Meyrick, Kate Evelyn
Meyrick, Kate Evelyn (1875–1933), London's 'queen of the nightclubs', was born on 7 August 1875 at 24 Cambridge Terrace, Kingstown, Dublin. She was the third daughter of John William Washington Nason , a medical doctor, and Sarah Frances (née Bateman). Kate's father died of meningitis…...
Mulchinock, John
Mulchinock, John (1781?–1863), merchant and benefactor, was the son of Nicholas and Christiana Mulchinock, and was baptised into the Church of Ireland in Tralee, Co. Kerry, on 2 March 1781. Nothing is known for certain of his early life but, as a young man, he may have been at sea…...
Mulholland, Andrew
Mulholland, Andrew (1792–1866), textile manufacturer, was born 15 March 1792, probably in Belfast. His father, Thomas Mulholland, is believed to have been of humble origins and probably illiterate; he started as a dealer, and then invested in property. In 1784 he married Anne Doe…...
Mulholland, Charles Edward Henry John
Mulholland, Charles Edward Henry John (1933–93), 4th Baron Dunleath , businessman and politician, was born 23 June 1933 in London, the only son of Charles Henry George Mulholland, 3rd Baron Dunleath, and his second wife, Henrietta Grace, daughter of…...
Mulholland, Sir Henry George Hill (‘Harry’)
Mulholland, Sir Henry George Hill (‘Harry’) (1888–1971), 1st baronet, MP and company director, was born 20 December 1888 at Ballywalter, Co. Down, second surviving son of Henry Lyle Mulholland, 2nd Baron Dunleath, MP, and Norah Louisa Fanny Mulholland (née Somerset Ward). He was…...
Newport, Sir (Simon) John
Newport, Sir (Simon) John (1756–1843), banker and politician, was born 24 October 1756, elder of two sons of Simon Newport, merchant and banker, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of William Riall, banker, of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. The Newports were a prominent Waterford family of…...
Orr, David Alexander
Orr, David Alexander (1922–2008), businessman, was born 10 May 1922 at 2 Temple Terrace, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, the second eldest of two sons and two daughters of Canon Adrian William Fielder ('Billy') Orr (1888–1964), clergyman, rector (1935–58) of Taney parish (Church of Ireland),…...
Orr, Laurence Percy Story (‘Willy’)
Orr, Laurence Percy Story (‘Willy’) (1918–90), politician and company director, was born 16 September 1918 in Belfast, son of the Rev. William Robert Macauley Orr, sometime dean of Dromore, and Evelyn Sarah Orr (née Story). He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and…...
Pike, Joseph
Pike, Joseph (1851–1929), company director and parliamentary candidate, was born 30 December 1851 in Cork, eldest son of Ebenezer Pike (qv) and his wife, Lydia Clibborn, daughter of Jonathan Pike, of Beechgrove, Co. Tyrone, and his…...
Putland, John
Putland, John (1709–73), merchant and banker, was born in Dublin, son of Thomas Putland, banker, and his wife Jane, daughter of John Rotton and Bridget Sterne, a sister of John Stearne (qv), bishop of Clogher, and niece of the noted…...
Ram, Abel
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Robertson, Francis
Robertson, Francis (1737/8–1791), soldier and nabob, was probably born at Churchill, parish of Gartan, Co. Donegal, of which his father, the Rev. John Robertson (d. 1756), was the incumbent. His mother's name is not recorded. He had two sisters, of whom the younger, Elizabeth, did…...
Robinson, Howard Waterhouse
Robinson, Howard Waterhouse (1913–2000), chartered accountant and banker, was born 21 September 1913 in Dublin, second child among three sons and two daughters of Ernest St Clair Robinson (1882–1947), barrister at law, of Glenageary, Co. Dublin, and Lillian (‘Dolly’) Robinson (née…...
Rogerson, Sir John I
Rogerson, Sir John I (c.1648–1724), merchant, property developer, and MP, was probably born in Holland, son of Francis Rogerson, but grew up in Dublin; his mother's name is unknown. He descended from a merchant family, although at least two other Rogersons – a cook and a…...
Russell, John Norris
Russell, John Norris (1774?–1859), merchant and industrialist, was born in Limerick, second among five sons of Francis Russell, malt manufacturer and merchant, and his second wife Elizabeth Maunsell Norris, whose father was John Norris, merchant in Limerick. There were also two…...
Shaw, Sir Alexander William
Shaw, Sir Alexander William (1847–1923), bacon manufacturer and founder of Limerick and Lahinch golf clubs, was born 27 October 1847 in Limerick, second son of William John Shaw of Willowbank, Limerick, bacon merchant. He was educated at St Mary's College, Limerick, and on…...
Shaw, Sir Robert
Shaw, Sir Robert (1774–1849), banker, MP, and lord mayor of Dublin, was born 29 January 1774 in Dublin, eldest son of Robert Shaw, merchant, banker, and controller of the post office, of Kilkenny and Dublin, and his first wife, Mary, daughter of William Higgins of Higginsbrook, Co…...
Sheares, Henry
Sheares, Henry (1728–75), banker, parliamentarian, and essayist, was born probably in October 1728, one of three sons of Henry Sheares (d. 1750?) of Goldenbush, near Inishannon, Co. Cork, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Bayley of Castlemore, Co. Cork. At sixteen he entered…...
Stewart, Alexander Turney
Stewart, Alexander Turney (1803–76), merchant entrepreneur and community planner in America, was born 12 October 1803 in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, son of Alexander Stewart and Margaret Stewart (née Turney). Born into a family with Scottish and Huguenot ancestry, Stewart’s father died shortly…...
Stokes, Charles
Stokes, Charles (1852–95), lay evangelist in Africa and ivory trader, was born in Dublin, son of William Stokes, civil engineer, of Dublin and later Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh. He was educated at the Portora Royal School in Enniskillen; his father died when he was very young and…...
Taylor, William Desmond
Taylor, William Desmond (1872–1922), silent film director and celebrity murder victim, was born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner at Straw Hill House, Carlow town, Co. Carlow, on 26 April 1872, second child and oldest son among two daughters and three sons (one of whom died in infancy) of…...
Thompson, Robert Lloyd Hall-
Thompson, Robert Lloyd Hall- (1920–92), businessman and politician, was born 9 April 1920 in Belfast, son of Lt-col. Samuel Herbert Hall-Thompson (qv) and Margaret Hall-Thompson (née Maclean). He was educated at Campbell…...
Tickell, George
Tickell, George (1828/9–1892), unionist, businessman and newspaper proprietor, was the eldest of at least two sons of Thomas Tickell (d. 1873), a timber merchant of North King Street, Dublin. The Tickells were an old-established Dublin protestant merchant family who had been resident…...
Trench, Chalmers Edward FitzJohn ('Terry')
Trench, Chalmers Edward FitzJohn ('Terry') (1909–2005), founder of An Óige, author and businessman, was born in Ardmore, Taylor's Hill, Galway city, on 27 November 1909, the youngest of four children of Wilbraham FitzJohn Trench…...
Ussher, John
Ussher, John (1524–1585?), merchant and mayor of Dublin, was the son of Christopher Ussher and his wife, Alison, daughter of Thomas Fitzwilliams, of Merrion, who after her first husband's death married James Fitzsimon and then Alderman James Sedgrave. Ussher had livery of his…...