Caradoc (Cradock), John Francis
Caradoc (Cradock), John Francis (1759–1839), soldier and politician, was born 11 August 1759 in Dublin, the only son of John Cradock (1708–78), a native of Wolverhampton, bishop of Kilmore (1757–72) and archbishop of Dublin (1772–8), and his wife Mary, daughter of William Blaydwin of…...
Caradoc (Cradock), John Hobart
Caradoc (Cradock), John Hobart (1799–1873), 2nd Baron Howden , diplomat, soldier, and MP, was born 11 October 1799 at St Stephen's Green, Dublin, the only son among three children of John Francis Caradoc (qv),…...
Cardwell, Edward
Cardwell, Edward (1813–86), 1st Viscount Cardwell , chief secretary for Ireland (1859–61), was born 24 July 1813, son of John Cardwell, Liverpool merchant. Educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford, where he became a scholar and fellow, he was called to the bar in 1838.…...
Carey (Cary), Walter
Carey (Cary), Walter (1685–1757), politician, was born 17 October 1685, eldest son of Walter Carey of Everton, Bedfordshire, and his wife Annabella, daughter of Sir William Halford. Educated at New College, Oxford (matriculating 1704), his varied political career began as clerk of…...
Carleton, William
Carleton, William (1794–1869), novelist and short-story writer, was born, probably on 4 March 1794, in Prillisk, near Clogher, Co. Tyrone, the youngest of fourteen children (eight of whom survived) of James Carleton, a catholic tenant farmer, and his wife Mary Kelly. James Carleton…...
Carson, Edward Henry
Carson, Edward Henry (1854–1935), Baron Carson of Duncairn, lawyer and politician, was born 9 February 1854 at 4 Harcourt Street, Dublin, second son among six children of Edward Henry Carson, architect and civil engineer, and Isabella Carson (née Lambert). He was educated at Arlington…...
Carteret, John
Carteret, John (1690–1763), 2nd Baron Carteret , lord lieutenant of Ireland (1724–30), was born 22 April 1690 at Hawnes, near Bedford, England, eldest of two sons of George, 1st Baron Carteret, and Lady Grace Granville, youngest daughter of John, 1st earl of Bath. He became 2nd…...
Carter, Thomas
Carter, Thomas (1690–1763), politician, was born at Hollybrook, Co. Dublin (and baptised at St Bride's, Dublin, 31 March 1692), only surviving son of Thomas Carter (qv), MP, and Margaret Carter (née Houghton). Educated at Mr Wall's school…...
Cary, Henry
Cary, Henry (c.1576–1633), 1st Viscount Falkland, lord deputy of Ireland, was the eldest son of the three sons and four daughters of Sir Edward Cary of Aldenham, Hertfordshire, and his wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knyvett of Buckenham, Norfolk, and widow of Henry,…...
Cary (Tanfield), Elizabeth
Cary (Tanfield), Elizabeth (1585–1639), Viscountess Falkland , writer and translator, was born at Burford Priory, Oxfordshire, the only child and heir of Lawrence Tanfield (c.1551–1625), a wealthy lawyer, later appointed chief baron of the exchequer, and his wife,…...
Casement, Sir Roger David
Casement, Sir Roger David (1864–1916), humanitarian and Irish nationalist, was born 1 September 1864 in Sandycove, near Dublin, youngest child among one daughter and three sons of Roger Casement, retired army officer, and Anne Casement (née Jephson). His elder brother was…...
Caulfeild, James
Caulfeild, James (1728–99), 1st earl of Charlemont , politician, and landowner, was born 18 August 1728 at Castle Caulfeild, Co. Tyrone, second (but first surviving) son of James Caulfeild, 3rd Viscount Charlemont, and his wife Elizabeth Barnard of Castle Barnard, Co. Cork. As his…...
