Thom's Irish Who's Who/Cosby, Captain Dudley Sydney Ashworth

COSBY, Captain Dudley Sydney Ashworth, D.L.; is Deputy Lieut. for the Queen's Co., and a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society; b. Jan. 12th, 1862; only surviving son of the late Col. Robert A. G. Cosby (Vice-Lieut., for Queen's Co. 1897 to 1920) (d. 1920), and Alice Sophia Elizabeth (d. 1878), only dau. of Sir George Edward Pocock, 2nd Baronet: m. 1895, Emily Mabel (d. 1918), only child of the late Gen. J. G. Gubbins. C.B., and Mrs. Gubbins, of Longmead, Bishopstoke; three sons and two daus. Educ.: Eton College and in Germany; served four years in the Queen's County Rifles; late Lieut., 2nd Batt. The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own); and Capt., 4th Batt., Scottish Rifles; served in European War on the Military Intelligence Department. Pubns. (amongst others): The Irish Land Problem and how to solve it, 1901; The Menace of Socialism (two editions); Why England Needs an Upper Chamber, 1906; Fair Trade versus Free Trade; Cobden's Unrealised Ideal, 1909; King Edward VII.—The passing of a Great Ruler, 1910; The Governance of Empire; Forward, but not too fast, 1911; German Kultur—What is it?; Towards Universal Peace, 1915. Has written many articles for the Westminster Review, and other Reviews, and letters to the Press on the Irish and Social Questions. Address: Stradbally Hall, Queen's Co; Westcliffe Lodge, Bournemouth West. Naval and Military Club, Piccadilly, W.

Note.—The Cosby Peerage (created 1768). Dudley Sydney Alexander Cosby, Baron Stradbally of Leix, in the Peerage of Ireland, so created 14th July, 1768. His Lordship was Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Denmark. He married, 1773, Lady Isabella St. Lawrence, dau. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Howth, but died in the ensuing month, 17th January, 1774, without issue. His Peerage became extinct, while the Inheritance reverted to his Lordship's cousin.