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Jermyn. - J OHN J ER:VIYN, ~Vlahon, Blackrock, co . Cork; son of the late Thomas H enry J ermyn, solicitor; born at Mahon , Blaclzrock, Cork , October loth, 1868; educated privately. Admitted a solicitor, May, 1891 ; partner in the firm of Gregg, J ermyn, and Sons, solicitors, estate and insurance agents, 67, South Mall, Cork; Licenser for marriages for the Church of I reland for the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne,

-" and Ross. Recreations: motoring, and t ennis.

Johnson. - NOBLE Vv. J OHNSON, late Captain gth Batt. King's Royal Rifles; born November 5th , 1846; eldest son of the late William J ohnson, D.L., of Vostersherg, Cork, Secretary to the Grand Jury of the county from 1848 to 1888, when he was succeeded by his son, Captain Noble W . J ohnson, who held the office of Deputy Secretary under his father from the year 1868, and continued to hold the office of Secretary until the passing of the Local Government Act, 18g8, when he was transferred Secretary to the County Counci l, and held office until Ig00; ed ucated at Clifton, and Kingstown College. Married, firstly, in 1873, Mary L., daughter of tne lat e E yre Powell , of Prospect, co . Limerick, and has one surviving daughter, Evelyn Herbert ; secondly, Mary A., daughter of the late Captain Richard Gray, 50th Regiment, who served in the Crimean war, 1855-56, and received Medal and two clasps; by

Captain Noble W. Johnson. his second marriage he had issue two children, Mildred, born 1885, and married , in 1907, to Captain Berry, 3rd Dragoon Guards, and William ' Richard, who died at Chelten ham College, Ig05. Captain J ohnson resides at Ballinglanna, Glanmire, and up to 1888 kept a pack of beagles, which he hunted for twenty-five years, and was weil known for his t erriers , which originally came to him from the Rev. J ohn Russell, Devonshire.

Mr. H. G. Johnston.

Johnston.- HENRY GEORGE J OHNSTON, The Grammar School, Bandon, co. Cork; son of the R ev. ' !\Talter J ohnston, B.A., Canon of Connor; born in 1860; educated at Merchant T aylors' School, London, and Exet er College, Oxon ; took B.A., 1884, Lit. Hum.; lat er assisted the Rev . Canon Stewart, M.A .. of Knockbreda R ectory, Belfast; was then Assistant Master, Drogheda Grammar School , for two and a half years; and \-v as appointed H ead-master of Bandon Grammar School in 1892, by the 8th Duke of Devonshire. Married, in 1892, B eatrice E lizabeth (who died April, 1910), daughter of the lat e Rev. J ohn E ccles, M.A., R ector of St. P et er's, Drogheda, and has issue two sons, William Walter Cuthbert, born 1894, and J ohn Eccles, born 18g6 .

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Julian.- AraHuR J ULIAN, Belmont, Cork; son of the lat e H enry Bacon Julian, who had one of the principal prac­

tices in Ireland for nearly half a century, and died in October, 1892; born May 22nd, 1850; educated privately, and St. Michel's, Brussels, and subsequently at Dr. Kenny's, H.ich­

m ond, Surrey. Admitted a solicitor, l'vIay, 1872, t aking special certificat e for distinguished answering; Solicitor for severa l local public companies; t akes keen interest in all kinds of sport, especially hunting and yachting; Vice-Commodore of the R oyal Munster Yacht Club ; has for the last thirty years owned and steered successfully the foll owing racing boats: "Almeh ," " Bibidie ," " :\1inx," " :Vlaureen " " Ziska," and

" Eileen " ; m ember of the Unit ed Hunt, and for tlJ.irty-six years has hunted in Ireland, Somersetshire, Berkshire, and

H ampshire, and other English counties. . Clubs: Cork, R oyal Cork Yacht, R oyal Munster, and R oyal. Alfred Yacht.

Julian.-ED~1UND J AM ES J ULIAN, Tivoli Vill a , Tivoli , Cork; son of the late Isaac Julian, of Montpellier, Cork , Chairman of the Cork H arbou r Board, and for many years a Poor L aw G uardian ; born J anuary 12th , 1849, at Cork j educated privately. Chairman of Gresham H otel, Dublin ; i\Ianaging Director of th e Imperi al H otel, Cork; and th e Eccles H otel, Glengariff; one of the Direc tors of the Cork and Macroom Ra il way Company ; Chairman of the Sil ver Springs Starch Com­pany ; Director of the Commercial Build ings Co mpany, the Investment Company, and th e Permanent Buildin gs Company; for sixteen years a member of the Cork Corporation, and an Alderman of th e City. Married, Au gust 2yth, 1871, Rebecca, only surviving daughter of the la te D. McCarthy, of H eadford

H ouse, co. I\: erry, and sister of the late J ohn George McCarthy, County Treasure r for Cork, and has issue two sons and two daughters, the Rev. Isaac Gord on , M.A., Rector of Ath no\\'en,

Ovens, co. Cork , who married E lizabeth , daughter 0f the late Rev. J ames McCheane, D.D., Rector

of St. Paul' s Church, Cork ; Edmund Pennington, Munster and L einst er Bank, and Fanny Agnes, marr ied to Samuel J. Maybury, of Bellair , Cork (only son of the late Samuel Kingston :\1aybury, of Bank H ouse, Kenmare, co. Kerry), and Rebecca Geraldine Blanche.

