Thom's Irish Who's Who/Micks, William Lawson

MICKS, William Lawson; a Permanent Member of the Congested Districts Board since Jan., 1910; b. 25th Jan., 1851; son of late Sir Robert Micks, of Cavan, Secretary to Board of Inland Revenue, London, and of Ellen, dau. of James Lawson, of Waterford; m. Isabel, dau. of late Rev. Canon Meyrick, Rector of Blessington, Co. Wicklow; three sons, one dau. Educ.: Kilkenny College and Trinity College, Dublin. Entered Irish Church Temporalities Commission as Clerk, 1872; Registrar, 1878; Assistant Secretary Irish Land Commission on its formation, 1881; transferred to temporary post of Comptroller under the Arrears of Rent (Ireland) Act, 1882; reverted to former post, 1883; appointed General Inspector under Local Government Board for Ireland, 1885; Acted as a Commissioner on the County Donegal Light Railway Commission, 1890; Appointed first Secretary of Congested Districts Board, 1891. Was seconded to act as Chairman of the Viceregal Poor Law Reform Commission for Ireland in 1903 which reported in 1906; nominated to be a member of the Viceregal Committee of Inquiry into the Agriculture and Technical Instruction (Ireland) Act, 1899, and the administration of that Act: dissented from his Colleagues on the Committee, and submitted a Minority Report, 1907. Was appointed a Permanent Member of the Congested Districts Board, 1910. Res: 3 Palmerston Villas, Palmerston Park, Dublin. Club: University, Dublin.