Biographies A-Z

Hutchinson, (William Patrick Henry) Pearse (1927–2012), poet, was born on 16 February 1927 in Glasgow, the only child of Henry Warren Hutchinson, a printer, and his wife Catherine (or Caitlín) Sarah (née McElhinney), a Scottish-born schoolteacher. Both parents were Sinn Féin activists;…

Hutton, John (1757–1830), founder of the firm of John Hutton & Sons (1779–1923), Ireland's premier coachbuilders, was born 8 June 1757 in Dublin, son of Robert Hutton (d. 1779), tannery owner, and Sarah Hutton (née Lewis; d. 1781). In the year of his father's death John Hutton…

Hutton, Mary Ann (1862–1953), Irish-language scholar and writer, was born in Manchester, England, the eldest child of James Drummond (qv) and his wife Frances (née Classon), who later had two sons and five more daughters. Secondary sources…

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Huxley, Margaret Rachel (1855–1940), nursing pioneer, was born in Croydon, Surrey, England, sixth among eight children of William Thomas Huxley (eldest brother of T. H. Huxley, FRS), and his wife, Esther (née Hopkins). She was…

Hyde, Douglas (de hÍde, Dubhghlas) (1860–1949), Gaelic scholar, founder of the Gaelic League, and first president of Ireland, was born 17 January 1860 in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, fourth child among three sons and two daughters of the Rev. Arthur Hyde (descended from the Hydes of…

Hyde, Harford Montgomery (1907–89), barrister, politician, and author, was born 14 August 1907 in Belfast, son of James Johnstone Hyde JP, linen merchant, and his wife, Isobel (née Montgomery). Hyde claimed distant kinship with Henry James. His…

Hyde, Henry (1638–1709), 2nd earl of Clarendon, lord lieutenant of Ireland , was born 2 June 1638, eldest son of Edward Hyde, 1st earl of Clarendon and lord chancellor of England, and his second wife Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Aylesbury. He was born in London, but spent much…

Hyde, Laurence (1641/2–1711), 1st earl of Rochester, lord lieutenant of Ireland , was baptised in March 1642, second son of Edward Hyde, the leading royalist and later earl of Clarendon and Charles II's lord chancellor. After the family's return to England at the restoration of…

Hyde, Sarah (d. 1750), printer and bookseller, was the only daughter of Joseph (qv) and Elizabeth Ray (qv), booksellers and printers in Dublin. Her early life is unrecorded before she married (1714) John Hyde, printer…

Hyndman, George Crawford (1796–1867), amateur naturalist, was born 24 October 1796 in Belfast, the elder of at least two sons (one of whom died as a young man) and a daughter of James Hyndman (1761?–1825), merchant and public figure in Belfast, and Cherry Crawford, said to be from…

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Hynes, Francis Alexander (‘Frank’) (1912–94), civil servant, was born 30 May 1912 in Galway city, son of Patrick Joseph Hynes, post office clerk, and Norah Elizabeth Hynes (née Dyas). The family lived on St Brendan's Road, Galway. Educated locally, he joined the civil service in May…

Hynes, (Oliver) Jerome (Morley) (1959–2005), theatre and festival manager, and arts administrator, was born 30 September 1959 at St John of God nursing home, Ballymote, Co. Sligo, one of two sons and two daughters of Oliver P. Hynes (c.1920–2004), vocational teacher, and his…