Army officer in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War (died 1974). Deaths 12 January – Daniel Connor, convict transported to Western Australia, businessman (born 1831). 25 January – Frederick Dobson Middleton, British general noted for his service particularly in the North-West Rebellion (born 1825). 14 February – Arthur Gwynn, cricketer and rugby player (born 1874). 13 March – Richard Quain, physician (born 1816). 17 March – John Thomas Ball, lawyer, politician and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1875–1881 (born 1815). 24 March – George Thomas Stokes, ecclesiastical historian (born 1843). 28 March – Sir John Arnott, businessman (born 1814 in Scotland). 1 April – Samuel Davidson, biblical scholar (born 1806). 11 May – Dalton McCarthy, lawyer and politician in Canada (born 1836). 29 June – William Knox Leet, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1879 at Inhlobana, Zululand, South Africa (born 1833). 13 August – Charles Frederick Houghton, soldier and politician in Canada (born 1839). 24 November – George James Allman, naturalist, Emeritus Professor of Natural History in Edinburgh (born 1812). 1 December – Charles Magill, member of the 1st Canadian Parliament and mayor of Hamilton (born 1816). References 1890s in Ireland Ireland Years of the 19th century in Ireland Ireland