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Portrait of Dr Tanner from Vanity Fair, 1888. Dr Charles Kearns Deane Tanner (20 September 1849 – 21 April 1901) was an Irish surgeon and politician. Dr. Charles Kearns Deane-Tanner was the uncle of early Hollywood director William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, better known as William Desmond Taylor.
Nov 26, 2019 · Born 1842 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland. Son of William Kearns Deane-Tanner and Eliza (Sharpe) Tanner. Brother of Lombard John Newman Tanner and Charles Kearns Deane-Tanner. Husband of Jane (O'Brien) Deane-Tanner — married 9 Feb 1870 in Caher, County Tipperary, Ireland. Descendants.
Denis Gage Deane-Tanner (born 14 September 1876 – ?) was the brother of William Desmond Taylor and nephew of Charles Kearns Deane Tanner . Early life. Denis Gage Deane-Tanner was the fourth of five children born to Jane O'Brien (of Carlow, Ireland) and British Army Major Thomas Kearns Deane-Tanner (of Cork, Ireland) in what is now Carlow, Ireland.
Major Kearns Deane-Tanner: Birthdate: 1842: Death: 1902 (59-60) Immediate Family: Son of William Kearns Tanner, M.D. and Eliza Sharpe Husband of Jane O'Brien Father of William Desmond Taylor Brother of Jane Kearns Carroll; Lombard John Newman Deane-Tanner and Charles Kearns Deane-Tanner. Managed by: Private User
Death: December 22, 1882 (65-74) Cork, County Cork, Ireland. Immediate Family: Son of Boyle Tanner and Elizabeth Kearns. Husband of Eliza Sharpe. Father of Jane Kearns Carroll; Lombard John Newman Deane-Tanner; Major Kearns Deane-Tanner and Charles Kearns Deane-Tanner. Occupation: Medical Doctor.
Surgeon and mp for Cork. Brother of major Kearns Deane Tanner and by him of silent movie director William D Taylor whose murder in 1922 remains unsolved.( several other actors including George Brent/ George Brennan Nolan and John Loder/ John Muir Lowe, were linked to the troubles in Ireland)
Around 1915, Taylor made contact with a sister-in-law, Ada Brennan Deane-Tanner, wife of Taylor's younger brother Denis. A former British Army lieutenant and manager of a New York antiques business (separate from Hamilton's), Denis had also abandoned his wife and children, disappearing in 1912.
