He declined a nomination to the Irish Convention on Home Rule in 1917.

He was also a Unionist member of the Irish Convention.

He was a delegate to the Irish Convention in 1917-1918.

Member of the Secretariat to the Irish Convention from 1917 to 1918.

Of those elected many senators had participated in the Irish Convention of 1917-18.

He participated as an Ulster delegate to the 1917-18 Irish Convention.

This plea for a conference was to be the seed of the later Irish Convention.

From 1917 to 1918 he was a member of the Irish Convention.

In 1917 he was a member of the unsuccessful Irish Convention.

Participated as an Unionist delegate to the 1917-18 Irish Convention.