Thom's Irish Who's Who/Hanson, Sir Philip Herbert

HANSON, Sir Philip Herbert, Knt. (1920), C.B. (1917), B.A. (Oxon): appointed a Clerk in War Office, 1895; Private Sec. to Chief Sec. for Ireland, 1900; Commr. of Public Works, Ireland, 1903-21, and Chairman from 1921; Director-General of Contracts, Ministry of Munitions, 1916-19; son of Charles Henry Hanson, of London; b. 1871; m. 1914, Deena. dau. of late Robert Velverton Tyrrell. F.T.C.D., and has issue twin sons, b. 1916. Res.: 72 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin; Kildare Street Club, Dublin; Royal Societies' Club, London.