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Erskine Childers

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Erskine Childers

Irish nationalist and author (1870-1922)

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Robert Erskine Childers, usually known as Erskine Childers, was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second Boer War, the novel The Riddle of the Sands (1903) about German preparations for a sea-borne invasion of England, and proposals for achieving Irish independence.

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Occupation: writer, politician, novelist, civil servant
Position held: Teachta Dála
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Irish Free State
Born: June 25, 1870
Died: November 24, 1922

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Molly Childersspouse Erskine Hamilton Childerschild Robert Alden Childerschild Robert Caesar Childersfather Anna Mary Henrietta Bartonmother

The Riddle of the Sandsknown for The Riddle of the Sandsknown for Sinn Féinpolitical party House of Commonsemployer Teachta Dálaposition held Trinity Collegeeducated at Haileybury and Imperial Service Collegeeducated at

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Robert Erskine Childers, usually known as Erskine Childers, was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second Boer War, the novel The Riddle of the Sands (1903) about German preparations for a sea-borne invasion of England, and proposals for achieving Irish independence.

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Occupation: writer, politician, novelist, civil servant
Position held: Teachta Dála
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Irish Free State
Born: June 25, 1870
Died: November 24, 1922

Family

Molly Childersspouse Erskine Hamilton Childerschild Robert Alden Childerschild Robert Caesar Childersfather Anna Mary Henrietta Bartonmother

The Riddle of the Sandsknown for The Riddle of the Sandsknown for Sinn Féinpolitical party House of Commonsemployer Teachta Dálaposition held Trinity Collegeeducated at Haileybury and Imperial Service Collegeeducated at