George Vaughan Hart (academic)

George Vaughan Hart, KC (5 June 1841 – 13 December 1912) was an Anglo-Irish academic who served as Regius Professor of Feudal and English Law at Trinity College, Dublin from 1890 to 1909.[1]

George Vaughan Hart
George Vaughan Hart KC
Born5 June 1841
Dublin
Died13 December 1912
Dublin

Life

Hart was born on 5 June 1841 to Sir Andrew S. Hart, sometime vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and his wife Frances MacDougall, the daughter of Henry MacDougall QC, of Dublin. He was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin.[2][3] He was the brother of the explorer and botanist Henry Chichester Hart. He was also the great-nephew of William Allman, a Professor of Botany at Trinity College, Dublin and the first cousin once removed of George Johnston Allman through his maternal grandmother Frances Allman.[2][3]

He was called to the Irish Bar in 1865. He was King's Inns Professor of Law of Personal Property from 1880-1886. He was appointed Chief Examiner of Titles, Land Judges, Dublin in 1890. His career culminated in his post as Regius Professor of Feudal and English Law at TCD from 1890-1909.[4][5]

George Vaughan Hart was a keen gardener, owner of the house and garden at Woodside, Howth, County Dublin.

Family

On 12 September 1873, he married Mary Elizabeth Hone, daughter of Addison Hone, a scion of the Hone family. They had seven children:

  • Ethel Vaughan Hart (1875-1964). She married Sir Anthony Babington on 5 September 1907.[6][7] The couple had three children: Mary, Emerson and Ruth.
  • George Vaughan Hart (31 August 1877 – 8 September 1928). He married Maud Cullen and the couple had six children: George, Frances, Andrew, John, Edward and Ann. George Vaughan Hart and two of his sons (Andrew and John) died in a bathing accident on the coast of County Donegal in 1928.[7]
  • Norah Searle Hart (3 October 1879 – 1965). She married Mr Roberts of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The couple had no children.[7]
  • Hilda Chichester Hart (31 December 1882 – 1967). She married Geoffrey Surtees Phillpotts, son of James Surtees Phillpotts. The couple had five children: Dorothy, James, Mary Elizabeth (Betty), George and Brian.[7]
  • Tristram Beresford Hart (6 March 1884 – 1963). He married Hon. Vivian Parker, daughter of Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington. The couple had no children.[8][7]
  • William Hume Hart (6 April 1885 - 1976), medical doctor. He married Margot Miller. The couple had no children.[7]
  • Ruth Hart (20 December 1866 – 1977). She married Rt. Hon. Andrew Jameson. The couple had no children (though Jameson had children by a previous marriage).[9][7]

Photographs
  • G V Hart and Mary Hart in their garden at Woodside, Howth, County Dublin, c 1900
  • G V Hart with his first granddaughter Mary, 1908
  • G V Hart gardening


References
  1. Dublin University Calendar, 1911-12, Vol. II, p. 7
  2. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. The Family History of Hart of Donegal by H.T. Hart. LONDON, MITCHELL HUGHES & CLARKE, 140 WABDOUR STREET. 1907.
  4. http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Hart.html
  5. Who Was Who 1897-1916, Hart, George Vaughan KC LLD
  6. Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958, Vol 2, pg 457
  7. Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
  8. Parker of Waddington, Baron (UK, 1913 - 1918), Cracrofts Peerage
  9. "Hercules Henry MacDonnell". www.cgoakley.org. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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