William Russell Lane-Joynt

He was the son of William Lane-Joynt, Mayor of Limerick (1862) and Lord Mayor of Dublin (1867). He had four brothers and a sister. One of his brothers was the surgeon and radiologist, Richard Lane Joynt.{{cite book|last1=O'Brien|first1=Paul|title=Dictionary of Irish Biography|date=2019|publisher=Cambridge University Press|editor1-last=McGuire|editor1-first=James|location=Cambridge|chapter=Joynt, William Lane|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=James}} Educated at Windermere College, Wales, Lane-Joynt graduated with a B.A. and M.B. from Trinity College, Dublin in 1878.{{cite book |title=A catalogue of graduates of the University of Dublin, Volume 2 |publisher=Trinity College, Dublin |year=1896 |location=Dublin |pages=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAwOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA132 }} After attending King's Inns, Dublin, he was called to the bar as a barrister-at-law in April 1879.{{cite book |title=The Irish law times and solicitors' journal, Volume XIII |publisher=John Falconer |year=1879 |location=Dublin |pages=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S9wQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA224 }} He married in 1882 and had two children, Evelyn{{Cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=Heloise |title=W.R. Lane Joynt F.R.P.S.L., R.D.P. (1885–1921) |journal=Irish Philately |volume=2010 |issue=June-2 |pages=42 |publisher=Irish Philatelic Circle |location=UK |date=June 2010 }} and William (b.24 August 1886).{{cite book |title=The Irish law times and solicitors' journal, Volume XX |publisher=John Falconer |year=1886 |location=Dublin |pages=422 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bN8QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA422 }}

Lane-Joynt was Revolver Champion of Ireland four times and won a silver medal for shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics,{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42351 |title=William Russell Lane-Joynt |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=8 April 2021}} held in London, as a member of the Men's Running Target, Single Shot Great Britain team.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/william-lane-joynt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/william-lane-joynt-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Sports Reference: William Russell Lane-Joynt |accessdate=2014-02-21 |publisher=Sports Reference}} He also competed in three other events but did not feature in the medals.{{Cite web |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/william-lane-joynt-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/william-lane-joynt-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 April 2020 |title=William Lane-Joynt biography and Olympic results |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=31 July 2010 }}

Amongst Lane-Joynt's philatelic specialities were the line-engraved stamps of the British West Indies, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Gold Coast, Great Britain, and the United States.{{Cite web |url= http://www.abps.org.uk/Home/Who_Was_Who/index.xalter#L |title=Who Was Who in Philately |publisher=Association of British Philatelic Societies |accessdate=23 September 2010 }} He became a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1889. He was founder member and first president of the Irish Philatelic Club, later renamed the Irish Philatelic Society, at its inception in 1901{{cite book |title=The Story of the Irish Philatelic Society 1901–2001 |publisher=Irish Philatelic Society |date=July 2002 |location=Blackrock, Co Dublin |page=5}} and remained its president until 1920. He helped the Duke of Leinster assemble his Leinster Collection,. After the Duke's death, he became Honorary Curator of the collection that was bequeathed to the Dublin Museum of Science and Art. In 1921, he was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished PhilatelistsBiographies of the 1921 signatories in Arthur Ronald Butler, The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, 1990, pages 46–64. as one of the initial 25 candidates but was unable to do so due to ill health."A distinguished Anglo-Irish Philatelist and an exhibition cover", David Potter, Stamp Lover, Vol. 107, No. 6. (December 2015), p. 161. He remains only one of two Irishmen invited to sign the roll.

At the time of his death in 1921, a portion of his collection was on display at the Dublin Museum of Science and Art. He bequeathed that to the museum to be added to the Duke of Leinster's collection, which added to the collection's interest. The balance of his collection was sold at auction in London in January 1922 and later auctions.

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• [http://www.museum.ie/The-Collections/Art-Industry/Art-Industry-Collections-List/Philatelic-and-Postal-History National Museum's ‘Duke of Leinster’ bequest]
• [https://archive.org/stream/philatelicrecord30190lond#page/8/mode/2up Philatelic Record biography]
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