Augustine Birrell
Augustine Birrell
Augustine Birrell KCwas an English Liberal Party politician, who was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916. In this post, he was praised for enabling tenant farmers to own their property, and for extending university education for Catholics. But he was criticised for failing to take action against the rebels before the Easter Rising, and resigned. A barrister by training, he was also an author, noted for humorous essays...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth19 January 1850