Robert Erskine Childers
(1870-1922)
Irish nationalist and author
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Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers (), was an English-born Irish writer, whose works included the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands. He became a supporter of Irish Republicanism and smuggled guns into Ireland in his sailing yacht Asgard. He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War. He was the son of British Orientalist scholar Robert Caesar Childers; the cousin of Hugh Childers and Robert Barton; and the father of the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers.
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Robert Erskine Childers 25 June 1870 Mayfair, London
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24 November 1922 (aged 52) Beggars Bush, Dublin, Ireland
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Erskine Hamilton Childers 1st child with Molly Childers Male b. 11 Dec 1905 d. 17 Nov 1974 Age: 68 (at death) 1905-1974 Irish politician and 4th President of Ireland
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