Background
KEIGHTLEY, Samuel Robert was born in 1859 in Belfast. Son of late Samuel Keightley, Justice of the Peace Bangor, Company Down.
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Samuel Robert KEIGHTLEY
Samuel Robert KEIGHTLEY, British novelist.
Education
Studied at private school. Queen’s College, Belfast. Scholar in Classics and Law.
Irish Bar, 1883; Master of Arts.
Career
Contested South Antrim as Independent Unionist, 1903. Was presented with service of plate in recognition of services. Contested Liberal South Derry, 1910.
PuJMcations: Poems, ! A King’s Daughter, 1881. The Crimson Sign, 1895. The Cavaliers, 1896; The Last Recruit of Clare’s, 1897.
The Silver Cross, 1898. Heronford, 1899; The Pikemen, 1904. LL. D.; barrister and novelist.
Interests
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Golf, gardening.
Connections
- Father:
- Samuel Keightley
