Co. Down

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Sullivan, Robert

Sullivan, Robert (1800–68), educationist and textbook writer, was born 3 January 1800 at Holywood, Co. Down. His father, Daniel Sullivan, a native of Co. Kerry, was a customs official stationed at Holywood, where he married Mary McClement in 1797; Robert was the second of their…

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,…

Thompson, Samuel Herbert Hall-

Thompson, Samuel Herbert Hall- (1885–1954), unionist politician, was born in Crawfordsburn, Co. Down, son of Robert Thompson, chairman of Lindsay, Thompson & Co. Ltd, flax spinners, who owned residences in both Crawfordsburn and Belfast. Robert Thompson was later to become the…

Thomson, James

Thomson, James (1786–1849), professor of mathematics, was born 13 November 1786 in Annaghmore, near Ballynahinch, Co. Down, third son and fifth child of James Thomson and Agnes Thomson (née Nesbit), farmers. James was taught to read by his older sisters, worked his way unaided…

Thomson, Sir William

Thomson, Sir William (1843–1909), surgeon and medical writer, was born 29 June 1843 at Downpatrick, Co. Down, youngest and only surviving son of William Thomson, originally from Lanark, Scotland, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Thomas Patterson of Monklands, Lanarkshire. His…

Thomson, Sir William Willis Dalziel

Thomson, Sir William Willis Dalziel (1885–1950), doctor, was born 8 September 1885 at Anahilt House, Hillsborough, Co. Down, first (and possibly only) son and fourth child of Dr William Thomson, JP, and Elizabeth Thomson (née Greer). He…

Tomelty, Joseph

Tomelty, Joseph (1911–95), actor and playwright, was born 12 March 1911 in Portaferry, Co. Down, son of James Tomelty, house painter and keen traditional musician, and Mary Tomelty (née Drumgoole). Apprenticed to his father's trade from the local school Ballyphilip at the age of 12…

Trevor, Helen Mabel

Trevor, Helen Mabel (1831–1900), artist, was born 20 December 1831 in Lisnagead House, Loughbrickland, Co. Down, eldest daughter of Edward Hill Trevor, Esq.; her mother's name is not known. She began drawing from an early age and her father encouraged her by fitting out a studio in…

Trevor, Marcus

Trevor, Marcus (1618–1670), 1st Viscount Dungannon, army officer and royalist, was born 15 April 1618 at Rostrevor, Co. Down, the eldest son of Sir Edward Trevor's marriage (his second) to Rose, daughter of Henry Ussher (qv), archbishop of…

Trotter, John Bernard

Trotter, John Bernard (1774–1818), publicist, secretary to Charles James Fox, and pedestrian traveller, was the second of the three sons of Edward Trotter (1729?–77), prebendary of St Andrew's, Downpatrick, and rector of Inch, Co. Down, as well as agent to the Southwell estate, and…

Tulloch, Sir Alexander Murray

Tulloch, Sir Alexander Murray (1803–64), general and army reformer, was born in Newry, Co. Down, eldest of four children of Capt. John Tulloch, a veteran of Gen. Ralph Abercromby's (qv) Egyptian…

Turnly, Francis

Turnly, Francis (1765/6–1845), landlord and philanthropist, was born probably in Newtownards, Co. Down, second son and fourth child among three sons and four daughters of Francis Turnly (d. 1801), a merchant and property owner in Newtownards and Belfast, who was connected with several…

Walkem, George Anthony

Walkem, George Anthony (1834–1908), judge and premier of British Columbia, Canada, was born 14 November 1834 at Newry, Co. Down, eldest of at least two sons of Charles Walkem, surveyor; nothing is known of his mother. His family moved to Quebec in 1847 when his father was appointed to…

Wallace, Robert Hugh

Wallace, Robert Hugh (1860–1929), Orangeman, soldier and political activist, was born in English Street, Downpatrick, Co. Down, on 14 December 1860, son of William Nevin Wallace, solicitor and landowner, and his second wife, Catherine Mary (d. 1877), daughter of Francis Charles…

Wallace, William

Wallace, William (1791–1837), surgeon, dermatologist, and venereologist, was born in Downpatrick, Co. Down, son of a solicitor. He is arguably the leading figure in the history of dermatology in Ireland. Apprenticed (1808) to Charles Bowden, a Dublin surgeon, he transferred after…

Walmsley, James Andrew

Walmsley, James Andrew (1912–2008), Indian civil servant and Dublin businessman, was born 4 October 1912 at The Green, in the townland of Aughnahoory, near Kilkeel, Co. Down, eldest of four boys of James Charles Walmsley, a farmer, and Margaret ('Peggy') Walmsley (née Fairbairn),…

Walsh, Joseph (‘Joe’)

Walsh, Joseph (‘Joe’) (1931–95), travel agent and tour operator, was born in Bangor, Co. Down, and educated at St Patrick's College, Armagh. On leaving school he worked for the Ulster Transport Authority and later moved to London, where he worked for the travel agency firm Thomas…

Warden, David Bailie

Warden, David Bailie (1772–1845), United Irishman, diplomat, and bibliographer, was born at Ballycastle, Co. Down, eldest among three sons of Robert Warden, tenant farmer, and Elizabeth Warden (née Bailie). Educated locally, he studied for the presbyterian ministry, despite being…

Ward, Maxwell Richard Crosbie

Ward, Maxwell Richard Crosbie (1868–1950), 6th Viscount Bangor , politician, was born 4 May 1868, third son of Henry William Crosbie (1828–1911), 5th Viscount Bangor, representative peer, JP and DL

Warnock, John Edmund

Warnock, John Edmund (1887–1971), barrister and politician, was born 8 May 1887 in Belfast, son of John Warnock, commercial traveller, and Mary Warnock (née McDonnell). He was educated at Methodist College, Belfast, and TCD, where he…

Watts, Robert

Watts, Robert (1820–95), presbyterian scholar, was born 10 July 1820 in Moneylane, near Dundrum, Co. Down, youngest among fourteen children; nothing further is known of his family background. He attended RBAI for a time,…

Weaver, John

Weaver, John Andrew (1923–2013), soldier and physician, was born on 20 December 1923 at Ballytrim, Killyleagh, Co. Down, the elder of two sons of William Weaver, a farmer, and his wife Emily, a former bank official. The family had farmed flax for generations at Ballytrim, but moved to…

Welsh, Elizabeth

Welsh, Elizabeth (1843–1921), pioneering woman academic and mistress of Girton College, Cambridge, was born 31 March 1843 in Co. Down, eldest among four daughters of John Welsh of Gransha, Kircubbin, Co. Down, a farmer on over a hundred acres, probably prosperous and possibly also a…

Wickham, Sir Charles George

Wickham, Sir Charles George (1879–1971), soldier and policeman, was born 1 September 1879 at Chestnut Grove, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, fourth son of William Wickham Wickham and Katherine Henta Wickham. He was educated at Harrow School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.…

Williamson, John William Patrick

Williamson, John William Patrick (1922–2005), presbyterian minister in England and advocate of ecumenism, was born 24 April 1922 in the manse at Ballyroney, Co. Down, son of Ernest Hamilton Williamson (1892–1958), at that time presbyterian minister in Ballyroney, and his wife Hedwig…