Scotland

Smith, Thomas Berry Cusack (1795–1866), attorney general, was born 15 November 1795, second son of Sir William Cusack Smith (qv), politician, judge, and baron of the Irish exchequer, and his wife, Hester, daughter of Thomas…

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Smyllie, Robert Maire (1893–1954), journalist and editor of the Irish Times, was born 20 March 1893 at Hill St., Shettleton, Glasgow, eldest among four sons and one daughter of Robert Smyllie (fl. 1900), a presbyterian, and Elisabeth Follis, originally from Cork…

Spottiswood, James (1567–1645), Church of Ireland bishop of Clogher, was born at Calder in Scotland on 7 September 1567, the second son of John Spottiswood (1509/10–1585) and Beatrix Crichton; his elder brother, John Spottiswoode, became archbishop of St Andrews. Educated at…

Stewart, Alexander (1854–1926), trade unionist and political activist, was born in October 1854 in Glasgow, Scotland; no details of his parents are known. He appears to have been educated locally at what he described as ‘a private adventure school’ which was identified with the…

Stewart, Alfred Walter (1880–1947), chemist and writer, was born 5 September 1880 in Glasgow, youngest of three sons of Professor William Stewart, dean of the faculties at Glasgow university, and Jane Stewart (née Richardson). He was educated at Glasgow University from 1898,…

Strachan, John (1862–1907), philologist and celticist, was born 31 January 1862 in Keith, Banffshire, Scotland, son of James Strachan, owner of Brae farm, and Ann Strachan (née Kerr). He was educated at Keith grammar school and entered King's College, Aberdeen, in 1877 at the age of…

Symington, Johnson (1851–1924), anatomist, was born in Church Road, Linslade, Buckinghamshire, third child among four sons and a daughter of William Symington, a Scots draper and tea-dealer, and his English wife Mary (née Dring). Educated at Taunton School, Somerset, he entered the…

Taylor, Alexander (1746–1828), military engineer, surveyor, and cartographer, was born in Aberdeen, Scotland; his father may have been William Taylor, a surveyor at Fort George, near Inverness. Having first worked as a land surveyor in Scotland, Alexander joined the army in 1777 and…

Taylor, George Watson (c.1770–1841), MP and private secretary, was probably born in 1770, fourth son of George Watson and Isabella Watson (née Stevenson), of Saul's River, Jamaica. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1788 but it is unlikely that he ever practised…

Templeton, Robert (1802–92), naturalist and artist, was born 12 December 1802 in Belfast, the only son and second among five children of John Templeton (qv), prosperous merchant, philanthropist, and pioneering naturalist, and his wife…

Thom, Alexander (1801–79), printer and founder of Thom's Almanac, was born 18 April 1801 in Scotland (sources variously name Bervie, Findhorn, or Aberdeen as his place of birth), son of Walter Thom, writer, editor, and journalist. He was educated at the High School in…

Thomson, George (1799–1886), military and railway engineer, was born 19 September 1799 at Fairley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, second son of George Thomson and his wife Agnes (née Dingwall). Initially educated by private tutor, he entered the East India Company's military college at…

Thomson, (John Smith) Bryden (‘Jack’) (1928–91), conductor, was born 26 July 1928 in Ayr, Scotland. He was educated in Ayr Academy, and then at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow, where he won many prizes. In 1954 he gained a scholarship to study conducting with Hans…

Thomson, William (1824–1907), 1st Baron Kelvin of Largs , physicist, was born 26 June 1824 at College Square East, Belfast, son of James Thomson (qv), who taught in the RBAI, and…

Tillie, William (1822–1904), shirt manufacturer, was born in October 1822 in Crookston Mains, in the parish of Stow, Midlothian, Scotland, son of John Tillie and his wife Jannet Tillie (née Brown), who were substantial farmers; he had at least two brothers and a sister. Until Tillie…

Tinney, Mary Catherine (1924–2006), diplomat, was born on 15 February 1924 in Scotland, where her parents were living briefly. When her father, Eamonn Tinney, an income tax official, was posted to Letterkenny, they returned to his home county, Donegal; her mother, Winifred Tinney (née…

Todd, James Eadie (1885–1949), professor of history at QUB, was born on 2 September 1885 in Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, son of the Rev. James Todd and Isabella Todd. He was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, the University of Edinburgh (MA…

Tod, Isabella Maria Susan (1836–96), feminist and reformer, was born 18 May 1836 in Edinburgh, daughter of James Banks Tod, merchant, and Maria Isabella Tod (née Waddell). There was at least one other child, a brother who became a prosperous merchant in London. Tod seems to have had no…

Tullio, Paolo Luigi Mario (1949–2015), restaurant owner, writer and food critic, was born on 20 August 1949 in Falkirk, Scotland, the only child of Dionisio Tullio, a restaurant owner and his wife Irene (née Fusco). Although Tullio’s parents were Italian, his mother was raised between…

Tunney, Paddy (1921–2002), traditional singer, was born 28 January 1921 in Glasgow, Scotland, the third of the eight children, three boys and five girls, of Patrick Tunney, labourer, of Mulleek, Belleek, Co. Fermanagh, and Brigid Tunney (1887–1975), folk singer. Brigid was born 14 June…

Veitch, James Andrew (c.1770–1856?), surgeon, was born in Scotland and graduated MD from Edinburgh University. He then served as a surgeon in the British army, and was quartered in Longford during the 1798 rebellion. As the first…

Webb, Alfred John (1834–1908), radical reformer and nationalist, was born 10 June 1834 at 160 Great Brunswick St. (later Pearse St.), Dublin, eldest son of quaker parents, Richard Davis Webb, printer, and Hannah Webb (née Waring). His parents were deeply involved in campaigns for…

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…

Wheatley, John (1869–1930), socialist and publisher, was born 19 May 1869 at Bunmahon, Co. Waterford, eldest among three sons and seven daughters of Thomas Wheately, copper miner of Welsh extraction, and Johanna Wheately (née Ryan); it is not known when he came to use the spelling…