Michelburne (Michelborne, Mitchelburne), John
Michelburne (Michelborne, Mitchelburne), John (c.1648–1721), soldier, governor of Derry, playwright, was born on 2 January 1648 in Sussex, the only child of Abraham Michelburne and his wife, Penelope (née Wheeler), who died during the birth. Michelburne was baptised 8 January…...
Milligan, Victor
Milligan, Victor (1929–2009), athlete and civil engineer, was born in Belfast on 11 November 1929, the only child of Albert Milligan, a member of the RUC, and his wife Margaret (née Walker). Growing up in Irwin Drive, Ballyhackamore, in east Belfast, he was encouraged by his parents…...
Molesworth, Richard
Molesworth, Richard (1680–1758), 3rd Viscount Molesworth , field-marshal, MP, and commander-in-chief in Ireland, was second son of Robert, 1st Viscount Molesworth (qv), of Swords, Co. Dublin, and Philipstown, King's Co., and his…...
Molyneaux, James Henry
Molyneaux, James Henry (1920–2015), Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader, was born in Killead, near Crumlin, Co. Antrim, on 27 August 1920, eldest son of William Molyneaux, farmer, and his wife Sarah (née Gilmore). He had at least one brother and one sister. For…...
Montgomery, Alexander John
Montgomery, Alexander John (1720–1800), soldier and politician, was the heir, and eldest son among three sons and one daughter, of Thomas Montgomery (c.1700–1761), landowner and later MP for Lifford, Co. Donegal (1729–60), and Mary Montgomery (née Franklin). His youngest…...
Montgomery, Hugh
Montgomery, Hugh (1651–1717), 2nd earl of Mount-Alexander , soldier and politician, was born 24 February 1651 at Newtown, Co. Down, the son of Hugh Montgomery (qv), 1st earl of Mount-Alexander, and his wife, Mary (d. 1655), eldest daughter of…...
Montgomery, Hugh Maude de Fellenberg
Montgomery, Hugh Maude de Fellenberg (1870–1954), British Army general and politician, was born 5 December 1870, eldest son of the Rt. Hon. Hugh de Fellenberg Montgomery, PC and DL for Co. Tyrone, of…...
Moore, Sir Charles
Moore, Sir Charles (1603–43), 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda and royalist army commander, was eldest surviving son of Sir Garret Moore (qv), 1st Viscount Drogheda, and his wife Mary (d. 1654), daughter of Sir Henry Colley, of Castle…...
Moore, Sir Edward
Moore, Sir Edward (c.1530–1602), soldier and settler, was second son of John Moore of Benenden, Kent, England, and his first wife, who was apparently the daughter of a Robert Washington. At some point after 1550 his presumably widowed father married Margaret, daughter of John…...
Moore, Sir Garret
Moore, Sir Garret (c.1566–1627), 1st Viscount Moore of Drogheda , landowner and soldier, was the second and eldest surviving son of Sir Edward Moore (qv) of Mellifont, Co. Louth, and his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and…...
Moryson (Morrison), Richard
Moryson (Morrison), Richard (c.1571–1625/8?), soldier and administrator, was fifth son of Thomas Moryson (d. 1591), of Cadeby, Lincolnshire, England, clerk of the pipe, and his wife Elizabeth (d. 1587), daughter of Thomas Moigue, of Willingham, Lincolnshire. In 1585…...
Neville, William Cox
Neville, William Cox (c.1855–1904), rugby international, sports administrator, and pioneer obstetrician, was born c.1855 in Dundalk, Co. Louth, son of John Neville, civil engineer; nothing is known of his mother. Educated at Dundalk College, he studied medicine…...
Newce, William
Newce, William (fl. c.1596–1623), planter, army captain, and founder of Bandon and Newcestown, Co. Cork, first came to Ireland in the late 1590s as a captain in the English army in Munster. In December 1600 he became a lessee of the Inchiquin seignory of Sir…...
Nicholson, John
Nicholson, John (1821–57), army officer and administrator in India, was born 11 December 1821 in Dublin, eldest son among five sons and two daughters of Dr Alexander Nicholson, physician, of Stramore House, Gilford, Co. Down, and his wife Clara (née Hogg). His father had studied…...
Norris (Norreys), Sir John
Norris (Norreys), Sir John (c.1547–97), military commander and lord president of Munster, was second son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame. In the course of one of the most…...
Norris, Sir Thomas
Norris, Sir Thomas (1556–99), soldier and president of Munster, was fifth son of Henry Norris, 1st Baron Norris of Rycote, Oxfordshire, and his wife Margaret, daughter of John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame, and was a younger brother of Sir…...
Nugent, Sir George
Nugent, Sir George (1757–1849), army general, was born 10 June 1757 at Gosfield, Essex, England, illegitimate son of Edmund Nugent, lieutenant-colonel in the 1st Foot Guards. His younger brother, Sir Charles Edmund Nugent (c.1759–1844), became a distinguished admiral in…...
O Brien, Conor
O Brien, Conor (1880–1952), sailor and author, was born Edward Conor Marshall O'Brien on 3 November 1880 in Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick, the son of Edward William O'Brien, JP, and Julia O'Brien (née Marshall). A grandson of…...
O'Brien, Murrough
O'Brien, Murrough (c.1616–1673), 6th Baron and 1st earl of Inchiquin , politician and soldier, was eldest of four sons and three daughters of Dermot O'Brien and Ellen O'Brien (née fitz Edmund FitzGerald of Cloyne). The son of fervent catholics, he was educated according…...
O'Brien, Sir Edward
O'Brien, Sir Edward (1705–65), 2nd baronet, MP, and racehorse owner, was born 7 April 1705, elder son among three children of Lucius O'Brien and his wife Catherine Keightley, daughter of Lady Frances Hyde, a sister-in-law of King James…...
O'Brien, William
O'Brien, William (c.1640–92), 2nd earl of Inchiquin , army officer and colonial governor, was the eldest son of Murrough O'Brien (qv) (c.1614–1673), 6th Baron Inchiquin and 1st earl of Inchiquin, and his wife,…...
O'Donoghue, Nannie Power
Power O’Donoghue (née Lambert), Nannie (1843–1940), journalist, equestrian and writer was born 2 June 1843 and baptised as Ann Stewart Lyster Lambert in St Thomas Church of Ireland, Marlborough Street, Dublin. She was the youngest child of four daughters and one son of Charles Lambert,…...
Olpherts, Sir William
Olpherts, Sir William (1822–1902), general, also known as ‘Hellfire Jack ’, was born 8 March 1822 at Dartry Lodge, Blackwaterstown, Co. Armagh, third son of William Olpherts, lawyer, and Rosanna Olpherts (née Macartney). Educated at Gracehill School in Ballymena and later the…...
O'Neill, Daniel
O'Neill, Daniel (c.1612?–1664), royalist politician and soldier, was the son of Con MacNiall MacBrian Faghartach O'Neill, lord of Clandeboye in Co. Antrim, and his wife Eilis, daughter of Art MacBaron O'Neill, older brother of Hugh O'Neill…...
O'Neill, John Bruce Richard
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