Crawford, John
Crawford, John (1746–1813), doctor, medical publisher and public benefactor, was born 3 May 1746 at Ballytromery near Crumlin, Co. Antrim, second son among six children of Thomas Crawford (d. 1782), presbyterian minister and farmer, and Anne Crawford (née Mackay). His elder brother was…...
Crawford, William
Crawford, William (1740?–1800), presbyterian minister, Volunteer, and educationist, was born at Ballytromery, Crumlin, Co. Antrim, eldest son of Thomas Crawford (1696?–1782), minister there for fifty-eight years, and Anne (née Mackay); the youngest son was…...
Crofton, Zachary
Crofton, Zachary (1626?–1672), nonconformist minister, was born in Dublin, youngest son of Daniel Crofton (d. 1651?); his mother's name is unknown. He entered TCD (16 July 1641); presumably, despite the troubled political conditions of…...
Crombie, James
Crombie, James (1730–90), presbyterian minister and founder of Belfast Academy, was born in Perth, Scotland, on 6 or 16 December 1730, eldest son of James Crombie, stonemason, and May Crombie (née Johnstoun). James was seriously ill as a young child, and it was believed that he…...
Crookshanks, John
Crookshanks, John (d. 1666), presbyterian minister, was son of John Crookshanks, presbyterian minister of Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland, and his wife Janet (née Young), daughter of the previous minister of Redgorton. His father (with whom he has been confused) seems also to have…...
Croskery, Thomas
Croskery, Thomas (1830–86), presbyterian minister and theological author, was born 21 or 26 May 1830, son of Thomas Croskery and Agnes Croskery (née Cosby). The family moved from Carrowdore, Co. Down, to Downpatrick when Croskery was a small child, and he was educated there by…...
Crotty, William
Crotty, William (1808–56), catholic priest and presbyterian minister, was born at Broadford, Co. Clare, son of Patrick Crotty and his wife Sarah (née Vaughan), and educated at the Irish college, Paris, being ordained priest there on 12 January 1832. He was appointed curate in…...
Cunningham, Daniel John
Cunningham, Daniel John (1850–1909), anatomist, was born 15 April 1850 in the manse of Crieff, Perthshire, the youngest of three sons of John Cunningham and Susan, née Porteous; there were also four daughters. John Cunningham was a minister of the Church of Scotland, and later…...
Cunningham, James Glencairn
Cunningham, James Glencairn (1903–96), Northern Ireland senator and newspaper proprietor, was born 15 May 1903 at Glencairn, Belfast, third son of Samuel Cunningham (qv), stockbroker and NI…...
Cunningham, Josias
Cunningham, Josias (1819–95), stockbroker, was born 19 January 1819 at Rosemary St., Belfast, eldest son of Barber Cunningham (1787–1841) who was a partner with his brother Josias in the tobacco manufacturing and importing firm of Josias & Barber Cunningham, Belfast, and his…...
Cunningham, Samuel
Cunningham, Samuel (1862–1946), stockbroker and Northern Ireland senator, was born 14 October 1862 at Glencairn, Belfast, third son of Josias Cunningham (qv) (1819–95) who founded the stockbroking firm of Josias Cunningham & Co…...
Cunningham, Sir Josias
Cunningham, Sir Josias (1934–2000), stockbroker and unionist, was born 20 January 1934, eldest son of Josias Cunningham (1899–1986) of Crookedstone, Co. Antrim, and Fernhill, Belfast, partner in the firm of Josias Cunningham & Co., and his wife, Isobel Mary Hazel, only daughter of…...
Cunningham, Waddell
Cunningham, Waddell (1728/9–1797), merchant and public figure in Belfast, was born at Ballymacilhoyle in the parish of Killead, Co. Antrim, the youngest son in the large family of John Cunningham and his wife, Jane, daughter of James Waddell of Islandderry, a townland in the…...
Davey, (James) Ernest
Davey, (James) Ernest (1890–1960), presbyterian scholar, was born 24 June 1890 in the manse of First Ballymena presbyterian congregation, Co. Antrim, eldest son among five sons and two daughters of Charles Davey, the minister there, and Margaret Davey (née Beatty). One of his…...
Davey, Ray (Robert Raymond
Davey, Ray (Robert Raymond ) (1915–2012), presbyterian minister and founder of the Corrymeela Community, was born on 10 January 1915 in Dunmurry, outside Belfast, the son of Robert Davey (d. 1946), presbyterian minister of Dunmurry, and Charlotte Davey (née Higginson). His parents…...
Davidson, Samuel
Davidson, Samuel (1806–98), biblical scholar, was born probably in September 1806 in Kellswater, Co. Antrim, son of Abraham Davidson, farmer, and Margaret Davidson (née Mewha), who had at least one other child, a daughter. Samuel attended a local school, for whose master, James…...
Dhammaloka (Carroll, Laurence)
Dhammaloka (Carroll, Laurence) (b. c.1856), Buddhist monk in Burma (Myanmar), was probably born in 1856 in south Co. Dublin, son of a grocer in Booterstown. All that is known of his life prior to his emergence as a public figure in colonial Burma in 1900 derives from his own…...
Dickson, Charles
Dickson, Charles (1886–1978), physician and historian, was born at Dromore, Co. Down, on 20 January 1886, son of John Mitchel Dickson, a linen merchant whose mother, Matilda (d. 1897), was a sister of John Mitchel (qv). Later the family, who…...
Dickson, William Steel
Dickson, William Steel (1744–1824), presbyterian minister and radical reformer, was born 25 December 1744 at Ballycraigy, Co. Antrim, the eldest son of John Dickson, farmer, and his wife Jane Dickson (née Steel). As a child he apparently benefited little from ‘the almost useless…...
Dill, Edward Marcus
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Dillon, Michael
Dillon, Michael (1915–62), physician, writer, Buddhist novice-monk and the first person known to surgically transition from female to male, was born Laura Maud Dillon on 1 May 1915 in Ladbroke Grove, London, England. Dillon was the second child of Robert Arthur Dillon (1865–1925),…...
Dill, Richard
Dill, Richard (1807–58), presbyterian minister, was born in Knowehead, Co. Donegal on 3 May 1807, the second among three sons of Richard Dill, a well-known and intellectually formidable presbyterian minister of Knowehead, Muff, Co. Donegal, and his wife Grace (née Cochrane), from…...
Dill, Samuel Marcus
Dill, Samuel Marcus (1812–70), presbyterian minister, was the first president of the ‘complete’ (arts and divinity) college in Londonderry which had eventually resulted from the much controverted legacy (1840s) of Mrs Martha Maria…...
Dill, Sir Samuel
Dill, Sir Samuel (1844–1924), classical scholar, historian, and educationalist, was born 26 March 1844 at Hillsborough, Co. Down, eldest son of the Rev. Marcus Dill, DD, presbyterian minister of Hillsborough, and Anna Dill (née Moreland). He…...
Donaghy, John Lyle
Donaghy, John Lyle (1902–49), poet, was born near Larne, Co. Antrim, on 28 July 1902, the eldest son of Revd John Lyle Donaghy, a minister of First Larne Presbyterian Church, and Jessie Meikle Donaghy (née Gardner-Smith). Educated at Larne grammar school and…...