Sirr, Henry Charles
Sirr, Henry Charles (1764–1841), town-major of Dublin, was born 25 November 1764, possibly in Dublin castle, as his father, Joseph Sirr (1715–99), was then town major and housed there. His mother was Elizabeth Hall (1730?–1790) from Skelton Castle in Cleveland, Yorkshire. Joseph…...
Sirr, Joseph
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Smith, John
Smith, John (d. 1771), presbyterian bookseller, was a native of Ulster. Nothing is known of his parents, but he was probably a kinsman of William Smith (1698–1741), one of his business partners. William was a son of Samuel Smith, a Belfast merchant and an associate of…...
Smyth, Gerald Bryce Ferguson
Smyth, Gerald Bryce Ferguson (1885–1920), army officer and policeman, was born 7 September 1885 in Dalhousie, Punjab, India, son of George Smyth of Milltown, near Banbridge, Co. Down, an Indian civil servant, and Helen Smyth (née Ferguson). He was raised in Dalhousie, educated at…...
Staines, Michael Joseph
Staines, Michael Joseph (1885–1955), revolutionary, Garda commissioner, and senator, was born 1 May 1885 in Newport, Co. Mayo, eldest child of Edward Staines, a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) man, and Margaret Staines (née McCann). He was raised in Newport, and educated at the local…...
Staunton, Michael
Staunton, Michael (1788–1870), editor and publisher, was born in Co. Clare into a liberal protestant family (nothing more is known of his parents). As a young man he moved to Dublin, where he succeeded in 1813 to the editorship of the Freeman's Journal, then owned by…...
Stevenson, John
Stevenson, John (1850–1931), printer, inventor, antiquary, and author, was born in Rostrevor, Co. Down, in 1850, eldest among three to five sons of John Stevenson (d. 1881) and Harriet Stevenson (née Walsh; d. 1891). One brother died in childhood and one as a young man; there may…...
Stewart, John Watson
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Stockdale, John
Stockdale, John (d. 1813), printer and bookseller, may have been born in Dublin; nothing is known of his family background. He was a printer's apprentice to Henry Saunders (qv), and in 1772 was admitted free of the guild of St Luke by…...
Swan, William Bellingham
Swan, William Bellingham (c.1762–1837), deputy town major of Dublin and senior revenue inspector, was probably born in Dublin, son of William Swan, of Kilrisk, Co. Dublin, and his second wife Jane (née Lees), widow of the Reverend Walter Chamberlane. His father appears to have…...
Sweeney, John Anthony (Tony)
Sweeney, John Anthony (Tony) (1931–2012), horse-racing journalist and bibliophile, was born on 26 June 1931 in London, son of John Sweeney (1887–1940), GPO surveyor, and his wife Kitty, daughter of James Joseph ('J. J.')…...
Swiney, Eugene
Swiney, Eugene (c.1730–1781), printer, publisher, and bookseller, was probably born in Limerick city, son of Miles Sweeny (Swiney); nothing is known of his mother. He appears to have been born as Owen Sweeney but later became known as Eugene Swiney. He was apprenticed to…...
Synnott, Thomas Lambert
Synnott, Thomas Lambert (1810–97), workhouse guardian and prison governor, was born probably in Dublin, eldest son of Thomas Sinnott, vintner, of 59–61 Barrack St., Dublin. Though there is evidence his father belonged to the Church of Ireland, Synnott was brought up Roman catholic…...
Talbot, George
Talbot, George (1823–1914), soldier and policeman, was eldest son among five children of James Talbot, captain in the Grenadier Guards and JP of Knockmullen, Co. Wexford, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Sutton of Summer Hill, Co.…...
Teeling, Charles George
Teeling, Charles George (1806–75), soldier and inspector in the Irish constabulary, was born 1 March 1806, second surviving son of Charles Hamilton Teeling (qv) of Lisburn and Belfast, United Irishman, writer, and newspaper…...
Tempest, Henry Godfrey (Harry)
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Tempest, William
Tempest, William (1835–1918), antiquary and publisher, was born 13 November 1835 in Rostrevor, Co. Down, son of William Tempest and Esther Tempest (née Broughden), originally from Ramelton, Co. Donegal. He was apprenticed at the age of 13 to a newspaper printer in Newry. In 1859,…...
Thom, Alexander
Thom, Alexander (1801–79), printer and founder of Thom's Almanac, was born 18 April 1801 in Scotland (sources variously name Bervie, Findhorn, or Aberdeen as his place of birth), son of Walter Thom, writer, editor, and journalist. He was educated at the High School in…...
Tooke, Benjamin
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Tooke, Benjamin
Tooke, Benjamin (c.1642–1716), bookseller and printer, was born in England, probably the son of the Rev. Thomas Tuke, vicar of St Olave's, though he always spelt his name Took or Tooke. In 1657 he was apprenticed to John Crooke…...
Trimble, Samuel Delmege
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Trimble, William
Trimble, William (1802–88), printer, newspaper proprietor, and editor, was born 12 April 1802 at the Diamond, Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, eldest son of James Trimble (1774–1860), officer of militia, petty sessions clerk, and elder in the secession presbyterian church, and his wife Ann (…...
Tudor, Sir (Henry) Hugh
Tudor, Sir (Henry) Hugh (1871–1965), soldier and chief of police, was born at Newton Abbot, south Devon, England, only surviving son of the Rev. Harry Tudor, rector of Wolborough parish and subsequently sub-dean of Exeter cathedral; details of his mother are unknown. He joined the…...
Turner, Alfred Edward
Turner, Alfred Edward (1842–1918), army officer, RIC special commissioner, and vice-regal private secretary, was born 3 March 1842 in London, the eldest son of Richard E. Turner, BL, a bencher at the Inner Temple, and his wife, Frances, daughter…...
Ward, John
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