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…...
Crossley, Francis (‘Frank’) William
Crossley, Francis (‘Frank’) William (1839–97), engineer and evangelist, and his brothers Sir William John (1844–1911), engineer, and (Thomas) Hastings (Henry) (1846–1926), classical scholar, were sons of Maj. Francis Crossley of the East India Company, governor of the Andaman Islands…...
Crossley, Hastings
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Crossley, William John
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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…...
Darby, John Nelson
Darby, John Nelson (1800–82), religious leader and writer, was born 18 November 1800 in Great George's St., London, sixth and youngest son of John Darby and Anne Darby (née Vaughan); there were also three daughters, one of whom married (1806)…...
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…...
De Blacam, Aodh (Hugh Saunders Blackham, Aodh Sandrach de Blacam)
De Blacam, Aodh (Hugh Saunders Blackham, Aodh Sandrach de Blacam) (1891–1951), journalist and politician, was born Hugh Saunders Blackham in London on 11 December 1891, son of William George Blackham, a Newry-born apothecary, and his English wife Elizabeth (née Saunders). He was…...
Delaune, Thomas
Delaune, Thomas (d. 1685), nonconformist writer, was born in Brinny, Co. Cork, son of a poor catholic tenant farmer. Maj. Riggs (fl. 1650–95), landowner and one of the earliest supporters of the baptists in Cork, was impressed by his ability and sent him to a friary at…...
Denny, Sir Edward
Denny, Sir Edward (1796–1889), MP and hymn-writer, was born 2 October 1796 in Dublin, eldest son of Sir Edward Denny, 3rd baronet, of Tralee Castle, Co. Kerry, and Elizabeth Denny, daughter and heir of Robert Day, MP. Educated at Eton, and later Exeter College, Oxford, he…...
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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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…...