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Greer, Samuel McCurdy

Greer, Samuel McCurdy (1809–80), barrister, judge, and politician, was born 20 July 1809 in Springvale, Co. Londonderry, the eldest son of Rev. Thomas Greer, presbyterian minister of Dunboe, Co. Londonderry, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Adam Caldwell,…

Grier, William John

Grier, William John (1902–83), protestant fundamentalist, is of unknown origins and parentage. He experienced a religious conversion at a mission preached by W. P. Nicholson (qv), which led to an intention to enter the church. In…

Gulston ('Scott'), Peter Craig

Gulston ('Scott'), Peter Craig (1931–2013), thief, variously described as the 'king of the cat burglars' and 'the human fly', was born on 18 February 1931 in Belfast, the younger of two children, to Frederick Arnott Gulston, chief commercial traveller for White, Tompkins and Courage…

Haddick, Victor Anderson

Haddick, Victor Anderson (1887–1950), soldier, traveller, writer, and film maker and promoter, was born 14 June 1887 at Crinkill (Crinkle), Parsonstown (Birr), King's Co. (Offaly), the eldest son of Richard J. Haddick, a soldier, and his wife Jane Anne (née Anderson). He was educated…

Haliday, Alexander Henry

Haliday, Alexander Henry (1727?–1802), physician and public figure in Belfast, was one of several sons of Samuel Haliday (qv), a presbyterian minister at Belfast. Intent on a career as a physician, Alexander Haliday…

Haliday (Halliday, Hollyday), Samuel

Haliday (Halliday, Hollyday), Samuel (1685–1739), presbyterian minister, was born probably in Omagh, Co. Tyrone, where his father, Samuel Haliday, was a presbyterian minister; his mother's name is not known. The elder Haliday was born 1637 in Scotland, and had been minister in a…

Hall, John

Hall, John (1829–98), presbyterian minister, was born 31 July 1829 in Ballygorman, Co. Armagh, eldest among eight children of William Hall, farmer and an elder in the presbyterian church, and Rachel Hall (née Macgowan). John was sent to a local school at Loughgilly and at the age…

Hamilton, Sir Robert George Crookshank

Hamilton, Sir Robert George Crookshank (1836–95), public servant, was born in Bressay, Shetland Islands, Scotland, son of Zachary Macaulay Hamilton (d. 1876), minister of the Church of Scotland, and his first wife, Anne (née Crookshank). He graduated

Hanna, Hugh

Hanna, Hugh (1821–92), presbyterian minister, was born 25 February 1821 near Dromara, Co. Down, eldest among three sons and two (possibly three) daughters of Peter Hanna, of Dromara farming stock, and his wife Ellen née Finiston, whose father had served in the Black Watch regiment…

Hanna, Samuel

Hanna, Samuel (1771–1852), presbyterian minister and professor, was born at Kellswater, Co. Antrim, fifth son of Robert Hanna of Kellswater, who may have been a farmer, or in trade, or both. His mother's name is not known. In 1789 he graduated MA…

Harshaw, James

Harshaw, James (1797–1867), farmer, diarist, and presbyterian nationalist, was born in the townland of Ringbane, Donaghmore parish, Co. Down, last child of James Harshaw and Mary Harshaw (née Bradford). The senior James was one of the major landholders in the eastern part of the…

Hartley, Travers

Hartley, Travers (1723–96), merchant and MP, was born in Dublin, eldest son of James Hartley (a younger scion of the family of Hartley of Beech Park, Clonsilla, Co. Dublin) and his wife Alice, daughter of the Rev. Elias Travers. Prospering in city business from the 1750s, and…

Haslett (Hazlett), Alexander

Haslett (Hazlett), Alexander (1883–1951), Orange leader and politician, was born 24 July 1883 in Derryvane, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, youngest son among four sons and one daughter of James Haslett, farmer, and Mary Haslett (née Watt). Educated at Glaslough national school, while…

Hemphill, Samuel

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Hemphill, Samuel

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Hemphill, Samuel

Hemphill, Samuel (fl.1729–1735), Hemphill, Samuel (d. 1741), and Hemphill, Samuel (d. 1761), were all presbyterian ministers, may have been related, and have at times been confused with one another, or with other Hemphills, by later writers. Samuel Hemphill (b. c.…

Henderson, James

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Henderson, James

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Henderson, James

Henderson, James (1797–1863), newspaper proprietor, was one of possibly five sons of James Henderson, a prominent merchant in Belfast, and Amelia Henderson (née Magill or McGill), both of Castlereagh, Co. Down; there were also two daughters. One of his brothers, Alexander…

Henderson, James Alexander

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Henderson, Oscar

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Henry, Pooley Shuldham

Henry, Pooley Shuldham (1801–81), presbyterian minister and first president of QCB, was born in Randalstown, Co. Antrim, son of Thomas Henry (d. 1830), presbyterian minister and son of a minister, and his wife (m. 1794), Ellen or Elinor Shuldham (d. 1845), of a gentry family from…

Henry, Samuel (‘Sam’)

Henry, Samuel (‘Sam’) (1878–1952), folk-song collector, was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, youngest among five sons of William Henry and Mary Henry (née Biggart). He had two sisters; one of his brothers became town clerk of Coleraine. Educated locally, he entered the customs…

Herbison, David

Herbison, David (1800–80), linen weaver and poet, was born 14 October 1800 in Mill St., Ballymena, Co. Antrim, third son of William Herbison, innkeeper, and his wife Elizabeth (née Wilson). They probably had at least one more child, a daughter. David suffered from smallpox when he…

Hermon, Sir John Charles ('Jack')

Hermon, Sir John Charles ('Jack') (1928–2008), chief constable of the RUC (1980–89), was born 23 November 1928 in Castletown, Islandmagee (near Whitehead), Co. Antrim, youngest of four children (three sons and a daughter) of William Rowan Hermon, building contractor, and his wife Agnes…