Little, Patrick

Hill, Arthur (1600–63), politician, was second son of Sir Moyses Hill of Hill Hall, Co. Down, and Alice Hill (née McDonnell), related to the future earls of Antrim. Building on the success of his father, who had acquired large estates in eastern Ulster at the expense of the O'…

Jephson, William (1615–58), soldier and politician, was the son and heir of Sir John Jephson of Froyle, Hampshire, England, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Norreys of Mallow Castle, Co. Cork. Jephson was a true Anglo-Irishman, having estates and family connections in…

Jones, Michael (d. 1649), parliamentarian soldier, was the younger son of Lewis Jones (qv), bishop of Killaloe, and his wife Mabel, daughter of Arland Ussher and sister of James Ussher (qv),…

King, Sir Robert (d. 1657), parliamentarian politician, was eldest son of Sir John King (qv) of Boyle Abbey, Co. Roscommon, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Robert Drury. King was educated at Cambridge, and on his return to Ireland…

Rawdon, Sir George (1604–84), Ulster landowner and politician, was son and heir of Francis Rawdon of Rawdon Hall, Yorkshire, England, and his wife Dorothy, daughter of William Aldborough of Aldborough, Yorkshire. The scion of an old gentry family, Rawdon was educated at schools in…

Reynolds, Sir John (1625–57), Cromwellian soldier, was third son of Sir James Reynolds of Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England; his mother was a daughter of Sir Robert Mordaunt. Educated at Cambridge and at the Middle Temple in London, Reynolds used his family's East Anglian…

Tighe, Richard (d. 1673), Dublin alderman and MP, was son of William Tighe of Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England, and his wife Mary, daughter of Tobias Houghton of Kelthorpe, Rutland, England. Tighe probably started his career as a merchant in London, but by the early 1640s he…

Waller, Sir Hardress (1604–66), soldier, politician, and regicide, was the son and heir of George Waller of Groombridge, Kent, England, and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Hardress. Waller's family was one of the wealthiest in Kent, and his cousin was the parliamentarian…