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Roberts.-MAJOR BYAM M. L. ROBERTS, J.P., Ardmore, Passage W est, co. Cork; son of th e
late Richard Roberts, of Armore, and Henrietta, daughter of Robert White, of Glengariff Castle;
born March loth, 1863: educated at Clifton College, Bristol. Entere.d the Army in the late 3rd
Royal Munster Fusiliers, and served in th e Boer war; was invalided home, and received Medal
and three clasps, Orange River and Cape Colony. Justice of th e P eace for co. Cerk; farms his own
land and breeds Shorthorns and Border Leicester sheep. R ecreations: hunting, and boa ting;
member of the South Union Foxhounds and County Club .
Roberts.-CAPTAIN NOI{COTT
d'EsTERRE
ROBERTS,
H apur, Remount D epartment, Babugarh, United Provinces,
India; son of the late Richard Roberts, of Ardmore, P assage
West, co. Cork; born October 9th, 1872 ; educated at
Tipperary Grammar School. Entered the Army in the Army
Veterinary Corps in 1890, and passed into th e Army R emount
Department in India, and is at present resident there; se rved
in the South African war, and received Medal 'and four
clasps, and invalided home in IgOr.
Capt. N. d'Esterre Roberts.
Roberts -CAPTAI~ RICHARD EDWI N RO BERTS, Glenbrook, co. Cork; son of the late Major
Richard Roberts, of the 1st Norfolk R.egiment (gth Foot) , and who was for m any years Governor
of Cork Gao l; born March 31st , r874; educated at Queen's College, Corle Entered the Army in
Royal Cork Garrison Artillery, afterw a rds transferring to the Royal E nginee rs as subaltern, an d
returned to the Cork Artillery as Captain Instructor in gunnery; is now engaged in yacht and
motor launc'1 buildin s , and is also contractor to the Government. Recreations : yachting, and
m arine m otoring ; was the found er of the P assage West Fi re Brigade, which has bee n very
successful in winnin g several competitions.
Robinson. - RE V. A~DREW . CRA IG ROBINSON, .YI.A. , The
R ectory, Ballymoney, Ballyneen; second son of the late
Rich ard Bell Robinson , of Cork, a nd his wife, Margare t Anne,
daughter of Captain J ames Montgomery Blair, of the 99th
R egiment, and grandson of Lieutenant John Wynne, ot the
46th R egiment, whose father was Lieut.-Colonel John Wynne,
M.P. for Castlebar 1727-47; born at Cork, in 1839; educa ted
privately, and at Trinity College, Dublin; B.A. , r 860; M.A.,
1865. Ordained Deacon, 1892, and Priest, 1893, by the Bishop
of Cork. Rector of Ballymoney since 1900; formerly Cura te
of St . Multose, Kinsale, 1892-19°0. Diocesan Correspondent
to th e Church of Ireland Ga:::ette; author of " ·St. Fin Barre's
Cathedral " (Guy and Company, Cork, 1899 ); " Leviticus"
(Marshall Bros., London , 1905); and" What abou t the Old
Testament ?" (1910). Married , July 10th, 1876, Emily Anna,
Rev. A. C. Robin son, M.A.
daughter of Thomas Jones, barrister, of Donnybrook, Douglas,
co. Cork, and has issu e fo ur sons, Montgomery Blair, Thomas J ones . Richard Arthur Wy nn e, and
Stuart Lennox , a nd op.e daughter, Eleanor Elizabeth, m arried to W. S. Dormm, of the Public
Works Depa rtment, Punj aub, India.
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Robinson.-TH OMAS R OBINSON, Castle Farm, :VIitchels-
town; son of H enry Robinson, of Askinfarney , co. Wexford;
born September lIth, r866; educat ed privately in co . Carlo:".
~1 e mb er of the Committee of Agriculture; breeder of hunters
Married, F ebruary roth, 1891, R ebecca, daughter of Samuel
Wilson, of Kilmore House, Clonmel, and has issue one son,
Thomas H enry Robinson.
Mr. Thomas Robinson.
