Savage, Philip
Savage, Philip (1644–1717), chancellor of the exchequer, was born in February 1644 in Dublin, only son of Valentine Savage (d. 1670?) and his wife Anne Haughton, both of Dublin. He had three younger sisters. He was educated by Mr Golbourne of Dublin, entering…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1646–1712), writer, royal official, and Jacobite, was born in St John's, near Trim, Co. Meath, fourth son of Denis Sheridan (qv), a Church of Ireland clergyman from Co. Cavan, and an Englishwoman named Foster. In the rebellion of 1641…...
Sinclair, Elizabeth (Betty)
Sinclair, Elizabeth (Betty) (1910–81), trade unionist, was born 3 December 1910, into a protestant working class family in Hooker Street, Belfast. She was the third child of two sons and two daughters born to Joseph and Margaret Sinclair. Her father worked as a sawyer in Harland…...
Smith, Sir Thomas
Smith, Sir Thomas (1512–77), officer of state, author, and colonial projector, was born at Saffron Walden, Essex, son of John Smith, high sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire, and Agnes Charnock. He entered Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1526, and was made king's scholar (1527) and…...
Smithson, Annie M(ary) P(atricia)
Smithson, Annie M(ary) P(atricia) (1873–1948), author, nurse, republican, and trade unionist, was born Margaret Anne Jane Smithson 26 September 1873 at 22 Claremont Rd, Sandymount, Dublin, daughter of Samuel Raynor Smithson, a protestant, unionist barrister, and Margaret Louisa…...
Smythe, Percy Clinton Sydney
Smythe, Percy Clinton Sydney (1780–1855), 6th Viscount Strangford and 1st Baron Penshurst , diplomat and writer, was born 31 August 1780, in Queen St., Mayfair, London, eldest son of Lionel, 5th Viscount Strangford, formerly a captain in the 23rd Foot during the war of American…...
Southwell, Sir Robert
Southwell, Sir Robert (1635–1702), diplomat, landowner, and public official, was born 31 December 1635 at Battin Warwick, on the River Bandon, near Kinsale, Co. Cork. He was the eldest son of Robert Southwell of Kinsale and his wife Helena, daughter of Robert Gore of Shereton,…...
Southwell, Sir Thomas
Southwell, Sir Thomas (c.1665–1720), Baron Southwell of Castle Mattress, Co. Limerick, revenue commissioner, was born at Glanamorohe Rhaiaile, Co. Limerick, first of four sons of Richard Southwell of Callow (d. a. February 1680) and his wife Elizabeth, daughter…...
Spender, Sir Wilfrid Bliss
Spender, Sir Wilfrid Bliss (1876–1960), army officer and civil servant, was born 6 October 1876 in London, the fourth son and fifth child of Edward Spender (1834–78), co-founder and proprietor of the Plymouth Western Morning News, and his wife Ellen Spender (née Rendle).…...
Spenser, Edmund
Spenser, Edmund (1552?–1599), poet, political writer, government official, and settler in Ireland, was born in London, probably of artisan backgrounde, though little is known of his family. He attended Merchant Taylors’ grammar school, then Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, as a sizar.…...
Spring, Sir Francis Joseph
Spring, Sir Francis Joseph (1849–1933), civil engineer, was born 20 January 1849, most likely in Magourney, Co. Cork, son of the Rev. Edward Spring, rector of Magourney; his mother's name is not known. After receiving his early education at Midleton School, Co. Cork, Spring went…...
Steele, Thomas (Tom)
Steele, Thomas (Tom) (1788–1848), engineer and political activist, was born 3 November 1788 at Derrymore, Co. Clare, son of William Steele, gentleman, and Catherine Steele (née Bridgeman). In July 1805 he entered TCD, graduating…...
Stephens, Edward Millington
Stephens, Edward Millington (1888–1955), barrister, civil servant, and biographer, was born 8 November 1888 at 3 Orwell Park, Rathgar, Dublin, second child and younger son among two sons and one daughter of Henry Francis Colclough Stephens (1856–1935), a solicitor distantly…...
Stewart, Robert
Stewart, Robert (1769–1822), Viscount Castlereagh and 2nd marquess of Londonderry , chief secretary for Ireland, politician, was born 18 June 1769 at 28 Henry Street, Dublin, the second, but only surviving, child of Robert Stewart (…...
St Leger, Sir Warham
St Leger, Sir Warham (1525?–1597), administrator and planter, was second son of Sir Anthony St Leger (qv) of Ulcombe, Kent, England, and his wife Agnes (d. 24 March 1559), daughter of Sir Hugh Warham of Croydon, Surrey. During his…...
Stokes, George Gabriel
Stokes, George Gabriel (1819–1903), 1st baronet, mathematician, physicist, and scientific administrator, was born 13 August 1819 in Skreen, Co. Sligo, youngest child among five sons and three daughters of Gabriel Stokes (1761–1834), rector of Skreen, and his wife Elizabeth,…...
Stokes, Whitley
Stokes, Whitley (1830–1909), lawyer and Celtic scholar, was born 28 February 1830 in Dublin, the eldest son of Dr William Stokes (qv), heart specialist, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Black of Glasgow. The Stokes children were raised…...
Symner, Miles
Symner, Miles (d. 1686), clergyman, mathematician, astronomer, and military engineer, is of unclear parentage, but considering his education at TCD, he was probably of Anglo-Irish or English descent. He entered TCD as a scholar in…...
Talbot, James
Talbot, James (c.1768–1850),3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide , diplomat and spy, was born at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, second son among seven sons and five daughters of Richard Talbot, soldier, and Margaret Talbot (née O'Reilly). Educated at…...
Talbot, Thomas
Talbot, Thomas (1771–1853), soldier and colonial administrator, was born 19 July 1771 at Malahide Castle, Malahide, Co. Dublin, fourth son of Richard Talbot (d. 1788), soldier and landowner, and his wife Margaret (née O'Reilly) (d. 1834) of Ballinlough, Co. Westmeath, from 1831 Baroness…...
Temple, Sir John
Temple, Sir John (1600–77), officeholder and politician, was the eldest son of Sir William Temple (qv), provost of TCD, and his wife Martha, daughter of Richard Harrison of Derbyshire,…...
Temple, Sir William
Temple, Sir William (1628–99), author and diplomat, was born 25 April 1628 in Blackfriars, London, eldest son of Sir John Temple (qv), master of the rolls for Ireland and author of The Irish rebellion (1646), and his wife…...
Todd, James Henthorn
Todd, James Henthorn (1805–69), librarian and scholar, was born 23 April 1805 at Kildare St., Dublin, eldest son among fifteen children of Charles Hawkes Todd (qv), professor of surgery,…...
Trenchard, John
Trenchard, John (1668/1669–1723), political pamphleteer and member of the Irish forfeitures commission, was the only son among four children of William Trenchard, of Cutteridge in Wiltshire, and his wife, Ellen, daughter of Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh in Somerset. He was…...
Trench, Charles (Pocklington) Chenevix
Trench, Charles (Pocklington) Chenevix (1914–2003), colonial official and historian, was born in Simla, India, on 29 June 1914, only son (he had one sister) of Sir Richard Chenevix Trench, Indian administrator, and his wife May (née Pocklington), daughter of an extravagant Sussex…...