Babington, Sir Anthony Brutus
(1877–1972), lawyer and politician, was born 24 November 1877, eldest son of Hume Babington, architect and civil engineer, of Creevagh House, Co. Londonderry, with an estate of 1,540 acres in 1876. The family were direct descendants of…...
Barrett, Rosa (Mary)
(1854–1936) philanthropist, child-care worker, and suffragist, was born 15 January 1854 in Royston, Hertfordshire, England, daughter of the Rev. W. G. Barrett and Martha Barrett (née Fletcher). From the 1860s she was resident with her family in Dublin. Her…...
Lowther, Sir Gerrard (Gerard)
(1590–1660), lawyer
and judge, was probably the natural son of Christopher
Lowther of Penrith, Cumberland. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, on 7 June
1605. He entered Gray's Inn in 1608 and was called to the bar in 1614. He was in Dublin
as…...
Steele, William
(1610–80), barrister, privy counsellor, and lord chancellor of Ireland, was born in Sandbach, Cheshire, England, eldest among three sons of Richard Steele of Finchley, Middlesex, and his wife Laetitia (née Shaw). Steele matriculated at Caius College, Cambridge, in…...