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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO
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Eustace Vesey (d. 1886) (who was 2nd son of Thomas, 3rd Viscount), and the Hon. Constance (who m. 2nd, 1892, Hon. Edward W. B. Portman), dau. of the 2nd Baron Wenlock; b. 15th Dec, 1881; s. his uncle, 6th July, 1903; m. 1st, 24th April, 1906, Georgiana (mar. dis., 1919), only dau. of Gerald E. Wellesley; 2nd, 1920, Frances Lois, dau. of Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye, and widow of 5th Earl of Rosse. Res.: Abbeyleix, Ireland. Clubs: Guards', London; kildare Street, Dublin.

DEVITT, Rev. Matthew, S.J.; b. at Nenagh, Co. Tippsrary. Educ.: Clongowes; Rector of Belvedere, 1890; Rector of Clongowes, 1891-1900, and again, 1907; now Professor of Moral Theology and Canon Law at Milltown Park, Dublin; Vice-President of Kildare Archaeological Society. Res.: Milltown Park, Dublin.

DEVLIN, David, B.A., Mod. (T.C.D.), M.C.; served in European War, 1914-19, with Royal Highlanders, Black Watch (T.F.), and Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Lt. (Special Res.); Dept. of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, 1913-22; Private Secretary to Rt. Hon. S. M. Archdale, D.L., M.P., and Assistant Principal, Ministry of Agriculture, Northern Ireland, from 1922; b. 1894; m. 1920, Alison Evelyn, dau. of G. L. Wilson, J.P., of Dundee and Newport, Fife. Res.: Belfast.

DEVLIN, Joseph M.P. for Co. Antrim and for West Belfast, Northern Parliament, Ireland, 1921); was M.P. for North Kilkenny, 1902-1906, and for West Belfast, 1906-18, and for Falls Div. of Belfast 1918-22: b. 1872. Res.: 3 College Square, North, Belfast; 39 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin. Club: National, Berry Street, Belfast.

DEWHURST, Capt. Robert Henry, Captain, late 4th Hussars; m. 1883, Hon. Bertha, sister of 2nd Baron Churston. Res.: Greenmount, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin.

DICK, Capt. Quintin, D.L., Co. Wicklow (High Sheriff, 1898), late Capt., Derbyshire Yeo., and Royal Antrim Rifles; second and only surviving son of late Rev. Quintin Dick Hume, of Beechy Park, Co. Carlow, and nephew of Rt. Hon. Wm. Wentworth Fitzwilliam Hume-Dick, of Humewood, Co. Wicklow, P.C, M.P.; b. 1847; m. 1908, Lorna, dau. of Major Ernest Chas. Penn Curzon; assumed by royal licence name of Dick in lieu of Hume, 1892. Res.: 12 Grosvenor Crescent, London, S.W.1.; Carantrila, Co. Galway. Bachelors', Carlton, and Arthm-'s Clubs, London.

DICKIE, Thomas Wallace, Barr. at-Law, 1909; B.A. (T.C.D.), 1908. Captain, 4th R. Dub. Fus. (Brevet Major, 1918). Resident Magistrate for Co. Leitrim, 1919; son of the late Thomas Coulter Dickie, B.A., Solicitor, of Omagh, Co. Tyrone. Res.: Killukin, Carrick-on-Shannon.

DICKSON, James, D.L., J.P., Co. Tyrone; M.P. for Dungannon, 1880-85; eldest son of late Rt. Hon. Thos. Alex. Dickson, P.C, M.P., J.P., of Dungannon; b. 1859; m. 1884, Ella, youngest dau. of late Wm. Tillie, H.M.'s Lieut., Londonderry. Res.: Miltown House, Dungannon Union, Ulster Preform and Tyrone County Clubs.

DICKSON, James Hill, Member of Senate of Northern Ireland, 1921; J.P. for Co. Down: Member of Down C.C. 12 years, Newtownards Board of Guardians, 25 years, D.C., 22 years; Member of Royal Ulster Agricultural Council and Council of Agriculture for Ireland; Chairman, Down Technical Committee; Vice-Chairman, Board of Governors, County Asylum; b . 1863; m. 1889, Jane Ellena, dau. of late Rev. Dr. McCreery, of Killyleagh. Res.: Ardmore, Ballygowan, Co. Down.

DICKSON, Thomas. Educ. at Royal School, Dungannon, and Broughton High School, Manchester. Sports: golf (scratch), lawn tennis, croquet, and cricket. Records: won Irish golf (close) championship, 1893; runner-up, 1894; won North of Ireland lawn tennis championship, 1888, and croquet championship, 1914; Irish gold medal (croquet) at Carrickmines, 1920, and the County of Dublin croquet championship, 1919 and 1920; has captained Banbridge cricket club for many years; son of late Right Hon. Thomas A. Dickson, P.C., M.P.; b. 1861; m. 1884, Agnes, dau. of John Tulloch, of Dumbarton, Scotland. Res.: Bellfield, Banbridge Co. Down. Club: Union, Belfast.

DILL, Sir Samuel, Knt. (1909), M.A., Hon. Litt.D., Dublin; Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh and St. Andrews; Hon. Fellow of C.C.C., Oxford; Professor of Greek, Queen's College, Belfast, since 1890; Lecturer, Lincoln College, 1869; Fellow, Dean, and Tutor, Corpus Christi College, 1869-77; High Master of Manchester Grammar School, 1877-88; Governor of Owens College, Manchester, and of Victoria Univ., 1880-89; Commissioner of Intermediate Education, Ireland; Member of the Belfast University Commission, 1909; Chairman, Vice-Regal Commission on Primary Education, Ireland, 1913; Pro-Chancellor of the Queen's University; b . 26th Mar., 1844; eldest son of Rev. S . M. Dill, D.D. Res.: Montpelier, Malone Road, Belfast. Clubs: Athenæum, S.W.; Ulster (Belfast).

DILLON, John, L.R.C.S.I. Educ.: Catholic University, Dublin. M.P., Co. Tipperary, 1880-83, E. Mayo, 1885-1918;