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…...
Simms, Robert
Simms, Robert (1761–1843), United Irishman and businessman, was born probably in Belfast in March 1761 (he was baptised there on 20 March), the fifth child in the family of five sons and two daughters of Robert Simms, merchant and tanner, and his wife, Elizabeth Stevenson of…...
Simms, William
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Sinclair, John
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Sinclair (Sinclaire), William
Sinclair (Sinclaire), William (1760–1807), linen manufacturer and radical, was second among four sons of Thomas Sinclair (1719–98), merchant, and his wife Hester Eccles Pottinger, whom he married in 1749. Thomas came to Belfast from Newtownards and served his apprenticeship with…...
Sinclair, Thomas
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Sinclair, Thomas
Sinclair, Thomas (1838–1914), merchant and politician, was born 23 September 1838 in Belfast, son of Thomas Sinclair (1811–67), merchant and shipowner, and his wife Sarah (1800–49), daughter of William Archer of Hillsborough, Co. Down. Thomas Sinclair the elder was born and…...
Sinclair, Thomas
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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…...
Swan, Harry Percival
Swan, Harry Percival (1879–1970), businessman, antiquarian, and author, was born 4 June 1879 at Ardeelan House, Buncrana, eldest child among five sons and three daughters of Thomas Swan, miller, and his wife Isabella, daughter of James Cooke of Belfast. His father owned a milling…...
Tennent, Robert
Tennent, Robert (1765–1837), medical doctor, merchant, and philanthropist, was born 9 August 1765, fourth child and second son (of five) of the Rev. John Tennent and Anne Tennent (née Patton). One brother died young in the West Indies in 1794. After completing his medical studies…...
Tennent, William
Tennent, William (1760–1832), Belfast merchant, banker, and United Irishman, was born 26 June 1760, second of the eight children and eldest of the five sons of the Rev. John Tennent, minister of the Seceding Presbyterian congregation of Roseyards, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, and Anne…...
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…...
Tillie, William
Tillie, William (1822–1904), shirt manufacturer, was born in October 1822 in Crookston Mains, in the parish of Stow, Midlothian, Scotland, son of John Tillie and his wife Jannet Tillie (née Brown), who were substantial farmers; he had at least two brothers and a sister. Until Tillie…...
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…...
Vernon, John Fane
Vernon, John Fane (1849–1923), lawyer, land agent, JP, and governor of the Bank of Ireland, was born 5 July 1849 at Bingfield, Co. Cavan, the eldest of the two sons and one daughter of John Edward Vernon of Erne Hill, Co. Cavan, land agent,…...
Walmsley, James Andrew
Walmsley, James Andrew (1912–2008), Indian civil servant and Dublin businessman, was born 4 October 1912 at The Green, in the townland of Aughnahoory, near Kilkeel, Co. Down, eldest of four boys of James Charles Walmsley, a farmer, and Margaret ('Peggy') Walmsley (née Fairbairn),…...
Warren, Nathaniel
Warren, Nathaniel (c.1737–1796), merchant, MP, and first commissioner of police, was born in Dublin. His parentage is unclear, but a number of Warrens were engaged as merchants and glaziers in the city prior to his birth. Alternatively, he may be the son of Oliver Warren…...
Weston, Nicholas
Weston, Nicholas (d. 1617), merchant, was the son of John Weston, a merchant of Drogheda, and his wife Hamonella, daughter of Nicholas Merchant, also a Drogheda merchant. In 1577 Nicholas was admitted a citizen of Dublin and lived on the High Street. He rose rapidly up the city's…...
White, Luke
White, Luke (c.1740–1824), bookseller, millionaire, and politician, was born about 1740 and possibly originated in Cork city, as both his wives were from there and his brother, Thomas White, was listed as a Cork bookseller. A protestant, he may have been of huguenot…...