshire Gardens Trust which mentions Neil McEacharn moved back to Australia at the outbreak of WWII
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) Officers 1939-1945
Sir Giles Connop McEacharn Guthrie 2nd Baronet Son of Sir Connop Thirlwall Robert Guthrie, 1st Bt, KBE (1882-1945), Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, and late Eila, daughter of Sir Malcolm McEacharn of Galloway House, Wigtownshire. *** Is Eila = Mary Islay ***
Orbitury of (from The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931) Saturday 12 March 1910)
SIR, MALCOLM McEACHARN DEATH IN ENGLAND.
A RICH SHIPOWNER. LONDON, March 11. Sir Malcolm McEachern, died suddenly from heart failure at Cannes last night. Lady McEachern was present at the bed-side.Melbourne, March 11.
The Cross of Erosion - Neil McEacharn's influence over Sydney artists in the mid-1940s
THE INTERNATIONAL
RHODODENDRON REGISTER containg "Capitano Neil McEacharn"
Lord Selsdon Conservative Peer Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson, 3rd Baron Selsdon he is a grandson to William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson and Annie Madeleine McEacharn
The Argus COOPER-WATSON. - On the 16th 1883 at the residence of the bride's parents, Frederick Augustus Cooper, of Brisbane, M.L.A., barrister at law, to Margaret "Maggie" Dalton, eldest daughter of John Boyd Watson, Esq., of Kent-house, Sandhurst.
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:-Rz4reDKZdAJ:cooperfamily.ourfamily.com/frederickcooper.htm+john+boyd+watson+dalton&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk
http://cooperfamily.ourfamily.com/frederickcooper.htm
Frederick Augustus COOPER (1834 - 1908) married Margaret Dalton Watson the daughter of Bendigo mining millionaire, John Boyd Watson
Portrait of Walton By Michael Kennedy on Google book.
States Imma lover of William Walton the Composer and she married Neil McEacharn marriage of convenience as he was an homosexual.
John Boyd Watson (1828 - 1889)
William Lloyd (Billy) Murdoch (1854 - 1911)
Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn (1852 - 1910)
Descendants of Jacob Lumbrozzo de Mattos - which shows Children of WALTER RAPHAEL and EUGENIE SILBER are:
i. MARIE8 RAPHAEL, d. 1940; m. NEIL BOYD WATSON MCEACHARN, 08 Feb 1912, St. Margaret's, Westminster5; d. Apr 1964, Italy6.
•Captain Neil Boyd Watson McEacharn,. M.B.E., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Dated. 30th October, 1919.
The Diaries of Donald Friend, Volume 3 By Donald Friend, Paul Hetherington (on Google Books) = Page 659 Neil McEacharn lived in Australis 1940 to
1946
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Last Updated on 11 June 2010
By Allan Raymond
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