Code | DS/UK/889 |
Dates | 1905-1974 |
Person Name | Childers; Erskine Hamilton (1905-1974); fourth President of Ireland |
Surname | Childers |
Forenames | Erskine Hamilton |
Epithet | fourth President of Ireland |
Activity | Teachta 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. |
Relationships | Son of Robert Erskine Childers DSC (1870-1922) Irish republican and author of 'The Riddle of the Sands' |
Dates and Places | Born 11 December 1905, Embankment Gardens, London, died 17 November 1974, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin. |