Grimshaw, Robert
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Guinness, Arthur
Guinness, Arthur (1725–1803), brewer and iconic pioneer of Ireland's most famous alcoholic beverage, was born 12 March 1725, eldest of four sons of Richard Guinness of Celbridge, Co. Kildare, and his wife, Elizabeth Read (1698–1742). His father was for many years the estate agent…...
Guinness, Arthur
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Guinness, Arthur Edward
Guinness, Arthur Edward (1840–1915), Baron Ardilaun , businessman, MP, and philanthropist, was born 1 November 1840 at St Anne's, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, eldest son of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness (qv), 1st baronet and MP, and…...
Guinness, Edward Cecil
Guinness, Edward Cecil (1847–1927), 1st earl of Iveagh , businessman and philanthropist, was born 10 November 1847 at St Anne's, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, youngest of three sons of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness (qv), brewer, of…...
Guinness, Sir Benjamin Lee
Guinness, Sir Benjamin Lee (1798–1868), 1st baronet, brewer, politician, and philanthropist, was born 1 November 1798 in Dublin, third son of Arthur Guinness, head of the brewing firm Arthur Guinness & Co., and his wife, Anne, eldest daughter of Benjamin Lee of Dublin.…...
Hanna, Frederick Freeth ('Fred')
Hanna, Frederick Freeth ('Fred') (1934–2011), bookseller, was born on 27 January 1934 in Dublin, only son of Walter Hanna and his wife Nancy Louise (née Freeth); he had two sisters. Fred's grandfather, also called Fred Hanna (d. 1941), started work in William Magee's long-…...
Hennig, Paul Gottfried Johannes (John)
Hennig, Paul Gottfried Johannes (John) (1911–86), scholar and businessman, was born 3 March 1911 in Leipzig, Germany, fourth of five children of Fürchtegott Max Hennig, protestant theologian and teacher, and his wife Berta Johanna (neé Clemen) who was from a family of distinguished…...
Hickey, William
Hickey, William (1787/8–1875), clergyman and agricultural writer, was born at Murragh, Co. Cork, eldest son of the Rev. Ambrose Hickey, DD, rector. He entered TCD (1804) and then moved to St John'…...
Hinde, John Wilfrid
Hinde, John Wilfrid (1916–97), photographer and postcard manufacturer, was born 17 May 1916 in Street, Somerset, England, into a close-knit Quaker family, who later became Christian Scientist. His great-grandfather was James Clark, co-founder of the Clark's footwear company. During…...
Hone, Joseph Maunsell
Hone, Joseph Maunsell (1882–1959), critic, biographer, and publisher, was born 8 February 1882 at Queen's Park, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, the eldest son of William Hone (1842–1919), a well-known cricketer who played for Ireland and the MCC, and his wife, Sarah, the daughter of James…...
Hughes, James
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Hughes, William
Hughes, William (1920–2006), businessman, was born in Dublin on 16 November 1920, the first child of James Hughes (see below), of Hazelbrook farm, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, and his wife Estelle (née Porter). He represented the third generation of his Church of Ireland family's…...
Hussey, Samuel Murray
Hussey, Samuel Murray (1824–1913), land agent, was born at Bath, Somerset, on 17 December 1824, the fifth son in the family of five sons and four daughters of Peter Bodkin Hussey of Farrinakilla, near Dingle, Co. Kerry, and his wife Mary (d. 1857), daughter of Robert Hickson of the…...
Jones, William Bence-
Jones, William Bence- (1812–82), improving landlord and essayist, was born 5 October 1812 in Beccles, Suffolk, eldest son of William Jones (1776–1843), lieutenant-colonel, 5th Dragoon Guards, and his wife Matilda (d. 1869), daughter of the Rev. Bence Bence of Thorington Hall,…...
Kavanagh, Walter MacMorrough
Kavanagh, Walter MacMorrough (1856–1922), landlord, politician, and financial expert, was born at Borris House, Co. Carlow, on 14 January 1856, the eldest son of Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh (qv) and his wife, Frances Mary…...
Keane, Sir John
Keane, Sir John (1873–1956), 5th baronet, landowner, businessman, and Irish Free State senator, was born 3 June 1873, the son of Sir Richard Keane, 4th baronet, and his wife, Adelaide Keane (née Vance). The Keane baronetcy was conferred in 1801; in the late nineteenth century the…...
Kellett, Iris
Kellett, Iris (1926–2011), showjumper and horse trainer, was born on 8 January 1926 in Lower Baggot Street, Dublin, the only child of Thomas Kellett, of Mespil Road, Ballsbridge, and his wife Julia (née Maron). Her father was a veterinary surgeon who, after service as a British army…...
Kelly, Denis Joseph
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Kennedy, John Pitt
Kennedy, John Pitt (1796–1879), army officer and agriculturist, was born 8 May 1796 at Donagh, Co. Donegal, fourth son of John Pitt Kennedy, rector of Donagh and later Balteagh, Co. Londonderry, and Mary Kennedy (née Cary). Educated at the Foyle Academy, Derry, he entered the…...
Kennedy, Percy William (‘Darby’)
Kennedy, Percy William (‘Darby’) (1914–2016), aviator and founder of Weston aerodrome, was born on 11 June 1914 in Barronrath, Straffan, Co. Kildare, one of nine children, to Edward ‘Cub’ Kennedy, breeder of racehorses (including the famous stallion the Tetrarch), and his wife Beryl…...
Kinahan, Charles Henry Grierson
Kinahan, Charles Henry Grierson (1915–95), businessman and politician, was born 10 July 1915 in Belfast, eldest son of Henry Kinahan, Belfast businessman, and his wife Ula, daughter of the Rt Rev. C. T .P. Grierson (1857–1935), bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore. His brother…...
King, Cecil Harmsworth
King, Cecil Harmsworth (1901–87), publisher, was born 20 February 1901 at Poynter's Hall, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England (home of his grandmother, Geraldine Harmsworth (qv)), second son and fifth child among seven children of…...
King, Sir Abraham Bradley
King, Sir Abraham Bradley (1774–1838), 1st baronet, businessman and civic politician, was born 31 March 1774 in Dublin, fifth child and second son of Charles King, army officer from a Fermanagh gentry family dating back to the plantation, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of…...
Knox, Thomas
Knox, Thomas (c.1641–1728), merchant, landowner, and privy councillor, was eldest among three sons and two daughters of Thomas Knox (d. 1685), merchant and burgess of Glasgow, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Spang, a burgess of Glasgow of Danish origin. He…...