War 1900-02; European War 1914-17; Capt. Spl. Res. 6th D.G. Eldest son of Sir Hugh Houston, 1st Bart., and Elizabeth Anne, only child of late Peter Kerr, of Gallowhill, Paisley, Renfrewshire; b. 28 Oct., 1876; s. his father, 1 Mar., 1909: m. 26 Nov., 1903, Valerie, youngest dau. of Sir Claude Champton de Crespigny, 4th Bart., and has issue three sons and one dau. Res.: Drumalis, Larne, Co. Antrim; Oakley Hall, Basingstoke. Clubs: Ulster, Royal Ulster Yacht Club (Belfast); and Naval and Military, London.
SMITH, Alfred John, F.R.C.S.I., M.B., M.Ch., M.A.O. (R.U.I.); late Vice-Pres., British Gynaecological Society; late President Obstetrical Section, Royal Academy of .Medicine; ex- Assistant' Master, Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology, National University; Gynaecologist, St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin. Educ.: St. Patrick's College, Cavan; Dublin: Leipsic; Vienna. Pubns.: large contributor to various societies and journals on questions of interest to gynaecologists and laparotomists. Recns.: golf, fishing, shooting, motoring. Eldest son of late Philip Smith, J.P., of Kevit Castle, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan, and Delia Mary, dau. of Corney Banahan, or Renny, Co. Roscommon; b. 1865. Res.: 30 Merrion Square. Dublin. Clubs: Reform, London; Stephen's Green, Dublin.
SMITH, Rev. Professor David, M.A., D.D.; b. Carluke, Lanarkshire, 21 May, 1866; only surviving son of late George Smith, Glasgow and Carluke, and Jane Maria MacNaughton. Educ.: The Academy, Rothesay, Isle of Bute; The University, Glasgow: the Free Church College, Glasgow; Jeffrey Medallist, Blackstone Medallist, Sandford Greek Scholar, William Ewing Fellow at the University: grad. M.A. with 1st Honours (Classical) 1887; Stevenson Scholar (No. 1) as most distinguished entrant. Free Church College, 1887; George A. Clark Fellow and Classical Tutor in the University; travelled in Belgium, Rhineland, Holland. Ordained Free Church Minister of Tulliallan parish in 1894; translated to St. Andrew's United Free Church, Blairgowrie, in 1907, Honorary D.D. (Glas.) in 1908; Member of Blairgowrie School Board; appointed Professor of Theology in Magee College, Londonderry, in 1909; Bruce Lecturer in Glasgow U.F. College 1911: Smyth Lecturer (1911) and Carey Lecturer (1916) in Magee College; Lecturer at Southern Theological Seminary, Pittsburg, and at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, U.S.A., in 1912; appointed Professor of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation in the Belfast College of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. 1922. Pubns.: The Days of His Flesh (translated into Japanese); The Pilgrim's Hospice; St. Matthew in Westminster N.T.; The Face of Jesus; A Legend of Bethlehem; A Legend of Jerusalem; Man's Need of God; The Epistles of St. John in Expositor's Greek Testament; Christian Counsel; The Feast of the Covenant; The Historic Jesus (translated into Japanese); Unwritten Sayings of our Lord; To the Uttermost; The Atonement in the Light of History and the Modern Spirit; The Life and Letters of St. Paul; The Heavenly Visitant and other Sermons in Verse. Correspondence Column and other regular articles in British Weekly. Recns.: tricycle, carriage, books. Res.: Holyrood, University Road, Belfast.
SMITH, George Hill, K.C.; b. in Dublin, 7th July, 1833; m. 21st April. 1858 to Eliza Graham who died 3rd Dec, 1905: six children. Deputy (Court) Registrar Probate Court, Dublin, 1863 to 1873, and then appointed District Probate Registrar at Armagh. Matriculated in Queen's College, Belfast, Oct., 1874. Studied for Irish Bar, 1874 to 1877. O'Hagan Gold Medallist (Oratory), and Palles Gold Medallist (English Oratory) in Law Students' Deb. Society, Dublin 1875 and 1876. Called to Irish Bar, Nov., 1877. Joined the (then) North-East Circuit, March, 1878. Father of the Belfast Sessional Bar, 1893 to 1914; admitted as K.C. in Nov., 1914, and was elected Father of the newly-formed Bar of Northern Ireland (Circuit), 22nd Jan., 1922. Author of Guide to Irish Probate Practice (5th ed.): Guide to Matrimonial Court (Ireland) Practice; Sketch of North-East Bar: Torrens' Registration Scheme; Forms of Indictments (for Ireland); Rambling Reminiscences; and numerous Poetical Pieces. Recns.: (in younger days) gardening, map and architectural drawing, pedestrianism. Address: Glemona, Cregagh Road, Belfast.
SMITH, Frederick Paul, D.L., J.P.; Co. Cavan (High Sheriff 1911). Educ. at St. Patrick's College, Cavan, Catholic University, Dublin, and Vienna; late House Surgeon, National Eye an Ear Infirmary; third son of late Philip Smith, .UP., of Kevit Castle, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan, and Delia Mary (d. 1914) dau. of Corney Banahan, of Renny, Co. Roscommon; b. 1868; m. 1905, Isabella Ann, dau. of late Edward Smith. J.P., of Bellamont Forest, Cootehill, Co. Cavan, and has issue two sons and four daus. Res.: Kevit Castle, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan.
SMITH, Louis Cornelius Patrick. Educ. at St. Patrick's College, Cavan: admitted a Solicitor 1889; Crown Solicitor for Co. Cavan since 1910: son of late Philip Smith, J.P., of Kevit Castle, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan, and Delia Mary, dau. of Corney Banahan, of Renny, Co. Roscommon; b. 1867; m. 1898, Hetty, dau. of late Chas. J. Fay, M.P.. for Cavan, and has issue two sons and two daus. Res.: Arranmore, Cavan.
