Howard, Ralph
Howard, Ralph (1638–1710), president of the College of Physicians, was the only son of John Howard and his wife, Dorothea, daughter and heir of Robert Hasells. John Howard, after some time spent in England, died there in 1643. His widow returned to Ireland with their son in 1655…...
Hughes, James
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Hughes, William
Hughes, William (1920–2006), businessman, was born in Dublin on 16 November 1920, the first child of James Hughes (see below), of Hazelbrook farm, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, and his wife Estelle (née Porter). He represented the third generation of his Church of Ireland family's…...
Hull, Sir William
Hull, Sir William (c.1573–1643), pirate collaborator and settler, was one of two surviving sons and five daughters of Henry Hull, a merchant and ship owner of Exeter, and his wife Julianna (née Spurway). Henry maintained a family tradition by serving as mayor of Exeter in 1605…...
Hunt, Vere
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Jacob, Archibald Hamilton
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Jeffereyes (Jeffereys, Jeffries, Jeffreys), (James) St John
Jeffereyes (Jeffereys, Jeffries, Jeffreys), (James) St John (1734–80), MP and improving landlord, was born perhaps on the family estate at Blarney, Co. Cork, His grandfather, Brig.-gen. James Jeffreys (c.1650–1719/22), MP for Lismore (1703–15), married in succession two Swedish…...
Jellett, Henry
Jellett, Henry (1872–1948), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born 29 May 1872 at Aghinagh, Killinardrish, Co. Cork, youngest among four sons and four daughters of the Rev. Henry Jellett (1821–1901), theologian and dean of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin, and Elizabeth Rebecca…...
Jocelyn, Robert
Jocelyn, Robert (1788–1870), 3rd earl of Roden , landowner and politician, was born 27 October 1788 at Brockley Park, Queen's Co. (Laois), eldest son of Robert Jocelyn (qv), 2nd earl of Roden, and his first wife, Frances Theodosia (d.…...
Jocelyn, Robert
Jocelyn, Robert (1721–97), 1st earl of Roden, politician, seems to have been baptised in July 1721, the only son of Robert Jocelyn (qv), 1st Viscount Jocelyn, and his first wife, Charlotte Jocelyn (née Anderson). In 1740 he entered Exeter…...
Johnston, George
Johnston, George (1814–89), obstetrician, was born 12 August 1814 in Dublin, third of seven sons and two daughters of Andrew Johnston, MD, army surgeon and PRCSI (…...
Jones, Roger
Jones, Roger (d. 1644), 1st Viscount Ranelagh , politician, was the only son and heir of Thomas Jones (qv), archbishop of Dublin and lord chancellor of Ireland, and Margaret, daughter of Adam Purdon of Lurgan-Race, Co. Louth. The family…...
Jones, William Bence-
Jones, William Bence- (1812–82), improving landlord and essayist, was born 5 October 1812 in Beccles, Suffolk, eldest son of William Jones (1776–1843), lieutenant-colonel, 5th Dragoon Guards, and his wife Matilda (d. 1869), daughter of the Rev. Bence Bence of Thorington Hall,…...
Kavanagh, Arthur Macmorrough
Kavanagh, Arthur Macmorrough (1831–89), landlord and politician, was born 25 March 1831 at Borris House, Co. Carlow, youngest of three sons and one daughter of Thomas Kavanagh (1767–1837), landowner, and his second wife, Lady …...
Kavanagh, Walter MacMorrough
Kavanagh, Walter MacMorrough (1856–1922), landlord, politician, and financial expert, was born at Borris House, Co. Carlow, on 14 January 1856, the eldest son of Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh (qv) and his wife, Frances Mary…...
Keane, Sir John
Keane, Sir John (1873–1956), 5th baronet, landowner, businessman, and Irish Free State senator, was born 3 June 1873, the son of Sir Richard Keane, 4th baronet, and his wife, Adelaide Keane (née Vance). The Keane baronetcy was conferred in 1801; in the late nineteenth century the…...
Kelly, Denis Joseph
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Kennedy, Evory
Kennedy, Evory (1806–86), obstetrician, was born 28 November 1806 at Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, ninth of ten sons and thirteenth of fourteen children of Rev. John Pitt Kennedy, rector of Donagh, and Mary Kennedy (née Cary). He was educated at Foyle College, Derry, and studied…...
Kennedy, Percy William (‘Darby’)
Kennedy, Percy William (‘Darby’) (1914–2016), aviator and founder of Weston aerodrome, was born on 11 June 1914 in Barronrath, Straffan, Co. Kildare, one of nine children, to Edward ‘Cub’ Kennedy, breeder of racehorses (including the famous stallion the Tetrarch), and his wife Beryl…...
Kennedy, Sir Robert
Kennedy, Sir Robert (c. 1584–1668) baronet, landowner, member of parliament and exchequer official, was the eldest son of Robert Kennedy of Dublin (probably descended from the O’Kennedys of Tipperary). Little is known of Robert’s early life, and he is…...
Kinahan, Charles Henry Grierson
Kinahan, Charles Henry Grierson (1915–95), businessman and politician, was born 10 July 1915 in Belfast, eldest son of Henry Kinahan, Belfast businessman, and his wife Ula, daughter of the Rt Rev. C. T .P. Grierson (1857–1935), bishop of Down and Connor and Dromore. His brother…...
King, Cecil Harmsworth
King, Cecil Harmsworth (1901–87), publisher, was born 20 February 1901 at Poynter's Hall, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England (home of his grandmother, Geraldine Harmsworth (qv)), second son and fifth child among seven children of…...
King, Edward
King, Edward (1795–1837), Viscount Kingsborough , antiquarian, was born 16 November 1795 at Kingston House, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, eldest son of George, 3rd earl of Kingston (1771–1839), and his wife Lady Helena Moore (1773–1847), only daughter of Stephen, 1st earl of…...
King, George
King, George (1771–1839), 3rd earl of Kingston, MP and militia colonel, was born 28 April 1771 in Chelsea, London, eldest son of Robert King (qv), 2nd earl of Kingston, and his wife Caroline, daughter and heir of Richard Fitzgerald of Mount…...
King, Robert
King, Robert (1754–99), 2nd earl of Kingston , politician, was the first, and only surviving, son of Edward King (1726–97), 1st earl of Kingston, and his wife, Jane King, illegitimate daughter of Thomas Caulfeild; during his father's lifetime he was styled Viscount Kingsborough.…...