Dermot MacDermot

Sir Dermot MacDermot KCMG CBE[1] (1906–1989), styled Prince of Coolavin, Chief of the Name, head of the MacDermot clan, and a descendant of the Kings of Moylurg.

MacDermot attended Stonyhurst College,[2] and went on to Trinity College Dublin, where he was elected a Scholar.[3]

Sir Dermot MacDermot had served as British Ambassador to Indonesia (1956–59) and Thailand (1961–65). He succeeded his brother as The MacDermot upon the latter's death in 1979. He wrote an account of the family titled "MacDermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family". The book chronicles the affairs of the Kings of Moylurg and their neighbours over the course of six hundred years.^[citation needed]

See also

• Chiefs of the Name
• Kings of Moylurg

Notes

1. "CHANCERY OF THE ORDER OF SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE" (PDF). The London Gazette. 1 January 1962.
2. "3 Catholics Receive Knightoods". The Catholic Herald. 18 June 1954.
3. "Irish Chiefs and Indians". The Catholic Herald. 25 September 1987.

References

• Cairnduff, Maureen (1984). "MacDermot, The: Sir Dermot, Prince of Coolavin". Who's Who in Ireland: The Influential 1,000. Dublin: Vesey. ISBN 978-0-9510120-0-0. or subsequent editions
• "Mac Dermot of Moylurg: The Story of a Connacht Family", Dermot MacDermot, 1996.
• The MacDermot Clan Association website

Preceded by Charles John MacDermot

Prince of Coolavin 1979 - 1989

Succeeded by Niall Anthony MacDermot