Record

CodeDS/UK/889
Dates1905-1974
Person NameChilders; Erskine Hamilton (1905-1974); fourth President of Ireland
SurnameChilders
ForenamesErskine Hamilton
Epithetfourth President of Ireland
ActivityTeachta Dála (T.D.) from 1938 until 1973. Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, 1951-1954, 1959-1961, and 1966-1969, Minister for Lands, 1957-1959, Minister for Transport and Power, 1959-1969, and Minister for Health, 1969-1973. Appointed Tánaiste in 1969.
RelationshipsSon of Robert Erskine Childers DSC (1870-1922) Irish republican and author of 'The Riddle of the Sands'
Dates and PlacesBorn 11 December 1905, Embankment Gardens, London, died 17 November 1974, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
Archive Catalogue
RefNoTitle
BML/1/3/19Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus Scotland, Lansdowne Road, 2 March 1974
BML/2/12/30Big sheet and bundle, Ireland versus New Zealand, Lansdowne Road, 23 November 1974
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