Reginald Brabazon Meath - Encyclopedia

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"REGINALD BRABAZON MEATH, 12TH Earl Of (1841-), British philanthropist, was born July 3 1 1841 in London. He was educated at Eton and in Germany, and in 1863 became a clerk in the Foreign Office. In 1868 he entered the diplomatic service and was sent to Berlin, leaving Germany for The Hague in 1870. From 1871 to 1873 he was in Paris after the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War. Subsequently he devoted himself to various philanthropic and municipal undertakings in Ireland and London. In 1879 he became the first chairman of the Young Men's Friendly Society; he also became chairman of the Metropolitan Public Gardens Assn., and was founder of the Empire Day movement. His publications include Social Arrows (1886); Social Aims (1893); Great Britain in Europe (1901); Great Britain in Asia (1905); Imperial and Social Subjects (1906).