Belfast

Green, Edward Rodney Richey (1920–81), historian, was born 1 March 1920 in Belfast, only son of Edward Thomas Green, businessman, and his wife Evelyn Green. He was educated at the RBAI, matriculated in 1937 into…

Greeves, John Ernest (1910–87), civil servant, was born 9 October 1910 at Grange, Co. Tyrone, fourth son of Robert Douglas Greeves (1867–1950) and Sarah Louisa Greeves (1876–1924) (née Hobson). Educated at Moy primary school and Dungannon Royal School, he sat the Northern…

Gregg, Anne (Deirdre) (1940–2006), broadcaster and travel writer, was born 11 February 1940 in Dundonald, east Belfast. Her father was a civil servant employed in the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland and her mother was a dressmaker. She had one brother. Anne attended Strathearn…

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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…

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…

Hamilton, Elizabeth (1758–1816), writer, was born 25 July 1758 in Belfast, the youngest child of Charles Hamilton, a merchant from an old Scottish family, the Hamiltons of Woodhall, and his wife Katherine (Mackay) Hamilton (d. 1767) of Dublin. She had one sister, Katharine, and one…

Hamilton, Thomas (1842–1926), presbyterian minister and president of QCB, was born 28 August 1842 in Belfast, one of two sons of Rev. David Hamilton, the first presbyterian minister of York Street congregation, Belfast, and moderator of the general assembly in Ireland (1854), and…

Hammond, David Andrew ('Davy') (1928–2008), singer, folklorist, television producer and documentary maker, was born on 5 December 1928 in Miss Kells's nursing home on the Castlereagh Road in Belfast, the son of Leslie Hammond, a tram driver, and his wife Annie (née Lamont). His parents…

Hanna, Francis (‘Frank’) (1915–87), lawyer and politician, was born in the Falls Road area of Belfast and was educated at St Mary's CBS, Belfast, before attending QUB to study law.…

Hanna, George Boyle (1906–64), MP and county court judge, was born 3 June 1906 at Ballymena, Co. Antrim, the only son of George Boyle Hanna (1877–1938), unionist MP and county court judge, and his wife, Sunnie, daughter of Redmond Mack, of Lisburn. He was educated at Ballymena…

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 Trevor (1936–2010), journalist, was born on 4 November 1936 on Lisburn Road, Belfast, the younger son of Samuel and Elizabeth (née McCutcheon) Hanna. Trevor attended Ulsterville and Fane Street public elementary schools and Methodist College. After leaving school in 1954…

Hanna, Vincent Leo (1939–97), broadcaster, was born 9 August 1939 at Falls Road, Belfast, eldest among five children of Frank Hanna (qv), solicitor and Labour MP. Educated at QUB…

Hannay, James Owen (‘George A. Birmingham’) (1865–1950), novelist and Church of Ireland clergyman, was born 16 July 1865 in Belfast, son of Robert Hannay, Church of Ireland rector of St Anne's, Belfast, and his wife Emily (née Wynne). Hannay experienced a strongly evangelical upbringing…

Harkin, Hugh (1791–1854), journalist, teacher, poet, and nationalist, was born 6 July 1791 in Magilligan, Co. Derry. Little is known about his early life and education before he established a career as a teacher and journalist attached to various newspapers in both Britain and…

Harrison, Letitia Dunbar- (Crawford, Aileen) (1906–94), librarian and methodist activist, was born Letitia Elizabeth Eileen Dunbar in Dundrum, Co. Dublin, on 4 February 1906, the youngest of at least four children of Arthur Dunbar, a commercial traveller, and his wife Margaret (née…

Hawthorne, James Burns (1930–2006), teacher, television producer, and controller of BBC Northern Ireland, was born in Belfast on 27 March 1930, one of identical twin sons of Thomas (Tommy) Hawthorne, who worked in a shoe shop, and his wife, Florence (Florrie) (née Burns). There were two…

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Henderson, Noel Joseph (1928–97), rugby player, was born 10 August 1928 in Drumahoe, Co. Londonderry. Educated at Foyle College, Derry, he later attended QUB and graduated B.Sc. He began playing…

Henry, Denis Stanislaus (1864–1925), lawyer and politician, was born 7 March 1864 in Cahore, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry, one of five sons and two daughters of James Henry, businessman, and Ellen Henry (née Kelly), both of Draperstown. Educated at the local national school, he…

Henry, Paul (1876–1958), painter, was born 11 April 1876 at 61 University Road, Belfast, third of four sons of Robert Mitchell Henry (1824–91), minister of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and his wife Kate Anne (1838–1928), eldest of four daughters of Thomas Berry, minister of the…

Henry, Robert Mitchell (1873–1950), classicist and university administrator, was born 11 February 1873 in Belfast, son of Robert Mitchell Henry (1824–91), who was himself son of a Reformed Presbyterian minister, William Henry (1789–1852). Robert M. Henry sen., having started his…

Herzog, Chaim (‘Vivian’) (1918–97), Israeli soldier, lawyer, businessman, diplomat, and politician, was born 17 September 1918 at 2 Norman Villas, Cliftonville Rd, Belfast, elder of two sons of Isaac Herzog (qv), rabbi,…

Hewitt, John Harold (1907–87), poet, was born 28 October 1907 at 96 Clifton Park Avenue, Belfast, the younger of two children (his sister, Eileen, was born 20 February 1902) of Robert Telford Hewitt, schoolmaster, and Elinor Hewitt (née Robinson). Both of his paternal grandparents had…