Burke (de Burgo), Roland
Burke (de Burgo), Roland (d. 1580), catholic and protestant bishop, was the son of Redmond Burke of Tynagh, Co. Galway, and the grandson of Uilleag Burke (qv) (d. 1509), lord of the MacWilliam Uachtar. He…...
Burke, Edmund
Burke, Edmund (1730–97), politician and philosopher, was born 12 January 1730 (per the Gregorian calendar) in Dublin, second son among four surviving children of Richard Burke (d. 1761), an attorney of the court of exchequer, and his wife Mary (c. 1702–1770), fourth child and…...
Burk, John Daly
Burk, John Daly (1772?–1808), author and radical, was possibly the son of James Burk, a protestant schoolmaster from Co. Cork, who may have been related to Edmund Burke (qv) (Augusta Chronicle, 11 Nov. 1809). In 1790 John was…...
Burrowes, Peter
Burrowes, Peter (1753?–1841), barrister and politician, was born at Portarlington, Queen's Co., the first son of Thomas Burrowes, whose family was long established there. He entered TCD (1772), graduated …...
Burton, Benjamin
Burton, Benjamin (a.1665–1728), banker and politician, was third son of Samuel Burton of Buncraggy, Co. Clare, and Margery Burton (née Harris). He was attainted by the Jacobites in 1689, was appointed sheriff of Dublin 19 October 1694, and in 1700 founded ‘Burton's bank’ in…...
Burton, Benjamin
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Burton, William Henry
Burton, William Henry (1739–1818), landowner and MP, was born 16 July 1739, probably at Burton Hall, Co. Carlow, second son among four sons and two daughters of Benjamin Burton and Anne Burton (née Ponsonby). Benjamin Burton (1709–67), landowner and MP, was born 12 January 1709,…...
Bury, Charles William
Bury, Charles William (1764–1835), 1st earl of Charleville , developer of Tullamore and president of the RIA, was born 30 June 1764 in Dublin, the only son of John Bury of Shannongrove, Co. Limerick, and his wife, Catherine, daughter and co…...
Bushe, Charles Kendal
Bushe, Charles Kendal (1767–1843), lawyer, judge, MP, and political writer, was born 13 January 1767 at Kilmurry, near Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, the only son of the Rev. Thomas Bushe of Kilmurry, rector of Gowran, Co. Kilkenny, and Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, and Catherine Bushe (née…...
Butcher, Samuel
Butcher, Samuel (1811–76), scholar and Church of Ireland bishop of Meath, the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Samuel Butcher and his wife, Elizabeth (née Herbert), of Cahirnane, Co. Kerry, was born at his father's home in Danesfort, Killarney, Co. Kerry. He was educated at home until…...
Butcher, Samuel Henry
Butcher, Samuel Henry (1850–1910), scholar and politician, was born 16 April 1850 in Dublin, the elder son of Samuel Butcher (qv), clergyman, of Danesfort, Co. Kerry, and his wife, Mary (née Leahy), of South Hill, Killarney, Co. Kerry…...
Butler, Brinsley
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Butler, Edmund
Butler, Edmund (d. 1551), Roman catholic and Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel, was an illegitimate son of Piers Butler (qv), 8th earl of Ormond and 1st earl of Ossory. He became a regular Augustinian canon and is said…...
Butler, Humphrey
Butler, Humphrey (c.1700–1768), 1st earl of Lanesborough , landowner, politician, and freemason, was born c.1700, the eldest of four surviving sons of Brinsley Butler (d. 1735), 2nd Baron Lanesborough, who – known to …...
Butler, James
Butler, James (1610–88), 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormond, was born 19 October 1610 at Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, eldest son of Thomas Butler, Viscount Thurles , and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Poyntz, of Iron Acton, Gloucestershire. Thurles was son and heir to…...
Butler, James
Butler, James (1665–1745), 2nd duke of Ormond, soldier, lord lieutenant of Ireland, and Jacobite, was born 29 April 1665 in Dublin castle, second but eldest surviving son of Thomas Butler (qv), 6th earl of Ossory, and his wife Emilia,…...
Butler, James Wandesford
Butler, James Wandesford (1774–1838), 19th earl and 1st marquess of Ormonde, politician and landowner, was born in Kilkenny Castle 15 July 1774, third son of John Butler (1740–95), 17th earl of Ormonde, MP for Gowran (1776–83) and Co. Kilkenny (1783–91), and Lady Frances Susan Elizabeth…...
Butler, John
Butler, John (c.1731–1800), 12th Baron Dunboyne , sometime Roman Catholic bishop of Cork, was born at Grange in the parish of Kiltinan, Co. Tipperary, third son of Edmund Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne, and his wife, Anne Grace, widow of Richard Nagle. He was ordained in…...
Butler, Pierce
Butler, Pierce (1744–1822), soldier, planter, slaveholder, delegate to the constitutional convention and US senator, was born in Ballintemple House, Co. Carlow on 11 July 1744, the third son of Sir Richard Butler, 5th baronet of Cloughgrenan and member of the Irish parliament, and his…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1639–86), 1st earl of Arran , lord deputy of Ireland, was born on 15 June 1639, the fifth, but second surviving, son of the eight sons and two daughters of James Butler (qv), 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormond, and his…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1775–1819), 12th Baron Caher and earl of Glengall , was born 13 November 1775 in Cahir, Co. Tipperary, illegitimate son of James Butler, 11th Baron Caher (d. 1788), and a Co. Tipperary mendicant woman. His early life was shrouded in romantic intrigue: at an…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1794–1862), clergyman and antiquarian, was born 14 October 1794 near Granard, Co. Longford, second son among six sons and a daughter of Richard Butler, clergyman in Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny, and Martha Butler (née Rothwell). He attended Kilkenny College and…...
Butler, Sir Richard
Butler, Sir Richard (1761–1817), 7th baronet, MP, was born 14 July 1761, probably at Garryhunden, Co. Carlow, eldest son among four sons and four daughters of Sir Thomas Butler (1735–72), 6th baronet, of Garryhunden, MP for Co. Carlow (1761–8) and Portarlington, Queen's Co. (1771–…...
Butler, Thomas
Butler, Thomas (1634–80), earl of Ossory , lord deputy of Ireland, was born 8 or 9 July 1634 at Kilkenny, the second, but eldest surviving, son, of the eight sons and two daughters of James Butler (qv), 12th earl and 1st duke of Ormond,…...
Butler, William Archer
Butler, William Archer (1812?–1848), clergyman and professor of moral philosophy, was second son of Pierce Archer Butler and Anna Maria Butler (née Gallwey); their seven children were brought up as Roman Catholics by their mother, though the father, who had several times been…...