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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…

Carlisle, Alexander Montgomery

Carlisle, Alexander Montgomery (1854–1926), ship designer and businessman, and his two brothers John Carlisle (1856–1945), engineer and shipowner, and Henry Montgomery Carlisle (1863?–1945), shipowner, were sons of John Carlisle (d. 1884), teacher, and Catherine Carlisle (née…

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…

Clark, Thomas

Clark, Thomas (1720–92), presbyterian minister, was born in Paisley, Scotland. He was a student in 1744 in the theological hall of the associate presbytery of Scotland, and seems to have had some medical training; in 1745, while a student, he joined the duke of Cumberland's army…

Clerk, Matthew

Clerk, Matthew (1659–1735), presbyterian minister, was born near Kilrea, Co. Londonderry; nothing is known of his family. He attended Glasgow University around 1679, and survived the siege of Derry (1689), where he held the rank of lieutenant and suffered a head wound; he…

Clinton, Charles

Clinton, Charles (1690–1773), colonist in America, was born in Co. Longford. It is possible that he was distantly related to the de Clintons, prominent Anglo-Norman landowners in Co. Longford and Co. Louth who remained catholic until 1660 at the earliest. Alternatively he may have…

Clotworthy, Sir John

Clotworthy, Sir John (d. 1665), 1st Viscount Massereene and politician, was the son of Sir Hugh Clotworthy who, together with a number of other Devon gentry, had come to Ireland with the army in the 1590s. Hugh Clotworthy married Mary, the daughter of Roger Langford, also an ex-…

Clotworthy, Upton

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Cooke, Henry

Cooke, Henry (1788–1868), presbyterian leader and minister, was born 11 February 1788 at the Grillagh, near Maghera, Co. Londonderry, fourth and youngest child of John Macook, tenant farmer, and his second wife Jane (née Howe). Educated in local hedge schools and Glasgow…

Cooper, Bob (Robert George)

Cooper, Bob (Robert George) (1936–2004), politician and civil servant, was born in Co. Donegal on 24 June 1936, elder son of William Hugh Cooper, schoolteacher, and his wife Annie (née Pollock). He was educated at Foyle College, Derry, then studied law at Queen's University, Belfast…

Corkey, Robert

Corkey, Robert (1881–1966), presbyterian minister and politician, was born 20 May 1881 at Glendermott Manse, Co. Londonderry, seventh son among eight sons and three daughters of Rev. Joseph Corkey, MA, LLD,…

Corkey, William

Corkey, William (1877–1964), presbyterian minister, was born 15 June 1877, sixth son among eight sons and three daughters of the Rev. Joseph Corkey, presbyterian minister of Glendermott, Co. Londonderry, and Isabella Corkey (née Sloane) from Edinburgh. The eight sons in the family…

Corry, John

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Corry, Sir James Porter White

Corry, Sir James Porter White (1826–91), businessman and public figure in Belfast, and John Corry (1831–1908), architect, businessman, and inventor, were the two elder of three sons of Robert Corry (1800–69), quarryowner, and Jane Corry (née Porter) of Turnagardy, near…

Cowan, (Robert) Barry

Cowan, (Robert) Barry (1948–2004), journalist and broadcaster, was born 1 February 1948 in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, one of two sons of Fred Cowan, a manager in the Ulster Transport Authority, and his wife Myrtle (née Gilliland Patterson). Barry was brought up a presbyterian. The…

Craghead (Craighead), Robert, senior

Craghead (Craighead), Robert, senior (1633–1711), presbyterian minister, was born in Scotland, probably in the east of the country, and graduated MA (1653) from St Andrews university. He was licensed as a commonwealth minister in the parish church of…

Craghead, Thomas

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Craighead, Alexander

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Craighead, Robert

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Craig, James Humbert

Craig, James Humbert (1877–1944), landscape painter, was born 12 July 1877 at 16 Brougham St., Belfast, second of five children and the only son of Alexander Craig, wholesale merchant, and his wife Marie Metezzen, a Swiss national, who had married in Belfast in 1874. Soon after…

Craig, Samuel

Craig, Samuel (1816–1901), presbyterian minister, was one of at least four sons of the Rev. Samuel Craig of Crossroads, Co. Londonderry, who was prominent in the Seceding church, and his wife, a Gamble from Loughgilly. Two of her brothers were ministers; another of the sons, James…

Crawford, Adair

Crawford, Adair (1748–96), doctor and chemist, was born in Ballytromery, near Crumlin, Co. Antrim, third son among four sons and two daughters of Thomas Crawford, presbyterian minister in Crumlin 1724–82, and Anne Crawford (née Mackay). His brothers were Thomas Crawford,…

Crawford, James Sharman

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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…