The Gazette 1907-8

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

[Nov., 1907

4. George A. Overend. 5. William P. Dundon. , (Henry F. Brenan, B.A.

Mr. Towers, who was admitted a Solicitor in Trinity Sittings, 1880, was for some years Registrar to the Donegal County Court, and subsequently was Assistant Solicitor to the Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. Arthur Perry Lynch to be Assistant Solicitor to the Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland in succession to Mr. W. G. Towers. Mr. Lynch was admitteda Solicitor in Michaelmas Sittings, 1888, and has for several years been upon the staff of the Chief Crown Solicitor. The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have appointed Mr. Richard J. Martin, Solicitor, to be Solicitor to the Inland Revenue in Ireland, and a Special Commissioner of Income Tax, in room of Mr. Robert O'Brien Furlong, C.B., resigned. Mr. Martin was ad mitted in Hilary Sittings, 1891, and practised at 20 St. Andrew Street, Dublin. Obituary. MR. William Carey, Solicitor, died at his residence, 47 Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, on the 2nd day of August, 1907. Mr. Carey, who served his apprenticeship with Mr. James D. Meldon, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin, was admitted a Solicitor in Michaelmas Sit tings, 1868, and practised at i4A Eustace Street, Dublin, in partnership with his son, Mr. William P. Carey. Mr. William M. Lane, Solicitor, died at Fahan, Co. Donegal, on the 3rd day of August, 1907. Mr. Lane, who served his apprentice ship with Mr. B. H. Lane, Newtownlimavady, was admitted a Solicitor in Trinity Sittings, 1874, and practised at 22 Bachelor's Walk, and subsequently in partnership with the late Mr. Aquila M'Mahon, at 31 College Green, Dublin. When tbe office of Chief Crown Solicitor was created in 1888, Mr. Lane was placed in charge of the Board of Works branch ; and this position he held until 1905, when he was appointed to the office of Treasury Solicitor in Ireland. Mr. James Fitzgerald, Solicitor, Sligo, died at Sligo on the nth August, 1907. Mr. Fitz gerald, who served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. Robert Casey (of the firm of Casey and Clay), 21 St. Andrew Street, Dublin, was admitted a Solicitor in Hilary Sittings, 1889, and practised in Sligo.

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'IThomas J. Gowan. 8. Sydney T. Glenny. 9. Robert M. Cullen. 10. Oliver A. Pringle, B.A., LL.B., T.C.D.

11. Herbert W. Franck. 12. John R. Holohan. 13. Charles M'Cormick. 14. Thomas Vance. 15. Richard Connolly. 16. John H. H. Giltrap.

17. Henry J. J. MacTernan. 18. William Joseph Skinner. 19. George Crozier. 20. Harold M'Guckin. 21. Henry Lemass. 22. Austin G. Macaulay. 23. William A. Lane, B.A., T.C.D. 24. Florence A. Greene. 25. James S. Card. Thirty-nine candidates attended the exami nation. Twenty-five passed. Fourteen were postponed. Findlater Scholarship. THE Findlater Scholarship for 1907 has been awarded to Edward Felton, who served his apprenticeship with Mr. Isaac Molloy, of 18 Eustace-street, Dublin, and obtained First Place and a Gold Medal at the Final Exami nation, held in May, 1907. Legal Appointments. THE Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr. Thomas Hitchcock Williams to be Crown Solicitor for the County of Sligo, to hold the combined offices of Crown Solicitor and Sessional Crown Solicitor for the County. Mr. Williams, who was admitted a Solicitor in Trinity Sittings, 1889, previously held the office of Crown Solicitor for County Sligo, the office of Sessional Crown Solicitor for the County having been held by the late Mr. Valentine B. Dillon until his death, which took place last July- The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have appointed Mr. William George Towers to be Treasury Solicitor in Ireland, in succession to the late Mr. William M. Lane.