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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO
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BORROWES, Sir Kildare Dixon, Baronet, of Gilltown, Co. Kildare (Irld., 1646). Educ.; Cheltenham College; J.P., D.L., Co. Kildare; High Sheriff (1902); Lt.-Col. ret. list; formerly Major 11th Hussars; Major, Sth. of Ireland Imp. Yeo.; served in European War in France (Mon3, War and Victory medals); eldest son of Sir Erasmus, 9th Bart., by his 1st marriage with Frederica (d. 1886), dau. of the late Brigadier-Gen. George Hutchinson; b. 21st Sept., 1852: s. his father as 10th Bart., 8th Feb., 1898; m. 31st March, 1886, Aline, dau. of the late William Holden, of Palace House, Lancashire. Res.: Beechborough Park, near Folkestone. Clubs: Kildare Street, Dublin; Brooks's and United Service, London.

BOSANQUET, John Bernard Alexander, J.P., Co. Waterford: Educ.: Ushaw; son of late William Henry Francis Bosanquet, of Knockane, Co. Waterford, and Amelia, dau. and co-heiress of John Sherlock, of Kilmagemogue, Co. Waterford; b. 1863; m. 1890, Helen Mary, dau. of Capt. William Charles Coghlan, J.P., of Droujina, Co. Waterford. Res.: Lahardan House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford.

BOURKE, Edmund, C.B. (1919): son of the late Richard Bourke, of Thornfields, Co. Limerick; b. 1857. Educ. at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Keble College, Oxford; sometime Commissioner Local Government Board, Ireland. Kildare Street and Royal St. George Yacht Clubs.

BOWEN, Major Francis Osborne, D.S.O. (1917); Major, 2nd Royal Irish Regiment; served in S. African War, 1899-1902, present at actions of Belfast, Lydenburg, and operations in Transvaal (Queen's medal with three clasps); European War, 1914-17 (despatches); was Adj. 6th Batt. W. Yorkshire Regt., 1906-10; son of the late F. C. Bowen, of Hollymount, Co. Mayo; b. 1877; m. 1899, Marguerita Blanche May, dau. of Surg.Major John Power Oliver, Indian Medical Service. Army and Navy Club, London.

BOYD, Ernest A., Author and Journalist; b. Dublin, 28th June, 1887. Educ. privately and studied in France, Germany, and Switzerland; m. 1913, Madeleine Reynier; entered British Consular Service, 1913, and served in United States, Spain and Denmark; resigned, 1919. Pubns.: Ireland's Literary Renaissance, 1910; The Contemporary Drama of Ireland, 1917; Appreciations and Depreciations: Irish Literary Studies, 1917: The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Fein, 1918. Translated: Heinrich Ivann's "Der Untertan," 1921; "Les Propos d'Anatole France," 1922; Henry Céard's Une Belle Journée," 1923. Edited for Every Irishman's Library, Standish O'Grady; Selected Essay's and Passages, 1918; The Collected Novels and Tales of Guy de Maupassant, 16 vols., 1922; on staff of New York "Evening Post," 1920-1922. Contributor to Revue de Paris, North American Review, New Age, Athenæum, etc. Recns.: mountaineering, conversation, first editions. Res.: 131 East 19th Street, New York City.

BOYDELL, James Frederick, Maltster and Grain Merchant, 13 and 14 Robert Street, W., Dublin; second son of the late James Boydell, Esq., J.P. Recns.: motoring and shooting. Res.: 16 Shrewsbury Road, Dublin. Club: R. Irish Automobile.

BOYDELL, William Charles, M.A., T.C.D., Maltster and Grain Merchant, 13 and 14 Robert Street, W., Dublin: eldest son of the late James Boydell, Esq., J.P. Recns.: yachting and shooting. Res.: Indercliff, Killiney, Co. Dublin. Club: Stephen's Green, Dublin.

BOYLE, Edward Maurice FitzGerald; Member, Royal Irish Academy; Fellow, Royal Society of Antiquaries, Ireland; Member, incorporated Law Society: Member, Royal Dublin Society; Governor, Foyle College: Governor, Coleraine Academical Institution; General Agent of the Hon. the Irish Society; admitted a Solicitor, Ireland, 1895; b. 1st Nov., 1873; eldest son of the late Major Alexander Boyle, J.P., of Bridge Hill, Limavady, and Louisa Plummer; m. 1898, Ethel Maude, eldest dau. of late Capt. R. A. Ogilby, D.L., of Pellipar, Dungiven; two sons, two daus. Pubns.: records of Limavady and Articles in Antiquarian Journals and Magazines. Recns.: shooting, archæology and genealogy. Res.: Gorteon, Limavady, Co. Londonderry. Clubs: Royal Societies, London; Northern Counties, Londonderry.

BRAYDEN, William J. Henry, O.B.E. (1920): Editor, "Freeman's Journal," 1892-1916; now represents in Dublin the Associated Press of America, and "The Chicago Daily News"; b. Armagh, 1865; Educ.: Royal School, Armagh, and University College, Dublin. Called to Irish Bar, 1894, and went North East Circuit; a Governor of Royal Irish Academy of Music; a Member of the Council, Royal Dublin Society. Recn: music. Res.: 28 Adelaide Road, Dublin. Tel., Dublin, 1340.

BREDIN, Waldene Fitzwilliam Hutchinson, Major, late the Royal Irish Regt., and at present Resident Magistrate for the King's Co; son of the late William Bredin, of Castle Garde, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick; m. Elizabeth Sarah, second dau. of the late Richard CooperChad wick, of Ballinard, Tipperary: one son, Waldene Edgar Bredin, Captain in the Royal Irish Regt. Recns.: Hunting, cricket, golf. Res.: Oxmantown Mall, Birr.