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…...
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…...
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'Connor, Maurice
O'Connor, Maurice (d. 1740), lawyer and patron of Turlough Carolan (qv), was born in the late seventeenth century, eldest among three sons of John O'Connor Faly, attorney, of Gortnamona, King's Co. (…...
O'Donoghue, Nannie Power
Power O’Donoghue (née Lambert), Nannie (1843–1940), journalist, equestrian and writer was born 2 June 1843 and baptised as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert in St Thomas Church of Ireland, Marlborough Street, Dublin. She was the youngest child of four daughters and one son of Charles Lambert,…...
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'Hara, Kane (Kean
O'Hara, Kane (Kean ) (c.1712–1782), musician and librettist, was born at Templehouse, Co. Sligo, younger of two sons of Kean Og O'Hara, landowner (and high sheriff of the county in 1703), and his wife, the widow of Theobald Mathew. Educated locally, he entered…...
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…...
Parnell (- Hayes), William
Parnell (- Hayes), William (1777–1821), writer, landlord, and MP, was born probably in August 1777 (some sources suggest 1780), third son of Sir John Parnell (qv) and his wife Letitia Charlotte, daughter of Sir Arthur Brooke of…...
Parnell, Sir Henry Brooke
Parnell, Sir Henry Brooke (1776–1842), politician and 1st Baron Congleton , was born 3 July 1776 at Rathleague, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son of Sir John Parnell (qv), Irish MP and chancellor of the exchequer, and Letitia Parnell (…...
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…...