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THOM'S IRISH WHO'S WHO
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CLANCARTY, Earl of, 1803; Viscount Dunlo, 1801; Baron Kilconnel, 1797 (Irld.); Viscount Clancarty, 1823, and Baron Trench, 1815 (Unit. Kgd.); Marquess of Heusden, in the Netherlands, William Frederick Le Poer Trench, 5th Earl; educated at Eton; late Lieut., 4th Shropshire L.I.; J.P. and D.L., Co. Galway: elder son of Richard Somerset, 4th Earl, and Lady Adeliza Georgiana (d. 1911), dau of 2nd Marquess of Bristol: b. 29th Dec, 1868; s. his father, 29th May, 1891; in 1889, Isabel Maude Penrice (d. 1906), dau. of John Bilton, of Charlton, Kent; 2nd, 7th Oct., 1908, Mary Gwatkin, dau. of late W. F. Rosslewin Ellis, B.L., and has issue five sons and two daus. Res.: Garbally Court, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

CLANCY, John Joseph, M.A. (Queen's Univ. of Irld.) Educ.: Summer Hill College, Athlone; Queen's Coll., Galway. Classical Master, Holy Cross School, Tralee, 1867-70; assistant-editor of "The Nation" (Dublin), 1870-85: editor of the Irish Press Agency in England, 1886-90; member of editorial staff of "Irish Daily Independent," 1891-1902. Barrister, King's Inns, 1887: K.C., 1906: M.P.. North Dublin, 1885-1918. Pubns.: various political pamphlets and addresses and legal publications: essays in Nineteenth Century, Fortnightly Review, Contemporary Review, etc; b. Galway, 15th July, 1847; son of William Clancy, Carragh Lodge, Clare-Galway, Co. Galway; m. Margaret Louise, dau. of P. J. Hickie, of Newcastle West; three sons, three daus. Res.: Homeleigh, Kenilworth Park, Dublin.

CLANCY, John Joseph, M.P. (S.F.), Sligo, N. Division, since Dec, 1918. Chairman, Sligo County Council. Secretary of County Committee of Agricultural and Technical Instruction, Sligo. Address: 4 St. Mary's Terrace, Sligo.

CLANMORRIS, Baron (Irld., 1800), Arthur Maurice Robert Ringham, 6th Baron, late Capt., 5th Lancers: served in South African War, 1899-1902; served in European War, 1915-19; A.D.C. to Lord Plunket, when Gov.-Gen. of New Zealand, 1904; eldest son of John George Barry, 5th Baron, and Matilda Catherine, only child and heiress of late Robert Edward Ward, of Bangor Castle, Co. Down: b. 22nd June, 1879; s. his father, 4th Nov., 1916; m. 5th June, 1907, Leila, 4th dau. of Gordon Cloete, J.P., of Rosebank, Cape Town, and has issue a son. Res.: Bangor Castle, Co. Down.

CLANWILLIAM, Earl of, 1770: Viscount Clanwilliam and Baron Gillford, 1776 (Irld.); Baron Clanwllliam (Unit. Kgd., 1828); and a Baronet (Irld., 1703), Arthur Vesey Meade, 5th Earl, M.C. (1915), Croix de Guerre (Italy); D.L., Co. Down: Captain and Adj., Roy. Horse Gds.; served in S. Africa, 1900-1902, as Assist. Provost Marshal and D.A. and A.G., and with 30th Batt. Imp. Yeo.; European War, 1915-18; eldest son of Richard James, 4th Earl, and Elizabeth Henrietta (Countess of Clanwilliam), eldest dau. of the late Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, G.C.M.G.; b. 14th Jan., 1873; s. his father. 4th Aug., 1907; m. 27th April. 1909, Hon. Mrs. Oliver Howard, M.B.E., dau. of Russell Stephenson, and widow of Hon. Oliver Howard. Issue: Lady Mary Katharine Selina; Lady Elizabeth Louise Margaret. Res.: Gillhall, Dromore, Co. Down. Clubs: United Service; Travellers', London; Kildare Street, Dublin.

CLARINA, Baron (Irld., 1800), Lionel Edward Massey, 5th Baron, D.L. for Co. Limerick (High Sheriff, 1896); formerly Lieut.-Col., Scots Guards; third son of Eyre, 3rd Baron, and Susan Elizabeth (d. 1886), youngest dau. of the late Hugh Barton, of Straffan, Co. Kildare; b. 20th April, 1837; s. his brother, 16th Dec, 1897; m. 24th Nov.. 1877, Elizabeth (d. 1883), dau. of Alexander Bannatyne: 2nd, 23rd Aug., 1887, Sophia (d. 1912), dau. of late James Butler, D.L., of Castlecrine, Co. Clare. Res.: Elm Park, Clarina, Co. Limerick.

CLARK, Alexander Wallis, D.L., J.P. Educ.: Foyle College, Londonderry, and Royal Grammar School, Lancaster; Senior Director in firm of Messrs. Wm. Clark & Sons, Ltd., Linen Manufacturers and Finishers, Upperlands, Co. Londonderry: J.P. and D.L., Co. Londonderry (High Sheriff, 1922): b. 1857; eldest surviving son of the late William Newport Clark, of Ampertain, Upperlands, Co. Londonderry. Res.: Ampertain, Upperlands, Co. Londonderry. Clubs: Northern Counties, Londonderry; Union, Belfast.

CLARK, Sir George Smith, Baronet (Unit. Kgd., 1917); Managing Director of Workman and Clark, Ltd., Shipbuilders and Engineers, Belfast; Director of Henry Matier & Co., Ltd., Linen Manufacturers, Belfast: D.L., Co. of City of Belfast: was M.P. for N. Belfast, 1907-10; b. 8th Nov., 1861; m. 1881, Frances, dau. of Henry Matier, of Dunlambert, Belfast, and has issue two sons. Res.: Dunlambert, Fortwilliam Park, Belfast. Clubs: Carlton, London; Ulster, Belfast.

CLARK, James Jackson.—H.M. Lieut, for Co. Derry: Hon. Col. of 9th Brig. Nth. Irish Div.; High Sheriff, 1875; Chairman of the Derry County Council for 18 years to June, 1920; oldest magistrate and grand juror of the county; member of the Irish Convention, 1917-18; m. Mary, eldest dau of Sir William Conyngham, K.C.B. o Springhill—issue, three sons and one dau. m. 1914 to Kenneth Sinclair, son of Rt. Hon. Thomas Sinclair Hopefield. Col. J.