Stewart, Edith Helen Vane - Tempest
Stewart, Edith Helen Vane - Tempest (1879–1959), marchioness of Londonderry , public servant, and hostess, was born 3 December 1879 at Blankney, elder daughter and second among three children of Henry Chaplin , tory MP and cabinet minister, and Lady Florence Chaplin (née Leveson-Gower…...
Stoker, Florence
Stoker, Florence (1858–1937), literary executor and wife of Bram Stoker (qv), was born Florence Anne Lemon Balcombe on 17 July 1858 in Falmouth, Cornwall. She was one of seven children (five girls, two boys) of James Balcombe of…...
Stokes, Margaret McNair
Stokes, Margaret McNair (1832–1900), archaeologist and antiquary, was born in March 1832 at York St., Dublin, eldest daughter of William Stokes (qv), MD, and Mary Stokes (neé Black) of Glasgow.…...
Strong, Eithne (née O'Connell)
Strong, Eithne (née O'Connell) (1923–99), writer, was born 28 February 1923 in Glensharrold, Co. Limerick. One of five children, though her parents were teachers she was brought up on a farm and educated locally through Irish. She briefly attended …...
Sullivan, Lucinda
Sullivan, Lucinda (1831–1881), philanthropist, writer and promoter of children's welfare, was born in 1831, probably in Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, to Captain William Edward Brady , formerly a lieutenant in the 2nd West India Regiment, and subsequently chief constable of police in…...
Swift, Carolyn
Swift, Carolyn (1923–2002), writer, broadcaster, journalist, critic, actress, and theatre owner, was born Carol Samuel on 21 September 1923 in London, elder of two children of Capt. Cecil Samuel, businessman, and Enid Samuel (née Van den Bergh), both of Grosvenor Square, London W1.…...
Talbot, Frances
Talbot, Frances (c.1649–1731), duchess of Tyrconnell , was the eldest daughter and co-heir of Richard Jennings (Jenyns) (d. 1668) of Holywell House, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England, MP for St Albans, and his wife Frances Thornhurst. Her sister was Sarah Churchill,…...
Talbot, Rose Maud
Talbot, Rose Maud (1915–2009), chatelaine, farmer and philanthropist, was born 14 September 1915 at Hartham Park, Wiltshire, England, the younger of two children of Milo George Talbot (1854–1931), a soldier, and his wife Eva (née Joicey) (d. 1951), a native of Northumberland. Her…...
Tautphoeus, Jemima Montgomery von
Tautphoeus, Jemima Montgomery von (1807–93), Baroness, novelist, was born 23 October 1807 in Seaview, Co. Donegal, daughter of James Montgomery , landowner and brother of Sir Henry Conyngham Montgomery (d. 1830), and Jemima Montgomery (née Glasgow). Nothing is known of her life before…...
Thomas, Caitlin
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Thurston, Katherine Cecil
Thurston, Katherine Cecil (1875–1911), novelist, was born 18 April 1875 in Wood's Gift, Co. Cork, daughter of Paul Madden , chairman of the Munster and Leinster Bank and twice nationalist lord mayor of Cork, and Catherine Madden (née Barry). Educated privately, she enjoyed horse-riding…...
Tighe, Joan
Tighe, Joan (1922–2014), journalist, editor and historian, was born on 28 June 1922 in Dublin, the second eldest of six children of Robert Tighe and his wife Catherine Angela (née Moloney). Robert Tighe served as a British army lieutenant during the first world war and was later…...
Tighe, Mary
Tighe, Mary (1772–1810), poet, was born 9 October 1772 in Dublin, the second child after John (1771–1817) of the Rev. William Blachford (1730–73) and Theodosia Blachford (qv) (née Tighe) (1744–1817), married in 1770. A wealthy landowner…...
Toksvig, Signe
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Tone, Matilda (Martha)
Tone, Matilda (Martha) (1769–1849), wife of Theobald Wolfe Tone (qv), is notable for her preservation and publication of his literary remains. She was born 17 June 1769 and called Martha, the eldest daughter in the family of four…...
Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth
Tonna, Charlotte Elizabeth (1790-1846), evangelical journalist and novelist, was born Charlotte Elizabeth Browne on 1 October 1790 in Norwich, England, daughter of Michael Browne, a minor canon of the cathedral, and his wife (probably a Murray). Her maternal grandmother, of Scots…...
Tracy, Honor Lilbush Wingfield
Tracy, Honor Lilbush Wingfield (1913–89), author, was born 19 October 1913 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Educated privately in London and in Dresden, Germany, she spent two years at the Sorbonne. She worked before the second world war as a journalist for Picture Post,…...
Trench, Melesina Chenevix
Trench, Melesina Chenevix (1768–1826), writer, was born 22 March 1768 in Dublin, the only child of the Rev. Philip Chenevix , vicar (1768–71) of Kilmeadan, Co. Waterford, and chancellor (1769–71) of the diocese of Waterford, and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Archdeacon…...
Troy, Una ('Elizabeth Connor')
Troy, Una ('Elizabeth Connor') (1910–93), writer, was born on 21 May 1910 in Fermoy, Co. Cork, the eldest of three daughters of John (Seán) Troy (1881–1972), solicitor, and his wife Bridget Agnes (née Hayes). John Troy was an Irish Irelander, GAA member, republican activist, and son of…...
Valence, Agnes de
Valence, Agnes de (c.1250–1309), magnate, was the daughter of William de Valence, lord of Wexford (sometimes styled earl of Pembroke), and Joan de Munchensy (granddaughter of William Marshal (qv), earl of Pembroke and lord of…...
Varian, Elizabeth Willoughby (‘Finola’) (née Treacy)
Varian, Elizabeth Willoughby (‘Finola’) (née Treacy) (1821–96), poet and nationalist, was born in Ballymena, Co. Antrim, one of four children (three girls and a boy) of John Treacy (d. 1843) a protestant landowner of Brigadie House, Ballymena, and his wife Anne Treacy (whose previous…...
Vesey, Elizabeth
Vesey, Elizabeth (c.1715–1791), literary hostess, was born in Killaloe, Co. Kilkenny, second daughter of Sir Thomas Vesey (qv), bishop of Ossory, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Denny Muschamp (qv).…...
Voynich, Ethel Lilian
Voynich, Ethel Lilian (1864–1960), novelist, translator, and composer, was born 11 May 1864 at Lichfield Cottage, Ballintemple, Co. Cork, youngest of five daughters of Professor George Boole (qv) of QCC…...
Waddell, Helen Jane
Waddell, Helen Jane (1889–1965), scholar, translator, and author, was born 31 May 1889 in Tokyo, Japan, youngest of eight sons and two daughters of Revd Hugh Waddell (1840–1901), a presbyterian missionary in Manchuria and Japan, originally from Glenarm, Co. Antrim, and Jane Waddell (née…...
Wall, Maureen
Wall, Maureen (1918–72), historian, was born 27 June 1918 in Seacor, Glenswilly, Co. Donegal, one of eight daughters and one son of Peader MacGeehinn from nearby Fintown; her mother was a native of Glenswilly. She went to Treankeel national school, where her parents were the only…...