Hamilton, Malcolm
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Hamilton, Sir Frederick
Hamilton, Sir Frederick (c.1590–1647), soldier and founder of Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim, was born in Scotland, son of Lord Claud Hamilton, one of the leaders of Scotland's catholics in the late sixteenth century, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 6th Lord…...
Hanmer, Meredith
Hanmer, Meredith (1543–1604), cleric and historian, was born at Porkington, Shropshire, England, son of Thomas Hanmer. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was appointed to a chaplaincy in 1567. He graduated BA (November…...
Hanson, Richard Patrick Crosland
Hanson, Richard Patrick Crosland (1916–88), Church of Ireland bishop and scholar of historical and contemporary theology, and his brother (Anthony) Tyrrell Hanson (1916–91), clergyman and theologian, were born 24 November 1916 in London, twin sons of Sir Philip…...
Hardy, Francis
Hardy, Francis (1751–1812), biographer and MP, was son and heir of Henry Hardy, esq., of Dublin. He was educated by Thomas Ball of Dublin before entering TCD in 1766 (BA, 1771) and the Middle Temple…...
Harris, Walter
Harris, Walter (1686–1761), antiquarian, was born in May 1686 in Mountmellick, King's Co. (Offaly), second son of Hopton Harris, who was described as a gentleman and served as lieutenant of the local Williamite militia in 1690–91. He entered the famous Kilkenny School in 1702 and…...
Hastings, Francis Rawdon
Hastings, Francis Rawdon (1754–1826), 2nd earl of Moira , 1st marquess of Hastings , soldier, whig politician, and viceroy of India, was born 7 December 1754 in Dublin, eldest son of John Rawdon (qv), 1st earl of Moira (1723/4–1793), and…...
Hayes, Samuel
Hayes, Samuel (1743–95), politician, improving landlord, and amateur architect, was the eldest son of John Hayes of Hayesville, Co. Wicklow. He studied under a Mr Ford, before entering TCD on 8 January 1759. He registered at London's…...
Hayman, Samuel
Hayman, Samuel (1818–86), Church of Ireland clergyman and antiquarian, was born at Youghal, Co. Cork, on 27 July 1818, son of Matthew Hayman (1789–1867) of South Abbey, Youghal, and his wife, Helen (née Hill; d. 1850). The Haymans, who came to Ireland in 1629, claimed an…...
Hely Hutchinson, John
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Hincks, Edward
Hincks, Edward (1792–1866), Church of Ireland clergyman, Egyptologist and Assyriologist, was born 19 August 1792 at Princes Street, Cork, the eldest of the eight children (five sons and three daughters) of Thomas Dix Hincks (qv), a…...
Hobson, William
Hobson, William (1793–1842), naval officer and first governor of New Zealand, was born 26 September 1793 in Newtown Lodge, Waterford city, third among five sons of Samuel Hobson, assistant barrister for Co. Cork, and his wife Martha Jones, who was a member of a family that had…...
Holmes, Thomas Rice Edward
Holmes, Thomas Rice Edward (1855–1933), historian and classicist, was born 24 May 1855 at Waterstown House, near Athlone, Co. Westmeath, fifth son of Robert Holmes, farmer and breeder of cows and horses, and Jane Holmes (née Henn). Originally taught by a private tutor, he entered…...
Hone, Eva Sydney (‘Evie’)
Hone, Eva Sydney (‘Evie’) (1894–1955), painter and stained-glass artist, was born 22 April 1894 at Roebuck Grove, Clonskeagh, Co. Dublin, youngest among four daughters of Joseph Hone, prominent maltster and director of the Bank of Ireland, and Eva Hone (née Robinson), who died…...
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…...
Hone, Nathaniel
Hone, Nathaniel (1831–1917), painter, was born 26 October 1831 at Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin, one of the large family of Brindley Hone, lawyer and company director. The Hones had emigrated to Ireland from Holland in the early eighteenth century and produced a lord mayor of Dublin…...
Hume, Abraham, (‘Billy M'Cart’)
Hume, Abraham, (‘Billy M'Cart’) (1814–84), clergyman and antiquarian, was born 9 February 1814 at ‘Beechfield’, Corcreeny, Hillsborough, Co. Down, the younger of the two sons of Thomas F. Hume, farmer, and Margaret Hume (née Simpson). His birthplace had once been the manse of his…...
Hutchinson, Christopher Hely-
Hutchinson, Christopher Hely- (1767–1826), soldier and MP, was born 5 April 1767 in Dublin, fifth son of the Rt Hon. John Hely-Hutchinson (qv), politician and provost of TCD, and his…...
Hutchinson, Francis
Hutchinson, Francis (1660–1739), bishop and author, was born 2 January 1660 in the hamlet of Carsington, Derbyshire, into the middling orders. Third among four children of Edward Hutchinson and his wife Mary Tallents, he entered Catherine Hall, Cambridge (1677), graduating…...
Hutchinson, John Hely-
Hutchinson, John Hely- (1757–1832), 2nd earl of Donoughmore , soldier, politician, and diplomat, was born 15 May 1757, second son of John Hely-Hutchinson (qv), provost of TCD, and his…...
Ireland, John Evan de Courcy
Ireland, John Evan de Courcy (1911–2006), socialist, activist, teacher, and maritime historian, was born 19 October 1911 in Lucknow, India, only child of De Courcy Ireland (1873–1915), a British army major of Irish ancestry, and his English-born wife Gabrielle (née Byron). …...
Jackson, Robert Wyse
Jackson, Robert Wyse (1908–76), clergyman, writer, and artist, was born 12 July 1908 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, only son of Richard Jackson, a bank manager from Killinane, Co. Kildare, and Belinda Hester Jackson (née Sherlock), of Bandon, Co. Cork. Educated at the Abbey School, Co…...
Jellett, Mainie
Jellett, Mainie (1897–1944), artist, was born Mary Harriet Jellett on 29 April 1897 into a protestant family at 37 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, the eldest of four daughters of William Morgan Jellett, a barrister, and Janet Jellett (née Stokes). Her father, the son of…...
Jocelyn, Robert
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Johnson, Sir William
Johnson, Sir William (1715–74), superintendent of Indian affairs in colonial America (specifically among the Iroquois and their allies in New York), was born at Smithtown, Co. Meath, one of seven children (three sons and four daughters) of Christopher Johnson, tenant farmer, and Anne…...