Montgomery, Alexander John
Montgomery, Alexander John (1720–1800), soldier and politician, was the heir, and eldest son among three sons and one daughter, of Thomas Montgomery (c.1700–1761), landowner and later MP for Lifford, Co. Donegal (1729–60), and Mary Montgomery (née Franklin). His youngest…...
Montgomery, Hugh
Montgomery, Hugh (1651–1717), 2nd earl of Mount-Alexander , soldier and politician, was born 24 February 1651 at Newtown, Co. Down, the son of Hugh Montgomery (qv), 1st earl of Mount-Alexander, and his wife, Mary (d. 1655), eldest daughter of…...
Montgomery, Hugh Maude de Fellenberg
Montgomery, Hugh Maude de Fellenberg (1870–1954), British Army general and politician, was born 5 December 1870, eldest son of the Rt. Hon. Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, PC and DL for Co. Tyrone, of…...
Moore, James
Moore, James (1819–83), surgeon and artist, was born March 1819 in Belfast, son of David Moore, RN (who was appointed fleet surgeon by Nelson (1803) as a reward for distinguished service, and later practised in Belfast), and Margarita Moore (née…...
Moore, Sir Charles
Moore, Sir Charles (1603–43), 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda and royalist army commander, was eldest surviving son of Sir Garret Moore (qv), 1st Viscount Drogheda, and his wife Mary (d. 1654), daughter of Sir Henry Colley, of Castle…...
Moore, Sir Edward
Moore, Sir Edward (c.1530–1602), soldier and settler, was second son of John Moore of Benenden, Kent, England, and his first wife, who was apparently the daughter of a Robert Washington. At some point after 1550 his presumably widowed father married Margaret, daughter of John…...
Moore, Sir Garret
Moore, Sir Garret (c.1566–1627), 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda , landowner and soldier, was the second and eldest surviving son of Sir Edward Moore (qv) of Mellifont, Co. Louth, and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and…...
Morrison, Sir Richard
Morrison, Sir Richard (1767–1849), architect, was born probably in Co. Cork, where his father, John Morrison, practised as an architect of some pretensions. Frederick Augustus Hervey (qv), bishop of Cloyne and future earl…...
Moryson (Morrison), Richard
Moryson (Morrison), Richard (c.1571–1625/8?), soldier and administrator, was fifth son of Thomas Moryson (d. 1591), of Cadeby, Lincolnshire, England, clerk of the pipe, and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1587), daughter of Thomas Moigue, of Willingham, Lincolnshire. In 1585…...
Mossop, William
Mossop, William (1751–1805), and his son William Stephen (1788–1827), engravers and designers of medals, were born in Dublin. William Mossop was born as William Browne; when he was a child, his father (a Roman catholic) died and his mother – after her second marriage to William Mossop (…...
Mossop, William Stephen
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Moynan, Richard Thomas
Moynan, Richard Thomas (1856–1906), painter, was born 27 April 1856, at 1 Eldon Terrace, off the South Circular Road, Dublin, fourth of eight children (three sons and five daughters) of Richard Moynan, who held a managerial position in the fabric importers Ferrier, Pollock &…...
Mulholland, Roger
Mulholland, Roger (1740–1818), architect and property developer, was born in the diocese of Derry. Nothing is known of his background, but on 31 January 1770 he married Jane Russell in Belfast; she was probably related to a John Russell, whose name appears along with Mulholland's…...
Nathan, Sir Matthew
Nathan, Sir Matthew (1862–1939), soldier and administrator, was born 3 January 1862, second son among nine children of Jonah Nathan and Miriam Nathan (née Jacobs) of London. Both his parents were Jewish; his father – of German origin and a partner in the paper-making firm of Thomas de…...
Newce, William
Newce, William (fl. c.1596–1623), planter, army captain, and founder of Bandon and Newcestown, Co. Cork, first came to Ireland in the late 1590s as a captain in the English army in Munster. In December 1600 he became a lessee of the Inchiquin seignory of Sir…...
Nicholson, John
Nicholson, John (1821–57), army officer and administrator in India, was born 11 December 1821 in Dublin, eldest son among five sons and two daughters of Dr Alexander Nicholson, physician, of Stramore House, Gilford, Co. Down, and his wife Clara (née Hogg). His father had studied…...
Norris (Norreys), Sir John
Norris (Norreys), Sir John (c.1547–97), military commander and lord president of Munster, was second son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame. In the course of one of the most…...
Norris, Sir Thomas
Norris, Sir Thomas (1556–99), soldier and president of Munster, was fifth son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame, and was a younger brother of Sir…...
Nugent, Sir George
Nugent, Sir George (1757–1849), army general, was born 10 June 1757 at Gosfield, Essex, England, illegitimate son of Edmund Nugent, lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Foot Guards. His younger brother, Sir Charles Edmund Nugent (c.1759–1844), became a distinguished admiral in…...
O'Brien, Catherine Amelia
O'Brien, Catherine Amelia (1881–1963), stained-glass artist, was born 19 June 1881 at Durra, Ennis, Co. Clare, one of five children of Pierce O'Brien, JP, a gentleman landowner, of Durra house, Ennis, Co. Clare, and Sophia Angel St John O'…...
O'Brien, Ellen Lucy (‘Nelly’)
O'Brien, Ellen Lucy (‘Nelly’) (Ní Bhriain, Neilí) (1864–1925), miniature and landscape artist, and Gaelic League activist, was born 4 June 1864, the eldest of two daughters and one son of Edward William O'Brien, landowner, of Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick, and Mary O'Brien (née Spring Rice…...
O'Brien, Murrough
O'Brien, Murrough (c.1616–1673), 6th Baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin , politician and soldier, was eldest of four sons and three daughters of Dermot O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien (née fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne). The son of fervent catholics, he was educated according…...
O'Brien, William
O'Brien, William (c.1640–92), 2nd earl of Inchiquin , army officer and colonial governor, was the eldest son of Murrough O'Brien (qv) (c.1614–1673), 6th Baron Inchiquin and 1st earl of Inchiquin, and his wife,…...
Olpherts, Sir William
Olpherts, Sir William (1822–1902), general, also known as ‘Hellfire Jack ’, was born 8 March 1822 at Dartry Lodge, Blackwaterstown, Co. Armagh, third son of William Olpherts, lawyer, and Rosanna Olpherts (née Macartney). Educated at Gracehill School in Ballymena and later the…...
O'Neill, Daniel
O'Neill, Daniel (c.1612?–1664), royalist politician and soldier, was the son of Con MacNiall MacBrian Faghartach O'Neill, lord of Clandeboye in Co. Antrim, and his wife Eilis, daughter of Art MacBaron O'Neill, older brother of Hugh O'Neill…...