Phillips, Sir Thomas
Phillips, Sir Thomas (c.1560–1636), English soldier and planter, was first son of William Phillips of London, one of the queen's customers of the wool, and his wife Joane Houghton of London. William died in 1590, leaving his heir a considerable estate in London, Middlesex…...
Ponsonby, Sir William
Ponsonby, Sir William (1772–1815), general, was born 13 October 1772, the second son of William Brabazon Ponsonby (qv), 1st Baron Ponsonby, and his wife Louisa (née Molesworth) (d. 1824), fourth daughter of Richard, 3rd…...
Porter, Margaret Lavinia
Porter, Margaret Lavinia (d. 1881), philanthropist, was eldest daughter among three sons and five daughters of Thomas Lindsey , gentleman, of Hollymount, Co. Mayo, and his wife (m. 1784) Lady Margaret, daughter of Charles Bingham…...
Porter, Robert Wilson
Porter, Robert Wilson (1923–2014), lawyer and politician, was born on 23 December 1923 in Derry city, eldest of four children of Joseph Wilson Porter, a joiner, and his wife Letitia (née Wasson). Throughout his life, he retained a strong attachment to his home city, which he always…...
Power, James
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Power, John
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Power, Richard
Power, Richard (c.1630–1690), 1st earl of Tyrone , soldier and politician, was the eldest son (there was also a daughter) of John Power (c.1597–1666), 5th Baron Le Power and Coroghmore, of Curraghmore, Co. Waterford, and his wife, Ruth Power (née Pypho), daughter and…...
Power, Robert
Power, Robert (1794–1869), army officer and surveyor general of Van Diemen's Land, was born at Knockbrit, near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, second son of Edmund Power, merchant, JP, and editor of the unsuccessful Clonmel Gazette, and…...
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas
Prendergast (Pendergrass), Sir Thomas (1660?–1709), 1st baronet, army officer and Jacobite conspirator, was the eldest of three sons of Thomas Prendergast (d. 1725), a catholic landowner, of Croane, near Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, and his wife, Eleanor, daughter of David Condon.…...
Price, Ivon Henry
Price, Ivon Henry (1866–1931), policeman and army intelligence officer, was born 18 March 1866 in Lucan, Co. Dublin, the son of James Price, a chartered engineer, and his wife Fanny (née Peebles); the family were Church of Ireland. He was educated at St Columba's College,…...
Prior, Thomas
Prior, Thomas (1681–1751), founder of the Dublin Society and philanthropist, was born in Garrison House, Rathdowney, Queen's Co. (Laois), second son among five children of Col. Thomas Prior and his first wife, whose name is unknown. According to unverified family history, his…...
Ralegh, Sir Walter
Ralegh, Sir Walter (c.1554–1618), soldier and settler in Ireland, was one of the most famous and infamous Englishmen of the Elizabethan and Jacobean reigns. He was born at Hayes Barton, Devon, son of Walter Ralegh (d. 1581) and his third wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir…...
Ram, Abel
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Rich, Barnaby (Barnabe)
Rich, Barnaby (Barnabe) (c.1542–1617), soldier and author, was probably a native of Essex, England. He became a soldier c.1563 and volunteered to serve with the huguenots in the French wars of religion, taking part in the siege of Le Havre in that same year.…...
Robertson, Francis
Robertson, Francis (1737/8–1791), soldier and nabob, was probably born at Churchill, parish of Gartan, Co. Donegal, of which his father, the Rev. John Robertson (d. 1756), was the incumbent. His mother's name is not recorded. He had two sisters, of whom the younger, Elizabeth, did…...
Robinson, David Lubbock
Robinson, David Lubbock (1882–1943), British soldier, republican, senator, and hockey player, was born 11 August 1882 in Dublin, the second of the three sons and one daughter of John Joseph Robinson, Church of Ireland clergyman, and his wife, Henrietta Harriet, youngest daughter…...
Roe, Henry
Roe, Henry (1826–94), distiller and philanthropist, was born in Dublin, where his family had been involved in the distilling and brewing business since the 1750s and had acquired a seventeen-acre site off James's St. In 1863 Henry Roe, and his brother, George, inherited George Roe…...
Roe, Robin
Roe, Robin (1928–2010), army chaplain and rugby player, was born on 11 November 1928 at Skeirke (Skirk), Ballybrophy, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois, the youngest of two sons and three daughters of William Henry Roe, a farmer, and his wife Anne (née Marshall). Educated at King's…...
Ross, Robert
Ross, Robert (1729–99), soldier and politician, was born at Rostrevor, Co. Down, eldest son of Robert Ross, MP for Carlingford, Co. Louth (1723–68), and later lord mayor of Dublin (1748–9), and his wife Anne. Deciding on a military career, he entered the army and purchased a…...
Sankey (Zanchie, Zanchy), Sir Hierome (Hierom, Jerome)
Sankey (Zanchie, Zanchy), Sir Hierome (Hierom, Jerome) (c.1621–c.1687), soldier and politician, was son of Richard Sankey, clergyman, of Endsworth, Shropshire, England, and his wife Anne Smolt of Burford Castle, Dorset. He matriculated as a sizar from Trinity…...
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…...
Smyly, Ellen
Smyly, Ellen (1814–1901), philanthropist, was born 14 November 1814, third daughter among seven children of Mathew Franks (1768–1853) of Jerpoint, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, and 28 Merrion Square, Dublin, and Mary Franks (née Fergusson; d. 1856). Ellen began her charity work in…...
Solomons, Michael Joseph Maurice
Solomons, Michael Joseph Maurice (1919–2007), physician and family planning advocate, was born 3 May 1919 in Dublin, the second child among two sons and one daughter of Bethel Solomons (qv), a prominent obstetrician and…...
Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend
Somerville, Henry Boyle Townshend (1863–1936), naval officer, hydrographer, and author, was born 7 September 1863 on his family's historic estate at Drishane, Castletownshend, near Castle Haven, Co. Cork, third son of Lt.-col. Thomas Henry Somerville (later high sheriff of Cork) and his…...
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…...