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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO

Officer, N. Command, 1910-16; is a Member of British Medical Association; a Fellow of Royal Institute of Public Health, and a Knight of Grace of Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England; was Supt. Med. Officer, Jamaica (also M.L.C.), 1903-4; Principal Med. Officer, S. Africa, 1908-10, and N. Command, 1910-16; son of the late Randal Young Kenny, M.D., of Killeshandra. Co. Cavan; b. 1854; m. 1892, Catherine Jane (d. 1920), dau. of Edward Blakeway Steedman, of High Ercall Hall, Wellington, Salop. Res.: Danebury, Acomb, York; Junior United Service Club, London.

KENT, David Rice (M.P. for East Cork from Dec, 1918). Res.: Fermoy, Co. Cork.

KEOGH, Joseph Wiseman, B.A. (T.C.D.), late Capt. 6th Brig. S. Irish Div. R.A.; J.P.. Co. Leitrim; H.M.'s Consul for the Alpes Maritimes, France, and for the Principality of Monaco. Educ.: Oscott College; Trinity College. Dublin; eldest son of late George Keogh. D.L., J.P., of Geevagh, Co. Sligo, and Glencourt, Bray, Co. Wicklow; b 1858; m. 1885, Ella Douglas, dau. of late Adm. Douglas Curry, of Shottery Hall, Warwickshire, and has issue two daus. Res.: Geevagh, Ballyfarnon, Carrick-on-Shannon: Villa Barla, Nice, France. Club: Stephen's Green, Dublin.

KEOGH, Michael Frederick, General Manager Midland Great Western Railway since 1913; practised as Parliamentary Agent at Westminster. 1895-8; Secretary Dublin and South Eastern Railway, 1898-1912; Chairman Managers' Conference, Irish Railway Clearing House, 1916; Member Irish Railway Executive Committee, 1917-1919; Fellow Royal Chartered Institute of Secretaries: b. 1866: youngest son of George Keogh, J.P., D.L., of Geevagh, Co. Sligo, and Glencourt. Bray, Co. Wicklow. Res.: 24 Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin  Clubs: Reform, London; Stephen's Green, Dublin.

KEOGH, Myles (M.P. for Dublin City, South Div. from 1922), L.R.C.P.I.; J.P. City of Dublin (High Sheriff, 1917). Res.: 4 Lower Mount Street, Dublin.

KER, David, J.P. Co. Down: Lieut. North of Ireland Yeomanry; Master Co. Down Fox Hounds. Educ: Eton. Recns.: hunting, shooting, fishing and polo; son of Richard William Blackwood Ker, D.L., J.P., and Edith Louisa, dau. of William George Rose, of Wolston Heath, Warwickshire; b. 1878; m. Anna, dau. of late John Pollock, of Mountainstown, Navan, Co. Meath, and has issue one dau. Res: Portavoe, Donaghadee. Co. Down. Club: Junior Naval and Military, London.

KER, Capt. Richard William Blackwood, D.L., J.P., Co. Down (High Sheriff, 1880); M.P. for Co. Down, 1884-5; E. Down, 1885-90; late Capt. 1st Dragoons; third son of late David Stewart Ker, M.P., of Montalto. Co. Down, and Hon. Anne Dorothea Blackwood, sixth dau. of 3rd Baron Dufferin; b. 1850; m. 1876, Edith, dau. of W. G. Rose, of Walston Heath, Warwickshire. Res.: Portavo, Donaghadee, Co. Down.

KERIN, Richard Charles Bolger; b. 1867; son of the late C. Maxwell Kerin, C.I. R.I.C., and Jane, eldest dau. of James Bolger, of Balnabarna, Co. Kilkenny. Educ. at St. Peter's, Wexford, Belvedere, Downside and Univ. College, Dublin; graduated B.A. of London Univ. (first in 1st Class Honours in Classics); for many years engaged in teaching and examining; Classical Examiner for many years to the Intermediate Education Board and the University of London; elected by Convocation a member of the Senate of the University of London by the record majority of 654 votes; member of the University Extension Board, of the Matriculation Board, the Committee of Commercial Education and the Classical Board of Studies; Member of the Sub-Committee dealing with Inspection; Governor of Owens School, and Member of the Goldsmiths' Institute Delegacy: selected to represent the University of London at the Brussels Educational Congress; Member ot the Committee dealing with co-ordination of Matriculation Examinations. Examiner for many years in Classics, Mathematics, French and German, for the Westminster Hospital Scholarships; Inspector of Intermediate Education since 1909. Editor of the Pro Plancio and the Phaedo; has contributed many articles on Education and teaching to various educational journals; has specialised in the history of the French Revolution; Member of the Royal Institution. Hobbies: punting, golf, tennis and book collecting. Res.: Fernside, Killiney, Co. Dublin.

KERRIGAN, J. M., actor; b. in Dublin 4th Dec, 1885. Educ. at Belvedere College, Dublin; formerly a journalist; made his first appearance on the stage at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Jan., 1907, in "Deirdre," with Irish National Theatre Society, of which he was a member from 1907-1916, during which period he played over one hundred parts; made his first appearance on the London stage, at the Great Queen Street Theatre, 10th May, 1907, as Old Mahon in "The Playboy of the Western World"; at the end of 1916, he went to America, and at the Globe, New York, March, 1917, played the Irishman in "Out There"; at the Liberty, Nov., 1917. played Winch in "The Wooing of Eve"; at the Criterion, New York, Dec., 1917, Formoy McDonagh in "Happiness"; during 1918, toured in the same part; at