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…...
Robinson, Lennox
Robinson, Lennox (1886–1958), playwright and director, was born Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson on 4 October 1886 near Douglas, Co. Cork, youngest of seven children (of whom twins died in infancy) of Andrew Craig Robinson, stockbroker, and Emily Anna Robinson (née Jones). When Lennox was…...
Rodway, Norman John Frank
Rodway, Norman John Frank (1929–2001), actor and theatre producer, was born 7 February 1929 in Dublin, son of Frank Rodway, manager of a shipping agency, and Lilian Rodway (née Moyles). The couple had recently moved to Dublin from London. They settled in Malahide, north of Dublin, where…...
Rogerson, John
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Rugheimer, Gunnar
Rugheimer, Gunnar , (1923–2003), RTÉ controller of programmes, was born 26 February 1923 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Carl Rügheimer (b. 1893), hat manufacturer, and his wife Sonja Traugott (b. 1901); both were Jewish and had been born in Sweden of Danish descent. After attending…...
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…...
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 (…...
Sheridan, Thomas
Sheridan, Thomas (1719–88), actor, theatre manager, and orator, was third son of Thomas Sheridan (qv), schoolmaster and essayist, of Dublin; nothing is known of his mother. He was educated at home by his father until the age of 13.…...
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…...
Simpson, Alan Patrick
Simpson, Alan Patrick (1920–80), theatre director, was born in Baggot Street, Dublin, son of Walter Simpson, Church of Ireland minister. Sent to Belfast to broaden his outlook, he was educated at Campbell College and spent a brief period in Germany before returning to Dublin in the late…...
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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Smith, Michael
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Smith, Sir William Cusack
Smith, Sir William Cusack (1766–1836), 2nd baronet, politician, judge, was born 23 January 1766 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir Michael Smith and his first wife, Mary (d. 1798), daughter and heiress of James Cusack of Ballyronan, Co. Wicklow, and Coolmines, Co. Dublin. His father Sir…...
Southerne, Thomas
Southerne, Thomas (1660–1746), dramatist and soldier, was born 12 February 1660 at Oxmantown, Dublin, youngest child among four sons and two daughters of Francis Southerne, founder-member of the brewers' corporation of Dublin, and his wife Margaret. Educated at the free school in…...
Stawell, Sir William Foster
Stawell, Sir William Foster (1815–89), lawyer and chief justice of Victoria, Australia, was born 27 June 1815 at Old Court, Mallow, Co. Cork, second son among ten children of Jonas Stawell (1769–1840), barrister and classical scholar, and Anna Stawell (née Foster). Educated at…...
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, 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…...
Sugden, Sir Edward Burtenshaw
Sugden, Sir Edward Burtenshaw (1781–1875), 1st Baron St Leonards , lawyer, politician, was born 12 February 1781 in Duke St., London, second son of Richard Sugden, barber, and Charlotte Sugden (née Burtenshaw). He was apprenticed to a conveyancer named Groom and was admitted on 16…...