Ancketill (Anketell), Henry (1855–1930), writer, journalist and politician, was born 4 May 1855 in Ancketill's Grove, Co. Monaghan, the fourth son of Major Matthew John Anketell, deputy lieutenant and JP, and his wife, Catherine Frances…
McCracken, J. L.
Porter, Francis Knowles
Porter, Francis Knowles (1845–69), interpreter with the British legation in China, was born in Belfast, fifth son of the Rev. John Scott Porter (qv), minister of Rosemary St. presbyterian church, a prominent figure in unitarian and…
Porter, William
Porter, William (1805–80), attorney general of the Cape Colony, was the second son of the Rev. William Porter (qv), presbyterian minister of Limavady, Co. Londonderry, and his first wife Mary (née Scott), both of them the offspring of tenant farmers near…