Roche. AUGUSTIKE ROCHE, 73, Douglas Street, and 40,
Kin g Street, Cork; son of the late Mich ael Ro ch e, of Douglas
Street, Cork; born in IB-+9 ; educate d privately. H ead of
the firm of A. R.oche an d Company, win e and spirit merch ants,
40, King Street , Cork; returned unoppo sed as Member of
P arliament for the City of Cork as a Nationalist in 1905;
re-elected in 1906, and again re-elected at the Gen eral Election
in J anuary, 1910.; unsu ccessfully co ntested the Constituency
at the General Election of December , 1910; entered the Corp ora tion of the City of Cor k, in 1883; wa s Mayor of the City
fo r the two years, 1893 and 1894 ; on retiring was prese nted
with a magnificent service of silver a nd an illumin ated album
containing sign a tures of nearly 400 of the chief citizens of Cork
and County, with an Address commemorating his ser vices as
:vrayor, which include the initiation of the Poor Children's
Mr. Augustine Roche.
Summer E xcursion t o the Seaside and Chri stmas Dinn er , still
maint ained, of whi ch h e is proudest ; in r 893 . was instrumental in the Corporation p assing a
vote of co ngratulation t o the then Bishop of Cork (Dr. Gregg) on his elevation to th e Primacy of
Armagh, which elicited a warm p erson al letter of thanks from the Archbishop- elect ; High Sheriff,
r902-o3; organis ed in tha t year, in conjunction with Lord Chief Justice O'Brien, an International
boat r ace on the Rive r Lee in which th e Berlin Rowing Club compet ed , which result ed in his b eing
d eputed by the citizens of Cork to go to Berlin to present the Cup given by the City of Cork
to the Berlin Rowing Club, as a souvenir of their visit to Cork, in connection with which h e w as
elected an H ono rary Life Member of the Berlin Eo-.ving Club, and was t r eat ed as th e gues t of th e
Emp eror; Lord :lVIayor in r 904 ; entertained in th at year Cardin al Vanutelli, L egat e of t~ e Pope,
and was in r ecognition decorat ed with the Cross, " Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice," by Pius X . ; h as
b een a life long collector of antiques and curios, and has amassed a priceless and vari ed collection,
which forms a special department (on loan) at the Cork School of Art; is the only citizen of Cork
who h as been Mayor and Lord May or of the city.
Ronan ..- WALTER RIRKE R ON AN, Eas t Cliffe, B lackrock, and 94, South Mall, Cork; son of th e
late Walter Ronan, so li citor, Cork; born in r858; educated privately, and at S tonyhurst
College, a nd Namur, Belgium, and Queen 's College, Cork. Solicitor t o the Co rk H arbour
Commissioner ; Notary Public and local Solicitor to the Admiralty; Commission er for Oath s; has
been instrumental in passing several H arbour a nd R ailway Acts of Parlia ment relating to th e Port
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of Cork and to local railway undertakings. Married, November 13th, 1888, Teresa Mary, daughter
of John \Vaters, of the city of Cork, and ·has issue three sons and one daug-hter; J ohn Galway, Dorn
October 12th. 1889 ; \ Valter Joseph, born April 19th, 1891 ; Mary Geraldin g E lizabeth, born
J anuary 11th, 1893,· and Stephen George, born April, 1900 . Clubs: Cork, and Royal Cork Yacht.
REV. ROBERT WILLIAM RO~AYKE , M.A.,
St. Peter's Rectory , Cork; son of the late Patrick Ronayne,
J.p., of Annbrook, Queenstown; (G ene ral Cleburne was born
a t Annbrook and his mother vvas a Miss Ronayne; he
fought for the south in the great American war) ; born at
Hawthorne, Drimoleague, Jun e 25th, 1869; h e is descended
from a very old Korman family dating back to the 12th and
13th centuries, and mentioned as being mayors of Cork as
far back as the I5th century; it is a custom in Youghal
when head of th e family dies to t oll th e town bell all day;
educated at Cork, and Trinity College, Dublin ; B .A., 1895 ;
M.A. , 1898. Ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Cork, 1895,
and Pries t by the Archbishop of Dublin , 1898; R ector of St.
