Cadogan, William
Cadogan, William (1601–61), soldier and MP, was born 5 February 1601 at Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales, eldest son of Henry Cadogan of Trostry Fach, Monmouthshire, and Catherine Cadogan (née Stradling). As a captain of horse, he became private secretary to…...
Caldwell, Frederick
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Caldwell, Henry
Caldwell, Henry (1738–1810), soldier and administrator, was born at Castle Caldwell, near Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, fourth son among six sons and two daughters of Sir John Caldwell, landowner, and his wife Ann, daughter of Dean John Trench of Raphoe, Co. Donegal. He was educated locally…...
Caldwell, Hume
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Caldwell, John
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Caldwell, Sir James
Caldwell, Sir James (c. 1720–1784), 4th baronet, count of Milan, soldier, and author, was probably born at Castle Caldwell, Co. Fermanagh, eldest of six sons and two daughters of John Caldwell, a landowner, and his wife Ann, daughter of John Trench, dean of Raphoe. He was…...
Canning, George
Canning, George (1730?–71), writer, was eldest of three sons of Stratford Canning, who had an estate at Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, and his wife Letitia Newburgh. It is said that his father was ferociously strict; he disapproved of a youthful love affair in which George was involved…...
Caradoc (Cradock), John Francis
Caradoc (Cradock), John Francis (1759–1839), soldier and politician, was born 11 August 1759 in Dublin, the only son of John Cradock (1708–78), a native of Wolverhampton, bishop of Kilmore (1757–72) and archbishop of Dublin (1772–8), and his wife Mary, daughter of William Blaydwin of…...
Caradoc (Cradock), John Hobart
Caradoc (Cradock), John Hobart (1799–1873), 2nd Baron Howden , diplomat, soldier, and MP, was born 11 October 1799 at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the only son among three children of John Francis Caradoc (qv),…...
Carew, Sir George
Carew, Sir George (1555–1629), earl of Totnes , general, and antiquarian, was born 29 May 1555, second son of George Carew, a clergyman from Cockington, Devon, England, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Nicholas Harvey. Admitted (c.1570–72) to Broadgates Hall (later…...
Carleton, Sir Guy
Carleton, Sir Guy (1724–1808), 1st Baron Dorchester , soldier, and colonial governor, was born 3 September 1724 in Strabane, Co. Tyrone, third son of Christopher Carleton of Newry and his wife Catherine (née Ball) from Co. Donegal. He had three brothers and three sisters. Guy Carleton…...
Carleton, William
Carleton, William (1794–1869), novelist and short-story writer, was born, probably on 4 March 1794, in Prillisk, near Clogher, Co. Tyrone, the youngest of fourteen children (eight of whom survived) of James Carleton, a catholic tenant farmer, and his wife Mary Kelly. James Carleton…...
Carroll, Sir James
Carroll, Sir James (d. 1639), landowner and state official, was eldest son of Thomas Carroll, a Dublin merchant (probably descended from the O'Carrolls of Ely), and his first wife Alice Mountfield. James is first recorded on his appointment as chief chamberlain of the exchequer on 26…...
Cary (Tanfield), Elizabeth
Cary (Tanfield), Elizabeth (1585–1639), Viscountess Falkland , writer and translator, was born at Burford Priory, Oxfordshire, the only child and heir of Lawrence Tanfield (c.1551–1625), a wealthy lawyer, later appointed chief baron of the exchequer, and his wife,…...
Cashier, Albert
Cashier, Albert (1843–1915), soldier, was born Jennie Irene Hodgers on 25 December 1843 in Clogherhead, Co. Louth. Although born female, from an early age he dressed as a male. Little is known about his early life – he gave conflicting accounts throughout his life and was suffering from…...
Caulfeild, James
Caulfeild, James (1728–99), 1st earl of Charlemont , politician, and landowner, was born 18 August 1728 at Castle Caulfeild, Co. Tyrone, second (but first surviving) son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, and his wife Elizabeth Barnard of Castle Barnard, Co. Cork. As his…...
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…...
Chaigneau, William
Chaigneau, William (1709–81), army agent and novelist, was born 23 December 1709 at Back Key, Dublin, and baptised at St John's, Dublin, on Christmas eve, second son among thirteen children of John Chaigneau, vintner, and Margaret Chaigneau (née Martyr), both of Dublin and of huguenot…...
Chatterton, (Henrietta) Georgiana
Chatterton, (Henrietta) Georgiana (1806–76), writer, was born 11 November 1806 at 24 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, the only child of the Rev. Lascelles Iremonger , prebendary of Winchester cathedral, and Harriet, sister of Admiral Lord Gambier. Educated primarily by a…...
Chetwood, Anna Maria
Chetwood, Anna Maria (1774–1870), writer, was born on 7 February 1774, a daughter of the Rev. John Chetwood of Glanmire, Co. Cork (1742–1814), and Elizabeth Chetwood (née Hamilton) (d. 1826?), and great-granddaughter of Knightley Chetwood of Woodbrook, Portarlington, a friend of…...
Chichester, Arthur
Chichester, Arthur (1563–1625), soldier, politician, and lord deputy of Ireland, was born at Raleigh, Devon, in May 1563, the second son (of the seven sons and nine daughters) of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh and his wife, Gertrude, the daughter of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham…...
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,…...
Churchill, John
Churchill, John (1650–1722), 1st duke of Marlborough and general, was born in Devon, son of Sir Winston Churchill (qv), a commissioner of the 1662–3 court of claims, and educated at St Paul's School. Commissioned (1667) as an…...
Clancy, Michael
Clancy, Michael (c.1704–1776), writer, was born in Co. Clare, son of Daniel Clancy, a soldier (or possibly a doctor) and a man of letters. His life, as recounted in his Memoirs (an incomplete and somewhat fanciful account), is dedicated to the earl of Kildare. He…...
Clark, Wallace
Clark, Wallace (1926–2011), yachtsman, writer and businessman, was born in Upperlands, Co. Derry, on 20 November 1926, one of three children, two boys and a girl, of Harry Francis Clark, of Rockwood in Upperlands, and his wife Sybil Emily (née Stuart). His father was a director and…...