George Vaughan Hart (academic)

Hart was born on 5 June 1841 to Sir Andrew S. Hart, sometime vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and his wife Frances MacDougall, the daughter of Henry MacDougall QC, of Dublin. He was educated at St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin.[2][3] He was the brother of the explorer and botanist Henry Chichester Hart. He was also the great-nephew of William Allman, a Professor of Botany at Trinity College, Dublin and the first cousin once removed of George Johnston Allman through his maternal grandmother Frances Allman.[2][3]

He was called to the Irish Bar in 1865. He was King's Inns Professor of Law of Personal Property from 1880-1886. He was appointed Chief Examiner of Titles, Land Judges, Dublin in 1890. His career culminated in his post as Regius Professor of Feudal and English Law at TCD from 1890-1909.[4][5]

George Vaughan Hart was a keen gardener, owner of the house and garden at Woodside, Howth, County Dublin.

On 12 September 1873, he married Mary Elizabeth Hone, daughter of Addison Hone, a scion of the Hone family. They had seven children:

• Ethel Vaughan Hart (1875-1964). She married Sir Anthony Babington on 5 September 1907.[6][7] The couple had three children: Mary, Emerson and Ruth.
• George Vaughan Hart (31 August 1877 – 8 September 1928). He married Maud Cullen and the couple had six children: George, Frances, Andrew, John, Edward and Ann. George Vaughan Hart and two of his sons (Andrew and John) died in a bathing accident on the coast of County Donegal in 1928.[7]
• Norah Searle Hart (3 October 1879 – 1965). She married Mr Roberts of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. The couple had no children.[7]
• Hilda Chichester Hart (31 December 1882 – 1967). She married Geoffrey Surtees Phillpotts, son of James Surtees Phillpotts. The couple had five children: Dorothy, James, Mary Elizabeth (Betty), George and Brian.[7]
• Tristram Beresford Hart (6 March 1884 – 1963). He married Hon. Vivian Parker, daughter of Robert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington. The couple had no children.[8][7]
• William Hume Hart (6 April 1885 - 1976), medical doctor. He married Margot Miller. The couple had no children.[7]
• Ruth Hart (20 December 1866 – 1977). She married Rt. Hon. Andrew Jameson. The couple had no children (though Jameson had children by a previous marriage).[9][7]

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  G V Hart and Mary Hart in their garden at Woodside, Howth, County Dublin, c 1900
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  G V Hart with his first granddaughter Mary, 1908
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  G V Hart gardening