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Brownell, Reginald Samuel (1893–1961), civil servant, was born 5 February 1893, son of Thomas and Susanna Brownell; from about 1906, he lived with his mother and at least one brother in Glasnevin, Dublin, attending Mountjoy School. He was a scholar in…

Browning, Michael (d. 1689), captain of the Mountjoy, whose Christian name occurs in various forms, including Micah, Micaiah, Micaill, and Mihal, is said to have been a native of Derry city, although the family is not mentioned in the city's hearth-money rolls. He was a…

Brown, John (1788–1873), presbyterian minister, was sixth son of Samuel Brown, a farmer near Garvagh, Co. Londonderry. Graduating from Glasgow University (MA 1811), he was ordained (December 1813) in Aghadowey, and remained there till retirement…

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Brown, John Shaw (1822–87), linen manufacturer, was born 12 April 1822 in Waringstown, Co. Down, son of John Brown; his mother's name was probably Catherine Shaw. He was educated for a career in one of the professions; but on the death of his uncle James Brown he took over the…

Brownlow (Chamberlain), Arthur (1645–1711), landowner in Armagh and MP, was born 20 March 1645 at Ardee, Co. Louth, eldest son of Patrick Chamberlain of Nizelrath, Co. Louth, and Lettice Chamberlain (née Brownlow). His mother, who had three later marriages, was daughter of Sir William…

Brownlow, Charles (1831–82), 2nd Baron Lurgan and sportsman, was born 10 April 1831 in Eaton Place, London, elder son of Charles Brownlow, 1st Baron Lurgan, and his second wife, Jane, daughter of Roderick Macneill of Barra. He had a younger brother, a sister, and a half-sister. He…

Brownlow, William (1726–94), MP and landowner, was born 10 April 1726, son of William Brownlow (1683–1739), landowner and MP, for Co. Armagh (1711–27), and Lady Elizabeth Brownlow of Co. Armagh, and grandson of Arthur Brownlow…

Brown, Nathaniel McAuley (1820–1910), presbyterian minister and tenant-right campaigner, was born 10 August 1820, probably son of a farmer at the Burren, near Ballynahinch, Co. Down, and was brought up as a Seceder. His mother's name was possibly McAuley. While he was a student,…

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Bruce, Michael (1634/5–1693), presbyterian minister, was born probably in Newtown, Stirlingshire, son of Patrick Bruce and Janet Bruce (née Jackson); he was related to many noble families of Scotland. He graduated from Edinburgh University (MA…

Bruce, Michael (1686–1735), presbyterian minister, was born 27 July 1686, eldest son among ten children of James Bruce (qv), minister of Killyleagh, Co. Down, and Margaret Bruce (née Traill). His brother was William Bruce (d. 1755);…

Brunker, James Ponsonby (1885–1970), naturalist, was born 17 October 1885 at Minmore, St Kevin's Park, Rathmines, Dublin, the only son of James Edward Brunker, pharmaceutical chemist and president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, and Jane Brunker (née Anderson). Nothing is…

Bryce, James (1767–1857), anti-burgher minister, was born 5 December 1767 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, son of John Bryce, tradesman, and Robina Bryce (née Allan), whose families had been landowners in the area until impoverished by adherence to covenanting principles. He…

Bryce, James (1806–77), geologist and teacher, was born 22 October 1806 at Killaig, near Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, third son of James Bryce (qv) (1767–1857) and Catherine Bryce (née Annan). His father had recently been appointed…

Bryce, John Annan (1843–1923), merchant, politician, and garden owner, was born 12 August 1843 in Belfast, the younger son of two sons and two daughters of James Bryce (qv), a teacher in Belfast Academy, and Margaret Bryce (née Young). The…

Buckworth, Theophilus (1580–1652), Church of Ireland bishop of Dromore, was baptised 8 January 1580, second son of Richard Buckworth and his wife Rose (maiden name unknown) of Wisbech, Cambs., England. He was a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1596, and graduated…

Burke, Patrick (Thomas; 'Tom') (1923–2008), Carmelite priest, scientist and co-founder of the Young Scientist exhibition, was born Thomas Burke on 4 November 1923 in Dublin, one of five children (four boys and a girl) of Edmund Burke, and his wife Elizabeth (née Traynor), who later…

Burn, James Dawson (1801?–c.1889), tradesman and author, was born probably in Co. Down, son of a farmer surnamed McBurney. Shortly afterwards his mother took him to Scotland, begging along with an alcoholic ex-soldier, an Irishman with whom she had other children. Burn's early…

Bury, Charles Kenneth Howard- (1883–1963), soldier, explorer, plant collector, and politician, was born 15 August 1883 in London, though his parents generally lived in Charleville castle, Tullamore, King's Co. (Co. Offaly). He was the only son of Captain Kenneth Howard, army officer…

Bury, Lady Mairi (Elizabeth) (1921–2009), gardener and philatelist, was born 25 March 1921 at Mount Stewart, Co. Down, youngest of four daughters and one son of Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest Stewart (qv…

Butler, Richard (1794–1862), clergyman and antiquarian, was born 14 October 1794 near Granard, Co. Longford, second son among six sons and a daughter of Richard Butler, clergyman in Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny, and Martha Butler (née Rothwell). He attended Kilkenny College and…

Butler, Sir Edwin John (1874–1943), plant pathologist, was born 13 August 1874 at Kilkee, Co. Clare, the second son of Thomas Butler (d. 1919) and his wife, Annie (d. 1898), the daughter of James Barry of Co. Limerick. Thomas Butler's brother was Sir…

Butler, William Archer (1812?–1848), clergyman and professor of moral philosophy, was second son of Pierce Archer Butler and Anna Maria Butler (née Gallwey); their seven children were brought up as Roman Catholics by their mother, though the father, who had several times been…

Byers, Sir John William (1852/3–1920), obstetrician and folklore scholar, was the only child of the Rev. John Byers and Margaret Byers (qv) (née Morrow), presbyterian missionaries to China, and was born in Shanghai. His father was…