Corry, James
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Corry, James
Corry, James (c.1740–1795), clerk of the Irish house of commons and secretary of the linen board, was born in Newry, Co. Down, and was possibly the son of Edward Corry, a merchant; there are few details about his childhood. He came to prominence in 1777 when, on the…...
Costello, Michael Joseph (‘Mickey Joe’)
Costello, Michael Joseph (‘Mickey Joe’) (1904–86), army officer and public servant, was born 2 July 1904 in Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary, the eldest of five boys and three girls (three of the children died of influenza in 1917) of Denis Costello of Kilmihill, Co. Clare, and Teresa…...
Costigan, Daniel
Costigan, Daniel (1911–79), civil servant and Garda commissioner, was born 18 February 1911 in Derryfada, Kealkil, Bantry, Co. Cork (where the Costigan family had lived for many generations), elder surviving son and third among six children of James Costigan (d. 1956) and Anne…...
Courtenay, Sir Philip
Courtenay, Sir Philip (a.1355–1406), lieutenant of Ireland, was third son of Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Humphrey Bohun, earl of Hereford and Essex. He was appointed lieutenant of Ireland on 1 July 1383, replacing…...
Courtney, Michael Aidan
Courtney, Michael Aidan (1945–2003), catholic archbishop and Vatican diplomat, was born 5 February 1945 in Nenagh general hospital, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, youngest child among four sons and three daughters of Aloysius Daniel 'Louis' Courtney (see below), medical doctor, of 23 Summerhill…...
Cowley (Colley), Walter
Cowley (Colley), Walter (d. a.1552) administrator, was the eldest son of Robert Cowley (qv), master of the rolls in Ireland, and his wife, Anne. He was probably born in Dublin, but the family moved to Co. Kilkenny, where they…...
Cowley, Robert
Cowley, Robert (d. 1546?), government official, was the son of Walter Cowley. His origins are uncertain: the near-contemporary Book of Howth states that he was born in England, but the name Cowley was common in Kilkenny city from the start of the fifteenth century; perhaps he was…...
Coyne, Thomas Joseph (‘Tommy’)
Coyne, Thomas Joseph (‘Tommy’) (1901–61), civil servant, was born 22 February 1901 in Dublin, youngest among five children of William P. Coyne (qv), barrister, later head of the statistical section of the Department of Agriculture (…...
Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twisleton
Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twisleton (1805–86), diplomat, was born in Dublin, elder son of Sir Philip Crampton (qv) of Merrion Square, Dublin, surgeon to the Meath Hospital and surgeon-general to the forces in Ireland. He was…...
Crawford, (Robert) Lindsay
Crawford, (Robert) Lindsay (1868–1945), journalist, Orangeman, and diplomat, was born 1 October 1868 at Tonagh, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, son of James Crawford, scripture reader, and Matilda Crawford (née Hastings). Educated privately, he worked for a time in business before becoming…...
Cremin, Cornelius (‘Con’) Christopher
Cremin, Cornelius (‘Con’) Christopher (1908–87), diplomat, was born 6 December 1908 in Kenmare, Co. Kerry, the son of Denis J. Cremin, draper, and Ann Cremin (née Singleton) from Tuam, Co. Galway. He was educated at the local national school and as a boarder at St Brendan's College…...
Cremins, Francis (‘Frank’) Thomas
Cremins, Francis (‘Frank’) Thomas (1885–1975), diplomat, was born 20 January 1885 in the workhouse at Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary, son of Patrick Cremins, teacher, and Honoria Cremins (née Mulcahy; 1845–1931), matron of the Carrick-on-Suir workhouse. Cremins entered the…...
Crofton, Sir Walter Frederick
Crofton, Sir Walter Frederick (1815–97), penal reformer, was born 27 February 1815 at Courtrai, in western Flanders, the second son of Walter Crofton (1784–1815), captain in the 54th foot, and his wife, Harriet (née Waukhope). His father was killed at the battle of Waterloo on 18…...
Croft(s), Sir James
Croft(s), Sir James (1517/18–90), soldier and administrator, was second son of Sir Richard Croft of Herefordshire and Catherine Croft (née Herbert). James sat in parliament for Herefordshire (1542; 1545?); was made a knight (1547), governor of Haddington (1549), and member of the…...
Cromer, George
Cromer, George (d. 1543), archbishop of Armagh, and lord chancellor of Ireland, is of uncertain background. It has been plausibly suggested that he was a member of ‘a solidly established Kentish family’ (Gwynn, 53–4). A scholar of Oxford University in 1497, he graduated…...
Crowley (Ó Cruadhlaoich), Diarmuid
Crowley (Ó Cruadhlaoich), Diarmuid (1875–1947), civil servant and judge, was born Jeremiah Crowley on 30 April 1875 at Glanbuss, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, younger son of John Crowley and Ellen Crowley (née Grace). Educated locally, he entered the civil service, having taken first place…...
Cuffe, Hamilton John Agmondesham
Cuffe, Hamilton John Agmondesham (1848–1934), 5th earl of Desart , civil servant and politician, was born 30 August 1848 at Richmond, Surrey, the third child and second son of Otway O'Connor Cuffe, 3rd earl of Desart (d. 1865), MP (1842), Irish representative peer (1846–65) and…...
Culliford, William
Culliford, William (d. 1724), revenue commissioner, was fourth son of Robert Culliford of Encombe, Dorset, England, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Lawrence of Creech Grange, Dorset. He was educated at Shaftesbury grammar school. In 1666 he was appointed to his first…...
Curtis, Amy
Curtis, Amy (1894–1970), administrator, was born 4 February 1894, daughter of George Frederick Wilkinson Curtis and Mary Noble Curtis (née Hewson), of 5 Proby Square, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and was educated at home and at Belgrave School, Rathmines. She served as a Voluntary Aid…...
Curtis, Lionel George
Curtis, Lionel George (1872–1955), English public servant, writer, and political polemicist, was born 7 March 1872 in his mother's home at The Outwoods, Derbyshire, youngest among four children of Revd George James Curtis, rector of Coddington, Ledbury, Herefordshire, and Frances…...
Curwin (Curwen, Coren), Hugh
Curwin (Curwen, Coren), Hugh (c.1507–1568), catholic and Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born in High Knipe, in the parish of Bampton, Westmorland. He attended Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating Bachelor of Civil Law in 1528 and Doctor of Civil Law on 5 July 1532…...
Cusack (Cusacke, Cusake), Thomas
Cusack (Cusacke, Cusake), Thomas (c.1505–1571), government official, was eldest son of John Cusack, a wealthy landowner of Cushington, Co. Meath, and his wife, Alison Welesley. Some sources put his birth in 1490, but c.1505 seems a better estimate, given that he…...
Dagg, Thomas Sidney Charles
Dagg, Thomas Sidney Charles (1875–1964), civil servant, hockey player, and hockey administrator, was born 25 December 1875, younger son of George William Jackson Dagg, barrister, of Airfield Terrace, Rathgar, Dublin, and Mary Dagg (née Kellett; d. 1877) of Dublin. Educated (1890–91…...
Dalgarno, Alexander
Dalgarno, Alexander (1928–2015), mathematician, physicist and astrophysicist, was born, along with his twin sister Pamela, on 5 January 1928 in Wood Green, London, at the home of their parents William Dalgarno and Margaret (née Murray). Alexander and Pamela had an older brother, Murray…...