Roland McNeill, Lord Cushendun, was born in County Antrim and educated at Harrow and Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1887, and from 1900 to 1904 was editor of the St James Gazette. From 1906 to 1911 he was assistant editor on the eleventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. He wrote several works defending the Union and was member of parliament for St Augustine's and Canterbury. In 1924 he was appointed a Privy Councillor, and as acting Foreign Minister signed the Kellogg Pact at Geneva. He was created a peer in 1927 and died at Cushendun.

Born:	30 April 1861
Died:	12 October 1934