Hilliard, Robert (‘Bob’) Martin
Hilliard, Robert (‘Bob’) Martin (1904–37), clergyman, boxer, and revolutionary, was born 7 April 1904 in New St., Killarney, Co. Kerry, one of six children of Robert M. Hilliard, a wealthy protestant draper, and Alice Hilliard (née Martin). The family subsequently resided at…...
Hincks, Edward
Hincks, Edward (1792–1866), Church of Ireland clergyman, Egyptologist and Assyriologist, was born 19 August 1792 at Princes Street, Cork, the eldest of the eight children (five sons and three daughters) of Thomas Dix Hincks (qv), a…...
Hoadly, John
Hoadly, John (1678–1746), Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, was born 27 September 1678 at Tottenham High Cross in Middlesex, the seventh of nine children (and the youngest of three sons) of Samuel Hoadly, an unbeneficed clergyman and schoolmaster, and his wife Martha Hoadly…...
Hopkins, Ezekiel
Hopkins, Ezekiel (1634–90), Church of Ireland bishop of Derry, was born 3 December 1634 at Crediton in Devon, second of three sons of John Hopkins, curate at a chapel of ease in Crediton and later rector of Pinhoe in the same county. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors’ school…...
Hopkins, Gerard Manley
Hopkins, Gerard Manley (1844–89), poet and Jesuit, was born 28 July 1844 at 87 The Grove, Stratford, Essex, eldest of nine children (eight of whom survived to adulthood) of Manley Hopkins (1818–1897), marine insurance adjuster, and his wife, Catherine, or Kate (née Smith; 1821–1920).…...
Hort, Josiah
Hort, Josiah (1673–1751), archbishop of Tuam, was born 2 February 1673, the son of John Hort of Marshfield in Gloucestershire. He was educated at a grammar school in Bristol before attending a nonconformist academy in London (1690–95), where he is said to have excelled as a…...
Howard, Robert
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Hudson, Edward
Hudson, Edward (1742?–1804), Church of Ireland clergyman, was born in Co. Louth, the son of Thomas Hudson. He studied at TCD, graduating BA in 1760. He was rector of Forkill, Co. Armagh, from 1779…...
Hudson, William Elliott
Hudson, William Elliott (1796–1853), lawyer and patron of Gaelic scholarship, was born 18 August 1796, probably at his family's country residence, then known as Fields of Odin, Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin. It was later called The Hermitage: Robert…...
Hume, Abraham, (‘Billy M'Cart’)
Hume, Abraham, (‘Billy M'Cart’) (1814–84), clergyman and antiquarian, was born 9 February 1814 at ‘Beechfield’, Corcreeny, Hillsborough, Co. Down, the younger of the two sons of Thomas F. Hume, farmer, and Margaret Hume (née Simpson). His birthplace had once been the manse of his…...
Huntington, Robert
Huntington, Robert (1637–1701), provost of TCD and bishop of Raphoe, was the second of four sons of Robert Huntington, curate of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire. He was educated at Bristol grammar school and matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, in 1654, graduating…...
Hutchinson, Francis
Hutchinson, Francis (1660–1739), bishop and author, was born 2 January 1660 in the hamlet of Carsington, Derbyshire, into the middling orders. Third among four children of Edward Hutchinson and his wife Mary Tallents, he entered Catherine Hall, Cambridge (1677), graduating…...
Hyde, Douglas (de hÍde, Dubhghlas)
Hyde, Douglas (de hÍde, Dubhghlas) (1860–1949), Gaelic scholar, founder of the Gaelic League, and first president of Ireland, was born 17 January 1860 in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, fourth child among three sons and two daughters of the Rev. Arthur Hyde (descended from the Hydes of…...
Inglis, Charles
Inglis, Charles (1734–1816), clergyman and loyalist in America, was born at Glencolumbkille, Co. Donegal, youngest of three sons of the Rev. Archibald Inglis, clergyman at Glen and Kilcar; there are no details of his mother. Orphaned at the age of 11, he was prevented by lack of…...
Irvine, George
Irvine, George (1877–1954), republican, language activist and campaigner, was born in August 1877 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the son of John Irvine, a bookseller, and Jane Irvine (née Boyle). George was one of seven children, four of whom were living in 1911. John Irvine’s shop on…...
Jackson, Robert Wyse
Jackson, Robert Wyse (1908–76), clergyman, writer, and artist, was born 12 July 1908 in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, only son of Richard Jackson, a bank manager from Killinane, Co. Kildare, and Belinda Hester Jackson (née Sherlock), of Bandon, Co. Cork. Educated at the Abbey School, Co…...
Jackson, William
Jackson, William (1737?–95), protestant clergyman, journalist, and revolutionary, was born probably in Ireland, the youngest of the four sons of an official in the prerogative court in Dublin, and his wife (née Gore), both of whom were Irish. The eldest son, Richard, was vicar…...
Jebb, John
Jebb, John (1775–1833), theologian and Church of Ireland bishop of Limerick, was born 27 September 1775 in Drogheda, second son of John Jebb (1719–96), town alderman and merchant, and his second wife, Alicia (née Forster; d. 1782). On the sudden failure of his father's business in…...
Jerome, Stephen
Jerome, Stephen (c.1588–c.1650), protestant minister and writer, was educated at St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1604, MA 1607), and ordained in 1609. After serving in parishes in London…...
Jocelyn, Percy
Jocelyn, Percy (1764–1843), disgraced bishop, was born 29 November 1764, third of four sons of Robert, 1st earl of Roden (qv), and his wife Anne, née Hamilton. Educated at TCD, he graduated…...
Johnson, William Frederick
Johnson, William Frederick (1852–1934), clergyman, teacher, and entomologist, was born 20 April 1852 at Cochin, Travancore, India, son of Edward J. Johnson, a member of the Church Missionary Society; his mother's name is not known. For the most part he was privately educated, although…...
Jones, Henry
Jones, Henry (1605–82), churchman, was eldest of five sons of Lewis Jones (qv), bishop of Killaloe, and Mabel Ussher, daughter of Arland Ussher and his wife Margaret Stanihurst of Dublin. Henry entered TCD…...
Jones, Lewis
Jones, Lewis (c.1560–1646), churchman, was born in Merionethshire, Wales, and attended Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he graduated in February 1581. His arrival in Ireland is not recorded. By 1605, when Lord Deputy Chichester…...
Jones, Thomas
Jones, Thomas (1550–1619), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin and lord chancellor of Ireland, was the younger son of Henry Jones of Middleton, Lancashire; nothing is known of his mother. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge (BA,…...
Kane, Richard Rutledge
Kane, Richard Rutledge (1841–98), clergyman and politician, was born at Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, and educated locally. He was raised a methodist but joined the Church of Ireland as a teenager. Extremely religious, he held strict protestant views, and was highly critical of…...