Sirr, Joseph D'Arcy
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Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend
Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend (1863–1936), naval officer, hydrographer, and author, was born 7 September 1863 on his family's historic estate at Drishane, Castletownshend, near Castle Haven, Co. Cork, third son of Lt.-col. Thomas Henry Somerville (later high sheriff of Cork) and his…...
Stephens, Edward Millington
Stephens, Edward Millington (1888–1955), barrister, civil servant, and biographer, was born 8 November 1888 at 3 Orwell Park, Rathgar, Dublin, second child and younger son among two sons and one daughter of Henry Francis Colclough Stephens (1856–1935), a solicitor distantly…...
Stokes, George Thomas
Stokes, George Thomas (1843–98), clergyman and historian, was born 28 December 1843 in Athlone, eldest son of John Stokes, merchant, of Athlone, and Margaret Stokes (née Forster). Educated at Galway Grammar School and QCG, he entered…...
Stokes, Margaret McNair
Stokes, Margaret McNair (1832–1900), archaeologist and antiquary, was born in March 1832 at York St., Dublin, eldest daughter of William Stokes (qv), MD, and Mary Stokes (neé Black) of Glasgow.…...
Stokes, Whitley
Stokes, Whitley (1830–1909), lawyer and Celtic scholar, was born 28 February 1830 in Dublin, the eldest son of Dr William Stokes (qv), heart specialist, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Black of Glasgow. The Stokes children were raised…...
Story, George Warter
Story, George Warter (d. 1721), clergyman and chronicler, was the eldest of at least three sons of Thomas Story of Justice Town, near Carlisle. He was probably born before 1670, but little is known of his early career. He was chaplain to the dowager countess of Carlisle at Castle…...
Stuart, Henry Windsor Villiers
Stuart, Henry Windsor Villiers (1827–95), MP, clergyman, and Egyptologist, was born 13 September 1827, the only son of Henry Villiers-Stuart (1803–74), 1st Baron Stuart de Decies, of Dromana, Co. Waterford, privy councillor, MP (1826–30) and lord lieutenant of Co. Waterford (1831–…...
Stuart, James
Stuart, James (1764–1840), newspaper editor and historian, was born in Armagh city, son of Benjamin Stuart of Co. Antrim. He was educated at Armagh Royal School under Dr Arthur Grueber and in 1784 took sixth place on entrance to TCD. He…...
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton (1715–66), antiquary and lawyer, was born in Co. Galway, son of Francis Sullivan, lieutenant in the army; nothing is known of his mother. After schooling in Waterford under Mr Fell, he entered TCD (25 January…...
Talbot, James
Talbot, James (1805–83), 4th Baron Talbot, antiquarian , and MP, was born 22 November 1805 at Tiverton, Devon, eldest son of James (qv), 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide in the Irish peerage, and his wife Anne Sarah (d. March 1857), second…...
Taylor, William Cooke
Taylor, William Cooke (1800–49), historian and economist, was born 16 April 1800 at Youghal, Co. Cork, son of Richard Taylor, manufacturer, and his wife, Mary (née Cooke). Both his parents’ families had lived at Youghal since Cromwellian times; Mary was descended from the regicide…...
Tempest, William
Tempest, William (1835–1918), antiquary and publisher, was born 13 November 1835 in Rostrevor, Co. Down, son of William Tempest and Esther Tempest (née Broughden), originally from Ramelton, Co. Donegal. He was apprenticed at the age of 13 to a newspaper printer in Newry. In 1859,…...
Todd, James Henthorn
Todd, James Henthorn (1805–69), librarian and scholar, was born 23 April 1805 at Kildare St., Dublin, eldest son among fifteen children of Charles Hawkes Todd (qv), professor of surgery,…...
Trench, Chalmers Edward FitzJohn ('Terry')
Trench, Chalmers Edward FitzJohn ('Terry') (1909–2005), founder of An Óige, author and businessman, was born in Ardmore, Taylor's Hill, Galway city, on 27 November 1909, the youngest of four children of Wilbraham FitzJohn Trench…...
Trench, Charles (Pocklington) Chenevix
Trench, Charles (Pocklington) Chenevix (1914–2003), colonial official and historian, was born in Simla, India, on 29 June 1914, only son (he had one sister) of Sir Richard Chenevix Trench, Indian administrator, and his wife May (née Pocklington), daughter of an extravagant Sussex…...
Trevelyan, Sir George Otto
Trevelyan, Sir George Otto (1838–1928), 2nd baronet, historian and chief secretary for Ireland, was born 20 July 1838 at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, only son of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan (qv), assistant secretary…...
Urquhart, William Pollard-
Urquhart, William Pollard- (1815–71), writer and politician, was born William Pollard in Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, on 19 June 1815, eldest among eight sons of William Dutton Pollard (1789–1839), JP, DL…...
Ussher, James
Ussher, James (1581–1656), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh and scholar, was born 4 January 1581 in St Nicholas parish, Dublin, fifth among ten children of Arland Ussher, clerk of chancery, and his wife Margaret Stanihurst. During his long life Ussher wrote many books and…...
Vallancey, Charles
Vallancey, Charles (1725?–1812), soldier and antiquary, may have been connected with the French noble family of d'Estampes de Vallancey (or Valençay), but the names of his parents are unknown. It has been stated he was born at Windsor, but in neither the records of Windsor parish church…...
Vicars, Sir Arthur Edward
Vicars, Sir Arthur Edward (1864–1921), genealogist and antiquarian, was born 27 July 1864 in Leamington, Warwickshire, England, youngest child among three sons and one daughter of Col. William Henry Vicars (1800/01–69), of HM 61st Regt., and Jane Mary Vicars (1821–73), third…...
Vignoles, Charles Augustus
Vignoles, Charles Augustus (1789–1877), clergyman and antiquary, was born 25 July 1789 at the family seat of Conahir, near Tyrrelspass, Co. Westmeath, eldest child of Revd John Vignoles (1740–1819) and Anna Honoria Vignoles (née Low), of Castlelost West, Co. Westmeath. His…...
Walsh, John Edward
Walsh, John Edward (1816–69), judge and writer, was born 12 November 1816 in Tolka, Co. Dublin, the only son of the Rev. Robert Walsh (qv) and his wife, Anne, daughter of John Bayley. He was educated at Bective School, Dublin, and…...
Walsh, Robert
Walsh, Robert (1772–1852), clergyman and writer, was born in Waterford, son of John Walsh (1720–85), merchant, of Ballymountain House, Waterford. He was a younger brother of the physician Edward Walsh (qv). He entered…...
Ware, Robert
Ware, Robert (1639–96), protestant polemicist and forger of historical documents, was born in Dublin, the second son of Sir James Ware (qv). Robert Ware's learning was of a sufficiently high order to deceive scholars for more than two…...