Background
Hearne, John Joseph was born on November 4, 1893 in Waterford, Ireland. Son of Richard and Alice Mary (Power) Hearne.
Hearne, John Joseph was born on November 4, 1893 in Waterford, Ireland. Son of Richard and Alice Mary (Power) Hearne.
Graduate National U. Ireland, King’s Inn.
Junior counsel Irish Bar, 1919, admitted to Senior Bar, 1939. Assistant attorney general, 1925. Irish delegate League of Nations, 1926.
Legal advisory Department External Affairs, Dublin, 1927.
1st high commissioner Ireland to Canada, 1939. Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ireland to the United States, from 1950.
Home: Washington District of Columbia.
Married Monica Mary Martin, June 1930. Children: Maurice, John Justin, David Anselm, Mary Elizabeth.