COLLEY, Major Gerald Henry Pomeroy; b. Lucan, Co. Dublin, 1870. Educ,: Wimbledon and Haileybury. Joined 3rd Bn. Royal Irish Regt., 1889; A.D.C. to Governor of Jamaica, 1895; Inspector, Jamaica Constabulary, 1897; served through South African War as Special Service Officer with 1st Mounted Infantry (2 medals and 7 clasps). Resident Magistrate, Transvaal, 1901. Chairman, Repatriation Commission, Boksburg. Res. Magistrate, Ireland, 1909. Served in European War, 1914-1918; Major, 3rd Bn. Royal Irish Regt., and D.A.A.G., G.H.Q., Irish Command; m. Dorothy Evelyn, dau. of Col. James Addie, of Calder Park, Lanarkshire. Recns.: shooting, motoring, tennis. Address: The Vale; Tipperary.
COLLINS, Conor (M.P. for Kerry and West Limerick from 1922).
COLLINS, Cornelius (T.D. for West Limerick from 1918: elected for Kerry and W. Limerick in Parliament of S. Ireland, 1921); formerly engaged in Post Office, Dublin.
COLLINS, Michael, T.D. for South Cork from 1918; elected T.D. for N. Mid., W.S. and S.E. Div. of Co. Cork in Southern Ireland Parliament, 1921, and for Co. Armagh, Northern Parliament, Ireland, 1921); Chairman of the Provisional Govt, of the Irish Free State, 1922; Minister of Finance, Dail Eireann, 1921; Commdt. Irish Republican Army to 1922; Commander-in-Chief, National Army. 1922; son of Michael Collins, of Clonakilty. Co. Cork; b. 1890. Address: Upper Merrion Street, Dublin, and Woodfield. Clonakilty, Co. Cork. Died 22nd August, 1922.
COLLIS, Col. William Cooke, C.M.G. (1900), D.L., J.P.. Co. Cork (Hiah Sheriff, 1907); entered 83rd Regt. 1867; became Capt. Rov. Irish Rifles, 1877; Major. 1885, and Lieut.-Col. (retired), 1897; served in Afghan War, 1879-80, present at march from Quetta to Kandahar; D.A.A. and Q.M.G. with Soudan Expedition, 1885; S. Africa, 1899-1900, as Comdt. at Taalbosch: was D.A.A.G., Bombay, 1878-80; formerly Lieut.-Col. Comdg. a Batt. Kind's Royal Rifle Corps, and an A.D.C. to H.M.; eldest son of the late Very Rev. Maurice Atkin Cooke-Collis, D.D., of Castle Cooke, Co. Cork; b. 1847; m., 1st, 1875, Katherine Maria (d. 1891). dau. of the late Col. Oliphant, of Worlington Hall, Suffolk; 2nd, 1894, Elizabeth Marian, eldest dau. of the late Edward Cunliffe. of 66 The Drive, Brighton. Res.: Castle Cooke, Kilworth, Co. Cork. Junior United Service Club, London.
COLLUM, John Ernest Francis, H.M. Lieutenant for Co. Fermanagh (High Sheriff, 1908); second son of late Wm. Collum, D.L., J.P., Capt., 94th Regt., of Bellevue, Co. Fermanagh; b. 1868; in . 1899, Mary, dau. of F. Carr. Res.: Bellevue, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh.
COLOHAN, Hugh (MP. for Cos. Kildare and Wicklow from 1922); Member Kildare Co. Council; Vice-Chairman Kildare Co. Board of Health; Chairman Naas No. 1 Rural District Council; Member of Droichead Nua Town Commissioners.
COLOMB, Rupert Palmer, D.L., J.P., Co. Kerry; only son of late Rt. Hon. Sir John Chas. Ready Colomb, P.C. (Irel.), K.C.M.G., of Dromquinna and Dunkerron, Co. Kerry, M.P., D.L., J.P.; b. 1869; m. 1904. Mabel Louisa, eldest dau. of John Murray Mordaunt, D.L., J.P., and granddau. of Sir John Mordaunt, 9th Bart. Res.: Dromquinna, Kenmare, Co. Kerry; 7 Cheyne Place London, S.W. 3.
COLTHURST, Sir George St. John, Bart. (Irld.. 1744); formerly in the 43rd Foot, and A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: D.L., J.P. for Co. Cork: only son of Sir George Conway, M.P., 5th Bart., and Louisa Jane, only dau of St. John Jefferyes, of Blarney Castle, Co. Cork: b. 18.50; s. his father, 24th Sept., 1878; m. 27th Aug., 1881, Edith, dau. of the late Capt. J. Morris, 1st Royals, of Dun kettle, Co. Cork, and has issue two sons. Res.: The Castle, Blarney; Ardrum, Inniscarra, Co. Cork Naval and Military, and Carlton Clubs, London.
COLUM, Padraic; b. in Longford, Dec, 1881. Educ. in National Schools; m. 1912, Mary Catherine Maguire. Pubns.: The Land: The Fiddler's House: Thomas Muskerry (produced at the Abbey Theatre); Mogu the Wanderer; Wild Earth (Poems); My Irish Year; A Boy in Eirinn; The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy: The Children of Odin: The King of Ireland's Son; The Golden Fleece; The Boy who Knew What the Birds Said; The Girl who Sat by the Ashes; The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter; the Children who Followed the Piper; Dramatic Legends and Shorter Poems. Visited America, 1914; lectured and contributed to American Reviews and Magazines. Address: Dublin c/o The Abbey Theatre. New York: c/o The MacMillan Co., Publishers, 64-66 Fifth Avenue.
COLVILL, Robert Frederick Stewart, J.P., Co. Dublin (High Sheriff, 1910); Director of the Bank of Ireland (Governor, 1916-18); second surviving son of James Chaigneau Colvill. of Coolock House; b, 4th Aug., 1860; m. 1891, Sophia, 6th dau. of George Maconchy, of Rathmore, Co. Longford, and has issue 3 sons. Res.: Coolock House, Co. Dublin. Clubs: Kildare Street, Dublin; Royal St. George Yacht Club, Kingstown.
