Thom's Irish Who's Who/Dasent, Arthur Irwin

DASENT, Arthur Irwin, Clerk of the Parliaments of Northern Ireland since 1921, is the youngest son of the late Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L. (by Fanny, 3rd dau. of the late William Frederick Augustus Delane, of Old Bracknell, Easthampstead, Berks.), and a nephew of John Delane, the celebrated Editor of "The Times." Mr. Dasent married in 1901 Helen Augusta Essex, youngest dau. of the late Lt.-Col. Alfred Tippinge (Grenadier Guards), of Longparish House, Hants, and has one son, George Cavin William Irwin (Ambrose), b., March 27th, 1905. Educ. Eton; entered the service of the Imperial House of Commons in 1882, on the nomination of Sir Thomas Erskine May (Lord Farnborough). Becoming Clerk of the Journals and Records in 1919, he severed his long connection with Westminster on accepting the office of Clerk of the Parliaments of Northern Ireland in June, 1921. Sometime a member of Council, Navy Records Society, he has held H.M. Commission as Lieut, in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Pubns.: History of St. James's Square and the Foundation of the West-End of London, 1895; A Memoir of Sir Geo. Dasent in the 1903 edition of Popular Tales from the Norse; The Life and Letters of John Delane, Editor of the "Times," 2 vols., 1908; The Speakers of the House of Commons from the earliest times to the present day, 1911; Piccadilly in Three Centuries, 1920; The Story of Stafford House (now the London Museum), 1921. Has been a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography, the Nineteenth Century, the National Review, etc., etc. In preparation: "The Heart of Mayfair." "Pall Mall and St. James's," "Grosvenor Square." Addresses: House of Commons, Belfast; Ulster Club, Belfast: Albemarle Club, 37 Dover St.. and Beefsteak Club, London.