Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh
Lewis, William Cudmore McCullagh (1885–1956), physical chemist, was born 29 June 1885 in Belfast, the only son of the five children of Edward Lewis, linen merchant, and his wife, Frances Welsh McCullagh, daughter of Rev. William Cudmore McCullagh of Ballysillan presbyterian church,…...
Livingston, John
Livingston, John (1603–72), presbyterian minister in Ireland and Scotland, was born 21 June 1603 at Kilsyth (also called ‘Monybroch’), Stirlingshire, one of three sons and four daughters of William Livingston, minister of Kilsyth, and Agnes Livingston (née Livingston). He was…...
Long, William Joseph
Long, William Joseph (1922–2008), politician and fisherman, was born 23 April 1922 in Stockton-on-Tees, England, the son of William Long and his wife Frederica (née Walker). He received his secondary education in Friends' School, Great Ayton (North Yorkshire), an agriculturally-oriented…...
Lowry, Alexander
Lowry, Alexander (d. 1821), Volunteer and United Irishman, was a son, or brother, of James Lowry, a prosperous presbyterian linen merchant at Linenhall, near Katesbridge, Co. Down, and his wife Elizabeth. Alexander Lowry was in 1792 a political radical, captain of the Ballyroney…...
Lynn, Robert John
Lynn, Robert John (1873–1945), unionist politician and journalist, was born near Bushmills, Co. Antrim, the son of a small farmer. Following his education at a local national school and further private tuition, in 1893 he began his journalistic career, first working in Derry and…...
MacAdam, James
MacAdam, James (1801–61), manufacturer and geologist, was born in High Street, Belfast, the first child and the elder of two surviving sons of James MacAdam (1775–1821), merchant, and Jane MacAdam (née Shipboy) (1774–1827), a Belfast native. Two siblings died in infancy while a…...
Macalister, Alexander
Macalister, Alexander (1844–1919), zoologist and anatomist, was born 9 April 1844 in Dublin, the second son of Robert Macalister, a member of an Argyllshire family who had come to reside in Dublin, and Margaret Anne Macalister (née Boyle), youngest daughter of Colonel James Boyle…...
MacBride, David
MacBride, David (1726–78), doctor and scientist, was born 26 April 1726 in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, son of Robert MacBride (1687–1759), presbyterian minister at Ballymoney, and his wife, a Miss Boyd from Killaghy, Co. Down, whose father may have been David Boyd. Robert McBride was…...
Mackenzie, John
Mackenzie, John (1649?–1696?), presbyterian minister and historian, was born in 1647 or 1649 in the north of Ireland, possibly in Co. Down, though the family was also associated with a farm at Lowcross, near Cookstown, Co. Tyrone. He was educated at Edinburgh university, and…...
MacKnight (McKnight), James
MacKnight (McKnight), James (1801–76), journalist and agrarian reformer, was born 27 February 1801 near Grallagh House, Rathfriland, Co. Down, son of an Irish-speaking presbyterian smallholder; other details of his parents are unknown. As a youth he aspired to the presbyterian…...
Maclaine, Archibald
Maclaine, Archibald (c.1650–1734), presbyterian minister, was the son of Alexander Maclaine, who was successively minister of Kilmaglass in Argyllshire and Kingarth on the isle of Bute, Scotland; his mother's name is not known. Archibald Maclaine graduated from the…...
Maclaine, Archibald
Maclaine, Archibald (1722–1804), presbyterian minister, was born in Monaghan, eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Maclaine, presbyterian minister of Monaghan; his mother may have been a Milling. The family had a strong tradition of service in the church: Archibald Maclaine's paternal…...
MacManus (McManus), Henry
MacManus (McManus), Henry (c.1819–1864), presbyterian minister, was born in Virginia, Co. Cavan. Nothing is known of his family background, though he was probably not related to Henry MacManus (qv) (d. 1878). He was educated…...
MacSparran (McSparran), James
MacSparran (McSparran), James (1693–1757), clergyman, was born on 10 September 1693, probably in Dungiven, Co. Londonderry, of unknown parents. He was the nephew, however, of Archibald MacSparran, a presbyterian minister and large landowner who had emigrated from the west of…...
Magee, Reginald Arthur Edward
Magee, Reginald Arthur Edward (1914–89), politician and surgeon, was born 18 August 1914 at Belfast, youngest son of James Magee, railway clerk, and his wife, Ellen (maiden name unknown), schoolteacher. Having won a senior prizeman in science at Campbell College, Belfast, he…...
Magee, Roy (Robert James)
Magee, Roy (Robert James) (1930–2009), presbyterian minister and peacemaker, was born in the Ballysillan area of north Belfast on 3 January 1930, only son (he had one sister) of John Magee, fitter in Mackie's engineering firm, and his wife Margaret (née Quinn). He grew up in the…...
Magill, Robert
Magill, Robert (1788–1839), presbyterian minister, was born 7 September 1788 in the village of Broughshane, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim, eldest of the five children of George Frederic Magill (1762–1828) and his wife, Sarah Boyd. He was educated locally by teachers named O'Hara,…...
Makemie, Francis
Makemie, Francis (c.1658–1708), presbyterian minister, was born near Ramelton, Co. Donegal, and educated at Glasgow University. The presbytery of Laggan, to which he had been introduced by Thomas Drummond in January 1680 and which had overseen his studies, licensed him to…...
Malcom, Andrew George
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Marshall, William Forbes
Marshall, William Forbes (1888–1959), presbyterian minister and writer, was born 8 May 1888 in Drumragh, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, second among three sons of Charles Marshall, school principal at Sixmilecross, and Mary Marshall (née Forbes); his mother died when he was 5 years old.…...
Martin, John
Martin, John (1812–75), nationalist journalist and politician, was born 8 September 1812 at Loughorne, near Newry, Co. Down, second son of Samuel Martin (d. 1831), a presbyterian farmer and co-owner of a linen manufactory, and Jane Martin (née Harshaw; d. 1847) of Ringbane. His…...
Martin, William
Martin, William (1729?–1807?), Reformed Presbyterian minister in Ireland and America, was born 16 May 1729 or 1733 at Ballyspallen, near Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry, eldest son of David Martin; his mother's name is not known. He had at least one sister, who was married in Scotland.…...
Mason, Thomas Holmes
Mason, Thomas Holmes (1877–1958), photographer, naturalist, meteorologist, and businessman, was born 9 September 1877, eldest among three children of Thomas Mason, optical manufacturer, and Sarah Mason (née Barry) of Dublin. Having worked in the family business in Parliament St.,…...
Massey, William Ferguson
Massey, William Ferguson (1856–1925), prime minister of New Zealand, was born 26 March 1856 at Keenaught near Limavady, Co. Londonderry, elder son of John Massey and Mary Anne (née Ferguson). His father was a tenant farmer from a long-established planter family; his mother's…...
Mastertown (Masterton), Charles
Mastertown (Masterton), Charles (1679–1750), presbyterian minister and moderator, was born 23 March 1679 in Scotland, probably in Linlithgowshire, of unknown parents, though he was the nephew of Lady Huggonfield. He was educated at Edinburgh University, graduating…...