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 ARMSTRONG, Major William Fortescue, D.S.O. (1918), M.C. (1917); Capt. and Brevet Major R.G.A.; European War, 1911-18 (despatches); eldest son of Henry Bruce Armstrong, D.L., M.P., of Deans Hill, Armagh; b. 1885; m. 1920, Madeleine, dau. of Madame Toucas Maspillon, of Paris, and widow of Major H. A. Hamilton, E.F.A. Res.: Deans Hill, Armagh.

ARNOTT, Sir John Alexander, Baronet (Unit. Kgd., 1896); Hon. Lt.-Col., 4th Bn. Cheshire Rest.; D.L., J.P., Co. Cork, and J.P., Co. Dublin; Chairman and Managing Director of the "Irish Times," Ltd.; eldest son of Sir John, 1st Bart, by his first marriage with Margaret (d. 1866), dau. of late John James McKinley; b. 15th Nov., 1853; s. his father as 2nd Bart., 28th March, 1898; m. 27th Sept., 1881, Caroline Sydney (D.B.E.), eldest dau. of Sir Frederick M. Williams, 2nd Bart., and has issue living, 3 sons and 3 dau. Res.: 12 Merrion Square, Dublin. Clubs: Carlton, and Kildare Street, Dublin.

ARRAN, Earl of, 1762; Viscount Sudley and Baron Saunders, 1758 (Irld.); Baron Sudley (Unit. Kgd., 1884); and a Bart., 1662, Arthur Jocelyn Charles Gore, 6th Earl, K.P. (1909); P.C. (1917); D.L., Co, Mayo; Capt. and Brevet Major, and late Adjt. Roy. Horse Gds., Blue; served in Transvaal War; late Maj. Egyptian Cavalry; only son of Arthur Saunders William Charles Fox, 5th Earl, K.P., and the Hon. Edith Jocelyn, (d. 1871), dau. of the late Robert Viscount Jocelyn, and granddau. of 3rd Earl of Roden; b. Sept., 1868; s. his father, 14th March, 14th [sic] 1901; m. 16th August, 1902, Maud Jacqueline Marie Beauclerk, only dau. of Baron Huyssen de Kathendyke, of Kathendyke, Zeeland, Holland, and has issue two sons. Res.: Castle Gore, Ballina, Co. Mayo; Hyde Hall, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. Clubs: Turf, Travellers', Royal Yacht Squadron, Garrick and Bachelors'.

ASHBOURNE, Baron (Unit. Kgd., 1885): William Gibson, 2nd Baron, M.A. (T.C.D.), M.A., Oxon; J.P., Cos. Dublin and Meath; eldest son of Edward, 1st Baron, P.C, K.C. LL.D., and Frances Maria Adelaide, 2nd dau. of late Henry Cope Colles: b. 16th Dec, 1868; s. his father 22nd May, 1913: m. 8th Jan., 1896, Mademoiselle de Monbrison, of Paris. Pubns.: The Abbé Lamennais and the Liberal Catholic Movement in France, 1896; L'Eglise Libre dans I'Etat Libre, 1907. Res.: 17 Rue Des Domeliers, Compiègne. France. Clubs: Athenæum; United Arts, Dublin.

ASHBROOK, Viscount, 1751; Baron, of Castle Durrow, 1733 (Irld.), Llowarch, Robert Flower, 9th Viscount, D.L., J.P., Queen's Co. (High Sheriff, 1920-21); b. 9th July, 1870; 3rd son of 8th Viscount and Gertrude Sophia (d. 1911), dau of Rev. S. Hamilton; s. father, 1919; m. 1899, Gladys, dau. of Sir G. W. A. Higginson; one s., one dau. Owns about 23,000 acres. Res.: Castle Durrow, and Knockatrina House, Queen's Co.

'''ASHLIN, Geo. C.''', R.H.A., F.R.I.B.A., ex-President, Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. Educ.: College of St. Servais, Liege; Oscott College, near Birmingham; student of Royal Academy, London, 1858; pupil of the late E. Welby Pugin, 1856-60. Practised as an architect in Ireland in partnership with the late E. W. Pugin, 1860-70, afterwards independently; principal buildings-Queenstown Cathedral, and about 50 other Churches in Ireland; designed Portrane Asylum, which cost about £300,000. Recns.: sketching, cycling, golf; 3rd son of J. M. Ashlin, J.P., Rush Hill, Surrey; b. Carrigrenane House, Co. Cork, 1837; m. a dau of late Augustus Welby Pugin. Res.: St. George's, Killiney, Co. Dublin: 7 Dawson Street, Dublin; Stephen's Green Club, Dublin.

ASHTOWN, Baron (Irld., 1800), Frederick Oliver Trench, 3rd Baron, D.L. Co. Galway; a Representative Peer for Ireland, 1908-15; eldest son of the late Hon. Frederick Sydney Charles Trench and Lady Anne Le Poer Trench, elder dau. of 3rd Earl of Clancarty; b. 2nd Feb., 1868; s. his grandfather, 12th Sept., 1880; m. 11th Jan., 1894, Violet, youngest dau. of Col. Cosby, D.L., Stradbally Hall, Queen's Co., and has issue living two sons and a dau. Recns.: shooting and fishing. Res.: Woodlawn House, Co. Galway: Glenahira Lodge, Clonmel. Clubs; Carlton and Kildare Street, Dublin.

ATHLUMNEY, Baron (Irld., 1863), Baron Meredyth (Unit. Kgd., 1866), and a Baronet (Irld.), 1748, James Herbert Gustavus Meredyth Somerville, 2nd Baron. Educ.: Harrow; J.P. Co. Meath. Was a Page of Honour to three successive Viceroys of Ireland; formerly Lieut., 5th Bn. Prince of Wales's Leinster Regt., formerly Coldstream Gds., formerly Major Kent Artillery, E.D., R.A., now Lt.-Col. reserve of officers, Coldstream Gds., and an A.D.C. to Lord Lieut, of Ireland (Earl Cadogan); served with Egyptian Army, 1890-96 (Medjidie Order), and Dongola Expedn., 1896 (twice mentioned in despatches, medal with two clasps, order of the Osmanieh); served through the Boer War (Medal and four clasps), 1900-1; A.P.M. London Dist. during Great War (mentioned in London Gazette for services rendered); elder son of Sir William, 1st Baron, and his second wife, Maria Georgina Elizabeth (d. 1899), only dau. of the late Herbert George Jones, Serjeant-at-Law; b. 23rd March, 1865; s. his father, 7th Dec, 1873; m. 1919, Margery Honor, youngest dau. of Henry Boan, of Pyports, Cobham, Surrey,<section end="Athlumney, Baron" />