Pole, Adam

Rylett, Harold (1851–1936), non-subscribing presbyterian minister, journalist, land leaguer, and home ruler, was born 4 February 1851 in Boston Road, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, the son of Henry Rylett, a book binder, and later a commercial traveler, of Boston Road, and his wife Mary Jane…

Scanlan, Thomas (1872–1930), MP, journalist, lawyer, and magistrate, was born 21 May 1872 at Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo, the second son of Matthew Scanlan, farmer, and his wife Catherine. After his education at Summerhill College, Sligo, he moved to Glasgow, where he worked for a time…

Scott, Thomas (c.1842–1870), adventurer and Canadian ‘martyr’, was born at Clandeboye, Co. Down, the son of a presbyterian tenant farmer, most likely on the earl of Dufferin's estate. By 1863 he had emigrated to Canada West (Ontario), where he worked as a labourer, and in…

Shaw, William (1823–95), home rule MP and congregational minister, was born at Moy, Co. Tyrone, on 4 May 1823, the son of Samuel Shaw, congregational minister, of Passage Cork. Privately educated, he entered TCD, but took no degree, and…

Sweeny, Thomas William (1820–92), US army brigadier-general and Fenian, was born 25 December 1820 at Dunmanway, Co. Cork, the youngest of four sons of William and Honora Sweeny. After his father's death in 1827, Thomas, his mother and one of his brothers emigrated to New York in…

Turner, Alfred Edward (1842–1918), army officer, RIC special commissioner, and vice-regal private secretary, was born 3 March 1842 in London, the eldest son of Richard E. Turner, BL, a bencher at the Inner Temple, and his wife, Frances, daughter…

Vernon, John Fane (1849–1923), lawyer, land agent, JP, and governor of the Bank of Ireland, was born 5 July 1849 at Bingfield, Co. Cavan, the eldest of the two sons and one daughter of John Edward Vernon of Erne Hill, Co. Cavan, land agent,…

Ward, William Humble (1867–1932), 2nd earl of Dudley , lord lieutenant of Ireland and governor-general of Australia, was born 25 May 1867 in London, the eldest of six sons and one daughter of William Ward, 1st earl of Dudley, and his second wife, Georgina Elizabeth, third daughter…