The family of James Stanley (1727-65) and Jane Kelly of Low Park, nr Athlone, Co Westmeath, have variously been listed as Edmond (later Sir) Stanley; Edmond and James (later of Bethlehem); and Edmond and James togther with two daughters both of whom married members of the Ireland family.
Having now consulted the original records of St Werburgh’s church, Dublin held by the RCB Library in Braemar Park, Dublin over the period January 1724/5 to December 1800, the full story is as follows:
Anno Domini 1753
1753 14th December
Elizabeth-Maria, daughter of James and Jane Stanley,
Hoey’s Court
1755 3rd March
Catherine, daughter of James and Jane Stanley,
Hoey’s Court
1757 11th December
Susanna, daughter of James and Jane Stanley.
Hoey’s Court
1759 25th November
Jane, daughter of James and Jane Stanley,
Hoey’s Court
1760 7th December
Edmond (sic), son of James and Jane Stanley
Hoey’s Court
1762 21st September
James, son of James and Jane Stanley,
Hoey’s Court
1764 19th February
Jane, daughter of James and Jane Stanley,
Hoey’s Court
1765 2nd May
Rebecca, daughter of James and Jane Stanley,
Hoey’s Court
All were christened by the Rector, Sir Philip Hoby, Bart.
James Stanley was an ‘attorney’, the term used for lawyers who practised in the common law courts, rather than appearing as advocates in the higher courts, a role reserved (as it still generally is) for barristers. (In 1873 attorneys were redesignated as solicitors).