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PostSubject: Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn   Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn EmptySun Jan 26, 2014 10:10 am

The discourse over the Old Soldier at Rorke's Drift, has caused me to go over some information regarding another person who claimed to have served in the Anglo-Zulu War, Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn, which I was trying to piece together some years back.

Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn, was born in Belfast circa 1855.  In April 1893 an article by Dr. D’Evelyn entitled Assegai & Shield was published in the California Illustrated Magazine.

In the article Dr. D'Evelyn claims he served with Wood's column during the campaign. His tales of battle include Hlobane, Khambula & Ulundi. As well these he states he was involved the search for the body of the Prince Imperial. He also wrote of how he interviewed Mehlokazulu kaSihayo whilst in custody. However, these all appear to be wild claims, inspired by a vivid imagination and information culled from the pages of The Illustrated London News of 1879, which also proves to be the inspiration for many of his illustrations.

I have examined all possible avenues as to D'Evelyn, including variations on the surname, and each time I have drawn a blank. There is even a site on Bahá'í history which clearly states D'Evelyn was a veteran of the Anglo-Zulu War, but despite this claim I can find no evidence to substantiate it. The only possible answer I have, if his tale is actually true, is that he did not serve under his own name.

Also see the text of Daily Alta California, Volume 42, Number 14084, 23rd March 1888, where during the course of Dr. D’Evelyn claims to have been a Red Cross Volunteer in the Anglo-Zulu War and also the 1st Anglo-Boer War:
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DAC18880323.2.113#

Has anyone come across Dr. D'Evelyn in any other work apart from those already mentioned, or on any website apart from those linked to the Bahá'í religion?

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PostSubject: Re: Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn   Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn EmptySun Jan 26, 2014 11:06 am

John

Not sure if you've seen this

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1902-06-22/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1836&sort=relevance&rows=20&words=war+Zulu&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=13&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=zulu+war&y=14&x=13&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2

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PostSubject: Re: Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn   Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn EmptySun Jan 26, 2014 11:23 am

Lee,

Thanks for that no I hadn't seen that one.

I was combing through the indices of The Rorke's Drift Doctor, to see if I missed his name in Stafford House or Civilian Surgeons - but without any joy.

I just wonder what bar he is wearing on his medal?

Steve,

Thanks for that also.

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PostSubject: Re: Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn   Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn EmptyMon Jan 27, 2014 10:25 pm

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PostSubject: Re: Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn   Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn EmptyMon Jan 27, 2014 10:28 pm

"Frederick W. D'Evelyn appears to have been the first person of Irish birth to accept the Bahá'í Faith. He was born in Belfast in or about 1855. Information about his early life is scanty but it is known that he qualified in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and subsequently served in a medical capacity with the British army in the South African campaigns, being wounded in 1887.

He emigrated to the United States and settled in San Francisco, where his career blossomed. He held a faculty position at the University of California and was president of the California Academy of Sciences. He was also active in civic matters and served as president of the Geographical Society of California and of the Audubon Society of the Pacific Coast.

In 1901 D'Evelyn became a Bahá'í, and he served the Faith for the rest of his life. He was in the party (along with Helen Goodall, Ellen Cooper, and Mr and Mrs W. C. Ralston) that officially welcomed 'Abdu'l-Bahá on His arrival in San Francisco in October 1912, and his name appears first of the list of recipients of a tablet from the Master published in Star of the West on 19 January 1915. Dr D'Evelyn's account of the historic meeting is reproduced in Marion Carpenter Yazdi's Youth in the Vanguard which describes his involvement in Bahá'í activities a number of times. His service is mentioned in other books, such as Mahmúd's Diary and Leroy Ioas - Hand of the Cause of God by Anita Ioas Chapman, and he appears a number of times in Star of the West, sometimes referred to as "Frederick W. Evelyn". In addition to his local position he was a member of the Temple Unity Board, the forerunner of the National Spiritual Assembly.

In August 1932 he died after a brief illness and was interred at Cypress Lawn cemetery. The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of San Francisco expressed its "grief and sense of serious loss" and paid tribute to "the untiring services and inspiring leadership of their first Chairman, Dr Frederick W. D'Evelyn".

   
Dr Frederick W. D'Evelyn

For a large (printable quality) version of this and a photograph of D'Evelyn as a young man visit the Heritage Site portrait gallery

Photograph: Bahá'í World Centre


Lady Blomfield and the Culvers

The first person of Irish birth to accept the Faith in the British Isles appears to have been Sara, Lady Blomfield (nee Ryan) in London in 1907. From the Bahá'í standpoint she is notable as having acted as hostess to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in London and as compiler of The Chosen Highway. Information about her is given elsewhere in the site.

Peter Coyne, another Irish emigrant to the United States, became a Bahá'í in Nevada, Missouri, in November 1907.

The earliest Bahá'ís living in Ireland of whom we have detailed knowledge are the Culver family. Henry Culver was the U.S. consul in Queenstown (now Cobh) from 1906 to 1910. He and his wife were Bahá'ís, but appear to have treated their faith as a private matter, perhaps because of Henry's official position.