P et er' s, Cork, from 1905; Curate of N ohoval, co . Cork,
1895-96 ; Mariners' Church, Kingstown , Dublin, . 1896-99 ;
Rev . R W. Ronayne, M.A.
Deputation Secretary to the Hibernian Bible Society,
1899-I905 . Married, in 1895, Isabella :Uauraithe, daughter of the late Captain Charles Sandes,
J.p., of Carrigafoyle Castle, co . Kerry, and granddaughter of the late Captain Launcelot Sandes
(Coldstream Guards), of India Ville, Queen's county, and Mrs. Sandes, n pe Coote, who was sister
of the late Sir Charles Coote, Premier Baronet of Ireland. of Ballyfin , Queen's county.
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ALEXA NDER Rt:SSELL, J.P ., Glanmire
House , co . Cork; son of the late J ames Russell, of Glanmire ;
born May loth, 1842; educated privately , and at Trinity
~oll ege, Dublin.
Land agent ; Master of the United Hunt
Foxhounds from 1889 to [895. R ecreations: hunting, and
shooting. Married, firstly, in 1874, Elizabeth Milward Nash,
eldest daughter of Captain Gray, of Lotaville, Cork, and had
issue two sons; secondly, in 1896, Frances Ann , daughter of
;VI. C. Hend]py, Mou nt Rivers, F ermoy. Club: County.
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Russell. - JAMES STANISLAWS RUSSELL, J .P., Kingston Square, Mitchelstown; son of the late
Joh '1 Russell, of lVIitchelstown; educated privat ely. Head of the firm of J. S. Russell, auctioneer
and valuer, and Army forage contractor; appointed a Justice of the Peace for co. Cork, 1907;
Member of th e Cork County Couricil; Member of the Committee of Management of the Cork
Lunatic Asylum; Chairman of the Old Age Pensions Committee. Married, October 12th, 19 03,
Eileen, eldest daughter of James J. A. Driscoll, of H enry Street, Tipperary , and has issue three
sons and one daughter.
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Russell.-MICHAEL RUSSELL, J.P., G:anmore. Ch'lrleville,
co. Cork; son of Michael P. Ruc;sell, J.P., of Glanmore;
born at Glanmore, in 1845; educ'ated at Tullabeg College.
Just;ce of the Peace for county Cork; has been a m ember
of the Duhallow Hunt since the year 1866, and started a
private pack of beagles in I90I. Married, in 1880, Alice,
daughter of John Morrogh-Bernard, J.P., D.L., ot Fahag11
Court, co. Kerry? and has issue a son, Michael M., and one
daughter, Frances, who is a canoness of the Holy Sepulchre,
at Newhall Convent, Essex.
Mr. M. Russell, J.P.
Russell. -MICHAEL MARY RUSSELL, Glanmore. Charleville, co. Cork; son of Michael Russell, J.P.; born at Glanmore, in 1882; educated at Downside.
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Ryan. - EDWAKD RYAN, Ronayn's Court, Roch estown, co. Cork; son of th e late Patrick ~yan,
of Gortaloch, co. Tipperary; educated at th e Ch ristian Broth ers' School, Cork. Managing Director
of the firm of E. Ryan and Company, Ltd., soap manufacturers. Married, February, 18 7 1,
l\latilda, daughter of th e late John O'Connor, of Ashburton T errace, Cork, and has surviving
issu e three sons and one daughter: Andrew, Second Dragoman, British Embassy, Constantinople;
Th omas, in the Indi8n Finance Departm en t, ; Rev. Patrick O'Connor, O.P. (Fat her Finbar),
St. Savio ur' s, Dublin; and Mary, Professor of Romance Langu ages, University College, Cork.
Sandford.-ARTHuR WELLESLEY SANDFOED, M.D., Frankfield House, co. Cork, and 13, St.
