Denham, Sir John
Denham, Sir John (1559–1639), judge, was born probably in London, second son of William Denham – a goldsmith of St Matthew's, Friday St., London, who later settled in Thorpe, Surrey – and his wife Joan. Having been a member of Furnival's Inn, Denham entered Lincoln's Inn on 19…...
Denny, Sir Edward
Denny, Sir Edward (1796–1889), MP and hymn-writer, was born 2 October 1796 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir Edward Denny, 3rd baronet, of Tralee Castle, Co. Kerry, and Elizabeth Denny, daughter and heir of Robert Day, MP. Educated at Eton, and later Exeter College, Oxford, he…...
Dillon, Robert
Dillon, Robert (d. 1642), 2nd earl of Roscommon , lord justice, was the eldest son of Sir James Dillon and his wife Eleanor Barnwall of Turvey. He graduated from Gray's Inn in 1613; his legal expertise would partly explain his prominent roles in the 1634 and 1640 parliaments. He…...
Dillon, Sir Lucas (Luke)
Dillon, Sir Lucas (Luke) (d. 1593), chief baron of the Irish exchequer, was eldest son of Sir Robert Dillon (qv) of Newtown, Trim, Co. Meath, chief justice of the common pleas, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Edward…...
Dillon, Sir Robert
Dillon, Sir Robert (d. 1597), judge, was the eldest son of Thomas Dillon of Riverston, Co. Meath, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Luttrell (qv), chief justice of the common pleas. He studied law at Lincoln's Inn, appearing…...
Dix, Ernest Reginald McClintock
Dix, Ernest Reginald McClintock (1857–1936), solicitor, book collector, and Irish language enthusiast, was born 8 April 1857 in Dublin, elder son of Henry Thomas Dix (1825–1902), a prominent solicitor, and his wife Emma Patience, daughter of an army officer, Henry McClintock of…...
Doherty, John
Doherty, John (1783–1850), politician and chief justice of the common pleas, was second son of John Doherty, attorney, of Aungier St., Dublin, and his wife Margaret, daughter of David Verner. Educated at Chester School, he entered TCD…...
Domvile (Domville), Sir William
Domvile (Domville), Sir William (1609–89), attorney general and constitutional writer, was son and heir of Gilbert Domvile (1583–1637) of Cheshire and his wife, Margaret Jones (d. 1615), a daughter of Thomas Jones (qv) (d. 1619), archbishop of…...
Donnellan, James
Donnellan, James (1588?–1665), lawyer, was third son of Nehemias Donellan (qv), archbishop of Tuam (1595–1609), and his wife Elizabeth O'Donnell of Tyrconnell. He was a scholar of…...
Downes, William
Downes, William (1751–1826), 1st Baron Downes of Aghanville , lord chief justice, was born in Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, the third and only surviving son of six children of Robert Downes, MP for Kildare borough (1735–54), and his wife, Elizabeth Downes, the daughter of Thomas Twigge…...
Dowse, Richard
Dowse, Richard (1824–90), lawyer, MP, and judge, was born 8 June 1824 in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, only son of William Henry Dowse, merchant, and his wife Maria, daughter of Hugh Donaldson, all from Dungannon. He came from modest circumstances, but his early aptitude for learning…...
Duff, Arthur Knox
Duff, Arthur Knox (1899–1956), composer, arranger, and music producer, was born 13 March 1899 at 27 Bloomfield Avenue, Dublin. His father, John William Duff, was from King's Co. (Offaly) and worked first as an accountant, later as a clerk in a local tobacco factory on the South…...
Duff, Charles St Lawrence
Duff, Charles St Lawrence (1894–1966) author, barrister and linguist, was born on 7 April 1894 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, the youngest of ten children to grow to adulthood of John Duff, secretary of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and his wife Anne Marie Duff (…...
Duff, David
Duff, David (1883–1959), doctor, barrister and colonial civil servant, was born on 11 April 1883 in Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, one of ten children of John Duff, the secretary of the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway, and his wife Anne Marie (née Elkins). Educated at the…...
Duhigg, Bartholomew
Duhigg, Bartholomew (c.1751–1813), political activist, antiquarian, and barrister, was the fourth son of Bartholomew Duhigg, ‘gent.’, of Ballyhigh, Co. Limerick, who seems to have been a Roman catholic who conformed in 1725. Bartholomew the younger entered the Middle…...
Duigenan, Patrick
Duigenan, Patrick (1735–1816), lawyer, polemicist, and politician, was born 17 March 1735. There is some controversy about his antecedents; on most records he is listed as the son of Hugh Duigenan, a protestant parish-clerk at St Werburgh's church, Dublin, but some enemies claimed…...
Dukes, Frederick Ernest (‘Fred’)
Dukes, Frederick Ernest (‘Fred’) (1912–98), engineer and campanologist, was born 23 May 1912 in Inchicore, Dublin, eldest of two sons and one daughter of George Dukes, railway foreman, originally of Staffordshire, then Dublin, and Mary Elizabeth (‘Lillie’) Dukes (née Erskine), of…...
Dungan (Dongan), Thomas
Dungan (Dongan), Thomas (1590?–1663), lawyer and judge, was fourth son of John Dungan of Castletown, Co. Kildare, second remembrancer of the exchequer and an important figure in the Irish administration, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Walter Forster. Thomas's parents died…...
Duquery, Henry
Duquery, Henry (1749×1751–1804), barrister and MP, son of Henry Duquery of Dublin, was educated by the Rev. Thomas Ball in Dublin. He matriculated at TCD 8 July 1766, became a scholar (1769), and graduated…...
Egan, John
Egan, John (1755–1810), politician and lawyer, was born at Charleville, Co. Cork, the second son of Dr Carbery Egan, a Church of Ireland clergyman, and his wife, Jane Egan (née Markham). He was educated at Newmarket, Co. Cork, and then at the Charleville Endowed School, which was…...
Elmes, Mary
Elmes, Mary (1908–2002), humanitarian worker 'righteous among the nations', was born Marie Elizabeth Jean Elmes on 5 May 1908, at Culgreine, 120 Blackrock Road, Ballintemple, Cork, the home of her parents, Edward Thomas Elmes, a pharmacist, and his wife Elizabeth Octavia (née Waters…...
Emmet, Christopher Temple
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Emmet, Robert
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Emmet, Thomas Addis
Emmet, Thomas Addis (1764–1827), United Irishman and lawyer, was born 24 April 1764 in Cork, second son among three surviving sons and one daughter of Robert Emmet (qv), state physician of Ireland, and Elizabeth Emmet (née Mason; d. 1803).…...
Ensor, George
Ensor, George (1769–1843), barrister and political writer, was born in Dublin, son of George Ensor (qv), architect, and Sara Ensor (née Clarke), heiress to Ardress House, Co. Armagh. His uncle John Ensor (qv) was an…...