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 King's Inns. 1892; Inner Temple, 1888; K.C. (English Bar), 1909; Queen's Advocate-General, Ireland, 1892-1915; b. 1848. Res.: 45 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.

ROONEY, John (M.P. for County Dublin, 1922). Res.: Ellistown, Ballybohill, Co. Dublin.

ROSE, Richard de Ros, M.C. (1917), D.L. Co. Limerick (High Sheriff, 1902); served in European War, 1914-18; late Major (temp.) 2nd Batt. Royal Irish Rifles; eldest son of late Robert de Ros Rose, J P, of Ahabeg, Co. Limerick and Foxhall, Co. Tipperary; b. 1879; m. 1902, Gladys Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. F. G. Johnson. Res.: Ardhu House, Limerick.

ROSS, Right Rev. Arthur Edwin, B.D., D.D. (T.C.D.); M.C. (with bar); Curate of Ballymena, Co. Antrim, 1895-1900; Curate of Portrush, 1900-01; Curate of St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, 1901-3; Rector of Portrush, 1903-12; Rector of Ballymena, 1912-19; Rector of Holywood, Co. Down, 1919-20; Canon of Connor Cathedral, 1909; Examining Chaplain to Bishop of Down, 1911; Canon of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1919; Chancellor of Down Cathedral, 1920; Bishop of Tuam, Killala and Achonry, 1920; Temporary Chaplain to the Forces, 1916-17; b. 1869; son of David Ross, Warriston, Glenageary, Co. Dublin. Res.: Palace, Tuam, Co. Galway; University Club, Dublin.

ROSS, Bishop of, The Right Rev. Denis Kelly, D.D.; consecrated 9th May, 1897 Educ. at the Diocesan College, Ennis, and at the Irish College, Paris, where he had a most distinguished collegiate career; ordained Priest in Paris, 17th March, 1877, after which he returned to Ireland and was appointed Curate in the Parish of Roscrea; later he was transferred to the Diocesan College as Professor, subsequently he became Vice-President, and on the appointment of Dr. McRedmond as Bishop of Killaloe in 1890, he became President of the College; Member of the Council of Agriculture and of the Agricultural Board for Ireland, 1900-20; Chairman of the Governors of the Baltimore Fishery School; Member of Departmental Committee on Irish Forestry, 1907-08; Royal Commissioner on Poor Laws and the Relief of Distress for Great Britain and Ireland, 1905-09; Member of the Cabinet Committee on Irish Finance, 1911, of the Committee on Primary Education (Ireland), 1913, and of the Irish Convention, 1917; b. at Kilaneave, Nenagh, 29th Feb., 1852. Res.: Bishop's House, Skibbereen, Co. Cork.

ROSS, Right Hon. Sir John, Baronet (Unit. Kgd., 1919), P.C, Irld., (1902); Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1921; Judge of the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division. 1896-21; son of the late Rev. Dr. Ross, D.D., of Londonderry. Educ. at Trinity College, Dublin (first classical scholar, 1876: LL.B., 1879); LL.D. (Hon.), 1914; Knight of Grace of the Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 1914; called to the Irish Bar in 1880; Q.C., 1891; Bencher King's Inns, 1893; a Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests (1898); a Commissioner of National Education in Ireland, 1905; M.P. for Londonderry City, 1892-5; b. 1854; m. 1882, Katherine, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Deane Mann, D.L., of Dunmoyle, Co. Tyrone, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: Whitehall Court, London, S.W,; Dunmoyle, Sixmilecross, Co. Tyrone. Clubs: Kildare Street, Dublin; Royal St. George Yacht, Kingstown.

ROSS, Lady Una Mary, eldest dau. of 3rd Earl of Dartrey and of 25th Baroness de Ros: b. 1879: m. 1904, Arthur John Ross (killed in action, report missing, August 16th, 1917). Res.: Old Court, Strangford, Downpatrick.

'''ROSS-OF-BLADENSBURG, Lieut.-Col. Sir John Foster George''', K.C.B. Civ. (1903), K.C.V.O. (1911), C.B. Civ. (1892); entered R.A. 1868: Coldstream Guards, 1873; Lieut.-Col. (ret.), 1901; served in Egyptian Campaign, 1885; was A.D.C. to Earl Spencer and Earl Carnarvon (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), 1882-85; D.A.A.G at Aldershot, 1899-1900; was Chief Commissioner Dublin Metropolitan Police, 1901-1914; is a D.L., J.P., for Co. Down; Member of the Senate of the Royal University, 1899-1909; LL.D. Royal University, Hon. Causa; son of the late David Ross-of-Bladensburg; b. 1848; m. 1870, Hon. Blanche A. Skeffington, dau. of 10th Viscount Massereene and Ferrard, K.P. Res: Rostrevor House, Rostrevor, Co. Down. Clubs: Guards', S.W.; Kildare Street, Dublin.<section end="Ross-of-Bladensburg, Lieut.-Col. Sir John Foster George" />

<section begin="Rosse, Earl of" />ROSSE, Earl of, 1806; Baron Oxmantown, 1792 (Irld.); and a Baronet, 1677, Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl; son of William Edward, 5th Earl, and Frances Lois, dau. of Cecil Edmund Lister-Kaye, D.L., of Denby Grange, Wakefield, and Lady Beatrice Adeline, dau. of 6th Duke of Newcastle; b. 28th Sept., 1906; s. his father 10th June, 1918. Res.: The Castle, Birr, King's County.<section end="Rosse, Earl of" />

<section begin="Rosse, Countess of" />ROSSE, Countess of, Frances Lois, second dau. of Cecil E. Lister-Kaye, D.L., J P, and Lady Beatrice, eldest dau. of 6th Duke of Newcastle; m. 1905, 5th Earl of Rosse (d. 1918). Res.: Birr Castle, Birr, King's Co.<section end="Rosse, Countess of" />

<section begin="Rous, Helen" />ROUS, Helen, dau. of Dr. Alfred Shaw; b. Carlow, Ireland. Educ. at home and Alexandra College; sister of the sculptor, A.R.H.A.; prepared for stage by Sarah<section end="Rous, Helen" />