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James Vincent Coyle C.B.E., B.L.

James Vincent Coyle C.B.E., B.L. was a senior Civil Servant who served as Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture in Northern Ireland between 1921 – 1930.

Early life

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Coyle was born at 7 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin on 15 December 1864, the eldest son of Charles Coyle (Secretary of the Catholic Cemeteries Committee) and Anna Maria Duggan. He was the older brother of Joseph Alfred Bernard Coyle, who founded Coyle & Co. insurance brokers in 1903 (later Coyle Hamilton - now part of the Willis group).

Education

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Coyle – like his two brothers - was educated by the Jesuits at Belvedere College, Dublin, before studying law at Trinity College Dublin. In the University Calendar for 1889, he was listed as having passed general examinations in 1888 in Civil Law, Feudal and English Law, and International Law; and in the University Calendar for 1897, he was listed as having passed examinations in 1896 in Civil Law, and Constitutional and Criminal Law, and was listed as one of the prizemen in Civil Law in those exams.[1][2][3]

Coyle was called to the Irish Bar (King's Inns, Dublin) in 1896.[4][5]

Civil Service

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Collector-General’s Office

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In 1884, Coyle entered the Collector-General of Rates Office, Dublin, as a Junior Clerk, having come first in the examination for Junior Clerks held on 25 August 1884. He was First Class Clerk therein between 1892 – 1900. The Collector General’s Office was closed on 30 December 1899, having been abolished under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.

Department of Agriculture

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On 5 October 1900, Coyle was appointed to the staff of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction, where he continued to serve until 1921. During that period, he held the following senior positions:

1914-1921:

Principal Staff Officer and Deputy Chief Clerk.

1919-1921:

Chairman Agricultural Wages Board, Ireland.

Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland

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Between 1921 and 1930, Coyle served as Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland.

In 1926, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[6]

Other appointments

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Coyle was one of the founding members of the Belvedere Union in 1906 and served as President, 1931 -1932.[7][8]

He also served as Chairman of the Committee of Management, Peabody Sanatorium, County Dublin, 1934 - 1943.[9][10]

Family

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In 1889, Coyle marred Grettie Mary O'Sullivan, daughter of J. O’Sullivan of Drumcondra, Dublin and had 7 sons:

Charles John Reginald Coyle (1891-1973)

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; and University College Dublin.

Insurance underwriter in Canada.

Gerald Coyle (1893-1894)

Dr. Cecil Dermot Coyle (1894-1993)

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; and University College Dublin (MB, BCh, BAO).

Medical Superintendent, the Whittington Hospital, London (after whom the Coyle ward is named).[11]

President of the Hunterian Society.[12]

Fr. Rupert Francis Austin Coyle SJ (1896-1978)

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; and University College Dublin.

Prefect of Studies, Belvedere College, Dublin.[13][14]

Vincent Ignatius Roderick Coyle (1900-1943)

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare; and University College Dublin.

Industrial Chemist (Managing Director, United Potash Syndicate in Berlin).[15][16]

Eoin Cyril Gerard Donal O'Sullivan Coyle (1905-1987)

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare; and Trinity College Dublin.

Insurance broker.

Fr. Desmond Alfred James Coyle SJ (1912- 1962)

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare; and University College Dublin (BA).

Professor of Dogmatic Philosophy, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin.[17][18]

Coyle died on 5 July 1948 and was buried in the Coyle family plot in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.

Coyle’s remoter descendants include:

  • Dr. Charles Frederick Vincent Coyle, MD MAO (UCD) [19]
  • Dr. Nuala Mary Brigid Mitzi Macey-Dare (née Coyle) LDS BDS (RCS England) BSc LLB MBA (OU), DDPH (KCL), Diploma in Forensic Odontology[20]
  • Dr. Nessa Mary Coyle RN, PhD, FAAN [21]
  • Dr. Orla Mary Burke (née Coyle) MB, BCh, BAO
  • Dr. Yolanda Daza PhD (USF)
  • Dr. Rupert Graham Macey-Dare MA Dip Computer Science (Cantab), MScEcon Dip Economics (LSE), DPhil MA (Oxon), Dip Legal Practice LLM (City St. George's)
  • Dr. Lucy Virginia Macey-Dare BDS (Lond), FDS FDS (Orth) MOrth (RCS England), MSc (Lond)
  • Dr. Anežka Devorguilla Beatrix Macey-Dare MBBC BSc AICSM (Imperial), DPhil (Oxon), Diploma in Genetics (Cantab), Diploma in History of Medicine (Worshipful Society of Apothecaries)
  • Thomas Charles Macey-Dare KC, MA LLM (Cantab), LLM (Cornell)[22][23]

Societies

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Arms

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Arms confirmed on James Vincent Coyle C.B.E., B.L.

By Letters Patent dated 15 September 1935, Sir Nevile Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms (acting through his Deputy, Thomas Sadleir) confirmed arms on Coyle and his descendants, and on the other descendants of his father Charles Coyle.[24][25]

Escutcheon:

Or six barrulets azure

Crest:

A hind’s head erased proper

Motto:

Exspecta Dominum Viriliter Age (wait for your master act like a man)

References

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  1. ↑ Research Collections, Trinity College Dublin
  2. ↑ "Trinity College Dublin Admissions register".
  3. ↑ "Trinity College Dublin University Calendar for 1889".
  4. ↑ King's Inns Dublin archives
  5. ↑ Ferguson, Kenneth (2005). King's Inns Barristers 1868 - 2004. The Honourable Society of King's Inns, Honorable Society of King's Inns in association with the Irish Legal History Society.
  6. ↑ London Gazette, 3 July 1926
  7. ↑ Belvedere Union Past Presidents
  8. ↑ "List of Past Presidents of Belvedere Union".
  9. ↑ Thom's Irish Who's Who
  10. ↑ "Thom's Irish Who's Who/Coyle, James Vincent - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org.
  11. ↑ British Medical Journal obituary, Volume 307, 21 August 1993
  12. ↑ Presidents of the Hunterian Society
  13. ↑ Jesuit archives, Ireland
  14. ↑ "Coyle, Rupert F H, 1896-1978, Jesuit priest - Irish Jesuit Archives". jesuitarchives.ie.
  15. ↑ BBC WW2 People's War: Article A3954251
  16. ↑ "BBC - WW2 People's War - Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945 (11)". www.bbc.co.uk.
  17. ↑ Jesuit Archives, Ireland
  18. ↑ "Coyle Desmond A J, 1912-1962, Jesuit priest - Irish Jesuit Archives". jesuitarchives.ie.
  19. ↑ British Medical Journal obituary 14 December 1963 (page 1537)
  20. ↑ Gelbier, Stanley (June 22, 2024). "Nuala Mary Brigid Mitzi Macey-Dare (née Coyle) (1934-2022): leading community dentist, forensic odontologist and her family". British Dental Journal. 236 (12): 976–979. doi:10.1038/s41415-024-7509-2. PMID 38942868 – via www.nature.com.
  21. ↑ "Nessa Coyle Leadership Lecture Award". Advancing Expert Care. Retrieved 2026-08-22.
  22. ↑ Who's Who 2026
  23. ↑ "Who's Who/Macey-Dare, Thomas Charles, (born 11 Sept. 1969), KC".
  24. ↑ Ireland, Genealogical Office, Grants and Confirmations of Arms, volume N, 1929 - 1935, pages 149 - 150
  25. ↑ Office, Ireland Genealogical (August 22, 1929). "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. N". catalogue.nli.ie.
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