Bergin, John

Phipps, Sir Constantine (1656–1723), lord chancellor of Ireland, was the third son of Francis Phipps of Reading in Berkshire. He was educated at the Free School in Reading, and in 1672 postponed a scholarship at St John's College, Oxford. Admitted to Gray's Inn in 1678, he was…

Pike, Joseph (1658–1729), quaker merchant and author, was born at Kilcrea, Co. Cork, the eldest son of Richard Pike and Elizabeth Jackson (1636–88). His mother was from London, where some of her relations had enjoyed civic office, while his father was from a landowning family at…

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Plowden, Francis (c.1644–1712), Jacobite official, was the second of six sons of Edmund Plowden, of Plowden in Shropshire, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Cotton, of Bedhampton in Sussex; the couple also had one daughter. His family were English catholic…

Plunket, John (c.1668–1738), Jacobite conspirator, was by his own account ‘born at Dublin and bred up when a boy at the Jesuits’ College at Vienna, that is, a Roman Catholic, but not in any orders’ (Howell, State trials, xvi, 194). He held a doctorate in civil…

Porter, Francis (Walter) (d. 1702), Franciscan priest and ecclesiastical writer, was the eldest of three sons of Simon Porter, a landed gentleman of an Old English family, from Kingstown near Navan in Co. Meath. He attended a school for Irish students in Lille founded by the…

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Power, Richard (c.1630–1690), 1st earl of Tyrone , soldier and politician, was the eldest son (there was also a daughter) of John Power (c.1597–1666), 5th Baron Le Power and Coroghmore, of Curraghmore, Co. Waterford, and his wife, Ruth Power (née Pypho), daughter and…

Pratt, Benjamin (1669–1721), provost of TCD, was born at Garradice, Co. Meath, eldest son of Joseph Pratt (d. December 1705 or January 1706) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Audley Mervyn (qv) and widow of Nathaniel Poole. He…

Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…

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Preston, Nicholas (c.1608–43), 6th Viscount Gormanston , Old English leader, was the son of Jenico Preston (qv), 5th viscount, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Nicholas St Lawrence, Lord Howth. On the death of his…

Pullein, Tobias (1648–1713), bishop of Dromore, was born 21 January 1648 at Middleham in Yorkshire, the fourth child of Joshua Pullein, dean of Middleham, and his wife, Hester Pullein (née Stancliffe); three of his siblings, a sister and two brothers, also survived infancy. Joshua…

Purcell, Nicholas (c.1651–1723), Jacobite soldier and politician, was the only son and heir of James Purcell (d. 1652), owner of extensive lands and titular baron, of Loughmoe (or Loughmore), near Templemore, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Elizabeth Purcell (née Butler…

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Ram, Sir Abel (d. 1692), goldsmith and banker, was the elder of two sons of the five children of Abel Ram of Ramsfort and Clonattin, Co. Wexford, and his wife, Eleanor Ram (née Andrews). His parents were the children of two successive bishops of Ferns and Leighlin,…

Rawdon, Sir Arthur (1662–95), 2nd baronet, soldier, and horticulturalist, was born 17 October 1662, the third and only surviving son of Sir George Rawdon (qv), 1st baronet, and his second wife, Dorothy, eldest daughter of the 2nd…

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Sackville, Lionel (1688–1765), 1st duke of Dorset , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 18 January 1688, the only son of Charles, 6th earl of Dorset, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of James Compton, third earl of Northampton. He was educated at Westminster School, and was…

Shaen, Sir James (a.1629–1695), 1st baronet, revenue farmer, and politician, was the eldest son and heir of either Patrick or Francis Shaen, but his origins are otherwise obscure. He married, in 1650, Frances, fifth daughter of …

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