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Augustine Birrell KC (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was a British 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.
Januar 1850 in Wavertree bei Liverpool; † 20. November 1933 in London) war ein britischer Schriftsteller und Politiker . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Ausbildung und Familie. 2 Beruflicher und politischer Werdegang. 3 Literarisches Engagement. 4 Literatur. 5 Einzelnachweise. Ausbildung und Familie.
Augustine Birrell (born Jan. 19, 1850, Wavertree, Lancashire, Eng.—died Nov. 20, 1933, London) was a politician and man of letters whose policies, as British chief secretary for Ireland (1907–16), contributed to the Easter Rising of Irish nationalists in Dublin (1916). A lawyer from 1875 and a Liberal member of the House of Commons (1889 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Birrell, Augustine (1850–1933), chief secretary for Ireland, was born 19 January 1850 near Liverpool, England, son of Charles Birrell, baptist minister, and Harriet Jane Birrell (née Grey), of Edinburgh. A legacy enabled him to study law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating BA (1872).
11. Feb. 2009 · Augustine Birrell performed the thankless task of chief secretary for Ireland for a longer period than any of his forty-nine predecessors. His nine years of office from 1907 to 1916 included some of the most critical years of Anglo-Irish history, and ended tragically when he accepted blame for the 1916 Easter rebellion, which has ...
- Patricia Jalland
- 1976
Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1907-1916. Birrell contributed indirectly to the Rising by failing (together with Asquith) to confront the Ulster unionists and by failing to take action against the republicans planning the Rising. Augustine Birrell (1850-1933) was from Liverpool.
Augustine Birrell performed the thankless task of chief secretary for Ireland for a longer period than any of his forty-nine predecessors. His. nine years of office from I907 to I9I6 included some of the most critical. years of Anglo-Irish history, and ended tragically when he accepted.
