People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 41

People We Hear About

; Mr. Martin Kennedy, K.S.G., of Wellington; has been elected chairman of the Bank of New Zealand.

Rev. Father; Bernard . Vaughan, S.J during his stay in Washington, was invited to the White House, and was received by the President of the United States. He was introduced by Chief j Justice Mr. White, who is a Catholic. / '■*'':■ . ' ; - ;

3£r\ Sheehan Bey, who, in •■- his college days ;in Waterford, ,was known as Bob - Sheehan, has died suddenly at/Port Said, Egypt. He took part in the -Gordon Relief Expedition in ; the 'eighties, and was severely wounded at Abu Klea, a bullet having passed through his body in the region of the heart. ; Aftei the fall of Khartoum he left the English service, "and. joined that of the Khedive, One of his brothers, the Rev. Dr/ Sheehan,sis Professor of Classics in Maynooth College. The death of Countess Murphy, which took place on February 10 at her residence, Clifton, Montenotta, Cork, has caused much regret. - She was a member of the'bid family of' the Leahys, of Shanakiel. In 1869 she married Mr. John Nicholas Murphy, author of Terra Incognita and The Chair of Peter. /There was but one child of the marriage, a daughter, who married Mr. Coltsman Cronin, /of the well-known Kerry family of that name.. The churches and charities "of Cork owe much to her munifieence|s j : , ■;.../ f/ ! ' "- -K Mrs. Josephine Ward, the English novelist, is the wife of Mr. Wilfrid Ward, the distinguished editor of the Dublin Review. She -is the daughter of the late Mr. James) Robert Hope-Scott, of Abbotsford, by : his second marriage with the Lady Victoria Howard, eldest sister of the present Duke of Norfolk. Mrs. Ward's sisters are the Hon; Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, of Abbotsford, and Lady Conor/ wife of "the late- British ambassador to Turkey. ; Mrs. Ward is an original, vigorous writer, and takes rank with the best authors of contemporary fiction. ~";,;- ■ Mr. "T. P. O'Connor, who has just returned to London from Egypt, : in an interview, paid a high tribute to Lord Kitchener's administration there; and emphasised the present;tranquil condition of the coun- ! try .-Lord Kitchener, he said, had already established good relations, not only with European, but with native, opinion. Mr. O'Connor mentioned the interesting fact that he saw a letter from Lord; Kitchener announcing: that he would be present at a St. Patrick's" Day banquet as an Irishman.' Mr. O'Connor said that he found countrymen of his own in very high positions in Egypt Mr. McLaughlin, for instance, a ; County Mayo man/is manager of one of the chief banks. Dr. Keating, a member of a well-known Dublin family, the head of the Medical School, Mr. Plunket, formerly Lord Kitchener's;confidential non-com., the head of a ; large drapery establishment.- -. . Lord Dunraven has just celebrated his 71st birthday. His lordship's career-has been as varied as almost anyone could wish.-; The descendant of a third century Irish king, -Lord Dunraven has been soldier, author, politician, yachtsman, war correspondent, 'big-game hunter, and picture collector. . Interested in all things : Irish, the Earl was one. of the few large landowners in ; the Emerald Isle who welcomed the idea of the Irish/Land Conference. x He has, indeed, had his share or conferences, for when he has not ; been- sitting on one he has been spending laborious days on Select Committees, or looking into/some, grievance which, perchance/ needed a Royal Commission! Lord Salisbury used to speak ..with some fondness of .his* 'robust common sense.' Celtic to the core, there are few men better able to ? ) speak on = the rights tor! wrongs of -his country than; he; and his relations with tenantry have been remarkably free from friction "or strife. His favorite house is Adare Manor, Limerick, where he has had golf links : laid out. This residence has been in the possession of the family of Quin for; centuries, and it is beautifully situated. ' u