Spence, Gusty (Augustus Andrew)
Spence, Gusty (Augustus Andrew) (1933–2011), loyalist paramilitary and community activist, was born on 28 June 1933 at Joseph Street in the Hammer area of the Shankill Road, west Belfast, sixth of seven children (five boys and two girls) of William Edward ('Ned') Spence, labourer and…...
Spender, Sir Wilfrid Bliss
Spender, Sir Wilfrid Bliss (1876–1960), army officer and civil servant, was born 6 October 1876 in London, the fourth son and fifth child of Edward Spender (1834–78), co-founder and proprietor of the Plymouth Western Morning News, and his wife Ellen Spender (née Rendle).…...
Stewart (Stuart), Sir William
Stewart (Stuart), Sir William (d. 1647), 1st baronet, army officer, was a Scot, and may have been the son of Andrew and Katherine Stewart of Garlies, Wigtownshire. He appears to have been a veteran of Swedish and/or Danish service, and arrived in Ulster in 1608 as one of two…...
St George, Richard St George Mansergh
St George, Richard St George Mansergh (c.1752–98), landlord, artist and soldier, was born Richard St George Mansergh, the only son of James Mansergh, landowner and soldier of Macrony Castle, Co. Cork, and his second wife Mary, a natural daughter of Lieutenant-General…...
St Lawrence, Sir Christopher
St Lawrence, Sir Christopher (d. 1619), 9th baron Howth , soldier, conspirator, and informer, was the eldest son of Nicholas St Lawrence, 8th Baron Howth, and his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Christopher Barnewall, of Turvey, Co. Dublin. He is said to have been born in…...
St Leger (Seintleger, Sallinger), Sir Warham
St Leger (Seintleger, Sallinger), Sir Warham (d. 1600), soldier, was the son of William St Leger of Bilsington and Belgar in Kent and grandson of Sir Anthony St Leger (qv), lord deputy of Ireland on three separate occasions in…...
St Leger, Sir William
St Leger, Sir William (c.1580–1642), soldier, politician and lord president of Munster, was the son of Sir Warham St Leger (qv) and Elizabeth Rothe (d. 1620) of Kilkenny. The St Leger family,…...
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…...
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…...
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…...
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…...