![]() ![]() Yeats also spends time at Coole in the summerġ898 WB Yeats initials the autograph tree. From this meeting comes the idea of developing a literary movement. ![]() She completes and promotes the memoirs of her late husband, Sir William Gregoryġ897 Lady Gregory and Yeats meet again in London and then at Doorus the home of Count de Basterot. He dies in 1840 and is succeeded by Robert Gregory, father of Sir Williamġ842-47 William Gregory is elected MP for Dublinġ847 Robert Gregory dies and is succeeded by his son Williamġ850 Beech planted outside walled garden to provide shelter from wind and rain from the westġ851-57 William is forced to sell two-thirds of the estate to pay off gambling debtsġ853-56 William devotes time and money to the planting of exotic conifers in his pinetum, north of the Walled Gardenġ852 Isabelle Augusta Persse is born at Roxborough, Kilchreest, Co Galwayġ871-77 William Gregory is appointed Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where he is knighted in 1875ġ880 Sir William Gregory marries Isabella Augusta Persseġ881 Birth of Robert Gregory their only sonġ894 – 96 Lady Gregory continues tree planting at Coole and has her first brief meeting with William Butler Yeats in London. ![]() He had been Under-Secretary for Ireland and lived mostly in Dublin. His younger brother William inherits Coole. William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. He also develops the library and has the bust of Maecenas transported from Italyġ817 Birth of William Gregory, later to be Sir William, husband of Augusta Persseġ839 Richard dies. He belonged to the Protestant, Anglo-Irish minority that had controlled the economic, political, social, and cultural life of Ireland since. William Butler Yeats is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the 20th century. 1768 Robert Gregory (1727-1810) Chairman of the East India Company buys 600 acres from Oliver Martyn of nearby Tuliraġ770 The house is built to a design by James Lewis from Gibbs Manualġ776 Arthur Young records in “A tour of Ireland” that many miles of walls are being constructed and also that “Mr Gregory has a very noble nursery, from which he is making plantations, which will soon be of great ornament to the country”ġ810 – 1839 Richard Gregory (second son of Robert) succeeds and continues the planting of trees. DN-0071801, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum. ![]()
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