Walter Berwick

On 12 July 1849, the long-standing tensions between the Orange Order and the local Roman Catholic community in south County Down erupted into a skirmish, following an Orange Order march at Dolly's Brae, near Rathfriland, in which several people were killed (the official count was about thirty deaths, though this figure has been disputed).

His report was highly critical of the local magistrates, especially Lord Roden, for failing to prevent the violence.

[2] When he was made judge of the Irish Court of Bankruptcy in 1859, the people of Cork paid a heartfelt tribute to his good service to the city.

Built by Sir John Benson, Cork's leading architect, it was completed in 1860 and still stands on the Grand Parade, although it was moved from its original site in 2007.

He was a founder member of the Stephen's Green Club, and an active campaigner for the establishment of the National Gallery of Ireland.

At Euston Station they took charge of a young girl called Louisa Symes, who was apparently a distant relative.