Hammond, Thomas Chatterton
Hammond, Thomas Chatterton (1877–1961), anglican clergyman and controversialist, was born 20 February 1877 in Cork city, youngest son of Colman Mark Hammond, former lay missionary, retired naval officer, and farmer, and his second wife, Elizabeth (née Sergeant). The farm near Cobh…...
Hampton, Christopher
Hampton, Christopher (1552–1625), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, was born at Calais, France, son of John Hampton of Hampshire, clergyman, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, to which he was admitted as a scholar (1570). He became a fellow in 1574, receiving his…...
Hanmer, Meredith
Hanmer, Meredith (1543–1604), cleric and historian, was born at Porkington, Shropshire, England, son of Thomas Hanmer. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was appointed to a chaplaincy in 1567. He graduated BA (November…...
Hannay, James Owen (‘George A. Birmingham’)
Hannay, James Owen (‘George A. Birmingham’) (1865–1950), novelist and Church of Ireland clergyman, was born 16 July 1865 in Belfast, son of Robert Hannay, Church of Ireland rector of St Anne's, Belfast, and his wife Emily (née Wynne). Hannay experienced a strongly evangelical upbringing…...
Hanson, Anthony Tyrrell
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Hanson, Richard Patrick Crosland
Hanson, Richard Patrick Crosland (1916–88), Church of Ireland bishop and scholar of historical and contemporary theology, and his brother (Anthony) Tyrrell Hanson (1916–91), clergyman and theologian, were born 24 November 1916 in London, twin sons of Sir Philip…...
Hardy, Edward John
Hardy, Edward John (1849–1920), Church of Ireland clergyman and author, was born 7 May 1849 in Armagh, one of at least two children of the Rev. James Hardy (c.1814–1874), perpetual curate of Moylary, Co. Louth, and Sarah Hardy (née Harden). Educated at Royal School,…...
Hart, Henry Chichester
Hart, Henry Chichester (1847–1908), naturalist and literary scholar, was born 29 July 1847 in Glenvar, Raheny, Dublin, second son of Andrew Searle Hart (qv) and Frances Hart (née MacDougall). His father's family was of Co.…...
Hart, Sir Andrew Searle
Hart, Sir Andrew Searle (1811–90), mathematician, was born 14 March 1811, youngest of five sons of the Rev. George Vaughan Hart (d. 1836), rector of Castlebar, Co. Mayo, and his wife, Maria Murray (née Hume), daughter of John Hume, dean of Derry. She inherited Glenalla, Co.…...
Harvey, William Henry
Harvey, William Henry (1811–66), botanist, phycologist, and systematist, was born 5 February 1811 at Summerville, Limerick city, youngest of eleven children of Joseph Massey Harvey, a quaker merchant, and Rebecca Harvey (neé Mark), also of that city. He was educated at Newtown,…...
Haughton, Samuel
Haughton, Samuel (1821–97), geologist, physiologist and mathematician, was born 21 December 1821 in Carlow, second of three sons of Samuel Haughton, merchant, and Sarah Haughton (née Hancock). Although of quaker stock, Haughton was brought up within the established church. He entered…...
Hayes, William
Hayes, William (1913–94), bacteriologist and molecular geneticist, was born 18 January 1913 at Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, the son of William Hayes, businessman, then aged seventy-three, and Miriam Hayes (née Harris), the only child of his father's second marriage.…...
Hayman, Samuel
Hayman, Samuel (1818–86), Church of Ireland clergyman and antiquarian, was born at Youghal, Co. Cork, on 27 July 1818, son of Matthew Hayman (1789–1867) of South Abbey, Youghal, and his wife, Helen (née Hill; d. 1850). The Haymans, who came to Ireland in 1629, claimed an…...
Heaton, Richard
Heaton, Richard (1601–66), cleric and botanist, was born 14 February 1601 at Moorehouse, Hooton Pagnall, Yorkshire, third of nine children of Francis Heaton, landowner, and his wife Ursulay. Only three children survived, but there is no further mention of the eldest son or…...
Helsham, Richard
Helsham, Richard (c.1682–1738), doctor and physicist, was born in Kilkenny city, son of Joshua Helsham, alderman and mayor (1692–4) of the city; nothing is known of his mother. In 1698, aged 15, Helsham proceeded from Kilkenny College to…...
Hervey, Frederick Augustus
Hervey, Frederick Augustus (1730–1803), bishop of Derry, 4th earl of Bristol and 5th Baron Howard de Walden , was born 1 August 1730 at Ickworth House, Suffolk, third son of John Hervey, Baron Hervey of Ickworth, and Elizabeth Hervey (née Lepell). Educated at Westminster School…...
Hickey, William
Hickey, William (1787/8–1875), clergyman and agricultural writer, was born at Murragh, Co. Cork, eldest son of the Rev. Ambrose Hickey, DD, rector. He entered TCD (1804) and then moved to St John'…...
Higgins, Francis
Higgins, Francis (1669–1728), clerical controversialist, was born in Limerick, the son of Robert Higgins, an apothecary. He appears to have had at least two brothers and a sister, and his mother may have been employed in the household of Lady Southwell of Rathkeale. He entered…...
Hilliard, Robert (‘Bob’) Martin
Hilliard, Robert (‘Bob’) Martin (1904–37), clergyman, boxer, and revolutionary, was born 7 April 1904 in New St., Killarney, Co. Kerry, one of six children of Robert M. Hilliard, a wealthy protestant draper, and Alice Hilliard (née Martin). The family subsequently resided at…...
Hincks, Edward
Hincks, Edward (1792–1866), Church of Ireland clergyman, Egyptologist and Assyriologist, was born 19 August 1792 at Princes Street, Cork, the eldest of the eight children (five sons and three daughters) of Thomas Dix Hincks (qv), a…...
Hoadly, John
Hoadly, John (1678–1746), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, was born 27 September 1678 at Tottenham High Cross in Middlesex, the seventh of nine children (and the youngest of three sons) of Samuel Hoadly, an unbeneficed clergyman and schoolmaster, and his wife Martha Hoadly…...
Hopkins, Ezekiel
Hopkins, Ezekiel (1634–90), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry, was born 3 December 1634 at Crediton in Devon, second of three sons of John Hopkins, curate at a chapel of ease in Crediton and later rector of Pinhoe in the same county. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors’ school…...
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Hopkins, Gerard Manley (1844–89), poet and Jesuit, was born 28 July 1844 at 87 The Grove, Stratford, Essex, eldest of nine children (eight of whom survived to adulthood) of Manley Hopkins (1818–1897), marine insurance adjuster, and his wife, Catherine, or Kate (née Smith; 1821–1920).…...
Hort, Josiah
Hort, Josiah (1673–1751), archbishop of Tuam, was born 2 February 1673, the son of John Hort of Marshfield in Gloucestershire. He was educated at a grammar school in Bristol before attending a nonconformist academy in London (1690–95), where he is said to have excelled as a…...
Howard, Robert
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