Erskine Hamilton Childers

Erskine Hamilton Childers
Childers in 1971
4th President of Ireland
In office
25 June 1973 – 17 November 1974
TaoiseachLiam Cosgrave
Preceded byÉamon de Valera
Succeeded byCearbhall Ó Dálaigh
Tánaiste
In office
2 July 1969 – 14 March 1973
TaoiseachJack Lynch
Preceded byFrank Aiken
Succeeded byBrendan Corish
Minister for Health
In office
2 July 1969 – 14 March 1973
TaoiseachJack Lynch
Preceded bySeán Flanagan
Succeeded byBrendan Corish
Minister for Transport and Power
In office
27 June 1959 – 2 July 1969
Taoiseach
Preceded byOffice created
Succeeded byBrian Lenihan
Minister for Posts and Telegraphs
In office
10 November 1966 – 2 July 1969
TaoiseachJack Lynch
Preceded byJoseph Brennan
Succeeded byPatrick Lalor
In office
13 June 1951 – 2 June 1954
TaoiseachÉamon de Valera
Preceded byJames Everett
Succeeded byMichael Keyes
Minister for Lands
In office
27 March 1957 – 23 July 1959
TaoiseachÉamon de Valera
Preceded byMícheál Ó Móráin
Succeeded byJoseph Blowick
Parliamentary Secretary
1944–1948Local Government and Public Health
Teachta Dála
In office
October 1961 – 23 June 1973
ConstituencyMonaghan
In office
February 1948 – October 1961
ConstituencyLongford–Westmeath
In office
June 1938 – February 1948
ConstituencyAthlone–Longford
Personal details
Born(1905-12-11)11 December 1905
Westminster, London, England
Died17 November 1974(1974-11-17) (aged 68)
Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland
Cause of deathHeart failure
Resting placeRoundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouses
Ruth Ellen Dow
(m. 1925; died 1950)
(m. 1952)
Children7, including Erskine Barton and Nessa
Parents
Relatives
Education
Profession
  • Journalist
  • company director
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Erskine Hamilton Childers (11 December 1905 – 17 November 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the fourth president of Ireland from June 1973 to November 1974. He is the only Irish president to have died in office. He also served as Tánaiste and Minister for Health from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Transport and Power from 1959 to 1969, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1951 to 1954 and 1966 to 1969, Minister for Lands from 1957 to 1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1944 to 1948. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1938 to 1973.[1]

His father Robert Erskine Childers, an Irish republican and author of the espionage thriller The Riddle of the Sands, was executed during the Irish Civil War.

  1. ^ "Erskine Hamilton Childers". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2010.