of Dr Alan Barnsley 1935–1939. Winner Silver Medal in Oratory 1939. Nobility Charles Austin Thomas Robert John Joseph ffrench, 6th Baron ffrench, 1868–1955. Deputy Lieutenant of County Galway. Charles Edward MacDermot, The Mac Dermot, Prince of Coolavin, 1904–47. Registrar, 1883–84. His son and successor, Charles John MacDermot (Prince of Coolavin, 1947–79), was also a member. Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin, Conservative peer. Secretary, 1888–89. Politics and government Gerald Brunskill, Unionist MP. Treasurer, 1887–88, Registrar, 1886–87. Nessa Childers MEP, Member of European Parliament. Registrar, 1977–78, SMC 1976–77. Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. Secretary, 1993–94. Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth, Liberal MP, businessman and brother of press barons Lord Northcliffe and Lord Rothermere. Registrar, 1889–90. Caesar Litton Falkiner, Unionist MP. President, 1885–86, Treasurer, 1884–85, Librarian, 1883–84. George Noble Plunkett, anti-treaty republican, member of the First Dáil and Ireland's first Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1919–21. James Wallace Quinton, chief commissioner of Assam from 1889 until his murder by rebels in Manipur in 1891. President, 1855–56, Secretary, 1854–55. Robert Rowlette, TD, Senator and doctor. Secretary, 1895–96. Religion Hugh Dunlop Brown, President of the Irish Baptist Association, theologian and prominent unionist. John Baptist Crozier, Anglican bishop. President, 1874–75, Secretary, 1873–4, Treasurer, 1872–73. Ralph Creed Meredith, chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. President, 1910–11, Secretary, 1909–10. Charles D'Arcy, ex-Sch., Anglican bishop. Treasurer, 1883–84. James Walsh, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, 1908–18. References External links TCDPhil.com Assorted records of the Society 1683 establishments in the British Empire Organizations established in 1683 Philosophical societies Philosophical Society, University Trinity College Dublin