Thom's Irish Who's Who/Blacker, Lt.-Col. Frederick St. John

BLACKER, Lt.-Col. Frederick St. John, D.S.O.; served in S. African War, 1899-1902; Capt. Rifle Brig., 1905-10, ret. p. 1910, and Capt. of the 5th Batt. (special res.), from 1910; Comd. 2/4 York and Lane. Regt; only surviving son of late Wm. Blacker, J.P., of Castle Martin, Co. Kildare by his 1st wife, Hon. Mary (d. 1885), 4th dau. of 3rd Baron Cloncurry; b. 1881; m. 1910, Sheela Maude, dau. of late John Pollok, of Lismany, Ballinasloe, Co Galway. Res.: Castle Martin, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.