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Thomas Newenham Deane
Sir Thomas Newenham Deane (1828-1899) Irish architect born in Cork, Ireland. Son of Sir Thomas Deane and Eliza O’Callaghan Newenham he followed in his fathers footsteps to become one of Irelands most prominent architects of the time.

Early Life.
Sir Thomas Newenham Deane was born on the 15 of June in 1828 near Cork, Ireland. He was the son of Sir Thomas Dean, an acclaimed architect, and Eliza O’Callaghan Newenham, Sir Thomas Deane’s second wife. Deane was born as the oldest of 3 siblings. As the only son Deanes had two younger sisters, Susanna Adelaide (Ada) and Olivia Louisa. From his father's first marriage the three siblings had inherited a step-brother John Connellan and a step-sister Julia Connellan. Deane is described as being a shy and reserved child who struggled with a stammer. Nevertheless, Deane was from an early age seen as the ideal successor to his father, Sir Thomas Deane’s, architecture firm. The firm had grown to become a successful business and one of the most prominent practises in Ireland. Deane was schooled in England in the public Rugby School. During his childhood, he had inherited an interest in sailing from his father. This lead to one of his earliest aspirations in wanting to eventually join the navy. This aspiration was nonetheless denied by his father, and following primary school in England, Deane, in 1846, travelled back to Ireland to attend Trinity College Dublin. In 1849 he graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a BA. A year after graduation, Deane moved back to Cork where he married Henrietta Manly. While Deane after graduation had explored the possibility of making a living as an artist, he instead entered his fathers business initially working on drawings for Queens College Cork, now University College Cork.

Throughout his youth, Deane showed an interest in painting, especially painting with watercolours. And immediately after graduating from TCD, he worked towards establishing himself as an artist. This he did despite his father Sir Thomas Deane’s lack of approval. Sir Thomas Deane instead saw his son’s future as being in the family business. As years went on, Deane became a more integrated part of the architecture firm, a practice he officially joined in 1850 and later was to take over after his father passed away in 1871. Throughout his career, Deane never dropped his interest in arts and was a firm believer in architecture would improve by combining education in architecture with studies of fine arts. Towards the end of his life, he managed to become a regularly figured artist in the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin.