Thrift, Harry
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Tichbourne (Tichborne), Sir Henry
Tichbourne (Tichborne), Sir Henry (1581–1667), soldier and lord justice, was the fourth son of Sir Benjamin Tichbourne of Tichbourne, Hampshire, who was a baronet and gentleman of the privy chamber of James I, and Amphillis, daughter of Richard Weston of Skrynes, Essex. He served…...
Tisdall, Robert Morton Newburgh (Bob)
Tisdall, Robert Morton Newburgh (Bob) (1907–2004), Olympic gold medallist, was born on 16 May 1907 at a nursing home in Hatton, a small town in up‑country Ceylon (latterly Sri Lanka), the only son and younger child of William Newburgh Tisdall, originally from Donemark, Bantry, Co. Cork…...
Tone, Mathew
Tone, Mathew (1769?–98), French army officer, was the third son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Peter Tone (d. 1805), a coachmaker of Stafford St., Dublin, and his wife Margaret (d. 1818?), daughter of a ship's captain in the West India trade, probably James…...
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…...
Trench, Richard Le Poer
Trench, Richard Le Poer (1767–1837), 2nd earl of Clancarty , 1st Viscount Clancarty (UK), politician, diplomat, was born 18 May 1767 at Garbally, Co. Galway, second but first surviving son of William Power Keating Trench (1741–1805), MP for Co. Galway 1768–97 and later 1st earl of…...
Trench, Sir Frederick William
Trench, Sir Frederick William (1775–1859), general and MP, was eldest son of Frederick Michael Trench, barrister, of Dublin and Heywood, near Ballinakill, Queen's Co. (Laois), and his wife Anna Helena, daughter of Patrick Stewart of Killymoon, Co. Tyrone. His family was distantly…...
Trench, William Le Poer
Trench, William Le Poer (1837–1920), soldier and MP, was born 17 June 1837 at Garbally, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, third son of William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd earl of Clancarty, and his wife Lady Sarah Juliana, daughter of Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd earl of Carrick. After…...
Trevor, Marcus
Trevor, Marcus (1618–1670), 1st Viscount Dungannon, army officer and royalist, was born 15 April 1618 at Rostrevor, Co. Down, the eldest son of Sir Edward Trevor's marriage (his second) to Rose, daughter of Henry Ussher (qv), archbishop of…...
Trollope, Anthony
Trollope, Anthony (1815–82), novelist and post office surveyor, was born 24 April 1815 at 16 Keppel Street, Russell Square, London, the fifth of seven children of Thomas Anthony Trollope (1774–1835), barrister and gentleman farmer from a family of gentry and clerics, and his wife…...
Twisleton, Edward Turner Boyd
Twisleton, Edward Turner Boyd (1809–74), poor law commissioner, was born 24 May 1809 in Ceylon, third son of Dr Thomas James Twisleton (1770–1824), archdeacon of Colombo, and his second wife, Anne (née Ashe) of Bath, England. Edward's grandfather was the 7th Baron Saye and Sele,…...
Uniacke, John James FitzGerald
Uniacke, John James FitzGerald (1797–1825), explorer, writer, and early official in New South Wales, was born 4 July 1797 on Charlotte's Quay, Cork, second son and sixth of nine children of Robert Uniacke (1756–1802) of Woodhouse, Stradbally, Co. Waterford, MP for Youghal 1777–…...
Vallancey, Charles
Vallancey, Charles (1725?–1812), soldier and antiquary, may have been connected with the French noble family of d'Estampes de Vallancey (or Valençay), but the names of his parents are unknown. It has been stated he was born at Windsor, but in neither the records of Windsor parish church…...
Vandeleur, Sir John Ormsby
Vandeleur, Sir John Ormsby (1763–1849), British army general, was eldest son of Richard Vandeleur, captain in the 9th Lancers, of Rutland, Queen's Co. (Laois), and Kilrush, Co. Clare, and his wife Elinor, daughter of John Firman of Firmount. Educated privately, he joined the army…...
Vane, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher
Vane, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher (1861–1934), soldier, radical, author and scout leader, was born 16 October 1861 at 10 North Great George's Street, Dublin, the only son of Frederick Henry Fletcher Vane (1807–94), a former army officer, and his wife Rosa Linda (née Moore; d. 1895), an…...
Vaughan, Sir John
Vaughan, Sir John (d. 1643), servitor, was born in Wales. He arrived in Ireland in early 1599 as a lieutenant in reinforcements sent from the Low Countries. In May 1600 he landed in Lough Foyle as part of an expedition to Ulster led by Sir…...
Walker, George
Walker, George (1643×8–1690), clergyman and military governor of Derry during the siege of 1689, was born between 1643 and 1648, probably at Wighill, near Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire. His grandfather, the Rev. Gervase Walker (d. 1642), probably came to Ireland from Ruddington in…...
Wallace, Robert Hugh
Wallace, Robert Hugh (1860–1929), Orangeman, soldier and political activist, was born in English Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, on 14 December 1860, son of William Nevin Wallace, solicitor and landowner, and his second wife, Catherine Mary (d. 1877), daughter of Francis Charles…...
Wallop, Sir Henry
Wallop, Sir Henry (c.1531–1599), administrator, was eldest son of Sir Oliver Wallop of Farleigh, Hampshire, England, and his wife Bridget Pigott of Beachampton, Buckinghamshire. At an unknown date, he married Katherine, daughter of Richard Gifford of King's Somborne,…...
Walsh, Sir Nicholas
Walsh, Sir Nicholas (d. 1615), government official and judge, may have been a son of James Walsh, who was mayor of Waterford in 1547. He appears to have been a favourite of Thomas Butler (qv), earl of Ormond. Little is known of his…...
Wandesforde, Christopher
Wandesforde, Christopher (1592–1640), lord deputy of Ireland, was born 24 September 1592 near Beverley in Yorkshire, the eldest son of Sir George Wandesforde of Kirklington, Yorkshire, and of Catherine, daughter of Ralph Hensby. He began his education at the free school of Well…...
Ware, Sir James
Ware, Sir James (1594–1666), historian, collector of manuscripts, and civil servant, was born 16 November 1594 at Castle St., Dublin, eldest surviving son among ten children of Sir James Ware, auditor general, and his wife Mary, sister of Sir Ambrose Briden of Maidstone, Kent, whose…...
Warren, Sir Peter
Warren, Sir Peter (1703–52), admiral in the British navy, was born 10 March 1703 at Warrenstown, Co. Meath, third son among three sons and two daughters of Michael Warren, Roman catholic landowner, and Catherine Warren (née Aylmer). Educated locally, he entered the Royal Navy in…...
Waterhouse (Waterhous), Sir Edward
Waterhouse (Waterhous), Sir Edward (1535–91), chancellor of the Irish exchequer, was born at Helmstedbury, Hertfordshire, youngest son of John Waterhouse of Whitechurch, Buckinghamshire, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Henry Turner of Blunt's Hall, Suffolk. Having commenced his…...