Patrick's Place, Cork; son of the late Rev. Canon Sandford, R ector of Clonmel; educated
at Queen's College, Curk; M.D., M.Ch., L.M., Roy al University of Ireland,. 1882. Memberof the
Ophthalmic Society of Great Britain; Ex-President Laryngological and Rhinological Association;
Lecturer in Ophthalmics and Otology, Queen's College, Cork; Surgeon, Cork Ophthalmic and
Aural Hospital; Ophthalmic Surgeo n, Cork District Lunatic Asylum; Ophthalmic and Aural
Surgeon, H ospital for Incurables, Cork. Author of " Reports of an outbreak of Ophthalmia in
Cork Workhouse and in Baltimore Fishery School"; "Tubercular Iritis," read before the
Ophthalmic Society, Lon don, etc. Married, February nth, 1902, Mary, second daughter of
H enry J. Toulmin, of The Pre, St. Alban's, and widow of th " 91'1 Baron Carbery, of Castlefreke,
Clonakilty.
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Sargent. - FRANCIS SARGENT, Bank of Ireland, Cork,
and Monkstown; son of the late Richard St rong Sargent,
M.D ., of Dublin, Government Inspector F amin e and F eyer
epidemic, 1847-48 ; born J anuary 1st , 1847; educated
privat ely in Dublin. Agent for the Bank of Ireland, Cork ;
Vice-Con sul for the Netherl aE ds for Munster; President of
Coi-k Ir corporat ed Cha mber of Commerce and Shipping;
Governor of St . St ephen's H ospital, Cork; Governor of
th e City of Cork School Board; Governor and Treasurer of
the Diocesan Board of E ducation ; m ember and H on. Treasurer
of the Diocesan Council of the U nited Dioceses of Cork ,
Cloyne and Ross; Nominat or and Member of the Select
Vestry of Christ 's Church (Holy Trinity, Cork); representative
from Co rk at General Synod , Church of Ireland , Dublin; for
m any years a m ember of the Committee for the Vict oria
Mr. Francis Sargent.
H ospital for Women and Children, Cork; for forty years a
m ember of the Masonic Order, Irish Constitution , h aving been initiat ed in Lodge No. 68, Yougha l,
co. Cork, and aft erwards joined Sussex Lodge, No . 137, Ballinasloe, co. Galway; in 1878 joined
the first Lodge of Ireland, Cork , and has now attained to the Thirty-fi rst D egree; Governor of
the Boys' and Girls' Masonic Schools, Dublin, and is Grand Superintendent for Royal Arch
Masonry in the South of Ireland. Married, firstly, in 1870, Sophie, daught er of Francis J ohnston,
M.D. , F.R.C.S. I. , and had issue five children , of whom two survive; secondly, in 1876, Lucy
Elizabeth, daughter of J am es F orth K empst er, of Ballinasloe, county Surveyor, Galway, and has
issue surviving, five children; Francis served throughout South African "Var, Medal and three
Clasp s ; and En gineer-Lieutenant J ames J., R oyal Navy, served in the lat e China War and
received Medal. Clubs : Cork; _County, Cork, R oyal Cork Yacht, Cork , Queenstown ; Monkst own;
and F riendly Brothers House, Dublin , and Sp orts, L ondon.
Scott. - J AM ES WILLIAM SCOTT, J .P. , W es~ l ands, Queens-
t own, co. Cork; so n of the late P hilip Sco tt, J .P., of
Queenstown , who was selected by the community to pr es~nt
an address of welcome to Queen Vict oria in 1049, when sh e
visited Cove (as it was then called) and changed the n ame of ·
the place to Queenstown as a momento of the visit ; born a t
Queenst own , in 1842, educated principally in E nglan d ; he
and his fath er h ave b een identified with t he shipping interest
of the p ort s of Qu ee nst own and Cork for ove r 100 years. Mr.
Scott h as been Ch airman of m any public bodies, and is a
member of the Co rk H arbour Commissio ners. Married, in
1873, Ch arlotte Ma tilda, daughter of Joshua R awdon , of
La rchwoo d , Bebingt on , Cheshire, and h as issue three
d aught ers, Ruth Elaine R awdon , married, 1903, Major Freeth,
D. S.O ., Lan cashir e Fusiliers; Const a nce R awdon, married,
Mr. J. W. Scott, J.P.
1900, Captain Kell, South Stafford R egiment ; and Vera
R a,wdon, m arried, 1907, Capt ain Gilpin-Brown, R. N. Club: R oy al Co rl~ Yacht .
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