No, Roger. Thanks for having a go. Up early , so you get first clue.
I was searching the internet in connection with a word that is very much in the News right now. This person did some work relevant to the 'word'.
His father was an Irish patriot and became a US citizen.... that won't help much. Sorry.
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns