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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO
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of Gilbert Joseph Nugent, of Jamestown Court, Castletowngeoghegan; b. 1860; m. 1891, Augusta, dau. of Patrick O'Hara, and has issue two sons and four daus. Res.: Jamestown Court, Castletowngeoghegan, Co. Westmeath.

NUGENT, Sir John, Bart (Unit. Kgd., 1831). Educated at Christ Church, Oxford: is a D.L., Co. Waterford; formerly Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers: has assumed the surname of Nugent in lieu of that of Humble (as representing the Nugents of Cloncoskraine). Eldest son of Sir John Nugent-Humble, 2nd Bart., and Eliza, dau. of George Fosbery; b. 10 Jan., 1849; s. his father, 11 June, 1886; m. 15 July, 1875, Anastasie de la Poer, dau. of the late John Power, M.P., of Gurteen, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: Cloncoskraine Castle, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

NUGENT, John Dillon, b 22nd Dec, 1869, at Keady, Co. Armagh; elected Secretary of Ancient Order of Hibernians, 1904; Secretary of Approved Society, Nat. Health section since 1912; Secretary Irish Industrial Collecting Society: Member of North Dublin Board of Guardians, 1908-1918; Member of Dublin Corporation, 1912-1918; elected Member of Northern Parliament, May, 1920; Fellow of Faculty of Insurance and a Member of its General Council. Res.: 272 North Circular Road, Dublin.

NUGENT, Capt. John Fagan Henslowe, D.S.O. (1916); Capt. 28th Punjabis, Indian Army. Educ.: Downside School, near Bath; Sandhurst. Joined Indian Army; A.D.C. to Governor of Ceylon, 1914-15; served European War in Mesopotamia, Nov., 1915 (wounded April, 1916); Afghanistan, 1919. Recns: shooting, polo. Eldest son of late John Nugent, I.C.S., of Grenan, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny; b. 1889; m. 1919, Violet, dau. of Lionel Cox, of Colombo, Ceylon. Junior Naval and Military Club, London.

NUGENT, Maj.-Gen. Sir Oliver Stewart Wood, K.C.B. (1922), C.B. (1917), D.S.O (1896), Croix de Guerre (France); D.L., J.P. Co. Cavan Educated at Harrow. Joined King's Royal Rifles 1883; Major Gen., 1916; served in Hazara Expedition, 1891; Miranzai Expedition, 1891; Isazai Expedition, 1892; Chitral relief force, 1895; S. African War, 1899-1900; European War, 1914-18; A.D.C. to the King, 1909-16. Son of late Major-Gen. St. George Mervyn Nugent, of Farren Connell, Co. Cavan; b. 1860; m. 1899, Catherine Percy, dau of Thomas Evans Lees, of Beaucroft, Wiraborne. Dorset, and has issue one son and two daus. Res.: Farren Connell, Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan; Kildare Street Club, Dublin; Army and Navy and Carlton Clubs, London.

NUGENT, Sir Walter Richard, Bart (Unit. Kgd., 1831); D.L., J.P. Co. Westmeath (High Sheriff 1922): Director and Dep. Chm. of the M.G.W. Rly. (Ireland); Chm. "Freeman's Journal," Ltd., 1912-16; educated at Downside College and Catholic University College, Dublin; Director Northern Assurance Co., Dublin Board; Member Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 1922; Director of the Bank of Ireland; served Member of the Westmeath County Council; served on Royal Commission on Paper, 1916-17; Member of Daylight Saving Extension Bill Committee, Irish War Savings Com., and Irish Wages Commission, 1917; was M.P. for South Westmeath, 1907-18; Recns.: racing, hunting, and shooting. Third son of Sir Walter, 2nd Bart., and Maria, only dau. of the late Right Hon. Richard More O'Ferrall; b. 12 Dec, 1865; s. his brother as 4th Bart., 5 Feb., 1896; m. 15 June, 1916, Aileen Gladys, youngest dau. of Middleton More O'Malley, J.P., of Ross, Westport, Co. Mayo, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: Donore, Multifarnham, Co. Westmeath. Clubs: Reform and Turf, London; Kildare Street, United Service, and Stephen's Green, Dublin.

NUNAN, Hon. Joseph John, LL.D. (hon. causa) Dublin; Barrister King's Inns, 1898; Barrister Gray's Inn, 1906; K.C. 1913: Ex-Fellow (R.U.I.); Attorney-General British Guiana since 1912; Educ.: abroad; University College and Trinity College, Dublin. Chief Judicial Officer and Vice-Consul British Central Africa, 1900-1902; Presiding Judge, High Court, 1902-6; Acting Judge British Guiana, March to July, 1906; Acting Attorney-General, July, 1906 to January, 1907; President Native Land Commission, British Central Africa, 1903; of Common Law Commission, 1913-14; of Statute Law Committee, 1914-15; Commissioner to Revise the Laws of the Colony, 1918: Chairman British Guiana Deputation by British and Indian Governments, 1919: Assistant British Delegate Reparations Commission, Valuna, 1920. Pubns.: Islam before the Turk; Ireland from Cromwell to Anne; Editor Timehri, a West Indian Magazine, etc. Recns.: riding and shooting. Son of Patrick Lewis Nunan, of Limerick; b. 1874. Res.: Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana. Club; Authors'.

NUTTING, Sir Harold Stansmore, Bart. (Unit. Kgd, 1902). Educ. at Trinity College, Cambridge; late Capt. 17th Lancers; late A.D.C. to Governor-Gen. of Australia; served in European War in France, 1914-17; eldest son of Sir John Gardiner, 1st Bart., D.L., J.P., and Mary Stansmore, dau. of Restel R. Bevis; b 14th Aug., 1882; s. his father 18th Feb. 1918; m. 6th Aug., 1913, Enid Hester Nina, younger dau. of Francis Berry Homan-Mulock, of Ballycumber House,