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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO

ciation, Newcastle-on-Tyne; County Surveyor in Mayo, 1886. Consg. Engr. to Piers and Roads Commission, 1886-7; County Surveyor, Co. Down, 1889. Pubns.: Reports and Pamphlets on Roads; Hygiene and Housing of Working Classes. Res.: Castlemount, Castleknock, Co. Dublin. Club: Kildare Street, Dublin.

COWELL, Very Rev. George Young, M.A. (T.C.D.). Educ.: Private schools; Trinity College, Dublin. Senior Moderator and Gold Medallist in Mathematics, 1859; Div. Test, 1861, 2nd class; Curate of Inver, 1863-64; Clonmore, 1864-69; Kill, 186974: Rector of Carnalway, 18 74-79; Vicar of Lea, 1879-90: 1st Canon of Kildare, 1882-90; Hon. Secretary Kildare Synod, 1874-1915; Member of Kildare Diocesan Council, 1876-1915: Hon. Secretary Kildare Council, 1880-1915; Member of General Synod, Church of Ireland, 18821915; Diocesan Nominator Kildare Diocese, 1888-1915; Member of Council, Kildare Archaeological Society, 1909; Dean of Kildare, 1890-1913; b. Garrison House, Co. Fermanagh, 15th Aug., 1838; son of Geo. C. Cowell and Eliza Jane, dau. of Rev. Andrew Story Young, B A.; m. 1st, 1862, Jane Alicia (d. 1882), dau. of George Rye Blackwood; five sons; 2nd, Sara, dau. of E. Bolton, M.D., and widow of Thos. Bailey, R.M. Res.: 14 Herbert Place, Dublin.

COX, Michael Francis, F.R.C.P.I, and L.R.C.S.I.; M.D. (Hon. Causa), R.U.I.; LL.D. (Hon. Causa), N.U.I.; Fellow of the R. Academy of Medicine; M.R.I. A.; V.P. and F.R.S.A.I.; Senator of the N.U.I.; Governor of the Catholic Univ. Medical School; Physician to St. Vincent's Hosp., Dublin; Member of the Governing Body of Dublin Coll. in the National Univ. and Chairman of Convocation of the N.U.I.; Governor of the R. Veterinary Coll. of Ireland: P.C. of Ireland, 1911; resigned Privy Councillorship, 1920. Author of The Irish Horse; The Country and Kindred of Oliver Goldsmith, and other works; son of late Hugh Cox and Anne, dau. of Richard Kelly: b. 1852; m. 1886, Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. Nolan. Res.: 26 Merrion Square, Dublin. Royal Dublin Golf Club, Dollymount.

COYLE, James Vincent. Educ.: Belvedere College, Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin; Barrister King's Inns, 1896; Member Royal Dublin Society, Royal Zoological Society of Ireland, and Royal Ulster Agricultural Society, Belfast. Entered Civil Service, 1884; Collector-General of Rates Office, Dublin. 1884-1900; Dept. of Agriculture and Technical Inst. from 1900-21; Dep. Chief Clerk, 1914-21; Chairman Agricultural Wages Board, Ireland, 1919-21; Assistant Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland, 1921; b. 1864; m. 1889, Grettie (d. 1921), dau. of late J. O'Sullivan, of Drumcondra, Dublin. Address: Ministry of Agriculture, Belfast.

CRAIG, Rear-Adm. Arthur William, C.B. (1916); Officer Legion of Honour; St. Anne, Russia; Rising Sun, Japan; b. 1872; m. 1910, Ella, dau. of H. F. Beaufort; served in European War, 1914-16, Asst. Dir. of Naval Ord., 1909-11: A.D.C. to the King in 1919; Rear-Adml.. 1919. Res.: Allenstown, Kells, Co. Meath. United Service Club, London; Royal Irish Automobile Club, Dublin.

CRAIG, Capt. Charles Curtis (M.P for Antrim South from 1903); is D.L. for Co. Down; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour; late Capt. 11th Batt. R.I.R.; served with Ulster Divn., European War (wounded and prisoner); son of the late James Craig, of Craigavon, Belfast; b. 1869; m. 1897, Lilian Bowring, dau. of the late John Wimble, of Long Ditton, Surrey. Educ.: Clifton College. Res.: 29 Brompton Square, London, S.W.3.

CRAIG, Lieut.-Col. The Right Hon. Sir James, Baronet (Unit. Kgd.. 1918). P.C. (1921) (M.P. for Co. Down, Northern Parliament of Ireland, from 1921); First Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from 7th July, 1921; is a J.P. for City of Belfast; D.L. for Co. Down; served in S. Africa, 1900-02, with Ulster Yeo. and Irish Horse; A.A. and Q.M.G., 36th (Ulster) Div., 1914-15. Is an Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects; Treas. of the Household. Dec, 1916 to 1918; Parly. Sec. to Min. of Pensions, 1919-20; Parly. and Financial Sec. to Admiralty, 1920-21; M.P. for E. Down. 1908-18, and for Mid. Down, 1918-21: sixth son of late James Craig, Esq., J.P., of Craigavon: b. 1871; m. 1905, Cecil, dau. of Sir Daniel Tupper, M.V.O., has issue two sons and 1 dau. Res.: Prime Minister's Residence, Belfast, Ulster. Clubs: Carlton; Constitutional London; Friendly Brothers' House, Dublin; Ulster, Belfast.

CRAIG, Sir James, Knt. (1921), M.D, (T.C.D.), F.R.C.P.I., King's Professor of Medicine, School of Physic, Trinity College, Dublin; Physician to Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, Dublin; Physician-in-Ordinary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; Consulting Physician to Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Crooksling Sanatorium for Consumption, to the Skin, Cancer and Urinary Hospital, Dublin, and to the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda; President Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; Extern Examiner in Medicine, Queen's University of Belfast; Lecturer to Queen Victoria Jubilee Institute for Nurses: Lecturer on Medicine, Post Graduate Classes, Trinity College, Dublin; was Hon. Sec, Leinster Branch, British Medical Association, 1895-1905; President of Branch, 1906; Member of