DE FREYNE, Baron (Unit. Kgd., 1839), Francis Charles French, 6th Baron, D.L., J.P., Co. Roscommon (High Sheriff, 1912); son of Arthur, 4th Baron, and Marie Georgiana, dau. of Richard Lamb, Esq., of West Denton; b. 15th Jan., 1884; s. his half-brother, who was killed in action at Ypres, 9th May, 1915; m. 28th Feb., 1916, Lena Victoria, dau. of Sir John Arnott, Bart; has issue two daus. Res.: Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon. Kildare Street Club, Dublin.
DELANY, Patrick Bernard, Electrician; b. King's Co., Jan. 28th. 1845; son of James and Margaret Delany. Educ.: private and parochial schools, Ireland and U.S.; m. March 31st, 1869, Annie M. Ovenshine, of Philadelphia; learned telegraphy in Hartford, Conn., worked at same, office boy to Supt. of Lines; expert operator, newspaper corr., editor and writer; inventor 150 patents, covering anti-induction cables, synchronous multiplex telegraphy, transmitting six messages simultaneously over one wire; adopted by British Government (awarded gold medal and diploma International Inventions Exhibition, London, 1885); automatic systems for ocean cables; rapid machine telegraphy for land lines, etc; claims to have perfected system of automatic telegraphy, transmitting and plainly recording 3,000 words per minute over single wire; awarded Elliott Cresson gold medal twice and John Scott legacy medal, Franklin Inst.; gold medal, Buffalo Expn., 1901, Expn., 1904; Mem. Am. Inst. Elec. Engrs St. Louis (ex-v.-p.), Franklin Inst., A. A. A. 3. Res.: Nantucket, Mass, U.S.A.
DELANY, Rev. William, S.J., LL.D. (R.U.I.); b. 1835. Educ: Carlow College; Maynooth College; Gregorian University, Rome. Entered the Society of Jesus at St. Acheul, near Amiens, 1856; taught classics and mathematics in Clongowes and Tullabeg Colleges, 1858-65; studied in Rome, 1865-68: Priest, 1866; Chaplain to Irish Zouaves in Rome, 1867: returned to Tullabeg College, 1868; Prefect of Studies, Tullabeg, 1868-70; Rector, 1870-80; travelled in Canada and the United States, 1831; Rector, St. Ignatius' College, Dublin, 1882-83; President, Catholic University College, Dublin, 1883-88; Missionary Work in Jesuit Church, Dublin, 1888-97: again President of University College, Dublin, 1897-1909; Provincial in Ireland, 1909-1912; Senator of the Royal University, 1885-1909; Senator of the National University, 1909-1919; and Member of the Governing Body of the Dublin University College. 1908: gave evidence before the Royal Commissions on University Education in Ireland. Pubns.: Lectures on Christian Reunion, 1897; pamphlets and letters on Irish University Education: A Plea for Fair Play. Recn.: reading. Res.: 35 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin.
DE LA POER, John William Rivallon de Poher, Count of the Papal States; H.M.L. County and City of Waterford since 1915; Knight of Malta: late Capt., 3rd Batt. Leinster Regt.; served with 4th Batt. in European War, 1914-15; High Sheriff, Co. Waterford, 1913; b. 10th March, 1882; son of Edmond Count de la Poer and Hon. Mary Monsell, dau. of 1st Baron Emly of Tervoe; m. 1907, Muriel Henrietta Louisa, dau. of late Captain Hon. Robert Best, son of 2nd Baron Wynford; issue, two sons, four daus. Res.: Gurteen-le-Poer, Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford. Kildare Street Club, Dublin.
DE LA POER, Countess, Hon. Mary Olivia Augusta, O.B.E. (1919); only dau. of 1st Lord Emly; m. 1881, Edmond James, Count de la Poer (d. 1915), K.M., of Gurteen-le-Poer, H.M.L., who was cr. a Count of the Papal States by Pius IX., 1884. Res.: Gurteen-le-Poer, Kilsheelan, Co. Waterford.
DE LA POER, Captain William Gervase, late 63th Regt., J.P. for Co; Waterford; b. 1843; second son of John Power, of Gurteen-le-Poer; contested E. Division of Co. Waterford as a Conservative, 1885; m. 1879, Mary, dau. of Edmond Power-Lalor, J P., D.L., of Long Orchard, Co. Tipperary. Res.: Glen Poer, Kilsheelan, Waterford.
DE MONTMORENCY, Rev. Arthur Herve Alberic Bouchard, M A. (T.C.D.), Rector of Omeath from 1914, and Hon. Chaplain to the Forces. Served as trooper in 29th Batt. I. Y. in Boer War, 1900-01; ordained 1907; Curate of Armagh, 1907-10; Athlone, 1910-12; Curate of Tandragee, 1912-13; Curate-in-Charge, Killeavy, 1913-14: Chaplain to the Forces, 1915-16. Recns.: shooting, fishing, boating; son of late Hon. Arthur Hill Trevor de Montmorency, M.D.: is heir presumptive to Viscountcy; b. 8th Feb., 1879; m. 1914, Katharine Sophia, dau. of T. A. Warrand, of Bridge of Allan, Scotland, and has issue one dau. Res.: The Rectory, Omeath, Co. Louth.
DE MONTMORENCY, Capt. John Pratt, C.M.G. (1917); Officer de le Legion d'Honneur (1917): Capt., R.N. (ret.); eldest son of Ven. Walter de Montmorency, of Castle Morres, Co. Kilkenny; b. 2nd Aug., 1873; m. 1908, Margaret Elinor, dau. of late Col. Pym, R.A.; Commander, 1905. Res.: Castle Morres, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny.
DE MONTMORENCY, Ven. Waller, M.A. (Cantab.), J.P., Kilkenny; Archdeacon of Ossory since 1911; ordained 1865; Treasurer of Kilkenny Cathedral, 1883-91; Chancellor, 1891-1911; b. 1841; eldest surviving son of late John Pratt de Montmorency, of Castle Morres, Co. Kil-
