Bergin, John

Browne, John (1638–1712?), lawyer and entrepeneur, of Kinturk and Westport, Co. Mayo, was the second son of Major John Browne (d. 1670) of the Neale, near Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, and his wife Mary. His mother was a daughter of Sir …

Bulkeley, Sir Richard (1660–1710), politician and eccentric philanthropist, was born 17 August 1660 in Dublin. His great-grandfather was Archbishop Lancelot Bulkeley (qv), while his father, Richard Bulkeley (1634–85), MP for…

Cavendish, William (1698?–1755), 3rd duke of Devonshire , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was the eldest son of William, 2nd duke of Devonshire, and his wife, Rachel Russell, daughter of William, Lord Russell, and sister of the 2nd duke of Bedford. Heir to one of the great whig…

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Coghlan, Joseph (d. 1697), lawyer and politician, was probably the youngest son of Francis MacCoghlan, a catholic landowner of Kilcolgan, King's Co. Joseph became a protestant and in 1672 he was a student at TCD. The place of his…

Damer, Joseph (c.1630–1720), land agent and moneylender, was born at Godmanston in Dorset, to John Damer, of a landowning family established in Somerset and Dorset, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William Maber. The couple also had several daughters and five…

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Deane, Joseph (1624–99), army officer and revenue farmer, was born at Pinnock in Gloucestershire, youngest of the four sons of Edward Deane, a landed gentleman, and his second wife, Anne Deane (née Wase), a relative of Oliver Cromwell (…

Delane, Dennis (c.1707–1750), actor, was probably the eldest son of George Delane (d. 1720), a Dublin glazier with an interest in lands in Co. Roscommon, whose widow Joan and three daughters were living in 1737. He was admitted to TCD…

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Ellis, Sir William (c.1648–1732), chief secretary, was the second son of John Ellis (d. 1681) and his wife, Susanna (d. 1700), a daughter of William Welbore of Cambridge. John Ellis was a fellow of St Catharine Hall, Cambridge, and a chaplain to Archbishop Abbot of…

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Fitton, Sir Alexander (1635/6–1699), Baron Fytton , lord chancellor, was the eldest surviving son of William Fitton of Gawsworth in Cheshire. His great-grandfather Sir Edward Fitton (qv) was a high-ranking Tudor official in…

Fitzgerald, Sir John (d. a.7 May 1712), 2nd baronet, soldier, and patron of the poet Ó Bruadair, was born, probably by 1640, the eldest of at least five sons of Sir Edmund Fitzgerald (d. c.1666), 1st baronet, of Clonlish, Co. Limerick, and his wife, Mary Fitzgerald…

Fitzroy, Charles (1683–1757), 2nd duke of Grafton , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 25 October 1683 at Arlington House, Middlesex, the only son of Henry Fitzroy and his wife, Isabella Fitzroy (née Bennet) (d. 1723), daughter of the earl of Arlington. His father, one of…

Forster, John (1667–1720), judge and MP, was the eldest son among at least two sons and two daughters of Richard Forster, of Clonshagh, Co. Dublin, militia colonel and later MP for Swords (1692–3), and his wife Anne (née Webber). He entered …

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Francis, John (c.1661–1724), Church of Ireland clergyman, was born in Chester, son of John Francis, a citizen of the town. He was admitted to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1678, taking his BA in 1681 and…

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Galwey, John (1706–81), wine merchant, was born 19 June 1706, the elder of two sons of William Galwey (b. 1656) and his wife, Margaret Galwey (née MacCurtin) of Killelough, Co. Cork. The Galweys were an Old English family with branches in several parts of Munster. Several of John…