Bryan Mahon

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General Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon KCVO, KCB, DSO (2 April 1862-29 September 1930) was a British Army general and Irish Free State Senator.

During the Boer War Colonel Mahon led the column from Kimberley that came to the Relief of Mafeking which has been under siege by Boer forces.

During the first world war he commanded the 10th Division at Gallipoli[1] and in September 1915 moved with them to be head of British Expeditionary Force in Serbia. In 1916 General Mahon took up command of the Western Frontier Force in Egypt.[2]

He was then appointed as the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland in 1917-18 in the lead up to the Anglo-Irish war.

After his retirement he was elected as a privy council member of the shortlived Senate of Southern Ireland [3]. He was appointed to Seanad Éireann by the President of the Executive Council, William T. Cosgrave, in 1922 and 1925. He won election to the Seanad in 1928, and served until his death in 1930 [4].

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  1. ^ Gallipoli: where 4,000 Irish were slaughtered The Post.ie
  2. ^ Sir Archibald Murray's Despatch of 1916
  3. ^ The Senate of Southern Ireland, 1921
  4. ^ Oireachtas entry

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Military offices
Preceded by
John Maxwell		 Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
1917–1918		 Succeeded by
Frederick Shaw