Parnell, Sir John
Parnell, Sir John (1744–1801), 2nd baronet and politician, was born 25 December 1744, the only surviving son of Sir John Parnell (1717–82), 1st baronet, landowner, and MP for Maryborough, Queen's Co. (1761–82), and his wife Anne, daughter of Michael Ward (1683–1759) of Castleward…...
Parsons, Sir Lawrence
Parsons, Sir Lawrence (1758–1841), 2nd earl of Rosse , politician, was born 21 May 1758 at Birr Castle, King's Co. (Offaly), eldest son of Sir William Parsons (1732–91), 4th baronet and MP for King's Co. (1757–91), and Mary Parsons (née Clere). William Parsons was a leading figure…...
Parsons, Sir Lawrence
Parsons, Sir Lawrence (d. 1628), lawyer and planter, was a son of James Parsons of Leicestershire and his wife Catherine, sister of Sir Geoffrey Fenton (qv), secretary of state for Ireland (1580–1608). Lawrence was the youngest of…...
Parsons, William
Parsons, William (1800–67), astronomer and 3rd earl of Rosse , was born 17 June 1800 at York, England, eldest among three sons and two daughters of Sir Lawrence Parsons (1758–1841) of Parsonstown (Birr), King's Co. (Offaly), and Alice Parsons (née Lloyd), daughter of a…...
Percival (Perceval), Sir Phillip
Percival (Perceval), Sir Phillip (1605–47), landowner and government official, was the second son of Richard Percival of Tickenham, Somerset, and his second wife, Alice Sherman of Ottery St Mary, Devon. His father was the clerk of the court of wards in Ireland and trained Phillip…...
Pery, Edmond Henry
Pery, Edmond Henry (1758–1845), 1st earl of Limerick, and politician, was born 8 January 1758, the only son of William Cecil Pery, clergyman and later bishop of Limerick (1784–94) and Baron Glentworth, and his first wife, Jane Pery (née Walcott). He was the nephew and heir of…...
Petty, John Henry
Petty, John Henry (1765–1809), Earl Wycombe , 2nd marquess of Lansdowne , politician, was born 6 December 1765, eldest son of William Petty (qv), politician, 2nd earl of Shelburne and later 1st marquess of Lansdowne, and his first wife…...
Petty, William
Petty, William (1737–1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and British prime minister, was born 2 May 1737 in Dublin, eldest son of John Petty (formerly Fitzmaurice), 1st earl of Shelburne, and Mary Petty (née Fitzmaurice). Embittered by a miserable childhood, he later blamed it for many…...
Plunket, Benjamin John
Plunket, Benjamin John (1870–1947), bishop and estate-owner, was born 1 August 1870 at Bray, Co. Wicklow, younger son and third of six children of William Conyngham Plunket (qv), 4th Baron Plunket, archbishop of Dublin 1884–…...
Ponsonby, Brabazon
Ponsonby, Brabazon (1679–1758), 2nd Viscount Duncannon , 1st earl of Bessborough , revenue commissioner and lord justice of Ireland, was eldest son of William Ponsonby (1659–1724), 1st Baron Bessborough and Viscount Duncannon, of Bessborough, Co. Kilkenny, and his wife Mary (d.…...
Ponsonby, John William
Ponsonby, John William (1781–1847), 4th earl of Bessborough , politician, landowner, and lord lieutenant of Ireland, was born 31 August 1781, eldest son of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd earl of Bessborough, and his wife, Henrietta Frances, second daughter of the 1st Earl Spencer. From…...
Ponsonby, William
Ponsonby, William (1704–93), 2nd earl of Bessborough , chief secretary for Ireland, was second (but first surviving) son of Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st earl of Bessborough, and his first wife, Sarah, widow of Hugh Colvill and daughter of James Margetson. Educated at home, he embarked on…...
Ponsonby, William Brabazon
Ponsonby, William Brabazon (1744–1806), 1st Baron Ponsonby , politician, was born 15 September 1744 in Dublin, eldest son of John Ponsonby (qv), landowner, MP, and later speaker of the Irish house of commons, and his wife, Lady…...
Porter, John Grey Vesey
Porter, John Grey Vesey (1817–1903), newspaper proprietor and improving landlord, was born 25 August 1817 in Kilskeery parish, Co. Fermanagh, only son of the Rev. John Grey Porter (1789–1873), non-resident prebend and rector (1813–42) of Donaghmoyne, Co. Monaghan, and…...
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…...
Prior, Thomas
Prior, Thomas (1681–1751), founder of the Dublin Society and philanthropist, was born in Garrison House, Rathdowney, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son among five children of Col. Thomas Prior and his first wife, whose name is unknown. According to unverified family history, his…...
Putland, Charles
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Putland, Charles
Putland, Charles (1785–1859), landowner, was probably born in Co. Wicklow, youngest son of George Putland (qv), landowner and politician, and Constance Putland (née Evans), niece of the 2nd Baron Carbery. Charles was educated at home…...
Putland, George
Putland, George (1745–1811), landowner and politician, was born in October 1745, son of John Putland (1709–73), landowner, magistrate, and later high sheriff of Dublin (1748), and his wife, Catherine (d. 1764), daughter and co-heir of Sir Emmanuel Moore of Ross Carbery, Co. Cork.…...
Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-
Quin, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham- (1812–71), 3rd earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl, antiquarian, and MP, was born 19 May 1812 in London, only son of Windham Henry Quin (1782–1850), 2nd earl of Dunraven and MP for Co. Limerick (1806–20), and his wife Caroline (d. May 1870), daughter and…...
Quin, Windham Thomas Wyndham-
Quin, Windham Thomas Wyndham- (1841–1926), 4th earl of Dunraven, politician and sportsman, was born 12 February 1841 at Adare, Co. Limerick, son of Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin (qv) (1812–71), 3rd earl of Dunraven,…...
Ralegh, Sir Walter
Ralegh, Sir Walter (c.1554–1618), soldier and settler in Ireland, was one of the most famous and infamous Englishmen of the Elizabethan and Jacobean reigns. He was born at Hayes Barton, Devon, son of Walter Ralegh (d. 1581) and his third wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir…...
Rawdon, John
Rawdon, John (1720–93), 1st earl of Moira, landowner, patron of the arts, and opposition peer, was born 17 March 1720, second (but first surviving) son of Sir John Rawdon, 3rd baronet, of Rawdon Hall, Yorkshire, and Moira, Co. Down, and Dorothy, daughter of Sir…...
Rawdon, Sir George
Rawdon, Sir George (1604–84), Ulster landowner and politician, was son and heir of Francis Rawdon of Rawdon Hall, Yorkshire, England, and his wife Dorothy, daughter of William Aldborough of Aldborough, Yorkshire. The scion of an old gentry family, Rawdon was educated at schools in…...
Rice, Thomas Spring
Rice, Thomas Spring (1790–1866), 1st Baron Monteagle , politician, was born 8 February 1790 in Limerick, only son of Stephen Edward Rice (d. 1831), lawyer and landowner of Mount Trenchard, Co. Limerick, and his wife Catherine, heiress of Thomas Spring of Castlemaine, Co. Kerry. Stephen…...