Porter, Sir Charles
Porter, Sir Charles (c.1640–1696), lord chancellor of Ireland, was born in England, son of Edmund Porter, prebendary of Norwich, and said to be descended from a long-established Cumbrian family. His mother was Mawry, daughter of Sir Charles Chibborne of Messing Hall,…...
Preston, William
Preston, William (1750–1807), lawyer, poet, and dramatist, was born in St Michan's parish, Dublin, the only son of William Preston, a gentleman, who disappeared about 1755, after setting out for India. William jnr attended Dr Campbell's school, Dublin, before entering as a…...
Price, Liam
Price, Liam (1891–1967), district justice and antiquary, was born 23 February 1891 and christened William George (‘Willie’), the only surviving son of George Price (d. 1915), QC (queen's counsel), of 84 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin, prominent in the legal profession as registrar of the…...
Pringle, (Alfred) Denis
Pringle, (Alfred) Denis (1902–98), judge, was born 16 May 1902 in the family home at 2 Herbert St., Dublin, elder of two sons of Robert William Pringle, a barrister who died young, and Alberta Pringle (née Henshaw). His brother, …...
Proby, John Joshua
Proby, John Joshua (1751–1828), 1st earl of Carysfort , lawyer, and politician, was born 12 August 1751, the only son of John Proby, 1st Baron Carysfort, and Elizabeth Proby (née Allen). He attended Westminster School and entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1767, graduating…...
Radcliffe, John
Radcliffe, John (1765?–1843), lawyer, judge, PC, and author, was born in Co. Fermanagh, only son of Richard Radcliffe, clergyman, and his wife Christian, daughter of Robert Mason of Co. Galway and widow of Joseph Ormsby. After his father's…...
Radcliffe, Sir George
Radcliffe, Sir George (1593–1657), lawyer and royalist, was baptised 21 April 1593, the son of Nicholas Radcliffe of Overthorpe in the parish of Thornhill, Yorkshire, and Margaret Marsh of Darton, Yorkshire. After attending school in Oldham (1607–9), he matriculated at Oxford on 3…...
Reid, Richard Tuohill
Reid, Richard Tuohill (1823–83), lawyer and academic, was the only surviving son of Herbert Reid, a Killarney merchant, and Catherine Reid (née Tuohill). His father died young and he entered TCD as a sizar in 1841; he was admitted as a…...
Reynell, Richard
Reynell, Richard (1625–99), politician and judge, was born in East Ogwell, Devonshire, England, second son of Sir Richard Reynell, knight, and his wife Mary (née Reynell). He entered the Middle Temple in 1642, but was not called to the English bar until 1653. He later moved to Ireland…...
Richey, Alexander George
Richey, Alexander George (1830–83), lawyer, historian, and editor, was born 22 October 1830 in Dublin, only son of Alexander Richey (d. 1852), land agent, of Mount Temple, Coolock, Co. Dublin, and his wife, Matilda (daughter of Dodwell Browne of Co. Mayo), aunt of the 3rd earl of…...
Ridgeway, William
Ridgeway, William (1765–1817), barrister and law reporter, was born in Dublin, eldest son of William Ridgeway, merchant, and Dorothy Ridgeway (née Tandy). Educated at TCD, he graduated BA (1787),…...
Robinson, Christopher
Robinson, Christopher (1712?–87), judge, was born in Dublin, the first of three sons of a Dublin physician, Bryan Robinson (qv). The second son was Robert Robinson (qv) the state physician…...
Rogerson, John
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Ryves, Sir William
Ryves, Sir William (d. 1648), judge, was the sixth son of John Ryves of Blandford, Dorset, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Mervyn of Fonthill, Dorset. He entered the Middle Temple in 1593 and was called to the bar seven years later. In 1619 he appears as a bencher at…...
Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (‘Tom’)
Sadleir, Thomas Ulick (‘Tom’) (1882–1957), barrister-at-law, genealogist, registrar at the Office of Arms, and deputy Ulster King of Arms, was born 15 September 1882 at the Curragh camp, Co. Kildare, youngest among three sons (one of whom died in infancy) of the Rev. Franc Sadleir…...
Samuels, Arthur Warren
Samuels, Arthur Warren (1852–1925), lawyer, was born 19 May 1852 in Dublin, second son of Arthur Samuels, of Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, and Katherine Samuels (née Daly) of Mornington, Co. Meath. He was educated at the Royal School, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, and…...
Sarsfield, Dominick
Sarsfield, Dominick (d. 1636), 1st Viscount Sarsfield of Kilmallock , lawyer and judge, was third youngest son of Edmund Sarsfield, a Cork merchant, and Katherine, daughter of Piers Gould of Cork. Dominick entered Middle Temple in London in 1594, and despite his relatively humble…...
Saurin, William
Saurin, William (1757/8–1839), barrister and attorney general for Ireland, was born probably in the parish of Shankill, outside Belfast, second son of the Rev. James Saurin (d. 1772), vicar of Belfast 1747–72, and his wife Jane (d. 1760), daughter of…...
Scott, John
Scott, John (1739–98), 1st earl of Clonmell , lawyer, MP, and judge, was born 8 June 1739, third son of Thomas Scott, church of Ireland vicar of Urlings, Co. Kilkenny, afterwards of Modeshill and Mohubber, Co. Tipperary, and his wife Rachel, eldest daughter of Mark Prim of Johnswell…...
Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey
Shaw, Sir Eyre Massey (1828–1908), chief of the London Metropolitan Fire Brigade, was born 17 January 1828 at Glenmore Cottage, near Ballymore, Cobh, Co. Cork, third son of Bernard Robert Shaw, merchant, of Shaw's Terrace and later Monkstown Castle, Cork, and his first wife, Rebecca…...
Sheares, Henry
Sheares, Henry (1755?–1798), and his brother John Sheares (1766?–1798), barristers and United Irishmen, were born at Goldenbush, Co. Cork, the first and fourth sons respectively of a Cork banker, Henry Sheares (qv), and his wife, Jane Anne (…...
Sibthorpe, Sir Christopher
Sibthorpe, Sir Christopher (d. 1632/3), judge and religious writer, was third son of John Sibthorpe of Much Bardfield, Essex, England; no details of his mother are known. He matriculated at Cambridge before entering Middle Temple (1584) and was called to the bar (1594). He was…...
Simms, Mercy Felicia
Simms, Mercy Felicia (1915–98), social crusader, was born 3 March 1915 in a nursing home at 89 Lower Baggot St., Dublin, only child of Brian James Gwynn (1883–1972) of 48 Hollybrook Road, Clontarf, civil servant employed as assistant secretary in the labour exchange, and his wife…...
Singleton, Henry
Singleton, Henry (1682–1759), politician and judge, was fourth son of Edward Singleton of Drogheda, Co. Louth, MP in the Irish house of commons, and Catherine Singleton (née Newtown). He was educated at Mr Ellis Walker's school in Drogheda, before entering…...
Sirr, Henry Charles
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