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 1918, Mildreda Phyllis, eldest dau. of late Lieut.-Comdr. H. T. Gartside-Tipping, R.N., of Quarr Wood, I. of W. Res.: Rossfad, Ballinamallard. Co. Fermanagh.

RICHARDSON, James Nicholson, J.P. Co. Armagh; was M.P., for Co. Armagh, 1880-85; Chairman of Bessbrook Spinning Co,; Member of Armagh Grand Jury. Educ.: Tottenham: spent earlier years assisting father and uncles in linen business of Ulster, in which the family has been engaged from father to son for 150 years. Pubns.: The Qualiers at Lurgan and Grange; O'Neill of Mourne; Concerning Servants. Recns.: riding, golf, water-colour sketching; eldest son of late John G. Richardson, of Movallen, Co. Armagh; b. 1846; m. 1st, 1867, Sophia, dau. of William Malcomson, of Portlaw, Co. Waterford; 2nd, 1893, Sarah, dau. of Samuel Alexander Bell, of Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Res.: Mount Caulfield, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh. Reform Club, London.

RIDGEWAY, Sir William, Knt. (1919), M.A., Sc.D. (Cantab.), Hon. Litt.D. (Dublin and Manchester), LL.D. (Aberdeen and Edinburgh), F.B.A.; Prof, of Archæology, Cambridge Univ., from 1892; Breretoa Reader in Classics from 1907; Professor of Greek Queen's College, Cork. 1883-1894; Stokes Lecturer in Irish Archæology, Dublin, 1909; President Royal Anthropological Institute, 1908-10; President Section H., British Association, 1908; President of Classical Association of England and Wales, 1914; son of late Rev. J. H. Ridgeway, Ballydermot, King's Co.; b. 1853; m. Lucy, dau. of A. Samuels. Res.: Cains College, Cambridge; Flendyshe, Fen Ditton, Cambridge.

RIORDAN, Maurice Patrick, Shipping Agent and Ship Broker: Justice of the Peace; High Sheriff City of Limerick part of 1920, 1921-22; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S. A,, 1882; youngest son of Patrick Riordan and Elizabeth O'Shea. Educ.: Christian Brothers and Model Schools, Limerick; m. Josephine M., dau. of Michael Liston, late of Clarina. Associated since boyhood with Irish Industrial revival movement, one of the founders and for many years Hon. Secretary Limerick Industrial Association; Director of Riordan's, Ltd., a company formed to revive in Ireland the twin industries of willow growing and basket making; keenly interested in development of Ireland as a tourist resort, one of the original members of the Irish Tourist Development Association. During Great War served under Minister of Munitions as an Inspector of Munitions. A strong advocate of the urgent, necessity of a combined movement to identify and preserve ancient places of historical interest in Limerick and district. Recns.: handball, walking, tennis. Res.: 62 O'Connell Street, Limerick. Clubs Irish Club, Limerick; Clanwilliam Club, Tipperary.

ROBB, A. Gardner, M.B. (R.U.I.), D.P.H. (R.C.S.I.); Visiting Medical Superintendent Belfast Fever Hospitals; Ex-President Ulster Medical Society. Educ.: Galway Grammar School; Queen's College, Belfast: b. 23rd Feb., 1866; eldest son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, D.D., LL.D.; unmarried. Pubns.: various papers in medical journals. Recns.: golf and bridge. Res.: 15 University Square, Belfast. Club: Ulster, Belfast.

ROBB, John Hanna, B.A., K.C., M.P., Governor Royal Belfast Academical Institution; Member Standing Committee of Convocation, Queen's University of Belfast. Educ.: Royal Belfast Acad. Institution, Queen's College, Belfast (Scholar); Gray's Inn, London, King's Inns Dublin; called to the Irish Bar, 1898; K.C., 1921 elected M.P. (U.) for Queen's University in the Parliament of Northern Ireland, 1921; sometime Chairman of Trade Boards in Ireland; b. 4th Nov., 1873, at the Manse, Clogher, Co. Tyrone; second son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, D.D., LL.D.; m. Emily Constance, youngest dau. of John Ritchie of Ulsterville, Belfast, and has issue one dau. Pubns.: The Law and Practice of Bankruptcy and Arrangements in Ireland, 1907: wrote The History of the School in the Centenary Volume of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, 1912. Recns.: reading, golf, bridge. Res,: 21 Ashley Avenue, Belfast, Club: Ulster, Belfast.

ROBERTS, Rev. William Ralph Westropp, M.A., D.D. (T.C.D.); Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Educ.: private; Trinity College, Dublin, Scholar, 1869; Lloyd Exhibition, 1871: University Student, 1872; Bp. Law's Premium, 1873; Senior Mod. Math, and Senior Mod. Experimental Sci., 1872; M.A. 1876; M'Cullagh Prize, 1878. Fellow and Tutor, 1882; Junior Proctor, 1885: Assist. Abp. King's Lecturer, 1895: University Preacher, 1896: B.D., 1896: Chaplain to Lord Lieutenant, 1896; Treasurer Royal Irish Academy, 1903; Commissioner of Education in Ireland, 1913; D.D., 1915. Pubns.: various Mathematical papers in Proceedings of the R.I.A. and Proceedings of London Mathematical Society. Recns.: gardening, genealogical research; eldest son of Rev, William Roberts, S.F.T.C.D., and Wilhelmina Augusta, dau. of Ralph Westropp of Ravenswood, Co. Cork; b. 1850: m. 1882, Lydia Mary, dau. of George Hodder, of Fountainstown, Co. Cork, and has issue two daus. Res.: Kelston, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. Clubs: Authors. London; Fellows', T.C.D., Dublin.

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