Coghlan, Joseph
Coghlan, Joseph (d. 1697), lawyer and politician, was probably the youngest son of Francis MacCoghlan, a catholic landowner of Kilcolgan, King's Co. Joseph became a protestant and in 1672 he was a student at TCD. The place of his…...
Collins, Sir Richard Henn
Collins, Sir Richard Henn (1842–1911), barrister and judge, was born 1 January 1842, third son of Stephen Collins (d. 1843), QC, of Merrion Square, Dublin, and his wife Frances, daughter of William Henn, a master-in-chancery. He attended the…...
Comerford, Gerard (Gerald, Garret)
Comerford, Gerard (Gerald, Garret) (d. 1604), attorney and judge, was a younger son of Fowke (Fulke) Comerford of Callan, Co. Kilkenny, and his wife Rosina Rothe. His father was a loyal adherent of Thomas Butler (qv), 10th earl of…...
Coningsby, Thomas
Coningsby, Thomas (1657–1729), Baron Coningsby of Clanbrassil and earl of Coningsby , lord justice and officeholder, was born 2 November 1657, only son and heir of Humphrey Coningsby of Hampton Court, Herefordshire, and his wife Lettice Loftus (daughter of Sir Arthur Loftus of…...
Copinger (Coppinger), Maurice
Copinger (Coppinger), Maurice (1727–1802), politician and lawyer, was born in Dublin, son of John Copinger, a soldier. Educated at TCD, he graduated BA in spring 1748. His father died in 1750, and…...
Cotton, Charles Philip
Cotton, Charles Philip (1832–1904), civil engineer, was born 19 January 1832 in Dublin, son of Henry Cotton (qv), archdeacon of Cashel, formerly of Bucks., England, and his wife Mary Vaughan, youngest daughter of Richard Laurence (1760–…...
Cox, Sir Richard
Cox, Sir Richard (1650–1733), historian and lord chancellor of Ireland, was born 25 March 1650 in Bandon, Co. Cork, only child of Richard Cox (d. 1651), a captain in the English army, and Katherine, daughter of Walter Bird of Clonakilty, Co. Cork. His grandfather Michael had moved…...
Crampton, Philip Cecil
Crampton, Philip Cecil (1782–1862), solicitor general, MP, and judge, was fourth son of the Rev. Cecil Crampton, rector of Headfort, and his wife Nicola Mary, daughter of the Rev. Jeremy Marsh. He entered TCD in 1797, becoming a scholar…...
Crookshank, Alexander
Crookshank, Alexander (1736–1813), lawyer and politician, was born 30 June 1736 in Dublin, eldest son of William Crookshank, attorney. Educated at Foyle College, he entered Middle Temple (1762) and was called to the Irish bar (1766), beginning a successful career as a barrister.…...
Curran, Henry Grattan
Curran, Henry Grattan (1800–76), barrister, resident magistrate, and author, was born 5 February 1800 in Tipperary, illegitimate son of John Philpott Curran (qv), master of the rolls; his mother's surname was Fitzgerald. Having one stepbrother and one stepsister,…...
Curran, John Philpot
Curran, John Philpot (1750–1817), politician and lawyer, was born 24 July 1750 at Newmarket, Co. Cork, eldest among five children of James Curran, farmer and steward to the manorial court at Newmarket, and Sarah Curran (née Philpot). Educated in grammar and the classics by…...
Curran, Richard Creagh
Curran, Richard Creagh (1776–1847), lawyer, was born in Newmarket, Co. Cork, the second child and eldest surviving son of John Philpot Curran (qv), orator, lawyer, and parliamentarian, and Sarah (Creagh) Curran. Both parents were…...
Curwin (Curwen, Coren), Hugh
Curwin (Curwen, Coren), Hugh (c.1507–1568), catholic and Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, was born in High Knipe, in the parish of Bampton, Westmorland. He attended Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating Bachelor of Civil Law in 1528 and Doctor of Civil Law on 5 July 1532…...
Cusack, Adam
Cusack, Adam (d. 1681), judge, was the second son of Robert Cusack of Rathgar, sometime MP for Kells, and his wife Alice, the second daughter of Sir George Sexton. His father is sometimes recorded as having married Alice, daughter of John Eustace of Harristown, Co. Kildare, though…...
Davies, Sir John
Davies, Sir John (1569–1626), lawyer and poet, was baptised at Tisbury, Wiltshire, 16 April 1569. His father, whose name is usually given as John, but sometimes as Edward, Davies (d. 1580), was of Welsh descent, and his mother, Mary (née Bennett; d. 1590), came from a Wiltshire…...
Dawson, Arthur
Dawson, Arthur (1698–1775), lawyer, poet, and politician, was born 9 October 1698, the eldest son of Joshua Dawson (c.1660–1725), landowner and later MP for Wicklow borough (1705–14), and his wife, Anne Dawson (née Carr). He was educated by Dr Jones in Dublin, and then…...
Day, Robert
Day, Robert (1746–1841), politician, judge, and diarist, was born 1 July 1746 at Lohercannon, near Tralee, Co. Kerry, the third son in a family of five sons and two daughters of the Rev. John Day (1711–81), chancellor of Ardfert, and his wife Lucy, a daughter of Maurice FitzGerald…...
Delap, Hugh Alexander
Delap, Hugh Alexander (1906–97), engineer, was born 21 October 1906 at Newbay, Rosslare, Co. Wexford, third son of Alfred Dover Delap, civil engineer, and Jeannie Ethel Delap (née Jefferies), of Newbay. His father, subsequently a partner in the Dublin civil engineering firm of…...
Denham, Sir John
Denham, Sir John (1559–1639), judge, was born probably in London, second son of William Denham – a goldsmith of St Matthew's, Friday St., London, who later settled in Thorpe, Surrey – and his wife Joan. Having been a member of Furnival's Inn, Denham entered Lincoln's Inn on 19…...
Dillon, Robert
Dillon, Robert (d. 1642), 2nd earl of Roscommon , lord justice, was the eldest son of Sir James Dillon and his wife Eleanor Barnwall of Turvey. He graduated from Gray's Inn in 1613; his legal expertise would partly explain his prominent roles in the 1634 and 1640 parliaments. He…...
Dillon, Sir Lucas (Luke)
Dillon, Sir Lucas (Luke) (d. 1593), chief baron of the Irish exchequer, was eldest son of Sir Robert Dillon (qv) of Newtown, Trim, Co. Meath, chief justice of the common pleas, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward…...
Dillon, Sir Robert
Dillon, Sir Robert (d. 1597), judge, was the eldest son of Thomas Dillon of Riverston, Co. Meath, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Luttrell (qv), chief justice of the common pleas. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, appearing…...
Dix, Ernest Reginald McClintock
Dix, Ernest Reginald McClintock (1857–1936), solicitor, book collector, and Irish language enthusiast, was born 8 April 1857 in Dublin, elder son of Henry Thomas Dix (1825–1902), a prominent solicitor, and his wife Emma Patience, daughter of an army officer, Henry McClintock of…...
Doherty, John
Doherty, John (1783–1850), politician and chief justice of the common pleas, was second son of John Doherty, attorney, of Aungier St., Dublin, and his wife Margaret, daughter of David Verner. Educated at Chester School, he entered TCD…...
Domvile (Domville), Sir William
Domvile (Domville), Sir William (1609–89), attorney general and constitutional writer, was son and heir of Gilbert Domvile (1583–1637) of Cheshire and his wife, Margaret Jones (d. 1615), a daughter of Thomas Jones (qv) (d. 1619), archbishop of…...