Mr. P. J . Kavanag h.

Kavanagh. - PATIU CK J OSEPH KAVA NAG H, Ardfallen H ouse, Cork; born in Dubl in , in 1867; ed ucated at Blackrock College, co . Dublin. Succeeded t o the pr;Jct ice of Ph ili p 'W illi am Bass and Company, which was es tabli shed in 1841 (the survivin g partner of whi ch died in 1900) at 9, South Mall , Cork. and 19, Upper Merrion S treet , Dublin ; solicitor for many of the lead ing local commercial concerns, and for county famili es in connection with the sales of their estates un der the L an d Purchase Acts. Married, F ebruary 1St, 1893, Margaret Mary, dau ghter of the late Matthew :\Iulva ny, of E rith Lodge, Sandymount, co. Dublin , and has issue four sons and. four daughters: Club: L einst er, Dublin , and Cork H arbour Rowing.

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Mr. W. M. Keati n ge, LL.D.

M r. C. T . Kenned y, B.A •• LL.B.

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son, vVill iam Sterhen, born I893,

Keatinge.-\V1LLIAM M. KEATI NGE , LL.D. , 9, Dunedin, Connaught Avenue, and 96, South l"fall, Cork; son of th e late Richard M. Keatin ge, J.p ., of Cork; born October 30th, 1879; educated a t Monmouth Grammar School, and Trinity College, Dublin; Jell ett Pri zeman; took B.A. degree, I 90o; LL.B .,

I900, and LL.D., I 903 . Admitted a solicitor, 1904. Marri ed, December I 8th, I906, Alice, daughter of Thomas Kenny, of Kilcarron, L orrah, Birr, King's Co nnty, and has issue one son, Arthur Evelyn, born May 26th , I 908 .

Kennedy.-CHARLES THO~IAS K EN:\ED \" Clonakilty; son

of the late R. Bradshaw Kennedy, of Annagh House (Birr), co. Tipperary ; born June I7th, I88I; educated at St. Mary's College, Carlow, and University College, Dublin; Exhibitioner Second University Examination, in Logic, English, French, and Latin ; took degree of B.A. , and in I 903 degree of LL.B. In his fina l Solicitors' Examination in I 905, was awarded a Special Certifi cat e for Distinguished Answering; also the Gold

:\ledaJ of the Solicitors Apprentices' Debating Society, for

Legal Debate; admitted a solicitor in I 905; member of the firm of Thomas R. Wright and Sons, solici tors. ClonakiJty.

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King~ Hall.-REAR-ADMIRAL G. F . KING-HALL, C.V.O., Admiralty H ouse, Quee nstown; eldest son of the late Admiral Sir Wi ll iam King-Hall , K.C.B. ; born August 14th, I 850. Joined the Navy in I863 ; passed for Sub-Lieutenancy, I870;

promoted to Lieutenant, I873; Commander, I884; employed on the East Coast of Africa suppressing slave trad e ; presented by the French Government with a Sevres gro up . of fi gures for assistance in getting the French man-of-war " Seignelay" off the coast of Syria; promoted to Captain, I89I; took over and was First Commissioner of W ei-Hei-Wei; Chief of the Staff to Sir John Fisher, Commander-in-Chief on the Mediterranean station, I900-02; at Admiralty, I902-O-). , then promoted to Rear-Admiral, I904 ; appointed as Rear-Admiral commanding the Coast of Ireland , I906; C.V.O., I907 . :\la rri ed, in I892 , Olga, daughter of R ichard Ker, of the Diplomatic Service, la te Melll ber of Parl iament for Down patrick; and has issue one Cadet at the Royal Mil itary College, Dartmouth, and two

daughters, Olga Louisa, and Magdalen.

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Kirkby. - SA:.vI UEL ALEXANDER KIRKBY, M.A., M. lnst. C.E. , York H ouse, Cork ; son of the lat e E d'ivard Kirkby, of Grove H ouse, Sheffield; born near St. H elena, June 24th, l845; educated at H aversham Grammar School, and Christ 's College, Cambridge; M.A., l 87l ; gained the Whitworth Scholarship of £200 for three years. F or thirty-three years county Surveyor fo r the E ast Riding of co. Cork ; Assist ant to Sir J ohn F owler , Bart. , and employed on t he Metropolitan Dist rict R ailway and on the Egyptian R ailways; gained the post of County Surveyor for the East Riding of Cork in op en competition; E ngineer fo r the Youghal Bridge over the Blackwater, l 300 ft. long and t he Western Bridge of Kinsale, over the Bandon River, l 278 feet long; was Engineer for the Kanturk and ~ewmarket

R ailway and designed t he carrying of fresh water in pipes on the harbour bed from Queenstown H aulbowline Naval Dockyard at a depth of 85 ft . below the surface of t he water.

