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''Jane Adelaide Rose Doyle'' aka ''Ida'' (16 march 1875 - 1 july 1937) was the 8th child of [[Charles Altamont Doyle]] and [[Mary Josephine Foley]], and the 6th sister of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].

She was married to [[Nelson Foley]] in 1895, and had two children, [[Percy Fitzgerald Foley]] (1898) and [[Innes Cliffe Foley]] (1902).

After the death of her husband, she worked as a teacher at Cheltenham Ladies' College (1909-1915) and then opened her own school, Granville House in Eastbourne.


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== Photos ==

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File:Real-conversations-V-1894-nov-mcclures-08.jpg|From left to right : [[Robert Barr]], Miss Doyle (Ida), [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], [[Louisa Hawkins|Mrs. Conan Doyle]], [[Robert McClure]].

File:1904-arthur-conan-doyle-family.jpg|Family photo. Ida is standing 2nd from right, with her husband [[Cyril Angell]] on her left (1904).
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== Arthur Conan Doyle about Ida ==

In a letter to his mother (july 1899), while Ida was aged 24 :

: « ''Ida is looking a different girl since she came here. Never in my life have I seen such a change in a woman. She looks so girlish & fresh, whereas she was thin and bothered looking before.'' »

In his autobiography [[Memories and Adventures]] (1923), Arthur Conan Doyle mentioned his sister :

: « ''No promotion had come to my father, and two younger children, Innes, my only brother, and Ida, had arrived to add to the calls upon my mother.'' »



== Innes Doyle about Ida ==

In a letter, Innes wrote:

: « ''She is doing all sorts of wonders. [...] She got a certificate which allows her to teach science in a national school and to buy 32s worth of books and send the bill to the government.'' »


== Chronology ==


'''1875'''
* 16 march : Birth at 2 Argyle Park Terrace, Edinburgh. Sponsors : James Doyle (uncle) and Jane H. McKenzie.


'''1881'''
* April : She was living with her mother, sisters and brothers at 15 Lonsdale Terrace, Edinburgh

'''1883'''
* She moved to Masongill, North Yorshire, with her mother and her two sisters [[Constance Amelia Monica Doyle|Connie]] and [[Bryan Mary Julia Josephine Doyle|Dodo]].

'''Undated'''
* She was graduate of Edinburgh University.

'''1894'''
* December : She was engaged to [[Nelson Foley]], a cousin of her mother [[Mary Doyle]]. Ida was 19 and Nelson 44. In a letter, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about the engagement : « ''[Nelson] is of course much older than she, but he is a very exceptionally fine fellow in every way.'' »

'''1895'''
* 16 december : Marriage to [[Nelson Foley]] at St. Oswald Church, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, West Riding, Yorkshire. Witnesses : [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]], [[Bryan Charles Waller]], [[Bryan Mary Julia Josephine Doyle|Dodo]] and [[Mary Josephine Foley|Mary Doyle]].

* She moved to her husband's home in Gaiola Island, Posillipo, Naples, Italy.

'''1898'''
* April : Her brother [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] visited her home in Gaiola, Italy.
* 29 september : Birth of her first son, [[Percy Fitzgerald Foley]].

'''1902'''
* April-May : Arthur Conan Doyle stayed with his sister Ida and her husband in Gaiola, Italy.
* 5 december : Birth of her second son, [[Innes Cliffe Foley]].

'''1909'''
* 3 january : Her husband, Nelson Foley, died, aged 58, from tuberculosis in London.
* May : She had taken up teaching and obtained a post at Cheltenham Ladies' College in the charge of the Foreign Class. <ref>CLC Magazine (Autumn 1909).</ref>

'''1911'''
* 29 july : She travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, with her brothers [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]] and [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and with [[Jean Elizabeth Leckie|Jean Conan Doyle]] for the marriage between [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]] and [[Clara Schwensen]].

'''1913'''
* February : she was at 7 Hornton Street, London, with [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]], [[Clara Schwensen]], [[Willie]] and [[Constance Amelia Monica Doyle|Connie]].

'''1914'''
* July : She left Cheltenham Ladies' College to take the Headship of a private school, Granville House, at Eastbourne. <ref>CLC Magazine (Autumn 1914).</ref>

'''1918'''
* 3 january : Ida was present at [[Arthur Alleyne Kingsley Conan Doyle|Kingsley]]'s baptism at St. John's Church, Eastbourne.

'''1920'''
* November : She received £500 and jewelry from the [[Clara Boulnois]]' will.

'''1928'''
* [[Lena Annette Jean Conan Doyle|Lena Jean]], the youngest daughter of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]], was sent to Ida's school at Eastbourne, where she boarded with [[Clara Doyle]].

'''1937'''
* 1 july : She died from cancer, aged 62, at The Horns, Hankham, Westham, Sussex.









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