Thom's Irish Who's Who/Clanwilliam, Earl of

2930553Thom's Irish Who's Who — Clanwilliam, Earl of


CLANWILLIAM, Earl of, 1770: Viscount Clanwilliam and Baron Gillford, 1776 (Irld.); Baron Clanwllliam (Unit. Kgd., 1828); and a Baronet (Irld., 1703), Arthur Vesey Meade, 5th Earl, M.C. (1915), Croix de Guerre (Italy); D.L., Co. Down: Captain and Adj., Roy. Horse Gds.; served in S. Africa, 1900-1902, as Assist. Provost Marshal and D.A. and A.G., and with 30th Batt. Imp. Yeo.; European War, 1915-18; eldest son of Richard James, 4th Earl, and Elizabeth Henrietta (Countess of Clanwilliam), eldest dau. of the late Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, G.C.M.G.; b. 14th Jan., 1873; s. his father. 4th Aug., 1907; m. 27th April. 1909, Hon. Mrs. Oliver Howard, M.B.E., dau. of Russell Stephenson, and widow of Hon. Oliver Howard. Issue: Lady Mary Katharine Selina; Lady Elizabeth Louise Margaret. Res.: Gillhall, Dromore, Co. Down. Clubs: United Service; Travellers', London; Kildare Street, Dublin.