Lieut.-Col. H. D. Jones, R.E., Chairman.
Richard Griffith, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
Commissioners:
John Radcliff, Esq.
Wm. Thos. Mulvany, Esq.
Captain Larcom, R.E.
The First Relief Commission, appointed by Sir Robert Peel’s Government
Rt. Hon. E. Lucas, Chairman (afterwards retired).
Com.-Gen. Sir R. I. Routh (afterwards Chairman).
Colonel D. Mc Gregor.
Lieut.-Col. H. D. Jones, R.E.
Sir James Dombrain.
Professor Sir Robert Kane.
E. T. B. Twisleton, Esq.
Theobald Mc Kenna, Esq.
The Second Relief Commission, appointed by Lord John Russell’s Government.
Major-Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne, K.C.B., Chairman.
T. N. Redington, Esq.
E. T. B. Twisleton, Esq.
Com.-Gen. Sir R. I. Routh.
Lieut.-Col. H. D. Jones, R.E.
Colonel D. Mc Gregor.
The Poor Law Commissioners in Ireland.
E. T. B. Twisleton, Esq.
Rt. Hon. Sir W. M. Somerville, Bart.
T. N. Redington, Esq.
Sir Randolph Routh was in charge of the Commissariat from the commencement to the end of the measures of relief.
It is due to Mr. Redington to state that his intimate acquaintance with Ireland, and excellent judgment, were a never-failing ground of reliance in the most difficult emergencies.
[43] One of the principal causes of the expense incurred, was the necessity of finding work for every person in the neighbourhood of his own home, which added greatly to the number of the works, and to the proportion of them left unfinished.