William Teeling (1903 – 1975), an Irish author, traveller and United Kingdom politician
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Teeling Column, one of the four armed units devised by Seán Cronin for the Border Campaign in the west of Ireland
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Bartholomew Teeling (1774 – 1798), a leader of the Irish forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798
Among the most prominent members of this British section were apart from Teeling, Corfield and Rodgers, Peter Agnew and Geoffrey Rippon who both were to become international presidents of the CEDI later on.
Throughout his Parliamentary career Teeling remained on the backbenches, but his expertise on foreign affairs was acknowledged (he was a Freeman of Seoul in Korea).