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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO

COONEY, Michael, Brigadier-Gen. U.S.A.; b. Muroe, Co. Limerick, May 1st, 1837; son of Maurice Cooney and Anne Ryan. Educ.: private and National Schools in Ireland; m. July 2.3rd, 1868, Catherine Connolly, of New York; Private Troop A. 1st Cav. Dec. 4th, 1856; Corporal, May 1st, 1859; Sergt., March 10th, 1860; discharged at end of enlistment, Dec. 4th, 1861; re-enlisted Dec. 18th, 1861; served 1st Sergt. and Q.-M-Sgt. to Dec. 30th, 1864; Capt. 5th U.S.C. Cav., Jan. 1st, 1865: mustered out of service March 16th, 1866; 1st Lieut. U.S. Cav., July 28th, 1866; Capt., Jan. 1st, 1868; Major, Dec. 10th, 1888; Lieut.-Col., June 2nd, 1897; Col., June 9th, 1899; retired Sept. 12th, 1899; advanced rank of Brig. Gen., retired by Act of April 2.3rd, 1904; Member Loyal Legion. Res.: 1826 Irving Street, Washington, U.S.A.

COOPER, Sir James Alexander, K.B.E. (1921), C.B.E. (1918). Educ. privately. An Incorporated Accountant; Director of Haw Materials Finance, War Office and Ministry of Munitions, 1917-20; appointed Assistant Gov. Director, British Australian Wool Realisation Association (Limited), 1921; a J.P. for Co. Sligo 1903-18; son of the late Adam Cooper, of Belfast; b. 1868; m. 1901, Margery Georgina, dau. of William F. Layng, of Holyrood, Ballsbridge, Dublin, and Kingstown, Co. Dublin. Res.: Mentmore House, Uxbridge Road, Kingston-on-Thames; National Liberal Club, London.

CONSIDINE, St. John, fourth son of late Heffernan Considine, D.L., J.P., of Derk, Co. Limerick,, and Mary, dau. of John MacMahon, J.P., of Fir Grove, Co. Clare; b. 1862. Is an Auditor, Local Government Board, Ireland. Address: Local Government Board, Dublin.

CONSIDINE, Capt. Talbot John, late Capt., 5th Batt. R. Dublin Fus.; served with 1st Batt., European War, 191418; second and eldest surviving son of late Sir Heffernan Jas. Fritz Joseph John Considine, Knt., C.B., M.V.O., D.L., of Derk, Co. Limerick, and Emily (d. 1903), dau . of late John Hyacinth Talbot, of Castle Talbot, Ballytrent, and Talbot Hall, Co. Wexford: b. 1884; m. 1920, Mary, dau. of late Col. William J. White, 15th Hussars. Recns.: hunting, lawn tennis, golf. Res.: Derk, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick. County Club, Limerick; Hibernian United Service Club, Dublin.

CONSIDINE, Thos. Ivoy, F.R.C.S.I., Inspector of Lunatic Asylums (1910); formerly Assistant Medical Officer, Central Asylum, Dundrura (1894-1910); youngest son of the late Heffernan Considine, D.L., of Derk, Co. Limerick; b. 8th July, 1868; m. 1915, Dorothy Agnes, eldest dau. of George A. Cobb, of Ealing. Res.: Claremont, Sandymount, Dublin. Club: St. Stephen's Green.

CONWAY, Arthur William, M.A. (R.U.I., and Oxon.), D.Sc. (Hon. Causa, R.U.I.); Ex-Fellow, R.U.I. Registrar and Prof. of Mathematical Physics, Univ. Coll., Dublin; Senator of National University of Ireland, and member of Governing Body of University College, Dublin. Pubns.: Various memoirs on Mathematical Physics; b. Wexford, 2nd Oct., 1875; son of Myles Conway; m. Miss Daphne Bingham, Dublin; one son, three daus. Res.: Abbeyview, Dalkey, Co. Dublin.

CONWAY, Lieut.-Col. John Marcus Hobson, D.S.O. (1917); R.A.M.C.; F.R.C.S.I.; D.P.H. (Cambridge University); served in Royal Navy, 1900-1902; entered R.A.M.C, 1902; Captain, 1906; Major, 1914; served on Divisional Staff in France, July, 1915-Dec.. 1916: in Palestine, Aug., 1917; b. 19th Dec, 1874; son of Rev. T. R. Conway, Drummully, Clones. Ireland; m. Helena Margaret, dau. of John Erskine, Ballinagulliagh, Armagh. Address: c/o Holt & Co., 3 Whitehall Place, S.W.1.

CONYERS, Dorothea; novelist; b 1873; dau. of Col. J. Blood Smyth, Fedamore, Co. Limerick; m. 1st, 1892, Col Charles Conyers (d. 1916), Royal Irish Fusiliers, son of Grady Conyers, Castletoun Conyers, Co. Limerick; 2nd, 1917, Capt. J. White. Nantenan. Co. Limerick. Pubns.: The Thorn Bit; The Boy. some Horses and a Girl; Peter's Pedigree; The Strayings of Sandy; Conversion of Concregan; For Henry of Navarre; Some Impostors and Tinker; The Arrival of Antony; Sally: Further Strayings of Sandy: Old Andy; Recollections of Sport in Ireland; A Mixed Pack; Meave; The Trading of Gannymeade Bun, 1917; The Blighting of Bartram, 1918; B.E.N., 1919; Sporting Reminiscences, 1919; Tiranogue, 1919. Recns.: hunting, skating, tennis, fishing, fond of opera. Res.: Nantenan, Co. Limerick.

CONYNGHAM, Marquess, 1816; Earl Conyngham, 1797; Earl of Mount-Charles, 1816; Viscount Mount-Charles, 1797; Viscount Conyngham, 1789; Viscount Slane, 1816; Baron Conyngham, 1753 (Irld.); Baron Minster (1821, Unit. Kgd.), Frederick William Burton Conyngham, 6th Marquess; late Lieut., N. Irish Horse; formerly Lieut., 3rd Batt. Roy. Inniskilling Fus., and 2nd Dragoons; only surviving son of Henry, 4th Marquess, and the Hon. Frances (d. 1907), dau. of 4th Baron Ventry; b. 24th June, 1890; s. his brother, 9th Nov., 1918; m. 28th Nov., 1914, Bessie (mar. dis., 1921), dau. of late William Andrew Tobin, of Australia. Res.: Slane Castle, Co. Meath; Mount Charles, Donegal; Bifrons, Canterbury, Kent.