Francis Greer
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Greer was the son of Judge Samuel McCurdy Greer, a former Member of Parliament for County Londonderry. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1893.
In 1908, he joined the Irish Office as Parliamentary Draftsman, holding the position until 1923 when he was appointed Third Parliamentary Counsel to HM Treasury. He held this post until his sudden death two years later.
Greer was called to the English Bar in 1912 and appointed a King's Counsel for Ireland in 1918. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1913, knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours,[1] and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1923.
Footnotes
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References
- Obituary, The Times, 7 February 1925
External links
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- 1869 births
- 1925 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Irish barristers
- English barristers
- British King's Counsel
- Civil servants in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (United Kingdom)
- Civil servants in Ireland (1801–1922)
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
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