Gardiner, Charles
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Giffard, Ambrose Hardinge
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Giffard, John
Giffard, John (1746–1819), accountant general of the Irish customs and acting grand master of the Orange order, was born 14 February 1746 (NS), the only child of John Giffard, attorney, of Great Torrington, Devon, and his wife Dorcas Robinson (née Murphy), daughter of Arthur…...
Godley, John Raymond
Godley, John Raymond (1920–2005), 3rd Baron Kilbracken of Killegar , pilot, journalist, traveller, landowner and environmentalist, was born 17 October 1920 in Chester Street, Belgravia, London, England, the eldest of two sons (Wynne being the younger) and a daughter (Kathleen) of…...
Godley, John Robert
Godley, John Robert (1814–61), colonialist and civil servant, was born 29 May 1814, probably in Dublin, eldest among seven children of John Godley (1775–1863) of Killigar, Co. Leitrim, JP, DL, and…...
Graves, Charles
Graves, Charles (1812–99), clergyman, mathematician, and antiquarian, was born 6 November 1812 at 12 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, youngest child among four sons and one daughter of John Crosbie Graves, chief police magistrate of Dublin, and his wife Helena, daughter of the Rev. Charles…...
Graves, John Thomas
Graves, John Thomas (1806–70), jurist and mathematician, was born 4 December 1806 at 12 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, eldest son of four boys and one girl of John Crosbie Graves, chief police magistrate of Dublin, and his wife Helena, daughter of the Rev. Charles Perceval, rector of…...
Graves, Sir Robert Wyndham
Graves, Sir Robert Wyndham (1858–1934), consular official and diplomatist, was born 16 July 1858 at Parknasilla, Co. Kerry, fifth son of Dr Charles Graves (qv), bishop of Limerick, and Selina Graves (née Cheyne). He was brother of…...
Graydon, George
Graydon, George (c.1753–1803), cleric, geologist, and social reformer, was probably born at Killashee, Co. Kildare, one of four sons and a daughter of George Graydon, gentleman, and Jane Graydon (neé Maxwell). The eldest son, Robert (c.1744–1800), represented…...
Greene, Sir William Conyngham
Greene, Sir William Conyngham (1854–1934), diplomat, was born 29 October 1854 in Dublin, eldest among three sons and one daughter of Richard J. Greene, Dublin barrister and children's author, and Louisa Lilias Plunket, 4th daughter of the 3rd Baron Plunket. Greene was educated at…...
Green, William Spotswood
Green, William Spotswood (1847–1919), marine scientist, was born 10 September 1847 in Youghal, Co. Cork, the only son and eldest of six children of Charles Green, JP, merchant of Youghal, and his wife Catherine Frances, daughter of Walter…...
Gregory, Sir William Henry
Gregory, Sir William Henry (1817–92), MP and colonial governor, was born 12 July 1817 in the under-secretary's lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin, only son of Robert Gregory (179?–1847) of Coole Park, Co. Galway, and Elizabeth Gregory (1799–1875; née O'Hara) of Raheen, Co. Galway. His…...
Grierson, Sir George Abraham
Grierson, Sir George Abraham (1851–1941), member of the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and language scholar, was born 7 January 1851 in the parish of Monkstown near Dublin, eldest son of George Abraham Grierson, a TCD graduate and barrister…...
Griffith, Amyas
Griffith, Amyas (d. 1801), excise officer, writer, and freemason, was born at Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, son of an excise officer, Jonas Griffith, who seems to have been a connection of Richard Griffith (qv) (1714?–88); Amyas Griffith's…...
Gwynn, Arthur Montagu
Gwynn, Arthur Montagu (1908–2008), medical doctor, naturalist, explorer and editor, was born 5 August 1908 in the family home, St Dymphna's, Clontarf, Dublin, second eldest of three sons and two daughters of Edward John Gwynn (qv),…...
Hamilton, Hugh
Hamilton, Hugh (1729–1805), Church of Ireland bishop and scientist, was born 26 March 1729 at Knock, Co. Dublin, eldest of four sons of Alexander Hamilton, attorney and later MP for Killyleagh (1739–60), and his wife Isabella, a Maxwell of Finnebrogue, Co. Down; there were also two…...
Hamilton, James
Hamilton, James (1811–85), 1st duke of Abercorn and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 21 January 1811 at Seamore Place, Mayfair, London, elder son of James, Viscount Hamilton (1786–1814), and his wife Harriet (d. 1833), daughter of John Douglas, earl of Morton. His guardian, George…...
Hamilton, James Archibald
Hamilton, James Archibald (1747–1815), Church of Ireland clergyman and astronomer, was born at Athlone, Co. Westmeath, son of Col. Gustavus Hamilton and Jane Hamilton (née Giverdot). From 1754 he attended the Royal School at Armagh before entering…...
Hamilton, John William
Hamilton, John William (c.1745–81), soldier, MP, and under-secretary, was born in Scotland, the only son of Sir Robert Hamilton of Silverton Hall, colonel of the 40th Regiment of Foot, and his wife Mary Peere (or Pier) Williams (d. 1777). Having been appointed captain in…...
Hamilton, Sackville
Hamilton, Sackville (1732–1818), politician and administrator, was born 14 March 1732 in Ireland, the third son of Henry Hamilton (1692–1743) and his wife, Mary Hamilton (née Dawson). Beginning a career of public service at the age of fourteen, he served as a clerk in the revenue…...
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan (1805–65), mathematician, was born on the night of 3–4 August 1805 (the time was recorded as midnight) at his father's house in Dominick Street, Dublin. He was the second of five children who survived infancy, and the only son, of Archibald Hamilton (…...
Hamilton, William
Hamilton, William (1755–97), cleric and geologist, was born 16 December 1755 in Derry city, son of John Hamilton, merchant, and Elizabeth Hamilton (née Hope). He entered Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in 1771 and had a distinguished academic career. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1776,…...
Hancock, William Neilson
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Harcourt, Simon
Harcourt, Simon (1714–77), 1st Earl Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt, diplomat, and lord lieutenant of Ireland (1772–6), was the only son of Simon Harcourt (1684–1720), barrister and Westminster MP, and his first wife, Elizabeth Harcourt (née Evelyn). Educated at Westminster School, he…...
Hart, Henry Chichester
Hart, Henry Chichester (1847–1908), naturalist and literary scholar, was born 29 July 1847 in Glenvar, Raheny, Dublin, second son of Andrew Searle Hart (qv) and Frances Hart (née MacDougall). His father's family was of Co.…...