Butler (le Botiller, Pincerna), Theobald
Butler (le Botiller, Pincerna), Theobald (c.1223–1248), magnate and 3rd chief butler of Ireland, was only son of Theobald Butler (qv) and his first wife, Joan de Marisco. Immediately on…...
Butler (le Botiller), Theobald
Butler (le Botiller), Theobald (1242–85), magnate and 4th chief butler of Ireland, was only son of Theobald Butler (qv) and Margery, daughter of Richard de Burgh (qv…...
Butler (le Botiller), Theobald
Butler (le Botiller), Theobald (1269–99), magnate and fifth chief butler of Ireland, was born 22 February 1269, eldest son of Theobald Butler (qv), fourth chief butler of Ireland, and Joan, youngest daughter of…...
Butler, Thomas
Butler, Thomas (d. 1419), prior of Kilmainham and deputy lieutenant of Ireland, was the illegitimate son of James Butler (qv), 3rd earl of Ormond, and an unknown woman. He rose to the position of prior of the Hospitallers of Kilmainham,…...
Byers, David
Byers, David (1953–2008), architect and civil servant, was born in January 1953 in Newry, Co. Down, the only son among three children of John Byers and his wife Phyllis. The family had links with Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, where Byers spent much of his childhood and youth. He was…...
Byrne, Sir Joseph Aloysius
Byrne, Sir Joseph Aloysius (1874–1942), soldier and administrator, was born 2 October 1874 in Co. Londonderry, son of Dr Joseph Byrne, DL, a catholic physician of Londonderry, and Emily Byrne (née Egan). He was educated at St George's College…...
Byrne, Sir William Patrick
Byrne, Sir William Patrick (1859–1935), under secretary for Ireland (1916–18), was born 12 February 1859 at Beech House, Withington, Lancashire, the fourth son of John Byrne. After attending at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, and St Bede's College, Manchester, he studied law at the…...
Cahill, Pearse
Cahill, Pearse (1917–2011), aviator, businessman and race driver, was born Matthew Pearse Cahill (in honour of the executed leader of the 1916 rising) in Dublin on 26 January 1917, son of Hugh Cahill (1883–1966), of Glasnevin, Dublin, and his wife Caroline (née O'Connor). The owner-…...
Cahill, Timothy J.
Cahill, Timothy J. (1912–91), civil servant and chairman of the Labour court, was born 3 April 1912 in Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry. Educated at St Brendan's College, Killarney, and UCG, where he was auditor (1933–4) of the Literary and…...
Cairnes, Sir Alexander
Cairnes, Sir Alexander (1665–1732), banker, MP for Monaghan, and keeper of the Phoenix Park, was son of John Cairnes of Parsonstown or Cehill, Co. Tyrone, MP for Augher 1639–40, and his wife Jane, daughter of James Miller, MD, of Lanarkshire,…...
Caldwell, Henry
Caldwell, Henry (1738–1810), soldier and administrator, was born at Castle Caldwell, near Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, fourth son among six sons and two daughters of Sir John Caldwell, landowner, and his wife Ann, daughter of Dean John Trench of Raphoe, Co. Donegal. He was educated locally…...
Campbell, Charles Gordon
Campbell, Charles Gordon (1885–1963), 2nd Baron Glenavy , civil servant and banker, was born 22 October 1885, the eldest son of James Henry Mussen Campbell (qv), first Baron Glenavy, and his wife Emily, the second daughter…...
Campbell, David Callender
Campbell, David Callender (1891–1963), colonial official and politician, was born 29 January 1891 in southern India, son of William Howard Campbell, missionary, and Elizabeth Nevin Campbell (née Boyd). Educated at Foyle College, Derry, he then studied mathematics and science at…...
Campbell, Sir Henry
Campbell, Sir Henry (1856–1924), secretary to Charles Stewart Parnell, MP, and town clerk of Dublin, was born at Kilcoo, Co. Down, second son of Patrick Campbell and his wife, Margaret (née Boden). He began his career as a grocer's assistant at Newry but soon moved to Newcastle…...
Capper, Wilfrid Meredyth
Capper, Wilfrid Meredyth (1905–89), conservationist and creator of the Ulster Way, was born in Belfast on 12 July 1905, the second son of four children (two boys and two girls) of John Malcolmson Capper, a cotton yarn merchant, and Elizabeth Jane Capper (née Stewart); the family was…...
Caradoc (Cradock), John Hobart
Caradoc (Cradock), John Hobart (1799–1873), 2nd Baron Howden , diplomat, soldier, and MP, was born 11 October 1799 at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the only son among three children of John Francis Caradoc (qv),…...
Carew (le Carreu, Carrue), John
Carew (le Carreu, Carrue), John (d. 1362), knight, deputy justiciar, and escheator of Ireland, was son of John Carew and his second wife, Joan, daughter of Gilbert Talbot. His father died in 1323; John succeeded Nicholas, his older half-brother, and probably came of age when he…...
Carleton, Sir Guy
Carleton, Sir Guy (1724–1808), 1st Baron Dorchester , soldier, and colonial governor, was born 3 September 1724 in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, third son of Christopher Carleton of Newry and his wife Catherine (née Ball) from Co. Donegal. He had three brothers and three sisters. Guy Carleton…...
Carlile, James
Carlile, James (1784–1854), presbyterian minister and administrator, was born in Paisley, Scotland, and baptised 15 February 1784 in Paisley Abbey, eldest surviving son among twelve children of James Carlile, a prosperous thread manufacturer, distantly related to the historian…...
Carlisle, Alexander Montgomery
Carlisle, Alexander Montgomery (1854–1926), ship designer and businessman, and his two brothers John Carlisle (1856–1945), engineer and shipowner, and Henry Montgomery Carlisle (1863?–1945), shipowner, were sons of John Carlisle (d. 1884), teacher, and Catherine Carlisle (née…...
Carroll, Noel
Carroll, Noel (1941–98), athlete and public relations officer, was born 7 December 1941 in Annagassan, Co. Louth, second among four children of Paddy Carroll, farm labourer and fisherman, and Bridget Carroll (née Carroll) of Annagassan. He was educated locally at St Finian's…...
Carroll, Sir James
Carroll, Sir James (d. 1639), landowner and state official, was eldest son of Thomas Carroll, a Dublin merchant (probably descended from the O'Carrolls of Ely), and his first wife Alice Mountfield. James is first recorded on his appointment as chief chamberlain of the exchequer on 26…...
Casement, Sir Roger David
Casement, Sir Roger David (1864–1916), humanitarian and Irish nationalist, was born 1 September 1864 in Sandycove, near Dublin, youngest child among one daughter and three sons of Roger Casement, retired army officer, and Anne Casement (née Jephson). His elder brother was…...
Caulfeild, Sir Toby (Tobias)
Caulfeild, Sir Toby (Tobias) (1565–1627), 1st Baron Charlemont , soldier and administrator, was baptised 2 December 1565 in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. His father's name is registered as Alexander Calfehill. He became a soldier, serving under Frobisher, Lord Howard, and then…...
Cavan, Harry (Henry Hartrick)
Cavan, Harry (Henry Hartrick) (1916–2000), football administrator and trade union official, was born on 19 May 1916 in Mary Street, Newtownards, Co. Down, the eldest child of Walter Cavan, a motor body maker, and his wife Clara (née Quinn). Educated locally, he left school at 14 to…...