Monsell, William
Monsell, William (1812–94), 1st Baron Emly of Tervoe and politician, was born 21 September 1812 in Mount St., Dublin, only child of William Monsell (1778–1824) of Tervoe House, Clarina, Co. Limerick, and his wife Olivia (d. 1859), second daughter of Sir John Allen Johnson-Walsh…...
Montgomery, Hugh
Montgomery, Hugh (d. 1663), 3rd Viscount Montgomery of the Ards and 1st earl of Mount-Alexander , Ulster royalist, was the first son of Hugh Montgomery of Newtown and his wife Jean, daughter of William Alexander, earl of Stirling. He sat as MP for Newtownards 1640–41, but in 1641–…...
Moore, Charles
Moore, Charles (1730–1822), 1st marquess of Drogheda, chief secretary for Ireland, and politician, was born 29 June 1730, second son of Edward, 5th earl of Drogheda, and his first wife, Sarah, daughter of Brabazon Ponsonby (qv), 1st earl…...
Moore, Sir Charles
Moore, Sir Charles (1603–43), 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda and royalist army commander, was eldest surviving son of Sir Garret Moore (qv), 1st Viscount Drogheda, and his wife Mary (d. 1654), daughter of Sir Henry Colley, of Castle…...
Moore, Sir Edward
Moore, Sir Edward (c.1530–1602), soldier and settler, was second son of John Moore of Benenden, Kent, England, and his first wife, who was apparently the daughter of a Robert Washington. At some point after 1550 his presumably widowed father married Margaret, daughter of John…...
Moore, Sir Garret
Moore, Sir Garret (c.1566–1627), 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda , landowner and soldier, was the second and eldest surviving son of Sir Edward Moore (qv) of Mellifont, Co. Louth, and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and…...
Morres, Hervey Redmond
Morres, Hervey Redmond (c.1743–97), politician and 2nd Viscount Mountmorres , was first son and heir of Hervey Morres (c.1707–1766), MP for Irishtown, Co. Kilkenny (1752–3), and later 1st Viscount Mountmorres, and his first wife, Letitia (née Ponsonby). Educated…...
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa)
Musa, Jennifer ('Mummy'; Jennifer Jehanzeba Qazi Musa) (1917–2008), politician, tribal elder and nurse, was born Bridget Wren on 11 November 1917 in Tarmons, Tarbert, Co. Kerry, one of five daughters and two sons of John Wren, a small-holding farmer, and his wife Johanna (née…...
Musgrave, Sir Richard
Musgrave, Sir Richard (1746?–1818), 1st baronet, political writer, was born at Lismore, Co. Waterford, the first of the three sons of Christopher Musgrave (d. 1787) of Tourin, near Cappoquin, local agent to the duke of Devonshire, and his wife Susannah, daughter of James Usher of…...
Newce, William
Newce, William (fl. c.1596–1623), planter, army captain, and founder of Bandon and Newcestown, Co. Cork, first came to Ireland in the late 1590s as a captain in the English army in Munster. In December 1600 he became a lessee of the Inchiquin seignory of Sir…...
Norcott, William
Norcott, William (1773?–1820), barrister, satirist, and bon vivant, was eldest son of William Norcott of Charleville, Co. Cork, and Mary Norcott (née Knight). He entered TCD in July 1790, graduating BA…...
Nugent, George Frederick
Nugent, George Frederick (1760–1814), 7th earl of Westmeath , nobleman and politician, was born 18 November 1760, the third son of Thomas Nugent (1714–92), 6th earl of Westmeath, and his second wife, Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Henry White of Pitchfordstown, Cloncurry, Co…...
O'Brien, Barnabas (Bryan, Barnaby)
O'Brien, Barnabas (Bryan, Barnaby) (c.1590–1657), 6th earl of Thomond and MP, was the younger son of Donough O'Brien (qv), 4th earl of Thomond, and his second wife, Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of…...
O'Brien, Donough
O'Brien, Donough (d. 1624), 4th earl of Thomond, nobleman and president of Munster, was the eldest son of Conor O'Brien (qv), 3rd earl of Thomond, and his second wife, Úna, daughter of Turlough O'Brien Arra (known as Mac I Brien Arra). His…...
O'Brien, Henry
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O'Brien, Murrough
O'Brien, Murrough (c.1616–1673), 6th Baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin , politician and soldier, was eldest of four sons and three daughters of Dermot O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien (née fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne). The son of fervent catholics, he was educated according…...
O'Brien, Sir Edward
O'Brien, Sir Edward (1705–65), 2nd baronet, MP, and racehorse owner, was born 7 April 1705, elder son among three children of Lucius O'Brien and his wife Catherine Keightley, daughter of Lady Frances Hyde, a sister-in-law of King James…...
O'Brien, Sir Lucius Henry
O'Brien, Sir Lucius Henry (1731–95), 3rd baronet, politician, was born at Dromoland, Newmarket, Co. Clare, on 21 September 1731, the second of eight children and the eldest son of Sir Edward O'Brien (qv) (1705–65), 2nd baronet and…...
O'Hara, Charles
O'Hara, Charles (1705–76), landowner and MP, was son of Kean (Óg) O'Hara (Cian Ó h-Eaghra) and his wife Eleanor, daughter of Theobald Mathew (Matthew) of Thomastown, Co. Tipperary. The O'Haras were an old Gaelic family successful in retaining social standing among both native and…...
O'Neill, Charles Henry St John
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O'Neill, John
O'Neill, John (1740–98), 1st Viscount O'Neill , politician, was born 16 January 1740 in Shane's Castle, Co. Antrim, eldest son and heir of Charles O'Neill (d. 1769) of Shane's Castle, MP for Randalstown (1727–60, 1761–9), and his wife, Catherine Alice (d. 1790), daughter of John…...
O'Neill, John Bruce Richard
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O'Neill, Robert William Hugh
O'Neill, Robert William Hugh (1883–1982), 1st Baron Rathcavan and politician, was born 8 June 1883 at Shane's Castle, Co. Antrim, third son of Edward Chichester O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill of Shane's Castle and former MP for Co. Antrim (1863–80), and his wife, the former Lady…...
Osborne, Sir William
Osborne, Sir William (1722–83), 8th baronet, politician, was eldest son among six sons and four daughters of John Osborne, MP for Lismore (1719–27) and Co. Waterford (1727–43) and 7th baronet, and his wife, Editha Proby, daughter of the governor of Fort St George in the East…...
Pakenham, William Lygon
Pakenham, William Lygon (1819–87), 4th earl of Longford , army officer, and politician, was born 31 January 1819 at Pakenham Hall, Co. Westmeath, second son of Thomas Pakenham, 2nd earl of Longford, and his wife Georgiana Emma Charlotte (d. 12 February 1880), fifth daughter of…...