Background
CROOK, William Montgomery was born on January 23, 1860 in Sligo. Son of late Reverend W. Crook, Doctor of Divinity, Vice-President of Irish Methodist Conference^. 1897), and Maria, daughter of late Reverend Fossey Tackaberry.
CROOK, William Montgomery was born on January 23, 1860 in Sligo. Son of late Reverend W. Crook, Doctor of Divinity, Vice-President of Irish Methodist Conference^. 1897), and Maria, daughter of late Reverend Fossey Tackaberry.
Studied at Methodist College, Belfast. Grammar School, Drogheda. Trinity College, Dublin.
Classical Sizarship, Trinity College, Dublin, 1877. 1st Erasmus Smith Exhibition, 1877. Classical Scholar, 1880.
Bachelor of Arts; 1st class Honours and Gold Medal in Classics, 1881. Classical Master, Wesley College Dublin, 1879-1880. Bachelor of Arts.
Contested Liberal Wandsworth, General Election, 1892. On stall' of Methodist Times, 1892-1898. Secretary of Eighty Club, 1895-1898.
Editor of Echo, 1898-1900. Secretary Home Counties Lib. Fed. 1902. R.G.S.
Clubs: National Liberal, Devonshire, Eighty, Climbers’, Irish Lit. Soc.
Walking - tours, golf, photography, and politics. T.A.: Aggressive, London. T.: 642 Victoria.