William Bede Dalley (1873 - 1942)

Born 23 Mar 1873 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Ianthe Pauline Fattorini — married 20 Aug 1895 in Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Katherine Durrant (Cowell) Dalley — married 15 Aug 1906 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died 2 Feb 1942 at age 68 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

William was born in 1873. He is the son of William Dalley and Eleanor Long.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 19 April 1873. ^[1]

William Dalley is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Enlisted for WWI giving birth date as 23 Mar 1881. Assigned to 10th Field Artillery. He was working as a journalist on the Bulletin at the time.

Southern Star (Bega, NSW : 1900 - 1923), Wednesday 15 November 1905. ^[2] In Divorce. DALLEY v. WIFE AND BROTHER. The late Hon. W. B. Dalley, who died October 29, 1891, married one of "Bill' Long's daughters; Mr. Justice James Martin married another. Three of the Dalley boys went to England, with their governess, Miss Hogarth, in 1889, and entered a Jesuit college. Six years afterwards, William Bede Dalley was married by the Rev. Canon Kemmis, at St. Mark's, Darlinghurst, to Ianthe, daughter of Eugene Fattorini, August 20, 1895. During the honeymoon tour the young married couple visited Tathra, in their yacht "Archina." A year more, and they left for England, since when they have seen much of the world. Ianthe was one of a "Government House" set of girls who thought to enjoy life by a sort of Bohemianism, a some what reckless defiance of Mrs. Grundy or any Puritanic code; smartness, a very close skirting of the manners, if not the habits, of Lais, Phryne, Lamid, and the class Hetacrae generally, were a la mode; to some of the set gossip assigned queer pranks, not always safe for a Carringtonian or even a Jersey young woman to play. Their song seemed to be "I'd be a Butterfly." In several cases the butterfly was a mere moth, doomed to scorch its wings. And now, after ten years of married life, the moth wings of Ianthe Dalley are beating against the glare of Sydney Divorce Court, and are subject to a stern dissection by Mr. Justice Walker and a jury of twelve. The Hon. G. H. Reid is counsel for the husband, and his opening address revealed early flightiness on board the steamer going towards England. Her husband had to warn her for flirting with one of the officers; and there was dalliance with one Lord Fincastle, who came aboard at Ismail. On August 26, 1897, a daughter, Eileen, was born in London. The mother longed to return to Australia, but the father was reading for the bar, and his brother John Bede was a visitor, played with the child, and was on friendly terms with the mother. In 1898 they lived at Hartford House, Devonshire, and not long after they returned to New South Wales. John was with them, at Manly, whilst William went back to complete his law course. A grave irregularity occurred on August 3, 1899, when a boy, Yoland, came on the scene, and of this second child the husband says he could not be the father. Time passed, till William's suspicion fell upon his brother. Since 1899 petitioner has been allowing his wife £3 per week; but finally the last straw was added to the load, the allowance was stopped, and divorce proceedings have begun. There is a counter accusation of intimacy with one Kitty Cowell in London, and at Ascot, Paris, Trouville, and elsewhere in Europe.

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 3 February 1942. ^[3] DEATH OF MR. W. B. DALLEY William Bede Dalley, eldest son of the late William Bede Dalley, Australia's first Privy Councillor, died at Elizabeth Bay on Sunday after a short illness. Mr. Dalley, who was 69, was a barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple, London, but after serving throughout the last war he came to Australia and established his reputation as a journalist on "Smith's Weekly." His younger brother, the late John Bede Dalley, was also well known in the Australian literary world.

Sources

1. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13311325
2. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134895066
3. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17786178

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