The first native Bahá'ís in Ireland appear to have been Joan Waring Fforde and Thomas Fforde - see next section.


The first native Believers?

Frances Joan Alice Waring 1883 - 1950 and Thomas Roderick Fforde 1882 - 1949: Basic facts and some conjecture

Joan's family were the Warings of Waringstown House, Lurgan, County Armagh. Joan had two older brothers - Holt and Ruric Henry. Both brothers were killed in the First World War. She had two sisters - Esther Marian and Mary Theresa. (Mary married Samuel Barbour Combe of Donacloney House. He was also killed in the war.)1 Thomas's family were the Ffordes of Raughlan, Co Armagh. (Originally from Seaforde, Co Down).1 Thomas was the fourth of six brothers: Francis Creswell, Robert James, Arthur William Ronald, Thomas Roderick, Charles Holt, and Eric Harold He had three sisters: Aimée Mary Martha, Eveleen Annie Archer, and Mabel Kathleen.

The first association with Bahá'ís which we are aware of, was a receipt issued on 5 December 1913, recording a donation of $24.35 for the Wilmette Temple Fund from Miss J. Waring.2 Obviously Joan would have been in contact with Bahá'ís for a significant period before making this donation but we have not yet found any record of her activities during this period. We know that she was in contact with American Bahá'ís for at least the subsequent decade.

During Abdú'l-Bahá's visit to London, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab kept a diary of His activities. In his diary, on 17 December 1912, Sohrab records: "In Belfast, Ireland lives a fine Bahá'í, a splendid believer. She travelled all day and night to see the Master. He welcomed her most cordially and said: 'You must become the cause of the illumination of Ireland… you must ignite four thousand lamps in one year…'".3 We have not yet found any direct evidence to link this reference to Joan Waring but it seems highly likely.

Joan married Thomas on 26 October 1914. On 29 June 1919 they wrote to Abdú'l-Bahá. She states that she "had a word" from Abdú'l-Bahá when He was last in London, that she has since married, and that she received news of Abdú'l-Bahá's safety from Major Tudor Pole.4 This letter appears to confirm the suggestion that Joan may have met Abdú'l-Bahá while He was in London. The letter was signed by both Joan and Thomas and the original is in the Bahá'í World Centre holdings. Abdú'l-Bahá answered her letter on 20 January 1920, but to date no copy of the reply has been found.

Joan and Thomas moved to Donegal and it was from there that they made contact with George Townshend. Townshend wrote to Shoghi Effendi, in 1925: "We have seven Irish Bahá'ís - the two Ffordes, my wife, my sister, my two children (aged four and five) and myself!"2

A more objective assessment of the situation appears in a letter from John Esslemont to Albert Vail in 1924. He noted that Townshend "seems to be a convinced Bahá'í" and added "I only know of two other Bahá'ís in Ireland, a Mr and Mrs Fforde."2 Townshend also wrote to Esslemont: "I met the Ffordes in the spring of 1921. Except for them nobody in this island is known to be interested in Bahaism."

The Ffordes are "possibly the earliest Irish Bahá'ís to have a public Bahá'í identity in Ireland".2

References:

The Landed Gentry of Ireland
Armstrong-Ingram, Jackson. "Early Irish Bahá'ís" in Associate, Issue 25, Spring 1998
Star of the West, Vol. III, No. 19, 2 March 1913
Universal House of Justice, Haifa, in a letter to Edwin Graham, 24 August 1998.
(Edwin Graham)


A note on Dr William Cormick

In his biography The Báb (publisher George Ronald, 1973) the late H. M. Balyuzi refers to a Dr Cormick who attended the Báb during His imprisonment in Tabriz, and reproduces the doctor's account. of their meetings. Shoghi Effendi says in Unfolding Destiny that "He is apparently the only Westerner who has met the Bab and recorded his impressions..."

Although described in more than one account as "an English physician" Dr William Cormick was born in Tabriz in 1820, the son of Dr John Cormick, of County Tipperary, Ireland, and his Armenian Christian wife. He was sent to Britain to study (where he gained initial medical qualifications from University College, London, and an MD from St. Andrews) and returned to Persia in 1844. He served as personal physician to Nasiru'd Din Mirza, and when the latter became Shah he accompanied him to Tihran. However he was replaced for political reasons and returned to practise medicine in Tabriz where he passed away in 1877.


And a material connection...

The liners Cedric and Celtic, on which 'Abdu'l-Bahá made His Atlantic crossings, were built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard on Queen's Island, Belfast. A subsequent construction, the Titanic, went on to gain fame under different circumstances. The Harland and Wolff shipyard is still operating from the Queen's Island site.


(All sections written by Iain S. Palin unless otherwise stated)"

Source: U.K. BAHÁ'Í HERITAGE SITE
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PostSubject: Re: Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn   Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn EmptySat Dec 10, 2022 5:40 am

Hi All,
A Photograph of his grave appears on the findagrave website, in the write up it says served in a medical capacity with the British Army in South African campaigns being wounded in 1887.
One American record i found states his immigration was in 1881.
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