Towb, Harry
Towb, Harry (1925–2009), actor, was born Harris Towb in Larne, Co. Antrim, on 27 July 1925, the second child of Jack (or Jacob) Towb and his wife Bessie (Amelia) Towb (née Sergai). Bessie Towb had been born to a Jewish family in Belfast, while Jack was born in a shtetl (town),…...
Tuke, James Hack
Tuke, James Hack (1819–96), philanthropist, was born 13 September 1819 in York, son of Samuel Tuke (1784–1857) and his wife Priscilla (1784–1828), daughter of James Hack. Tuke was educated at the Friends’ school in York, before entering the family tea and coffee business in 1835.…...
Webb, Alfred John
Webb, Alfred John (1834–1908), radical reformer and nationalist, was born 10 June 1834 at 160 Great Brunswick St. (later Pearse St.), Dublin, eldest son of quaker parents, Richard Davis Webb, printer, and Hannah Webb (née Waring). His parents were deeply involved in campaigns for…...
Webb, Maria
Webb, Maria (1804–73), philanthropist and author, was born at Peartree Hill, near Lisburn, Co. Antrim, youngest child among two sons and one daughter of Thomas Lamb and his wife Dorothy, both members of the Religious Society of Friends. She was largely self-educated. In 1828 she…...
Webb, Richard Davis
Webb, Richard Davis (1805–72), printer and philanthropist, was born in the Cornmarket, Dublin, where his parents had a linen business; he was eldest among seven sons of James Webb and Deborah Webb (née Forrest). The Webbs and Forrests were members of the Society of Friends;…...
Winter, Dan
Winter, Dan (b. c.1730), founder of the ‘Orange Society’ and tenant farmer, was born at the hamlet of the Diamond in the townland of Grange Lower in the barony of Oneilland, near Loughgall, Co. Armagh. Little is known of his immediate ancestry, except that his antecedents…...