Bourke, Dermot Robert Wyndham-
Bourke, Dermot Robert Wyndham- (1851–1927), 7th earl of Mayo , landowner, politician, and patron of the arts, was born 2 July 1851, the son of Richard Southwell Bourke (qv), 6th earl of Mayo in the peerage of Ireland, and his…...
Bourke, John
Bourke, John (c.1700–1790), 1st Baron Naas , 1st Viscount Mayo , and 1st earl of Mayo , politician, of Monycrower, Co. Mayo and Palmerstown, Co. Kildare, was the only son of Richard Bourke, LLD, of Dublin, and Catherine Bourke (née…...
Bourke, Theobald
Bourke, Theobald (c.1615?–1653), 3rd Viscount Mayo , soldier and politician, was son and heir of Miles Bourke (qv), 2nd Viscount Mayo, and Honora, daughter of Sir John Bourke of Derrymaclaghtny, Co. Galway.…...
Bourke, William
Bourke, William (1623–67), 5th Baron Castleconnell , soldier, was son and heir of Edmund Bourke and his first wife, Thomasine, daughter of Sir Thomas Browne of Hospital, Co. Limerick. Edmund held over 3,000 acres in Co. Limerick, primarily in the barony of Clanwilliam, alongside the…...
Bowden, John
Bowden, John (fl. 1798–c.1822), architect, was possibly born in Blessington, Co. Wicklow; nothing is known of his family. He was educated at the Dublin Society school of architectural drawing (1798–c.1801), apprenticed to…...
Boyle, Elizabeth
Boyle, Elizabeth (1613–1691), countess of Cork and Burlington, was born at Skipton Castle in Yorkshire on 17 September 1613. She was the only surviving child of Henry Clifford (d. 1643) and Frances Cecil (d. 1644), 5th earl and countess of Cumberland. Little evidence is available about…...
Boyle Fenton, Catherine
Boyle Fenton, Catherine (c.1588–1630), countess of Cork , was the only daughter of Sir Geoffrey Fenton (qv), secretary of state for Ireland 1580–1608, and his wife Alice, daughter of Dr…...
Boyle, Henry
Boyle, Henry (1684–1764), 1st earl of Shannon and politician, was born in Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, son of Col. Henry Boyle of Castlemartyr (a son of Roger Boyle (qv), 1st earl of Orrery), and his wife Mary (daughter of…...
Boyle, Margaret
Boyle, Margaret (1623–1689), 1st countess of Orrery, was one of ten children of Theophilus Howard (d. 1640), 2nd earl of Suffolk and Elizabeth Home (daughter of the 1st earl of Dunbar). Margaret was baptised on 11 February 1623 at St Martin’s-in-the-Fields, London, and, though not much…...
Boyle, Murrough
Boyle, Murrough (1648–1718), 1st Viscount Blessington and MP, was born in Cork, son of Michael Boyle (qv), later Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh (1678–1702) and lord chancellor (1665–85), and Mary Boyle (née O'Brien), daughter of…...
Boyle, Richard
Boyle, Richard (1566–1643), 1st earl of Cork, landowner and politician, was born 13 October 1566 in Kent, second son of Roger Boyle, a native of Herefordshire, and his wife Joan Naylor of Canterbury, who had made their home in Preston outside Faversham in the vicinity of Canterbury.…...
Boyle, Richard
Boyle, Richard (1727–1807), 2nd earl of Shannon and politician, was born in London 30 January 1727, eldest of six children of Henry Boyle (qv) of Castlemartyr, Co. Cork, 1st earl and speaker of the Irish house of commons (1733–56), and…...
Boyle, Richard
Boyle, Richard (1612–98), 2nd earl of Cork and 1st earl of Burlington, was born 20 October 1612 at Youghal College, Co. Cork, second son of Richard Boyle (qv), 1st earl of Cork (‘the great earl’), and…...
Boyle, Roger
Boyle, Roger (1621–79), 1st Baron Broghill and 1st earl of Orrery , soldier, politician, and writer, was born 25 April 1621 in Co. Waterford, twelfth child and third son to survive of Richard Boyle (qv), 1st earl of Cork, and his second wife…...
Brabazon, Reginald
Brabazon, Reginald (1841–1929), 12th earl of Meath , landowner, philanthropist, and disciplinarian, was born in London on 31 July 1841, the second son of William Brabazon, eleventh earl, and Harriet, second daughter of Sir Richard Brooke, sixth baronet, of Norton Priory, Cheshire…...
Brett, (Sir) Charles Edward Bainbridge
Brett, (Sir) Charles Edward Bainbridge (1928–2005), solicitor, architectural historian and public figure in Northern Ireland, was born 30 October 1928 in Holywood, Co. Down, eldest of three children, two boys and a girl, of Charles Anthony Brett, a Belfast solicitor, and his wife…...
Brodrick, Alan
Brodrick, Alan (c.1655–1728), 1st Viscount Midleton , lord chancellor of Ireland, was the second son of St John Brodrick, a beneficiary of the Cromwellian land settlement who originated from Wandsworth in Surrey and established himself at Ballyannan, near Midleton in Co.…...
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle (1856–1942), 1st earl of Midleton, politician, was born 14 December 1856 in London, eldest of eleven children of William Brodrick (later 8th Viscount Midleton) and his wife Augusta Mary, third daughter of Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, 1st Baron…...
Brooke, Henry Vaughan
Brooke, Henry Vaughan (1743?–1807), landowner and MP, was the son of Basil Brooke, landowner, of Brooke Hill, Co. Donegal, and Jane Brooke (née Wray) of Castle Wray, Co. Donegal. He entered TCD in July 1761. He participated in the…...
Brooke, Sir Arthur
Brooke, Sir Arthur (1726–85), landowner and MP, was elder son of Henry Brooke of Colebrooke, Co. Fermanagh, MP for Fermanagh, and his wife Lettice (Letitia), daughter of Benjamin Burton (qv) of Dublin. Arthur Brooke succeeded his…...
Brooke, Sir George Frederick
Brooke, Sir George Frederick (1849–1926), landlord, wine merchant, and banker, was born on 13 August 1849, the eldest son of the three sons and three daughters of Francis Richard Brooke (1817–67), of Summerton, Castleknock, Co. Dublin, and Coolgreany, Co. Wexford, and the Hon.…...
Browne, Denis
Browne, Denis (1763–1828), politician, was born in Westport House, Co. Mayo, second son among two sons and four daughters of Peter Browne (1741–80), 2nd earl of Altamont and MP for Co. Mayo (1761–8), and his wife Elizabeth, the only daughter and heiress of Denis Kelly of Lisduffe…...
Browne, John
Browne, John (1709–76), 1st earl of Altamont , landowner, and MP, was born at Mount Browne near Westport, Co. Mayo, the only son of Peter Browne (d. 1722), a catholic landowner, of Mount Browne, and his wife Mary, daughter of Denis Daly (…...
Browne, John Denis
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Brownlow, William
Brownlow, William (1755–1815), landowner, banker, and MP, was born 1 September 1755, elder of two sons of William Brownlow (qv) of Lurgan, Co. Armagh, one of the largest landowners in Co. Armagh and MP for the county (1753–94), and…...