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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO

served in S. African War. 1899-1901 (desps. and brevet of Major, 1900); held Militia Adjutancy at Wexford, 1901-4: Lieut.-Col., 1914; served in European War, 1914-18. Recns.: fishing and farming: son of late Walter Sweetman. of Clohamon, Ferns, Co. Wexford, and Mary, dau. of Richard Butler, of Suirvale, Co. Tipperary; b, 1865; m. 1907, Adelaide Mary, dau. of the Rev. the Hon. Charles Feilding. Res.: Clohamon House, Ferns, Co. Wexford. Army and Navy Club, London.

SWEETMAN, Roger Mary (M.P. for North Wexford, 1918-21: Barrister King's Inns, 1898; son of late Hugh Sweetman, of Roebuck Hall, Dundrum, Co. Dublin; b. 1874; m. 1904, a dau. of late Thos. A. Kelly, of Dublin. Res.: 24 Herbert Park, Dublin.

SWIFTE, Sir Ernest Godwin, Knt. (1921), M.A. (T.C.D.),; called to the Bar, 1863; K.C., 1911; appointed a Divisional Magistrate for Dublin Metropolis, 1890; Chief Magistrate, 1910-21; is a J.P. for Co. Dublin; son of the late William Richard Swifte, Esq., of Whitechurch Lodge, Co. Dublin, and Dawson's Grove, Co. Armagh; b. 1839: m. 1869, Frances, dau. of late Robert Coddington, of Kilmoon, Co. Meath, and has issue three sons and one dau. Res.: 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. Club: University, Dublin.

SWIFTE, Godwin Sutler Meade, D.L., J.P. Co. Kilkenny (High Sheriff, 1892); High Sheriff Co. Carlow, 1900; only son of late G. M. P. Swifte, of Swiftsheath Co. Kilkenny; b. 1864 m. 1909, Nathalie, only dau. of Jerome O'Brien, late 28th Regt. and niece of 1st Baron O'Brien. P.C, L.C.J., of Ireland. Res.: Swiftsheath, Kilkenny. Kildare Street Club, Dublin.

SYMINGTON, Johnson, M.D. (Edin.), LL.D. (Q.U.B.), F.R.C.S. (Eng. and Edin.), F.R.S., 1903: late Professor of Anatomy. Registrar and Member of Senate and of Statutory Commission, Queen's University of Belfast; Ex-Fellow and Examiner in Anatomy, Royal University of Ireland; President of Section of Anthropology, British Association, Southport, 1903: of Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1904-5-6. Pubns.: The Topographical Anatomy of the Child; an Atlas of Skiagrams of the Teeth (with Dr. Rankin); an Atlas on the Topography of the Head and Neck, Thorax and Abdomen; one of the Editors of Quain's Anatomy, and numerous papers on human and comparative anatomy. Res.: 3 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast.

SYMMERS, W. St. Clair, M.B., Musprave Professor of Pathology, Queen's University of Belfast. Res.: Altona, 23 Windsor Avenue, Belfast.

SYNGE, Sir Francis Robert Millington, Bart. (Unit. Kgd., 1801); formerly Major South Lancashire Regt.; Adjt. 4th Batt. (Mil.) Liverpool Regt., 1890-95; son of Sir Robert, 5th Bart., by his 2nd marriage v.ith Laura (d. 1882), dau. of John Hart; b. 27th May, 1851; s. his father 11th Sept., 1894; m., 1st, 1876, Frances (d. 1911), dau. of Robert Evans; 2nd, 20th June, 1912, Fanny Cecil, dau. of late Charles Robert Wade-Gery, and has issue four sons and three daus. Res.: Syngefield, Birr, King's Co.; Lislee Court, Co. Cork; St. Mary's Road, Huyton, Liverpool.

TAAFFE, George Joseph, D.L., J.P. Co. Louth (High Sheriff, 1907); J.P. Co. Meath; Capt. 3rd Batt. Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt; late Capt. 4th Batt. R. Lancaster Regt. Educ.: Stonyhurst College: took an active part in the formation of the Irish Land Conference Committee, and also of the Committee for the Settlement of the Irish question along the lines of Devolution; Smarmore Castle has been in possession of the family since the 10th century. Recns.: hunting, shooting, golf, tennis; only son of late Stephen Taaffe, J.P., of Glenkeiran, Co. Meath, and grandson of George Taaffe, of Smarmore Castle, Ardee, Co. Louth; b. 1866; m. 1895, Alice, younger dau. of late Capt. B. T. Griffith Boscawen, D.L., J.P., of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire, and has issue two sons and one dau. Res.: Smarmore Castle, Ardee, Co. Louth.

TALBOT, Col. Hon. Milo George, C.B. (1916), late R.E. Educ. at Wellington College: served with Kuram Field Force at Kabul and Kandahar, 1880; Sudan Campaign, 1896-9; Lieut.-Col. and Brevt. Col. R.E., 1900-5: D.A.A.G. at headquarters, 1895-7; European War, 1915, as Gen. Staff Officer; fourth son of 4th Baron Talbot, of Malahide; b. 1854; m. 1911, Eva, youngest dau. of late Col. John Joicey, D.L., J.P., M.P., of Newton Hall, Northumberland, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: Bifrons, Canterbury.

TALBOT, Hon. Reginald Gilbert Murray, C.B.E (1918), LL.B. (Cantab.), Barrister Inner Temple, 1875. Educ.: Trin. College, Cambridge: second son of 4th Baron Talbot of Malahide; b. 1849; m. 1st, 1885, Lucy (d. 1901), dau. of late Rev. Jermyn Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Norfolk; 2nd, 1907, Richenda, dau. of late Chas. Buxton, M.P., of Fox Warren, Surrey. Res.: 32 St. George's Road, London, S.W.1.

TALBOT, William John, J.P. for Co. Roscommon (High Sheriff, 1886), and Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum from 1917; J.P. Cos. Armagh (High Sheriff, 1903) and Galway. Educ.: Eton; Mag-