William Russell Lane-Joynt

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.^[11] He became a fellow of the Royal Philatelic Society London in 1889.^[4] He was founder member and first president of the Irish Philatelic Club, later renamed the Irish Philatelic Society, at its inception in 1901^[12] and remained its president until 1920.^[4] He helped the Duke of Leinster assemble his Leinster Collection,.^[4] After the Duke's death, he became Honorary Curator of the collection that was bequeathed to the Dublin Museum of Science and Art.^[11] In 1921, he was invited to sign the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists^[13] as one of the initial 25 candidates but was unable to do so due to ill health.^[14] He remains only one of two Irishmen invited to sign the roll.^[4]

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.^[4]

• National Museum's ‘Duke of Leinster’ bequest
• Philatelic Record biography
• William Russell Lane-Joynt at Olympedia