Bruce, William
Bruce, William (1757–1841), presbyterian minister and schoolmaster, was born in Dublin on 30 July 1757. He was the second son, in the family of seven, of Samuel Bruce (1722–67), presbyterian minister at Wood Street, Dublin, and his wife, Rose (1728–1806), daughter of Robert Rainey…...
Bruce, William
Bruce, William (1790–1868), presbyterian minister and classicist, was born in Belfast on 16 November 1790, the second son of William Bruce (qv) (1757–1841), presbyterian minister, and his wife, Susannah (née Hutton). After a schooling…...
Bryce, James
Bryce, James (1767–1857), anti-burgher minister, was born 5 December 1767 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, son of John Bryce, tradesman, and Robina Bryce (née Allan), whose families had been landowners in the area until impoverished by adherence to covenanting principles. He…...
Bryson, James
Bryson, James (1730?–1796), presbyterian minister, was the son of John Bryson (1685?–1788), presbyterian minister at Holywood, Co. Down, and Ann Bryson (1698?–1804). He is said to have received his early education from the Lynches of Loughinisland. He was ordained as minister at…...
Bryson, William
Bryson, William (d. 1815), presbyterian minister, ministered from c.1765 to a congregation at Antrim connected with the presbytery of Antrim. Three of his sermons were published. He held that biblical doctrines are subject to human reason, and so may be considered a liberal in…...
Cameron, John
Cameron, John (1724–99), presbyterian minister and writer, was born in Scotland; some sources say near Edinburgh, though Kinross is also mentioned. Nothing is known of his parents. He was apprenticed to an Edinburgh bookseller, and among the books picked up a love of literature…...
Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Alexander (1788–1866), church leader in the US, was born 12 September 1788, possibly at Shane's Castle, near Antrim, or in Broughshane, Co. Antrim, eldest son of Thomas Campbell and Jane Campbell (née Corneigle), who married in 1787 and later had four daughters and two younger…...
Campbell, Thomas
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Campbell, William
Campbell, William (1727–1805), presbyterian minister and scholar, was born 9 November 1727, one of the three sons of Robert Campbell, a merchant of Newry, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Robert Murdoch of Newry. He matriculated to the University of Glasgow in 1744. He was…...
Carey, John
Carey, John (1800–91), presbyterian minister, was born 15 June 1800 in Duneane, near Toome, Co. Antrim, probably in the townland of Cloghogue, son of John and Margaret Carey. Two brothers died in 1842 of fever. He later claimed a distinguished lineage, but though he inherited property…...
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…...
Carson, Alexander
Carson, Alexander (1776–1844), nonconformist minister, was born c.September 1776 at Annahone, near Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, eldest son of William Carson. His mother's name and his father's occupation are unknown. Intended for the ministry at an early age, he was…...
Chevron, Philip
Chevron, Philip (1957–2013), musician, songwriter and composer, was born Philip Ryan on 17 June 1957 in the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, the elder of two children of (Philip) Brendan Ryan (1927–97) and Christine Ryan (née LaGrue), both born in inner city Dublin. He grew up in Lorcan Drive…...
Clark, Thomas
Clark, Thomas (1720–92), presbyterian minister, was born in Paisley, Scotland. He was a student in 1744 in the theological hall of the associate presbytery of Scotland, and seems to have had some medical training; in 1745, while a student, he joined the duke of Cumberland's army…...
Clerk, Matthew
Clerk, Matthew (1659–1735), presbyterian minister, was born near Kilrea, Co. Londonderry; nothing is known of his family. He attended Glasgow University around 1679, and survived the siege of Derry (1689), where he held the rank of lieutenant and suffered a head wound; he…...
Clinton, Charles
Clinton, Charles (1690–1773), colonist in America, was born in Co. Longford. It is possible that he was distantly related to the de Clintons, prominent Anglo-Norman landowners in Co. Longford and Co. Louth who remained catholic until 1660 at the earliest. Alternatively he may have…...
Clotworthy, Upton
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Cooke, Henry
Cooke, Henry (1788–1868), presbyterian leader and minister, was born 11 February 1788 at the Grillagh, near Maghera, Co. Londonderry, fourth and youngest child of John Macook, tenant farmer, and his second wife Jane (née Howe). Educated in local hedge schools and Glasgow…...
Corkey, Robert
Corkey, Robert (1881–1966), presbyterian minister and politician, was born 20 May 1881 at Glendermott Manse, Co. Londonderry, seventh son among eight sons and three daughters of Rev. Joseph Corkey, MA, LLD,…...
Corkey, William
Corkey, William (1877–1964), presbyterian minister, was born 15 June 1877, sixth son among eight sons and three daughters of the Rev. Joseph Corkey, presbyterian minister of Glendermott, Co. Londonderry, and Isabella Corkey (née Sloane) from Edinburgh. The eight sons in the family…...
Craghead (Craighead), Robert, senior
Craghead (Craighead), Robert, senior (1633–1711), presbyterian minister, was born in Scotland, probably in the east of the country, and graduated MA (1653) from St Andrews university. He was licensed as a commonwealth minister in the parish church of…...
Craghead, Thomas
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Craighead, Alexander
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Craighead, Robert
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Craig, James Humbert
Craig, James Humbert (1877–1944), landscape painter, was born 12 July 1877 at 16 Brougham St., Belfast, second of five children and the only son of Alexander Craig, wholesale merchant, and his wife Marie Metezzen, a Swiss national, who had married in Belfast in 1874. Soon after…...