Armstrong, Robert

Cashell, Oliver (fl. 1624–62), politician, was the son of John Cashell of Dundalk, who was a member of a prominent family in the town and syndic of the suppressed Franciscan monastery. He entered Gray's Inn on 17 November 1624 and served as MP for Dundalk in 1634 and 1640–…

Cliffe, John (d. 1691), administrator, was the son of Anthony Cliffe of Westminster. He was secretary to the commissioners dispatched to Ulster by the parliament of England in 1645–7. In 1650–51 he acted to secretary to Henry Ireton (qv),…

Comerford, Patrick (c.1584–1652), catholic bishop of Waterford and Lismore, was the son of Robert Comerford, merchant, of Waterford, and his wife, Anastasia (née White) of Clonmel. He was educated in Waterford and Kilkenny, and was one of the first students at the Irish…

Conway, Edward (1594–1655), 2nd Viscount Conway and Killultagh, nobleman and army officer, was baptised at Arrow, Warwickshire, on 10 August 1594, the eldest son, of the three sons and four daughters, of Edward, later 1st Viscount Conway, army officer, and his wife, Dorothy,…

Coote, Sir Charles (d. 1642), army officer, was the eldest son of Sir Nicholas Coote of Blownorton, Norfolk, and had two sisters and at least two brothers, one of whom, William, became dean of Down. His mother was almost certainly Nicholas Coote's second wife, Eleanor, daughter of…

Corbet, Miles (1594/5–1662), politician and regicide, is usually described as the second son of Sir Thomas Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Edward Barret of Belhouse, Essex, and brother of Sir John Corbet (d. 1628), 1st baronet, MP for Norfolk (1624) and…

Crosby, Sir Piers (1590–1646), courtier and army officer, was the son of Patrick Crosby (Mac an Chrosain) and his wife Catherine, probably an only son with one sister. In 1611 he inherited the property accumulated by his father in Queen's County and Kerry, but disputes over his…

Culme, Sir Hugh (d. 1630), army officer, was a younger son of Hugh Culme of Canonleigh, Devon, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Richard Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon; he had at least three brothers including Benjamin Culme, dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. A relative of Lord Deputy…

Cusack, Adam (d. 1681), judge, was the second son of Robert Cusack of Rathgar, sometime MP for Kells, and his wife Alice, the second daughter of Sir George Sexton. His father is sometimes recorded as having married Alice, daughter of John Eustace of Harristown, Co. Kildare, though…

Cusack, George (d. 1677), army officer, was from a landed family in the Pale, and was the brother of Christopher Cusack of Donore, Co. Meath. He held the rank of captain in the confederate Leinster army of General Thomas Preston (qv),…

Cusack, John (d. 1626), merchant, was the eldest son, of the seven sons and three daughters, of Nicholas Cusack of Ballymolghan, Co. Meath, and his wife, Maud, daughter of Thomas Plunket of Lagore. He was admitted a freeman of Dublin in 1592, having served his apprenticeship. He…

Davies, Sir John (1569–1626), lawyer and poet, was baptised at Tisbury, Wiltshire, 16 April 1569. His father, whose name is usually given as John, but sometimes as Edward, Davies (d. 1580), was of Welsh descent, and his mother, Mary (née Bennett; d. 1590), came from a Wiltshire…

Monro (Munro), Robert (d. c.1680), army officer, was the son of George Monro of Obsdale, Ross-shire, northern Scotland, and his wife Catherine (née Monro). After some time at the University of St Andrews, he began his military career in French service and in 1626 was…

Monro (Munro), Sir George (d. 1694), army officer, was third son of Col. John Monro of Obsdale, Ross-shire, northern Scotland, and his wife Catherine (née Gordon). He entered Swedish military service in 1637, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel, but in 1640 joined other…

Stewart (Stuart), Sir Robert (d. 1662), army officer, was appointed governor of the fort of Culmore, Co. Londonderry, at the mouth of the Foyle, in April 1638. He had petitioned for the post the previous year and had been recommended by the duke of Lennox as one ‘who hath served a…

Stewart (Stuart), Sir William (d. 1647), 1st baronet, army officer, was a Scot, and may have been the son of Andrew and Katherine Stewart of Garlies, Wigtownshire. He appears to have been a veteran of Swedish and/or Danish service, and arrived in Ulster in 1608 as one of two…