Andrew Jameson PC (Ire)

Privy Council of Ireland

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 (17 August 1855 – 15 February 1941) was a Scottish

Scotland

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-born Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 public servant, politician and businessman.

Jameson was born in Alloa

Alloa

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. He was educated at London International College

London International College

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, Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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 and Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...

. From 1896 to 1898 he was Governor of the Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland

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. In 1902 he was High Sheriff of County Dublin

High Sheriff of County Dublin

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. He was also chairman of the Irish Lights Commission

Commissioners of Irish Lights

The Commissioners of Irish Lights is the body that serves as the lighthouse authority for Ireland plus its adjacent seas and islands...

, which administered lighthouse

Lighthouse

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s in Ireland. He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland

Privy Council of Ireland

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 in the 1921 New Year Honours, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable".

From 1922 to 1936 Jameson served as a Senator

Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)

Seanad Éireann was the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State from 1922–1936. It has also been known simply as the Senate, or as the First Seanad. The Senate was established under the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State but a number of constitutional amendments were...

 of the Irish Free State

Irish Free State

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. As a member of the Memorial Committee set up to further the process of the Irish National War Memorial Gardens

Irish National War Memorial Gardens

The Irish National War Memorial Gardens is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918", out of over 300,000 Irishmen who served in all armies....

, in December 1930 he advised W. T. Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free State, who was very interested in bringing the Memorial to fruition, on the suitability of the site running along the south bank of the River Liffey

River Liffey

The Liffey is a river in Ireland, which flows through the centre of Dublin. Its major tributaries include the River Dodder, the River Poddle and the River Camac. The river supplies much of Dublin's water, and a range of recreational opportunities.-Name:The river was previously named An Ruirthech,...

; this site was eventually decided upon by Cosgrave and agreed by the Committee.

Jameson was also chairman of the whiskey distillers John Jameson & Son Ltd

Jameson Irish Whiskey

Jameson is a single distillery Irish whiskey produced by a division of the French distiller Pernod Ricard. Jameson is similar in its adherence to the single distillery principle to the single malt tradition, but Jameson combines malted barley with unmalted or "green" barley...

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