Background
BYRNE, William Patrick was born on February 12, 1859. 4th son of late John Byrne, Withington, Lancashire.
BYRNE, William Patrick was born on February 12, 1859. 4th son of late John Byrne, Withington, Lancashire.
Studied at St. Cuthbert’s College, Ushaw. St. Bede’s College, Manchester. Private tutors (Bachelor of Arts London with honours).
Clerk, General Post Office, 1881. Home Office, 1884.
Private Secretary to Permanent Under Secretary of State, 1891. To Secretary of State, 1895. Member of Home Oflice Committee on Judicial Statistics, 1892.
Secretary to Inter-Departmental Committee on Riots, 1894. Senior Clerk 1890; Chairman of Home Office Committee on Inebriate Reformatories, 1898. Member of Committee on Cremation, and of Treasury Committee on Honours, 1902.
Member of Royal Commission on the Feebleminded, 1904. Member of Committees on Public Records, on Metropolitan Police Finances, and on the Procedure of Royal Commissions, 1908-1909. British delegate to International Conference, Paris, on Aerial Navagiation, 1910.
Called to bar, Gray’s Inn, 1886. Bencher, 1908. Assistant Under Secretary, Home Office, since 1908.
Spouse 1910, Maria, widow of W. Wybrow Robertson, late I.C.S.