Robert Dick Megaw, K.C.

1867 - 1947  (79 years)

• Name	Robert Dick Megaw, K.C.  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Suffix	K.C.
  Born	26 Oct 1867	Ballyboyland, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [2, 3, 4, 9]
  	IGI C70132-7 C01185-0
  Christened	24 Nov 1867
  	Extract from Farm Diary of John Megaw (1830)
  Gender	Male
  Education	Read for an M.A. in Classics
  Web Address	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dick_Megaw
  Occupation	Judicial Land Commissioner for Northern Ireland
  Occupation	Northern Ireland   [6, 7]
  	Puisne Judge, High Court of Justice (Chancery Judge)
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	4, Nottinghill Street, Cromac, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland   [3]
  	1901 Census (Visitor)
  		Megaw 1901 Belfast
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	44 Northumberland Road, Dublin, Ireland   [2]
  	1911 Irish Census
  		Megaw 1911 Dublin
  Residence	1913	44 Malone Road, Dublin, Ireland   [10]
  Residence	1933	Brekagh, University Road, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland   [10]
  Residence	1946	66 Malone Road, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland   [6]
  Died	2 May 1947	66 Malone Road, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland   [1, 8]
  	Auricular Fibrillation
  Person ID	I3210	Cooke Family History
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	John Megaw, J.P. b. 17 May 1830, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 17 Feb 1913, Ballyboyland, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Ellen Dick b. 15 Mar 1834, The Garry, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 22 May 1925, Ballyboyland, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland  (Age 91 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1864	Roseyards Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
  Family ID	F155	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Annie McElderry b. 4 Sep 1874, Charles Street, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland d. 6 Oct 1968, 66 Malone Road, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 94 years)
  Married	8 Aug 1906	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland   [5, 11]
  	by Rev. J.B. Armour. Extract from father's diary.
  		Annie McElderry 10th May 1906 wedding gifts received
  Children	1. Margaret Isabel Megaw b. 24 Sep 1912, Dublin, Ireland d. 22 Aug 2008, Belfast, Northern Ireland  (Age 95 years)   2. John Megaw b. 16 Sep 1909, Dublin, Ireland d. 27 Dec 1997, London, England  (Age 88 years)   3. Sarah Elizabeth Howard Megaw b. 16 Sep 1917, Dublin, Ireland d. 25 Nov 2004, Edinburgh, Scotland  (Age 87 years)   4. Helen Dick Megaw b. 1 Jun 1907, Dublin, Ireland d. 26 Feb 2002, Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 94 years)   5. Annie Winifred Megaw b. 24 Apr 1914, Dublin, Ireland d. 15 Oct 1999, Surrey, England  (Age 85 years)   6. Alice Knox Megaw b. 30 Apr 1908, Dublin, Ireland d. 22 Nov 1994, Ballycastle, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 86 years)   7. Thomas McElderry Megaw b. 30 Apr 1908, Dublin, Ireland d. 20 May 1990, Buckland, Betchworth, Surrey, England  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F834	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Robert Dick Megaw obituary Belfast Telegraph
  		Megaw, William James - Probate 1945 Will Calendar
  		Marriage of Robert Dick Megaw and Annie McElderry-1
  		LtoR Robert K. McElderry, Robert D. Megaw and David J. Megaw at Ballyboyland LtoR Robert K. McElderry, Robert D. Megaw and David J. Megaw at Ballyboyland
  		Robert Dick Megaw b1867
  		Robert Dick Megaw b1867-1
  		Marriage of Robert Dick Megaw and Annie McElderry
  		Robert D. Megaw b1867

  
  

  Documents		Megaw 1911 Dublin
  		Megaw 1901 Belfast

  
  

