Sir Francis Nugent Greer (24 February 1869 – 6 February 1925) was a British

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and

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. Greer was the son of Judge Samuel McCurdy Greer, a former Member of Parliament for

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. He was educated at

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and was called to the Irish Bar in 1893. In 1908, he joined the

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as Parliamentary Draftsman, holding the position until 1923 when he was appointed Third Parliamentary Counsel to HM Treasury. He held this post until his sudden death two years later. Greer was called to the English Bar in 1912 and appointed a

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for Ireland in 1918. He was appointed

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(CB) in 1913,

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in the 1920 New Year Honours, and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1923.

Footnotes

References

*Obituary, '' The Times'', 7 February 1925

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greer, Francis 1869 births 1925 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Irish barristers English barristers British King's Counsel Civil servants in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (United Kingdom) Civil servants in Ireland (1801–1922) Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Bachelor