Duff, Charles St Lawrence
Duff, Charles St Lawrence (1894–1966) author, barrister and linguist, was born on 7 April 1894 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the youngest of ten children to grow to adulthood of John Duff, secretary of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and his wife Anne Marie Duff (…...
Duff, David
Duff, David (1883–1959), doctor, barrister and colonial civil servant, was born on 11 April 1883 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, one of ten children of John Duff, the secretary of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and his wife Anne Marie (née Elkins). Educated at the…...
Duggan, George Chester
Duggan, George Chester (1885–1969), civil servant, was born 5 February 1885 in Parsonstown, King's Co. (Offaly), second son of George Duggan, born in Co. Fermanagh, manager of the Provincial Bank, College Green, Dublin, and Emily Duggan (née Grant). The family later lived at…...
Dukes, Frederick Ernest (‘Fred’)
Dukes, Frederick Ernest (‘Fred’) (1912–98), engineer and campanologist, was born 23 May 1912 in Inchicore, Dublin, eldest of two sons and one daughter of George Dukes, railway foreman, originally of Staffordshire, then Dublin, and Mary Elizabeth (‘Lillie’) Dukes (née Erskine), of…...
Dunkin, William
Dunkin, William (1707?–65), poet and schoolmaster, was born in Dublin, son of Patrick Dunkin (d. 1719?), gentleman, who may have been briefly curate of Dromiskin, Co. Louth, before his early death. William's mother apparently also died young, but nothing else is known of her. In 1720…...
Dunlop, Henry Wallace Doveton
Dunlop, Henry Wallace Doveton (1844–1930), sports promoter, civil servant and engineer, was born in February 1844 in Bombay (Mumbai), India, the only son of (William) Henry Glasgow Dunlop (d. 1869), deputy superintendent of the Bombay Water Police, and his wife Mary Anne (née Pilkington…...
Eden, William
Eden, William (1744–1814), 1st Baron Auckland , politician, diplomat, chief secretary for Ireland, was born 3 April 1744, the third son of Sir Robert Eden, 3rd baronet, of West Auckland, and his wife, Mary Eden (née Davison). Educated at Durham (1755–8), Eton (1758–62), and Christ…...
Elliot, William
Elliot, William (1766–1818), chief secretary for Ireland (1806-7) and MP, was born 12 March 1766 in Reigate, Surrey, only child of William Nassau Elliot, barrister, and Martha Elliot (née Meade). Although English-born, he was of Scottish descent and was educated first privately,…...
Ellis, John
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Ervine, St John Greer
Ervine, St John Greer (1883–1971), Ulster dramatist, critic, and biographer, was born John Greer Ervine on 28 December 1883 in Belfast, son of William Ervine, printer, and Sarah Jane Ervine (née Greer), who may have been a deaf-mute. Ervine's father died soon after his birth. He…...
Farquhar, George
Farquhar, George (1677?–1707), playwright, was born in Derry, son of an anglican clergyman (his parents’ names are unknown), and educated in Derry at the Free Grammar School under Ellis Walker. The details of Farquhar's life remain scanty, in spite of his fame, and modern scholars have…...
Farrell, James Gordon
Farrell, James Gordon (1935–79), novelist, was born 23 January 1935 in Liverpool, England, second of three sons of William Farrell, broker's clerk and accountant, and Josephine Farrell (née Russell), born in Ireland of an English timber dealer. He moved with his family to…...
Faulkner, Lucy (Barbara Ethel), Lady Faulkner of Downpatrick (née Forsythe)
Faulkner, Lucy (Barbara Ethel) (née Forsythe) (1925–2012), Lady Faulkner of Downpatrick, political private secretary and public figure, was born on 1 July 1925, the only daughter of William James Forsythe, JP (d. 1954), and his wife Jane Ethel (née Sewell); she had an older brother. Her…...
Fenton, Sir Geoffrey
Fenton, Sir Geoffrey (1539–1608), secretary of state for Ireland, was the son of Henry Fenton of Fenton, Nottinghamshire, England, and his wife Cecily, daughter of John Beaumont of Coleorton, Leicestershire, and may have been related to both the Dudleys and the Cecils. Until 1580 he…...
Field, John
Field, John (1782–1837), pianist and composer, was born 16 or 26 July 1782 in Golden Lane, Dublin, and baptised at St Werburgh's church on 5 September. He was the eldest son of a Dublin couple, Robert Field, a theatre violinist (himself the son of John Field, a professional organist…...
Fitzgerald, (Fanny Louisa) Geraldine Penrose-
Fitzgerald, (Fanny Louisa) Geraldine Penrose- (1846–1939), novelist and catholic convert, was born 27 January 1846, youngest daughter of Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald and his wife Frances Matilda (née Austen); she had at least three brothers and one sister. The Penrose-…...
Fitzgerald, Richard
Fitzgerald, Richard (d. 1647?), politician and agent for the Irish government in London, was born into an Old English background but became a convert to protestantism like his cousin Maurice Eustace (qv). In 1625 he appears on…...
Fitzgerald, William Vesey
Fitzgerald, William Vesey (1783–1843), politician and chancellor of the Irish exchequer, was the second, but eldest surviving, son of James Fitzgerald (qv), prime serjeant, and Catherine Fitzgerald (née Vesey). Educated at Christ…...
Fitzherbert, Alleyne
Fitzherbert, Alleyne (1753–1839), Baron St Helens , chief secretary for Ireland and diplomat, was born 1 March 1753 at Derby, fifth and youngest son of William Fitzherbert, MP, of Tissington Hall, Derbyshire, and Mary Fitzherbert (née Meynell). Educated locally and then at Eton,…...
Fitzwilliam, Sir William
Fitzwilliam, Sir William (1526–99), vice-treasurer and lord deputy of Ireland, was eldest son of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Milton, Northamptonshire, England, and Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Sapcote of Elton, Huntingdonshire. Fitzwilliam was a relative of John Russell, 1st earl of…...
Forbes, John
Forbes, John (1750–97), MP and governor general of the Bahamas, was born possibly at Newstone, Co. Meath, youngest child of John Forbes and his wife Sophia, daughter of John Curtis of Mount Hanover, Meath. After studying with a Mr Williamson, he entered…...
Fremantle, Sir Thomas Francis
Fremantle, Sir Thomas Francis (1798–1890), 1st Baron Cottesloe of Swanbourne , chief secretary for Ireland, and civil servant, was born 11 March 1798 in Bolton Row, Piccadilly, London, eldest son of Vice-adm. Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (1765–1819) and Elizabeth Fremantle (née Wynne; d…...
French, (William) Percy
French, (William) Percy (1854–1920), songwriter, humourist, entertainer, and painter, was born 1 May 1854 in Cloonyquin House, parish of Tulsk, Co. Roscommon, second son and third child among four sons and five daughters of Christopher French (1821–97), landowner, and Susan Emma French…...
Gahan, (Winifred) Muriel Françoise
Gahan, (Winifred) Muriel Françoise (1897–1995), promoter of cooperation and traditional crafts, was born 27 October 1897 at Magherabeg House, near Donegal town, the second daughter of (Fredrick George) Townsend Gahan, a civil engineer with the Congested Districts Board, and…...
Gardiner, Charles
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