Background
Sir McCausland was born in Ireland, became a Barrister and served as Attorney-General of Singapore from 1856-1866.
Sir McCausland was born in Ireland, became a Barrister and served as Attorney-General of Singapore from 1856-1866.
In 1868 he returned to Ireland to inherit the family estate at Cappaghduff, Company Mayo. He became a notable surgeon at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The 1901 Census records his address as 79 Merrion Square, a prestigious address in the heart of Georgian Dublin.
In 1896 the first use of x-ray in Ireland was by McCausland when he carried out an operation to remove a needle from the hand of a parlor maid.
The x-ray was performed at Royal College of Science for Ireland (this building is now the Department of the Taoiseach) and the operation was carried out at Doctor Steevens" Hospital just four months after Rontgen"s discover of X-Rays (called "Shadow-graphs" at the time). In 1923, during the Irish Civil War, the McCausland family moved from Ireland to Folkestone in Kent.
Charlotte later wrote:
McCausland"s son, Charles was a notable Irish cricketer.