Bergin, John

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Marsh, Francis

Marsh, Francis (1626–93), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born 23 October 1626, son of Henry Marsh (d. 1629) of Edgeworth in Gloucestershire and Anne, daughter of William Aylesbury and Anne Poole. His first cousin Frances Aylesbury was the second wife of Edward Hyde,…

Milles, Thomas

Milles, Thomas (1671–1740), Church of Ireland bishop of Waterford and Lismore, was born 19 July 1671 at Barley in Hertfordshire, the eldest of at least three sons of Isaac Milles, a clergyman, and his wife, Elizabeth Milles (née Luckin). Matriculating at Wadham College, Oxford, in…

Molyneux, Samuel

Molyneux, Samuel (1689–1728), scientist and politician, was born 18 July 1689, son of William Molyneux (qv) and his wife, Lucy Molyneux (née Domvile), at Chester. His mother died in 1691 and his father, who followed the…

Montgomery, Hugh

Montgomery, Hugh (1651–1717), 2nd earl of Mount-Alexander , soldier and politician, was born 24 February 1651 at Newtown, Co. Down, the son of Hugh Montgomery (qv), 1st earl of Mount-Alexander, and his wife, Mary (d. 1655), eldest daughter of…

Moore, Arthur

Moore, Arthur (c.1666–1730), trade expert and politician, rose from obscure origins in Monaghan town to eminence in English public life. Information about his early life comes mainly from hostile sources and is sometimes inconsistent. One account claimed that his name was…

Moore, Garret

Moore, Garret (d. 1706?), soldier and politician, is said to have been born in 1600, but a later date is probable. He was the eldest son of Garret Moore, of Cloghan, King's Co., while his mother's name is unknown. His grandfather John Moore (d. 1631) was a landowner in Galway…

Murray, Adam

Murray, Adam (d. 1706), soldier and hero of the siege of Derry, was probably of a Scots family, originally from Philiphaugh in Selkirkshire and settled for one or two generations at Ling near Claudy, Co. Londonderry; several versions of his antecedents have been offered. Nothing…

Muschamp, Denny

Muschamp, Denny (c.1637–1699), office-holder and property owner, was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Agmondesham Muschamp (d. 1658), of Ballinrea, Co. Cork, and his wife, Anne Muschamp (née Denny) (d. 1668); the couple had at least one other son and a daughter, Anne, who…

Nicolson, William

Nicolson, William (1655–1727), bishop of Derry, politician, and scholar, was born 3 June 1655 at Great Orton in Cumberland, the eldest of three sons and three daughters of Joseph Nicolson (1623–86), rector of Plumbland, and his wife, Mary (d. 1689), daughter of John Brisco, a puritan…

O'Donnell, Daniel

O'Donnell, Daniel (c.1666–1735), Jacobite soldier, was of Co. Donegal O'Donnell stock on both sides of his family. His father was Turlough O'Donnell of Ramelton, whose wife, Joan, was a daughter of Terence O'Donnell of Cúil Mhic an Tréin (Castleforward) and his wife, Rose…

O'Hara, James

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O'Hara, Sir Charles

O'Hara, Sir Charles (d. 1724), 1st Baron Tyrawley , general, was Irish-born and had a connection with Kean O'Hara of Collooney, Co. Sligo, with whom he corresponded and with whom he shared catholic relations. Neither his parents nor his exact place of origin have been identified,…

O'Shaughnessy, William

O'Shaughnessy, William (c.1674–1744), Jacobite soldier, was the only son and heir of Roger O'Shaughnessy, of Gort, Co. Galway (who was not, as is sometimes stated, a baronet), and his wife, Helen, a daughter of Connor O'Brien, 2nd Viscount O'Brien of Clare; the couple…

O'Sullivan (Sullivan), Sir John William

O'Sullivan (Sullivan), Sir John William (c.1700–p. 1760), Jacobite soldier and companion to Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, was born in Co. Kerry, one of two sons of Dermot O'Sullivan, described as lord of Dunkerron, and his wife, whose maiden surname…

Otway, Thomas

Otway, Thomas (1616–93), Church of Ireland bishop of Ossory, was born 1 November 1616 in Aldebury, Wiltshire, where his father, George Otway, was vicar. He attended school at Winchester and entered Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1632, graduating BA…

Oxburgh, Henry

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Oxburgh, Heward

Oxburgh, Heward (d. 1691), Jacobite soldier and landowner, of Boveen, King's Co., was of unknown parentage but probably a member of a Norfolk gentry family. He, or his parents, perhaps came to Ireland as part of the plantation of King's Co. in the 1620s. He was in any case in the…

Palliser, William

Palliser, William (1646–1727), Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel, was the second of three sons of Yorkshire parents, Thomas Palliser of Newby-upon-Wiske and his wife, Joan, daughter of Richard Frankland of Blobberhouse. He was educated at Northallerton, and entered…

Palmer, William

Palmer, William (1657–1726), MP and officeholder, was a son of Edward Palmer of Norfolk, England, and his wife Philippa, daughter of Sir Henry Armiger. On his appearance in Ireland he began a political and administrative career that lasted from about 1692 to 1713. He was one of the…

Parker, Robert

Parker, Robert (1666–a.1746), soldier and memoirist, was second of three sons of Thomas Parker (d. 1686), a protestant who owned a farm or other small concern near Kilkenny city; nothing is known of his mother. He was educated to the age of 15 in Kilkenny, where he joined a…

Parsons, Sir Lawrence

Parsons, Sir Lawrence (c.1637–1698) landowner and soldier, was the eldest son of William Parsons, of Parsonstown (Birr), King's Co., and Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Phillips (qv) of Newtown Limavady, Co. Londonderry.…

Paulet (Powlett), Charles

Paulet (Powlett), Charles (1661–1722), 7th marquis of Winchester and 2nd duke of Bolton , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was the eldest surviving son of Charles Paulet, 6th marquess of Winchester and 1st duke of Bolton, and his second wife, Mary, natural daughter of Emmanuel Le…

Penn, William

Penn, William (1644–1718), quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, was born 14 October 1644 in London, the elder of two sons (there was also a daughter) of William Penn (1621–70), a naval commander, and his wife, Margaret Penn (née Jasper) (1610?–1682). Penn's mother was the…

Perceval (Percival), Sir John

Perceval (Percival), Sir John (1683–1748), 1st earl of Egmont , politician, was born 12 July 1683 at Burton, near Kanturk, Co. Cork. He was descended from Richard Perceval (qv) and Sir…

Perceval, William

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