• Sources

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Salt Lake City, Utah: Family Searc;). Birth date: 26 Oct 1867 Birth place: Antrim, Ireland Baptism date: Baptism place: Ireland [S46] Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes 1845–1958,” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah. General Register Office. "Quarterly Returns of Births in Ireland with Index;). [S303] Girton College Register 1869-1946, Girton College, (Name: University Press, Cambridge; Location: Cambridge; Date: 1948;), Chronalogical Register of Students, 1937; Megaw, Sarah Elizabeth Howard; page 531. MEGAW, SARAH ELIZABETH HOWARD (Mrs WILSON): b. 16 Sept. 1917, at Dublin; y. dau. of Hon. Robert Dick Megaw, Puisne Judge of High Court of Justice, N. Ireland (retd.) (see Who's who), of 66 Malone Rd, Belfast, and Annie McElderry; yr. sister of Helen Dick Megaw (q.v.); m 4 Oct. 1945, James Thompson Wilson. Educ. Roedean Sch.; Intermediate B.Sc., Queen's Univ., Belfast, 1937; Girton 1937-40; Math. Trip., Pt I, Cl. III, 1938; Geog. Trip., Pt II, Cl. II, div 1, 1940; M.A. 1944. A.M., Geog. and Elem. Math., Richmond Lodge Sch., Belfast, 1940-41; Meteorologist, W.A.A.F. (Flight Officer) 1941-45. Address: 10 Southpark Av., Glasgow, W.2. [S303] Girton College Register 1869-1946, Girton College, (Name: University Press, Cambridge; Location: Cambridge; Date: 1948;), Teaching and Administrative Staff, 1946; Megaw, Helen Dick; page 668. MEGAW, HELEN DICK: b. 1 June 1907, in Dublin; dau. of Robert Dick Megaw, Puisne Judge, High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland (Chancery Judge) (see Who's who), and Annie McElderry; er. sister of S. E. H. Megaw (Mrs Wilson) (q.v.). Educ. Alexandra Sch., Dublin; Roedean Sch.; Queen's Univ. Belfast; Girton 1926-30; Todd Memorial Scholar; Nat. Sci. Trip., Pt I, Cl. I, 1928; Pt II, Cl. II (Physics), 1930; Amelia Gurney Graduate Scholar 1929-30; Yarrow Research Student 1930-33; Hertha Ayrton Research Fellow 1934-36; M.A. 1931; Ph.D. 1934; Gamble Prize (shared) for essay entitled 'Thermal expansion of crystals' 1936; research work on crystallography in Vienna (I. Chemisches Institut) 1934-35; research work on low temperatures at Oxford (Clarendon Lab.) 1935-36. A.M., Bedford H. Sch. 1936-39; Bradford Girls' Gr. Sch. 1939-43; X-ray crystallographer, Phillips Lab. 1943-45; Asst. Director of Research, Crystallographic Lab., Birkbeck Coll., London, 1945-46; Staff Fellow, Director of Studies in Nat. Sciences and Lecturer in Physics, Girton Coll., since 1946; Asst. in Research in Crystallography, Cavendish Lab. since 1946. Fellow of Inst. of Physics; Member of Faraday Soc., Physical Soc., Roy, Inst., Camb. Philos. Soc., Mineralogical Soc., Br. Glaciological Soc. and Amer. Soc. for X-Ray and Electron Diffraction; Branch Sec. (Phillips Branch) of Assoc. of Scientific Workers 1945; Member of London Area Cttee., A. Sc. W. 1946; A. Sc. W. delegate to Mitcham Trades Council 1945; representative of A. Sc. W. on Internat. Women's Day Cttee. 1946 and delegate to Annual Conference of Women's Organisations allied to T.U.C. 1946. Exhibited in London Salon of Photography 1943. Publications: about 20 scientific papers (some in collab.) in Phil. Mag., Proc. Roy. Soc. A., Zeitschr. f. Krist., Nature, J. Inst. Metals, Proc. Phys. Soc., Experientia, Faraday Soc. Trans., various dates 1932-46. Address: 66 Malone Rd, Belfast; Girton College, Cambridge. [S125] Web: Northern Ireland, Will Calendar Index, 1839-1943, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). [S32] Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620–1911. 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