Power, James Talbot
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Power, Nicholas Mahon
Power, Nicholas Mahon (1787–1873), landowner and politician, was born at Waterford on 4 February 1787, the younger son of Nicholas Power (1725–94) and his wife Catherine (1754?–1831), daughter of Bartholomew Rivers (qv), a…...
Power, Patrick
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Power, Sir John
Power, Sir John (1771–1855), 1st baronet, distiller, was born in Dublin, son of James Power, proprietor of the New Sun Inn, 109 Thomas St., Dublin, and founder of a distillery at nearby John's St. West (1791), later known as the John's Lane distillery. No information on his mother is…...
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.…...
Preston, Anthony
Preston, Anthony (1736–86), 11th Viscount Gormanston , was the eldest son of Jenico Preston, 10th Viscount Gormanston, of Co. Dublin and Co. Meath, and his wife Thomasine (d. 1788), eldest daughter of John Barnewall, 11th Lord Trimlestown. The Prestons were a catholic family with…...
Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico
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Preston, Jenico (Genico)
Preston, Jenico (Genico) (1585–1630), 5th Viscount Gormanston , landowner and champion of the catholic cause, was the son of Christopher Preston, 4th viscount, and his wife Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Merrion, Dublin. Preston succeeded to his father's title in…...
Preston, Nicholas
Preston, Nicholas (c.1608–43), 6th Viscount Gormanston , Old English leader, was the son of Jenico Preston (qv), 5th viscount, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Nicholas St Lawrence, Lord Howth. On the death of his…...
Preston, Thomas
Preston, Thomas (1585–1655), 1st Viscount Tara , soldier, was second son of Christopher, 4th Viscount Gormanston, and his second wife, Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Baggotrath, Co. Dublin. Thomas attended the Irish college at Douai c.1600, before…...
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…...
Redington, Sir Thomas Nicholas
Redington, Sir Thomas Nicholas (1815–62), landlord, MP, and under-secretary for Ireland, was born 2 October 1815 at Kilcornan, Oranmore, Co. Galway, the only son of Capt. Christopher Redington (1780–1825), a catholic landowner, and his wife Frances, daughter of Henry Dowell of…...
Roche, David
Roche, David (c.1573–1635), 2nd Viscount Fermoy , politician, was the eldest surviving son and heir of Maurice Roche and his first wife, Eleanor, sister of the famous adventurer James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald (qv),…...
Roche, Maurice
Roche, Maurice (1597–1670), 3rd Viscount Fermoy , politician, was son and heir of David Roche (qv) and Joan, daughter of James FitzRichard, Viscount Buttevant. Maurice assumed a leading role in provincial politics at an early age, gaining a…...
Sarsfield, Patrick
Sarsfield, Patrick (d. 1693), soldier, lst earl of Lucan , was the second son, and youngest of five children, of Patrick Sarsfield and his wife Anne, daughter of Rory O'More (qv), a leader of the 1641 rebellion. The Sarsfields were an Old…...
Scully, Vincent
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Scully, Vincent
Scully, Vincent (1810–71), barrister, landowner, banker, and politician, was the second son in the family of five sons and three daughters of Denys Scully (qv) and his second wife, Katherine (d. 1843), daughter of Vincent Eyre of…...
Scully, William
Scully, William (1821–1906), landowner, was born 23 November 1821 in Kilfeacle, Co. Tipperary, the youngest son of Denys Scully (qv), lawyer, and his second wife, Katherine (née Eyre; d. 1843). The Scullys were a prosperous catholic…...
Somerset, Edward
Somerset, Edward (d. 1667), earl of Glamorgan and later 2nd marquess of Worcester , envoy to the confederate catholics at Kilkenny, was the eldest son of Henry Somerset, fifth earl and first marquess of Worcester (d. 1646), and his wife, Anne (d. 1639), the daughter of Lord…...
St Lawrence, Christopher
St Lawrence, Christopher (d. 1589), 7th Baron Howth , politician, was the third son of Sir Christopher St Lawrence (d. 1542), 4th baron, and Anne Bermingham, of Baldongan, near Lusk, Co. Dublin. Like his two elder brothers, Edward, 5th baron, and Richard, 6th baron, Christopher…...
Sutton, David
Sutton, David (c.1555–1581), landowner, was the eldest son of Gerald Sutton (d. 1574) of Castletown, Co. Kildare, and Genet, daughter of Thomas Eustace (qv), 1st Viscount Baltinglass. The Sutton family was an important…...
Taaffe, Sir William
Taaffe, Sir William (d. 1631), soldier, official, and landowner, was second son of John Taaffe of Harristown and Ballybraggan, a member of a family who had long been prosperous landowners in Co. Louth. He found employment in the service of Sir…...
Taaffe, Theobald
Taaffe, Theobald (c.1603–1677), 1st earl of Carlingford , soldier, was son and heir of Sir John Taaffe (d. 1642) and his wife Anne, daughter of Theobald, 1st Viscount Dillon (qv) of Costello-Gallen. Sir John, a catholic and ‘…...