Hamilton, James Archibald (1747–1815), Church of Ireland clergyman and astronomer, was born at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, son of Col. Gustavus Hamilton and Jane Hamilton (née Giverdot). From 1754 he attended the Royal School at Armagh before entering…
Murphy, David
Hanger, George
Hanger, George (1751–1824), army officer, author, and eccentric, was born 13 October 1751 in Co. Londonderry, third son of Gabriel Hanger, 1st Lord Coleraine, MP and merchant, and Elizabeth Hanger (née Bond) of Cowbury, Hereford, England. Educated at Reading School and Eton, he…
Harrison, Robert
Harrison, Robert (1793–1858), surgeon and anatomist, was born in Co. Tipperary, son of John Harrison; nothing is known of his mother. He entered TCD in October 1809, aged 16; his father was dead by this time. After his initial medical…
Harty, William
Harty, William (1781–1854), physician and medical writer, was born in Kilkenny city, son of Timothy Harty, gentleman; nothing is known of his mother. He entered TCD in April 1797, aged 16, and became a scholar in 1799. He graduated…
Hely Hutchinson, John
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Henn, Jonathan
Henn, Jonathan (1789–1873), barrister, was the second son of William Henn (d. 1843), master in chancery, of Merrion Square, Dublin, and Paradise, Co. Clare, and his wife Susanna, daughter of Jonathan Lovett of Liscombe, Buckinghamshire, and Kingswell, Co. Tipperary. His elder…
Heuston, Seán (John J.)
Heuston, Seán (John J.) (1891–1916), revolutionary, was born 21 February 1891 in Dublin, the son of John Heuston, clerk, and Maria Heuston (née McDonald) of 24 Lower Gloucester St. Educated locally by the Christian Brothers, he did well in the Intermediate examination and in 1908 began…
Hickie, Sir William Bernard
Hickie, Sir William Bernard (1865–1950), British army general and commander of the 16th (Irish) division (1915–18), was born on 21 May 1865, the eldest son of Colonel James Francis Hickie, JP, of Slevoyre, Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary, former…
Hoey, John Cashel
Hoey, John Cashel (1828–92), author, editor of the Nation, and administrator, was born 25 October 1828 at Dundalk, Co. Louth, first son of Cashel Fitzsimons Hoey and grandson of John Hoey, a United Irishman hanged in Dundalk in 1798. No details of his mother are known. He…
Holmes, Thomas Rice Edward
Holmes, Thomas Rice Edward (1855–1933), historian and classicist, was born 24 May 1855 at Waterstown House, near Athlone, Co. Westmeath, fifth son of Robert Holmes, farmer and breeder of cows and horses, and Jane Holmes (née Henn). Originally taught by a private tutor, he entered…
Holwell, John Zephaniah
Holwell, John Zephaniah (1711–98), surgeon and governor of Bengal, was born 17 September 1711 in Dublin, son of Zephaniah Holwell (d. 1729), timber merchant, and Sarah Holwell (née Bott). His grandfather, John Holwell of Holwell Hall, Devonshire, England, was astronomer royal and…
Houghton, Daniel
Houghton, Daniel (1740–91), army officer and African explorer, was born in Ireland, son of William Houghton. He entered the army in October 1758 and was commissioned as an ensign in the 69th Foot. In July 1759 he was promoted to lieutenant and served with his regiment in Gibraltar…
Hutchinson, Christopher Hely-
Hutchinson, Christopher Hely- (1767–1826), soldier and MP, was born 5 April 1767 in Dublin, fifth son of the Rt Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson (qv), politician and provost of TCD, and his…
Hutchinson, John Hely-
Hutchinson, John Hely- (1757–1832), 2nd earl of Donoughmore , soldier, politician, and diplomat, was born 15 May 1757, second son of John Hely-Hutchinson (qv), provost of TCD, and his…
Irvine, William
Irvine, William (1734–1814), MP, Volunteer colonel, and freemason, was born 15 July 1734, the eldest son of Christopher Irvine (d.1755), of Castle Irvine, Co. Fermanagh, landowner, and his second wife, Elinor (d.1767), daughter of Audley Mervyn of Trillick, Co. Tyrone. In 1758 he…
Irwin, Sir John
Irwin, Sir John (1728–88), soldier and politician, was born in Dublin, only son of Gen. Alexander Irwin, colonel of the 5th Foot, who was well connected politically and a friend of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, the duke of…
Ivory, Thomas
Ivory, Thomas (1732?–1786), architect, was born in Cork city and initially worked as an apprentice carpenter. Moving to Dublin, he worked as a gunstock carver in the workshop of the gunsmith Alderman Thomas Truelock. He later took lessons in architectural drawing from a Mr Bell…
Jameson, James
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Jameson, John
Jameson, John (1773–1861), distiller, was born in August 1773 in Scotland, the second son of John Jameson (d.1823), sheriff clerk of Clackmannanshire, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Haig of Alloa, the original proprietor of John Haig & Co., distillers. John Jameson…
Johnson, James
Johnson, James (1777–1845), physician and medical and travel writer, was born in February 1777 at Ballinderry, Co. Antrim, youngest son of a local farmer. Educated locally, he was orphaned while still young and became an apprentice to a surgeon-apothecary in Portglenone, Co. Antrim…
Johnson, Sir Henry
Johnson, Sir Henry (1748–1835), soldier, was born 1 January 1748, second son of Allen Johnson, gentleman, of Kilternan, Co. Dublin, and Olivia Johnson (née Walsh). He entered the army in February 1761, was commissioned as an ensign in the 28th Foot, and served in the Seven Years’…
Johnstone, Walter Edgeworth-
Johnstone, Walter Edgeworth- (1863–1937), soldier, DMP commissioner, and sportsman, was born at Kingstown, Co. Dublin, the eldest son of Robert Johnstone (1806–85), QC and county court judge, of Laputa, Co. Donegal, and his wife Doris Tivy. In 1838 a…
Joyce, Michael
Joyce, Michael (1851–1941), sailor, Shannon pilot and MP, was born 4 September 1851 at Merchant's Quay, Limerick, the son of Richard Joyce, a Shannon pilot, and his wife Bridget (née Tubbs). His grandfather, John Joyce, had also been a Shannon pilot. Educated at the Christian Brothers'…
Joyce, Pierce Charles
Joyce, Pierce Charles (1878–1965), British army officer, was born 23 June 1878 in Galway, the son of Pierce John Joyce, JP and high sheriff of Galway, and Selina Henrietta Joyce (née Mahon), the daughter of Charles Mahon, JP and DL of Co. Mayo; there was also a younger brother who…
Kavanagh, Lady Harriet Margaret
Kavanagh, Lady Harriet Margaret (1800–85), artist, traveller, and antiquarian, was second daughter among three sons and four daughters of Richard Le Poer Trench (qv), later 2nd earl of Clancarty, and Henrietta Margaret Le Poer Trench…