Married , firstly, in l 886, Agnes Augusta, widow of Francis Woodley, of Miramar , Queenstown, and has issue one daughter, Agnes Muriel ; secondly, in l 897, Eleanor Rubie, daughter of the lat e Charles an d J ane Rubie Young, of E1? linton Place, Co rk , and has issue one son, Samuel Alexander Holwell , and one daughter , Marian' Olive.

Lacy.- F RE DERICK ST. J OHN LACY, 2, York Terrace , Cork ; son of Lieutenant J ohn F. Lacy, J. P. (died in l 867) ; born at Blackrock, co . Cork , March 27th , l862 ; educated at Castleknock, Dublin; studied fo r the Bar but deciding for music entered the Royal Academy of Music, London , l 886, and studied there under Sir G. A. Macfarren , Professor Prout , and Dr. W . H. Cummings (now Principal of the Guildhall School of Music) ; is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, and of the Philharmonic Society, London; resided in London for fourteen years during which time he held various appointments, including that of Director of the music at St. Augustine's, R amsgat e; in l 893 published his theory of t he origin of Old Irish Scales ; has lectured frequently on musical matters, including" Not es on Irish Music," " Song and B.allad Music," ' " Sir Arthur Sullivan and his Music,"

Mr. F . S t . John Lacy. . " The Growth of English Song," "Schubert, Schumann. and Song" ; returning t b Cork in 1900 he founded t he St . J ohn Lacy Chamber Music Concert s in 1903 ; was appointed Lect urer on Music in the Queen's College, 1906; is a member of the Musical Asso­ciation, London, and the Internationale Musikgesellschaft , Berlin ; Vice-P resident of the Cork Orchest ral Union, and local representative of the Royal Academy of Music; elected first Chairman, 1909 I O, of the Munster Associa tion of Professional Musicians; has composed upwards of sixty songs, sacred and secular , besides an orchestral serenade, operas, sacred cantat a and concert overtures; has contributed to the musical journals and was connected with the Musical Standard for some years ; member of the Savage Club, and T 1'01.badou1' in "Ye Sette of Odd Volumes"; appointed to the Chair of Music in University College, Cork, in l 908, and Examiner for D egrees in Music to t he National University of Ireland (at Dublin), 19lO.

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Mr. T. J. C. Leahy.

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Lanktree. -- BARNABY L ANKTREE, J .P. Beechmount, Glan mire ; son of H enry Lanktree, of Mallow ; born in

r 855; educat ed at the Christian Schools, ~\I allow, and Trinity College, Dublin . J ustice of the Peace for co. Cork ; la te Superintendent of t he Dublin Detectiye Depart ment for fo urteen years; is now engaged in farming his own land. \Vas p resented by t he late Queen Victoria with a valuable souvenir for services rendered on the occasion of her las t visit t o Ireland, and also holds the lat e Queen 's }Iedal and the la t e King's }Iedal for services rendered. Married, August , r885,

:Vfarie J osephine, daught er of the la t e Richard F ogarty, of R athmines, D ublin , and has issue four sons and two daughters.

Leader. - F RANK H. lVI . LEADER, J.p. , Classas, Coachford, co . Cork ; son of the late William Leader, of Rosnalee,

. co. Cork; born a t Monkstown, Dublin, in r 855 ; educated a t R ugby, and R oyal Mili tary Academ y, Woolvvich. J ustice of the Peace for co . Cork; was for n ine years in the R oyal Artillery . Is a Conservator fo r the river Lee, and t akes great interest in fi shing. Ylarried, in r878 , Agnes, daughter of T . Broderi ck, la te of Lee Mount , Coachford , co. Co rk, and

.has issue two sons, F ra ncis William ' (Lieutenant Conn aught Rangers) and Thomas, and two daughters, Mary Gwendoline and Aileen Agnes. Club: County .

Leahy. - THOMAS J OSEPH CAR RO LL LEAHY, vVooJfort, :Ylallow; son of the .la te Clement J. Carroll, and took the name of Leahy under t he will of' the la t e Thomas J . Leahy; born at Dungarven , co. W aterfo rd, November 5th, r850; eJ ucated privately . :\1arri ed, J anuary 2nd , r888, Annie iVIary , daughter of the la te J ohn H arold Barry , D.L. , of Ballyvonare, Buttevant, and has issue four sons and five daughters . Clubs : Kildare St reet , Dublll1 ; County, Cork.

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