Pim, Frederic William
Pim, Frederic William (1839–1925), businessman and pamphleteer, was born 8 May 1839 in Dublin, one of four sons and seven daughters of Jonathan Pim (qv), merchant and MP, and his wife Susanna Todhunter. He was educated in England at Bootham…...
Pim, James
Pim, James (1796–1856), banker, stockbroker, and railway entrepreneur, was born 7 May 1796 in Dublin, son of James Pim (1767–1848) of Mountmellick, Queen's Co. (Laois), and Dublin, and his wife Anne (1768–1847), daughter of Benjamin Greenwood of Portarlington, Queen's Co. The Pims…...
Pim, John Harold
Pim, John Harold (1866–1932), accountant, was born 23 October 1866 in Dublin, youngest son among five sons and six daughters of Thomas Pim (1815–96), of Glenageary, Co. Dublin, merchant, and his wife, Isabella Sophia (1823–70), daughter of Lord Lister of Pharistow, Sussex, England…...
Pim, Jonathan
Pim, Jonathan (1806–85), merchant, politician, and philanthropist, was born in Dublin, the eldest of seven children of Thomas Pim (qv), merchant, and Mary Pim (née Harvey), of Youghal, Co. Cork. The Pims were prominent quakers, established…...
Pim, Joseph Pike
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Pim, Joseph Robinson
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Pim, Joshua
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Pim (later Grubb), Sarah
Pim (later Grubb), Sarah (1746–1832), and her brothers Joshua Pim and Joseph Pike Pim, entrepreneurs, were among the sixteen children of John Pim, quaker businessman of Mountrath, Queen's Co. (Laois), and his wife Sarah (née Clibborn), who was also of a quaker family from Moate, Co.…...
Pim, Thomas
Pim, Thomas (1771–1855), merchant, was born 27 October 1771 in Mountmellick, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son among nine sons and four daughters of Jonathan Pim (1741–1824), tanner, originally of Rushin, Queen's Co., and later of Mountmellick, and his second wife, Sarah (1746–1805…...
Richardson, John Grubb
Richardson, John Grubb (1813/15–1890), linen manufacturer and philanthropist, was second son among seven sons and three daughters of James Nicholson Richardson and Alicia Richardson (née Grubb); he was a grandson of Jonathan…...
Richardson, Jonathan
Richardson, Jonathan (1756–1817), linen bleacher and merchant, was born near Lisburn, Co. Antrim, a younger son of John Richardson and Ruth Richardson (née Hogg); the family were members of the Society of Friends. Jonathan, who had at least one elder brother, left home as a boy to…...
Sharp, Anthony
Sharp, Anthony (1643–1707), Dublin woollen merchant and leading quaker, was born in January 1643 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, son of Thomas Sharp, woollen manufacturer, and his wife Elizabeth. He probably attended the local grammar school founded by Sir William Romney (d. 1611) and…...
Wigham, John Richardson
Wigham, John Richardson (1829–1906), lighthouse engineer and businessman, was born 15 January 1829 at 5 South Gray St., Edinburgh, youngest son among four sons and three daughters of John Wigham, shawl manufacturer and quaker, and Jane Wigham (née Richardson). Their mother's death…...