- Bryan Mahon
General Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon KCB, KCVO, DSO (2 April 1862-29 September 1930) was aBritish Army general andIrish Free State Senator.During the Boer War Colonel Mahon led the column from Kimberley that came to the
Relief of Mafeking which has been under siege by Boer forces.During the
first world war he commanded the 10th Division atGallipoli [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2001/11/11/story489421828.asp Gallipoli: where 4,000 Irish were slaughtered The Post.ie] ] and in September 1915 moved with them to be head of British Expeditionary Force in Serbia. In 1916 General Mahon took up command of the Western Frontier Force inEgypt . [ [http://www.1914-1918.net/murray_first_despatch.htm Sir Archibald Murray's Despatch of 1916] ]He was then appointed as the
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1917-18 in the lead up to theAnglo-Irish war .After his retirement he was elected as a
privy council member of the shortlivedSenate of Southern Ireland . [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1921.htm The Senate of Southern Ireland, 1921 ] ] He was appointed to Seanad Éireann by the President of the Executive Council,William T. Cosgrave , in 1922 and 1925. He won election to the Seanad in 1928, and served until his death in 1930 . [ [http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/print.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=1928&MemberID=1516&ConstID=215 Oireachtas entry] ]References
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* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/gw_mahon_01.jpgPhotograph of Mahon]
*, by Filson Young at TheProject Gutenberg
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