Caulfeild, William
Caulfeild, William (1665–1737), MP and justice of king's bench, was eldest son of Capt. Thomas Caulfeild (d. 1691), landowner, of Donamon, Co. Galway, and his wife Anne, eldest daughter of Charles, 2nd Viscount Moore, of Drogheda. The family estate comprised lands in Co. Galway…...
Cavendish, Sir Henry
Cavendish, Sir Henry (1732–1804), politician and parliamentary reporter, was born 29 September 1732, eldest of six children of Henry Cavendish (qv) of Doveridge Hall, Derbyshire, teller of the Irish exchequer (1755–76) and MP, and…...
Cavendish, William
Cavendish, William (1698?–1755), 3rd duke of Devonshire , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was the eldest son of William, 2nd duke of Devonshire, and his wife, Rachel Russell, daughter of William, Lord Russell, and sister of the 2nd duke of Bedford. Heir to one of the great whig…...
Cavendish, William
Cavendish, William (1720–64), marquess of Hartington, 4th duke of Devonshire , lord lieutenant of Ireland, was baptised in London 1 June 1720. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish, 3rd duke, and Catherine, daughter and heir of John Hoskins of Oxted, Surrey. As marquess of…...
Chaigneau, William
Chaigneau, William (1709–81), army agent and novelist, was born 23 December 1709 at Back Key, Dublin, and baptised at St John's, Dublin, on Christmas eve, second son among thirteen children of John Chaigneau, vintner, and Margaret Chaigneau (née Martyr), both of Dublin and of huguenot…...
Chambers, John
Chambers, John (1754–1837), printer and United Irishman, was born in Dublin in January 1754, the son of a wine merchant and his wife, Elinor, daughter of Charles Carter of Chapelizod, Co. Dublin. Apprenticed to a printer by his widowed mother (1 July 1767), he was printing on his…...
Chatterton, (Henrietta) Georgiana
Chatterton, (Henrietta) Georgiana (1806–76), writer, was born 11 November 1806 at 24 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, the only child of the Rev. Lascelles Iremonger , prebendary of Winchester cathedral, and Harriet, sister of Admiral Lord Gambier. Educated primarily by a…...
Chetwood, Anna Maria
Chetwood, Anna Maria (1774–1870), writer, was born on 7 February 1774, a daughter of the Rev. John Chetwood of Glanmire, Co. Cork (1742–1814), and Elizabeth Chetwood (née Hamilton) (d. 1826?), and great-granddaughter of Knightley Chetwood of Woodbrook, Portarlington, a friend of…...
Chichester, Arthur
Chichester, Arthur (1563–1625), soldier, politician, and lord deputy of Ireland, was born at Raleigh, Devon, in May 1563, the second son (of the seven sons and nine daughters) of Sir John Chichester of Raleigh and his wife, Gertrude, the daughter of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham…...
Childers, Erskine Hamilton
Childers, Erskine Hamilton (1905–74), politician, and fourth president of Ireland, was born 11 December 1905 at 13 Embankment Gardens, Chelsea, London, the elder of two sons of Robert Erskine Childers (qv), British soldier, civil…...
Churchill, Sir Winston
Churchill, Sir Winston (1620–88), politician, was baptised on 18 April 1620, eldest surviving son of John Churchill, deputy registrar of chancery, of Whootton Glanville, Dorset, England, and his first wife, Sarah Winston of Standistone, Gloucestershire, daughter and coheir of Sir Henry…...
Clancy, Michael
Clancy, Michael (c.1704–1776), writer, was born in Co. Clare, son of Daniel Clancy, a soldier (or possibly a doctor) and a man of letters. His life, as recounted in his Memoirs (an incomplete and somewhat fanciful account), is dedicated to the earl of Kildare. He…...
Clark, Henry Maitland
Clark, Henry Maitland (1929–2012), politician, colonial administrator and businessman, was born on 11 April 1929 in Co. Londonderry, the middle of three children (two boys and a girl) of Henry ('Harry') Francis Clark and his wife Sybil Emily (née Stuart); the family resided in Rockwood…...