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Oct 17, 2005 · Ronald John McNeill married Elizabeth Maud Bolitho from Cornwall in 1884. There were three children of the marriage; Ester Rose who married twice, firstly Major McNeill and secondly Geoffrey Moss; Mary Morwenna Bolitho who married Capt. Gribble; and Loveday Violet.
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Apr 10, 2020 · An elliptical slate tablet in the central gable is inscribed with a date and the initials ‘RMcN’ and ‘MMcN’ commemorating Ronald McNeill and his wife Maud who were largely responsible for the appearance of modern Cushendun.
village, Conservative and Unionist MP, Ronald McNeill, later Lord Cushendun (1861 – 1934), re-designed Cushendun in a style reminiscent of Cornwall, where his wife Maud came from. McNeill served as the UK representative to the League of Nations, a prelude to the United Nations, and was one of the signatories of
His wife Elizabeth Maud Bolitho was Cornish and this may have had some bearing on the design style produced by Clough Williams-Ellis. In 1925 the architect was again commissioned to design Mauds Cottages named after his first wife and also Glenmona House.
He was the son of Edmund McNeill, DL, JP and Sheriff of County Antrim, and his wife Mary (née Miller). He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford , graduating in 1886. McNeill was called to the bar in 1888 and started work as editor of The St James's Gazette (1900–04), as well as assistant editor of the Encyclopædia Britannica ...
Sep 25, 2020 · Secretary: Miss Ada McNeill. Born in England in 1860 but brought up in Cushendun, she was known throughout the Glens as ‘Miss Ada’. She was the first cousin of Ronald McNeill-Lord Cushendun, a staunch Unionist.
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The village was designed by Clough Williams-Ellis in 1912 at the request of Ronald John McNeill, Baron Cushendun. The picturesque Cornish appearance was deliberate, in an effort to please Maud, the Baron’s Penzance-born wife.
