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Smith, Charles

Smith, Charles (1715?–1762), apothecary, topographer, and writer, was born in Co. Waterford. Details of his life remain obscure, but he was educated in medicine and worked as an apothecary in Lismore (1739–44) and Dungarvan, Co. Waterford (1744–60). He is remembered as a pioneer of…

Staveley (Stavely), William

Staveley (Stavely), William (1743–1825), Reformed Presbyterian minister, was born at Ferniskey, near Kells, Co. Antrim, eldest child and only son among the three children of Aaron Staveley, a Church of Ireland farmer who had married the daughter of the Rev. Patrick Vance, a…

Stephenson, Samuel Martin

Stephenson, Samuel Martin (1742–1833), presbyterian minister and physician, was the youngest son of James Stephenson, farmer, and his wife, Margaret (née Martin), of Straidballymorris, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. He was educated at the classical school in Antrim before studying…

Walker, Joseph Cooper

Walker, Joseph Cooper (c.1762–1810), antiquary, was born in Dublin, son of Cooper Walker, merchant, and educated by Thomas Ball. He suffered from asthma, which prevented his attending college; instead he travelled to Italy, where he may have had some private tuition in Latin,…

Whitelaw, James

Whitelaw, James (1749–1813), clergyman, statistician, and philanthropist, was born in Co. Leitrim; nothing is known of his family. He was educated in Cavan by Rev. Lewis Kerr before entering TCD (8 July 1766), becoming a scholar (1769…

Wolfe, Charles

Wolfe, Charles (1791–1823), clergyman and poet, was born 14 December 1791 in Dublin, one of eleven children and the youngest of eight sons of Theobald Wolfe, landowner, of Blackhall, Co. Kildare, and his wife Frances, daughter of the Rev. Peter Lombard. He was related to …

Wood, Robert

Wood, Robert (1717?–1771), traveller, author, and politician, was born at Riverstown Castle near Trim, Co. Meath, eldest son of the Rev. James Wood of Summerhill, Co. Meath. He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1732 and entered the Middle Temple on 15 November 1736. In 1742–3 he…

Woulfe, Stephen

Woulfe, Stephen (1787–1840), judge, MP, and first catholic baron of the Irish exchequer, was born at Chaude Fontaine, near Liège (then in the Holy Roman Empire, later in Belgium), second son of Stephen Woulfe, landowner, of Tiermaclane, Ennis, Co. Clare, and his wife Honora,…

Wylde, Thomas

Wylde, Thomas (1780?–1813), cotton manufacturer and United Irishman, was born in England, one of the three sons and four daughters of Henry Wylde, owner of a cotton factory in the industrial village of Prosperous, Co. Kildare. Henry had settled in Ireland in the 1780s to avoid…

Yorke, Philip

Yorke, Philip (1757–1834), 3rd earl of Hardwicke , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 31 May 1757 in Bloomsbury, London, son and heir of Charles Yorke, lawyer (lord chancellor for three days before his death, 20 January 1770), and his first wife, Catherine, daughter and heir of…