Cavendish, William
Cavendish, William (1698?–1755), 3rd duke of Devonshire , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was the eldest son of William, 2nd duke of Devonshire, and his wife, Rachel Russell, daughter of William, Lord Russell, and sister of the 2nd duke of Bedford. Heir to one of the great whig…...
Chichester, Arthur
Chichester, Arthur (1739–99), 5th earl and 1st marquess of Donegall , landlord, was born 13 June 1739, elder son of John Chichester (d. 1746), MP for Belfast, and Elizabeth Chichester (née Newdigate). He succeeded his uncle, Arthur Chichester, 4th earl of Donegall, in 1757,…...
Cleland, John
Cleland, John (1755–1834), Church of Ireland clergyman and land agent, was the second son of Moses Cleland, a Co. Down gentleman. He attended Glasgow University, graduating MA (1777), which supports the belief of…...
Close, Maxwell Henry
Close, Maxwell Henry (1822–1903), Church of England clergyman and geologist, was born 23 October 1822 in Merrion Square, Dublin, the eldest of the eleven children (eight sons and three daughters) of Henry Samuel Close, a partner in Ball's Bank, Dublin, and his wife, Jane, a daughter of…...
Cole, Sir William
Cole, Sir William (1571?–1653), English soldier and planter, was the only son of Emmanuel Cole, third son of Thomas Cole of London, and appears to have been raised in Devonshire. He may have studied at Cambridge, graduating BA and…...
Cole, William Willoughby
Cole, William Willoughby (1807–86), 3rd earl of Enniskillen and amateur geologist, was born 25 January 1807 at Florence Court, Co. Fermanagh, the country seat of the earls of Enniskillen. Cole was the eldest of three sons of the 2nd earl and his wife Charlotte, daughter of Henry…...
Colthurst, Sir John Conway
Colthurst, Sir John Conway (c.1743–1787), 2nd baronet and landowner, was eldest of five sons of John Conway Colthurst (d. 1775), 1st baronet, and his wife Charlotte (d. 1774), third daughter of Thomas FitzMaurice, 1st earl of Kerry. His father, MP for Doneraile (1751–60…...
Connor (O'Connor), Bernard
Connor (O'Connor), Bernard (c.1666–1698), royal physician, anatomist, and historian, was born into a catholic family in Co. Kerry, one of at least three children of Bernard O'Connor, possibly a member of the branch of the lords of Kerry, whose seat was at Carrigafoyle;…...
Conolly, Katherine (Catherine)
Conolly, Katherine (Catherine) (c. 1662–1752), political hostess, landowner, and philanthropist, was the eldest child among four daughters and six sons of Sir Albert Conyngham (qv), later a Williamite general of ordnance, and…...
Conolly, Thomas
Conolly, Thomas (1738?–1803), landowner and politician, was born probably in 1738, the only surviving son of William James Conolly (d. 1754), MP for Ballyshannon and owner of Castletown, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, and estates in Donegal, Londonderry, Meath and at least five other…...
Conway, Edward
Conway, Edward (c.1623–1683), 3rd Viscount Conway and Killultagh and 1st earl of Conway , politician, was the eldest surviving son of Edward Conway (qv) (d. 1655), 2nd Viscount, and his wife Frances, daughter of Sir Francis…...
Conyngham, Francis Nathaniel
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Conyngham, Henry
Conyngham, Henry (1705/6–81), 1st Baron Mount Charles , Viscount and Earl Conyngham, and MP, was the posthumous son of Maj.-gen. Henry Conyngham, who died in battle in Spain 1705/6, and Mary Conyngham (née Williams), who was previously widow of Charles Petty, 1st Lord Shelburne.…...
Conyngham, Henry
Conyngham, Henry (1766–1832), 1st Marquess Conyngham , landlord and courtier, was born 26 December 1766, the elder twin son of Francis Pierpoint Burton (qv), 2nd Baron Conyngham, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of …...
Cooper, Edward Joshua
Cooper, Edward Joshua (1798–1863), astronomer and MP, was born in May 1798 at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the eldest son of Edward Synge Cooper (1762–1830) of Markree castle, Co. Sligo, landowner and MP for Co. Sligo (1806–30), and his wife Anne, daughter of Henry Verelst,…...
Cooper, Joshua
Cooper, Joshua (1732–1800), landlord and MP, was born at Markree Castle, Collooney, Co. Sligo, eldest son of Joshua Cooper (c.1696–1757) of Markree, landlord and MP for Co. Sligo 1719–57, and his wife Mary, daughter of Henry Bingham (1688–1743), MP and…...
Coote, Charles
Coote, Charles (d. 1709), 3rd earl of Mountrath and lord justice, was born c.1655, son of Charles Coote, 2nd earl of Mountrath, and Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Meredith, chancellor of the exchequer in Ireland. His grandfather, also…...
Coote, Charles
Coote, Charles (1738–1800), earl of Bellomont and MP, was born 6 April 1738, the only son of Charles Coote (d. 1750) and Prudence Coote (née Geering) of Cootehill, Co. Cavan. He attended TCD, without graduating, and spent some time on…...
Coote, Sir Charles
Coote, Sir Charles (c.1609–1661), 1st earl of Mountrath , lord president of Connacht, and military commander, was the eldest of the four sons of Sir Charles Coote (qv), provost-marshal of Connacht, and his wife Dorothea,…...
Cosby, Pole
Cosby, Pole (1703–66), ‘improving’ landowner, was born 14 April 1703, the only son of Dudley Cosby, landowner, and Sarah Cosby (née Pole), of Stradbally Hall, Queen's Co. (Laois). The Cosbys were among the first planter families in Queen's Co. in the 1550s, and became one of the…...
Cowper, Francis Thomas de Grey
Cowper, Francis Thomas de Grey (1834–1905), 7th Earl Cowper , landowner, and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 11 June 1834 in Berkeley Square, London, eldest son of George Augustus Frederick (1806–56), 6th Earl Cowper, lord lieutenant of Kent, and his wife Anne Florence (1806–…...
Cox, Sir Richard
Cox, Sir Richard (1702–66), 2nd baronet, improving landlord, and politician, was born 23 November 1702, probably on his father's estate at Dunmanway, Co. Cork, eldest son among three sons and a daughter of Richard Cox and his first wife, Susannah, daughter of James French of Cork…...
Crichton (Creighton), John
Crichton (Creighton), John (1802–85), 3rd earl and 4th baron of Erne (Ireland) and 1st Baron Fermanagh (UK), landowner and progressive agriculturalist, was born on 30 July 1802, the elder son (he had a brother and two sisters) of Colonel John Creighton (1772–1833), governor of Hurst…...
Crichton, John Henry
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Crofton, Sir Edward
Crofton, Sir Edward (c.1662–1729), politician and landowner, was eldest son of Sir Edward Crofton, 1st baronet, of The Mote, Co. Roscommon, and his second wife, Susannah Clifford of Devon. His early life remains obscure; he succeeded as 2nd baronet on his father's death (…...