Burgh, William
Burgh, William (1741–1808), politician and religious polemicist, was the eldest son among eight children of Thomas Burgh (1696–1758) of Bert, Co. Kildare, landowner and MP for Lanesborough, Co. Longford (1727–58), and his wife Anne, daughter of Dives Downes, bishop of Cork and…...
Burke (de Burgo), Roland
Burke (de Burgo), Roland (d. 1580), catholic and protestant bishop, was the son of Redmond Burke of Tynagh, Co. Galway, and the grandson of Uilleag Burke (qv) (d. 1509), lord of the MacWilliam Uachtar. He…...
Burneyeat (Burnyeat), John
Burneyeat (Burnyeat), John (1631–90), quaker missionary, was born in Crabtreebeck, Cumberland. A pious, industrious farmer, he attended a meeting held by George Fox in 1653 and afterwards joined the Society of Friends. Following his conversion, he continued to farm and did not begin to…...
Butcher, Samuel
Butcher, Samuel (1811–76), scholar and Church of Ireland bishop of Meath, the eldest son of Vice-Admiral Samuel Butcher and his wife, Elizabeth (née Herbert), of Cahirnane, Co. Kerry, was born at his father's home in Danesfort, Killarney, Co. Kerry. He was educated at home until…...
Butler, Edmund
Butler, Edmund (d. 1551), Roman catholic and Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel, was an illegitimate son of Piers Butler (qv), 8th earl of Ormond and 1st earl of Ossory. He became a regular Augustinian canon and is said…...
Butler, John
Butler, John (c.1731–1800), 12th Baron Dunboyne , sometime Roman Catholic bishop of Cork, was born at Grange in the parish of Kiltinan, Co. Tipperary, third son of Edmund Butler, 8th Baron Dunboyne, and his wife, Anne Grace, widow of Richard Nagle. He was ordained in…...
Butler, Richard
Butler, Richard (1794–1862), clergyman and antiquarian, was born 14 October 1794 near Granard, Co. Longford, second son among six sons and a daughter of Richard Butler, clergyman in Burnchurch, Co. Kilkenny, and Martha Butler (née Rothwell). He attended Kilkenny College and…...
Butler, William Archer
Butler, William Archer (1812?–1848), clergyman and professor of moral philosophy, was second son of Pierce Archer Butler and Anna Maria Butler (née Gallwey); their seven children were brought up as Roman Catholics by their mother, though the father, who had several times been…...
Cambridge, Alice
Cambridge, Alice (1762–1829), preacher, was born 1 January 1762 in Bandon, Co. Cork, of a presbyterian mother and anglican father, of whom no further details are known. She was brought up in the established church. Though she completed her formal education at an early age, she…...
Cameron, John
Cameron, John (1724–99), presbyterian minister and writer, was born in Scotland; some sources say near Edinburgh, though Kinross is also mentioned. Nothing is known of his parents. He was apprenticed to an Edinburgh bookseller, and among the books picked up a love of literature…...
Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Alexander (1788–1866), church leader in the US, was born 12 September 1788, possibly at Shane's Castle, near Antrim, or in Broughshane, Co. Antrim, eldest son of Thomas Campbell and Jane Campbell (née Corneigle), who married in 1787 and later had four daughters and two younger…...
Campbell, Thomas
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Campbell, Thomas
Campbell, Thomas (1733–95), Church of Ireland clergyman and miscellaneous writer, was born at Glack, Co. Tyrone, on 4 May 1733, the eldest son of the Rev. Moses Campbell (1695?–1772) and his wife, Elizabeth (née Johnston) of Tully, Co. Monaghan. He entered…...
Campbell, William
Campbell, William (1727–1805), presbyterian minister and scholar, was born 9 November 1727, one of the three sons of Robert Campbell, a merchant of Newry, and his second wife, Mary, daughter of Robert Murdoch of Newry. He matriculated to the University of Glasgow in 1744. He was…...
Carey, John
Carey, John (1800–91), presbyterian minister, was born 15 June 1800 in Duneane, near Toome, Co. Antrim, probably in the townland of Cloghogue, son of John and Margaret Carey. Two brothers died in 1842 of fever. He later claimed a distinguished lineage, but though he inherited property…...
Carlile, James
Carlile, James (1784–1854), presbyterian minister and administrator, was born in Paisley, Scotland, and baptised 15 February 1784 in Paisley Abbey, eldest surviving son among twelve children of James Carlile, a prosperous thread manufacturer, distantly related to the historian…...
Carpenter, Nathanael
Carpenter, Nathanael (1589–1628), scholar and clergyman, was born 7 February 1589 in Northleigh, Devon, England, where his father, John Carpenter (d. 1621), had a living as a clergyman. No details of his mother are known. He matriculated (June 1605) at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and…...
Carr, George Whitmore
Carr, George Whitmore (1780–1849), clergyman and temperance pioneer, was born in New Ross, Co. Wexford, eldest son of the Rev. Edward Carr, rector (1802–15) of Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny, and Sarah Carr (née Foster) of Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny. Educated at the John Ivory endowed…...
Carson, Alexander
Carson, Alexander (1776–1844), nonconformist minister, was born c.September 1776 at Annahone, near Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone, eldest son of William Carson. His mother's name and his father's occupation are unknown. Intended for the ministry at an early age, he was…...
Challoner, Luke
Challoner, Luke (1550–1613), Church of Ireland clergyman and vice-provost of Trinity College, Dublin, was born into a prosperous family, which had emigrated from London to Dublin late in Henry VIII's reign. All that is known of his father is that he owned property in Dublin, but…...
Chappell, William
Chappell, William (1582–1649), protestant bishop of Cork and Ross, and provost of TCD, was born 10 December 1582 at Lexington, Nottinghamshire, England, and was educated at Mansfield Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge (…...
Charles, Robert Henry
Charles, Robert Henry (1855–1931), Biblical scholar, was born 6 August 1855 at Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, probably in Loy House, fifth of the seven sons of Dr David H. Charles and Annie E. Charles (née Allen). He attended Belfast Academy and won a scholarship to…...
Chenevix, Richard
Chenevix, Richard (1697–1779), church of Ireland bishop, was born early in 1697, son of Philip Chenevix, colonel in the Guards, and grandson of Philip Chenevix, a huguenot clergyman who fled in 1685 from Limay, France, to England. Nothing is known of his mother. Richard was…...
Clare, Wallace George
Clare, Wallace George (1895–1963), priest and genealogist, was born 9 August 1895 in Ipswich, Suffolk, the only son of Frederick Clare, wine buyer, and Agnes Clare (née Keegan). His father died when Wallace was 2 years old, and his mother brought him and his sister up in…...
Clarke, Adam
Clarke, Adam (1760/62–1832), methodist minister and scholar, was born at Moybeg, near Maghera, Co. Londonderry, son of John Clarke (fl. 1762), schoolmaster, whose early marriage to a Miss McLean prevented him from completing a degree in…...