Stopford, James
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Sweetman, Edward
Sweetman, Edward (d. 1796), army officer and United Irishman, is best known from laudatory mentions by Theobald Wolfe Tone (qv). A native probably of Co. Wexford, he was a nephew of …...
Talbot, James
Talbot, James (c.1768–1850),3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide , diplomat and spy, was born at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, second son among seven sons and five daughters of Richard Talbot, soldier, and Margaret Talbot (née O'Reilly). Educated at…...
Talbot, Thomas
Talbot, Thomas (1771–1853), soldier and colonial administrator, was born 19 July 1771 at Malahide Castle, Malahide, Co. Dublin, fourth son of Richard Talbot (d. 1788), soldier and landowner, and his wife Margaret (née O'Reilly) (d. 1834) of Ballinlough, Co. Westmeath, from 1831 Baroness…...
Taylor, William Cooke
Taylor, William Cooke (1800–49), historian and economist, was born 16 April 1800 at Youghal, Co. Cork, son of Richard Taylor, manufacturer, and his wife, Mary (née Cooke). Both his parents’ families had lived at Youghal since Cromwellian times; Mary was descended from the regicide…...
Tichbourne (Tichborne), Sir Henry
Tichbourne (Tichborne), Sir Henry (1581–1667), soldier and lord justice, was the fourth son of Sir Benjamin Tichbourne of Tichbourne, Hampshire, who was a baronet and gentleman of the privy chamber of James I, and Amphillis, daughter of Richard Weston of Skrynes, Essex. He served…...
Tone, Mathew
Tone, Mathew (1769?–98), French army officer, was the third son in the family of four sons and two daughters of Peter Tone (d. 1805), a coachmaker of Stafford St., Dublin, and his wife Margaret (d. 1818?), daughter of a ship's captain in the West India trade, probably James…...
Torrens, Robert
Torrens, Robert (c.1780–1864), political economist, was born in Ulster, probably at Hervey Hill rectory, Kilrea, Co. Londonderry (though Hazelwood House, Rasharkin, Co. Antrim, has also been suggested). He was eldest among three children of Robert Torrens and his wife…...
Townshend, Horatio
Townshend, Horatio (1750–1837), clergyman and author, was born 5 November 1750, third son of Capt. Philip Townshend (1700–86), soldier and landowner, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hungerford. The Townshends had come to Ireland in the seventeenth century; Horatio's…...
Trench, Sir Frederick William
Trench, Sir Frederick William (1775–1859), general and MP, was eldest son of Frederick Michael Trench, barrister, of Dublin and Heywood, near Ballinakill, Queen's Co. (Laois), and his wife Anna Helena, daughter of Patrick Stewart of Killymoon, Co. Tyrone. His family was distantly…...
Trench, William Le Poer
Trench, William Le Poer (1837–1920), soldier and MP, was born 17 June 1837 at Garbally, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, third son of William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3rd earl of Clancarty, and his wife Lady Sarah Juliana, daughter of Somerset Richard Butler, 3rd earl of Carrick. After…...
Trevor, Marcus
Trevor, Marcus (1618–1670), 1st Viscount Dungannon, army officer and royalist, was born 15 April 1618 at Rostrevor, Co. Down, the eldest son of Sir Edward Trevor's marriage (his second) to Rose, daughter of Henry Ussher (qv), archbishop of…...
Tullio, Paolo Luigi Mario
Tullio, Paolo Luigi Mario (1949–2015), restaurant owner, writer and food critic, was born on 20 August 1949 in Falkirk, Scotland, the only child of Dionisio Tullio, a restaurant owner and his wife Irene (née Fusco). Although Tullio’s parents were Italian, his mother was raised between…...
Vallancey, Charles
Vallancey, Charles (1725?–1812), soldier and antiquary, may have been connected with the French noble family of d'Estampes de Vallancey (or Valençay), but the names of his parents are unknown. It has been stated he was born at Windsor, but in neither the records of Windsor parish church…...
Vandeleur, Sir John Ormsby
Vandeleur, Sir John Ormsby (1763–1849), British army general, was eldest son of Richard Vandeleur, captain in the 9th Lancers, of Rutland, Queen's Co. (Laois), and Kilrush, Co. Clare, and his wife Elinor, daughter of John Firman of Firmount. Educated privately, he joined the army…...
Vane, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher
Vane, Sir Francis Patrick Fletcher (1861–1934), soldier, radical, author and scout leader, was born 16 October 1861 at 10 North Great George's Street, Dublin, the only son of Frederick Henry Fletcher Vane (1807–94), a former army officer, and his wife Rosa Linda (née Moore; d. 1895), an…...
Van Homrigh (Vanhomrigh), Esther (Hester)
Van Homrigh (Vanhomrigh), Esther (Hester) (1688–1723), Jonathan Swift's (qv) ‘Vanessa’, was born 14 February 1688 in Dublin, eldest of the four children of Bartholomew Van Homrigh (qv),…...
Vaughan, Sir John
Vaughan, Sir John (d. 1643), servitor, was born in Wales. He arrived in Ireland in early 1599 as a lieutenant in reinforcements sent from the Low Countries. In May 1600 he landed in Lough Foyle as part of an expedition to Ulster led by Sir…...
Walker, George
Walker, George (1643×8–1690), clergyman and military governor of Derry during the siege of 1689, was born between 1643 and 1648, probably at Wighill, near Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire. His grandfather, the Rev. Gervase Walker (d. 1642), probably came to Ireland from Ruddington in…...
Wallace, Robert Hugh
Wallace, Robert Hugh (1860–1929), Orangeman, soldier and political activist, was born in English Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, on 14 December 1860, son of William Nevin Wallace, solicitor and landowner, and his second wife, Catherine Mary (d. 1877), daughter of Francis Charles…...
Warren, Sir Peter
Warren, Sir Peter (1703–52), admiral in the British navy, was born 10 March 1703 at Warrenstown, Co. Meath, third son among three sons and two daughters of Michael Warren, Roman catholic landowner, and Catherine Warren (née Aylmer). Educated locally, he entered the Royal Navy in…...
Wellesley (Wesley), Arthur
Wellesley (Wesley), Arthur (1769–1852), 1st duke of Wellington , soldier and politician, was born 1 May 1769 at Mornington House, 6 Merrion Street, Dublin, the third surviving son of Garret Wesley (qv) (1735–81), 1st earl of Mornington, and…...
Whaley, Thomas (‘Buck’)
Whaley, Thomas (‘Buck’) (1766–1800), politician and rake, was born 15 December 1766, son of Richard Chapel Whaley (1700–69) a wealthy landowner, of Whaley Abbey, Co. Wicklow, and the only son of Richard Whaley (a. 1663–1725) and his wife Susanna, daughter of John Whaley…...
Whalley, John
Whalley, John (1653–1724), quack, astrologer, and compiler of almanacs, was born 20 April 1653, son of a Cromwellian adventurer; no further details of his parents are known. Working as a cobbler in England before arriving in Dublin (March 1682), he compiled his first almanac the…...
Whitelaw, James
Whitelaw, James (1749–1813), clergyman, statistician, and philanthropist, was born in Co. Leitrim; nothing is known of his family. He was educated in Cavan by Rev. Lewis Kerr before entering TCD (8 July 1766), becoming a scholar (1769…...