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Joseph Alfred Terence Coyle (known as Alfred Bernard Coyle) was an insurance broker and horse race owner who founded Coyle & Co. (later Coyle Hamilton, Coyle Hamilton Willis and now Willis Risk Services (Ireland)), Ireland's oldest insurance brokerage, in 1903.
Early Life
[edit]Coyle was born at 7 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin on 19 March 1874, the third son of Charles Coyle and Anna Maria Duggan. He was the younger brother of James Vincent Coyle CBE.
Education
[edit]Coyle – like his two brothers - was educated by the Jesuits at Belvedere College, Dublin.
Coyle and Co. (later Coyle Hamilton/Coyle Hamilton Willis/Willis Risk Services (Ireland))
[edit]On leaving school, Coyle entered the Patriotic Insurance Company (which was later acquired by Sun Alliance).
In 1903, Coyle left to found his own firm, Coyle & Co. Limited - Ireland’s first insurance brokerage – and, in 1904, took Frederick Myerscough (who had previously worked for the Yorkshire Insurance Company) into partnership.
The company initially operated in Suffolk Street, Dublin but later moved to larger premises in Anglesea Street. The name was subsequently changed to Coyle & Co. (Brokers) Limited and branches were opened in Waterford, Limerick, Cork and London.
The National Library of Ireland houses a collection of receipts from Coyle & Co. (Brokers) Limited. [1]
Coyle remained the majority shareholder until his death.
In 1970, Coyle & Co. (Brokers) Limited merged with Hamilton & Hamilton and V. P. Phillips & Co. to form Coyle Hamilton, Ireland’s largest insurance brokerage.
In 2004, Coyle Hamilton merged with Willis to become Coyle Hamilton Willis (later, Willis Risk Services (Ireland)).[2] [3]
Horse Racing
[edit]Coyle and Myerscough’s other main area of interest was horse racing. They formed a successful racing partnership, maintaining stables first at Esker Lodge, Lucan, County Dublin and, later, at Brownstown House on the Curragh in County Kildare – where Coyle resided and ran the stud farm.
Coyle personally owned a number of famous horses that raced in the Coyle colours of “Rose and Black quartered”, including:
· St. Donagh, which won the Irish 2000 Guineas in 1925[4]
· Geraint, which competed in the Irish Derby in 1926[5] [6]
· Wavetop, which came second in the Irish Derby in 1928[7]
The National Library of Ireland houses an important collection of letters to Coyle whilst he was living at Brownstown House relating to horse racing and other matters c.1895 - 1928 [8].
In 1932, Coyle won £10,000 in the Calcutta Sweep.
Family
[edit]On 17 April 1901, Coyle marred Elizabeth C. Kennedy, daughter of John Kennedy of Palmerston Road, Dublin. She died on 9th November 1901, aged just 27.
On 21 April 1909, Coyle married Florence M. Lawlor, daughter of John Lawlor of Irishtown House, Clondalkin, County Dublin and had 1 son, Alfred Bernard Valentine Gerard Coyle (born 14 February 1910).
Coyle died on 22 December 1935 and is buried in the Coyle family plot in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. He received obituaries in The Irish Times [9], The Irish Independent [10], The Irish Field [11]and The Irish Catholic. [12]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Coyle%20%26%20Co.%20(Brokers)%20Ltd&hiddenFilters%5B%5D=hierarchy_top_id%3A%22vtls000653494%22&hiddenFilters%5B%5D=%21id%3A%22vtls000653494%22
- ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/name-dropping-1.933409
- ↑ https://www.insuranceage.co.uk/insurance-age/news/1185195/global-insurance-broker-ireland-changes-willis
- ↑ https://www.trophyroom.co.uk/irish2000guineas.html
- ↑ http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Irish%20Derby1926.html
- ↑ https://singhiv.wordpress.com/tag/irish-derby-curragh-1926/
- ↑ https://www.pedigreequery.com/wavetop
- ↑ https://sources.nli.ie/Record/MS_UR_001530?print=1&lng=ga
- ↑ Irish Times obituary 24 December 1935
- ↑ Irish Independent obituary 24 December 1935
- ↑ Irish Field obituary 28 December 1935
- ↑ Irish Catholic obituary 4 January 1936
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