France

Henry, Françoise (1902–82), specialist in early Irish art, archaeologist, and art historian, was born 16 June 1902 in Paris, the only child of René Henry, deputy chef de cabinet to the president of the French chamber of deputies, professor at L'École des Sciences…

Heusaff (Heussaff), Alan (1921–99), Breton nationalist, pan-Celticist, and meteorologist, was born 23 July 1921 in Sant-Ivi, Cornouaille, Brittany, son of Sébastien Heussaff, small farmer, and Jeanne Heussaff (née Faron). Reared in a Breton-speaking household, he was educated at the…

Hinde, John Wilfrid (1916–97), photographer and postcard manufacturer, was born 17 May 1916 in Street, Somerset, England, into a close-knit Quaker family, who later became Christian Scientist. His great-grandfather was James Clark, co-founder of the Clark's footwear company. During…

Holmes, Augusta Mary Anne (1847–1903), composer, was born 16 December 1847 in Paris of Irish parents, Captain Dalkieth Holmes, who had settled in Paris in 1820, and his wife, Augusta, née Shearer (d. 1857). Her mother published two pieces of prose: The law of Rouen, a…

Hooke, Luke Joseph (1714–96), theologian, was born in Dublin, one of three children of Nathaniel Hooke (d. 1763), the historian of Rome and nephew of the Jacobite agent Nathaniel Hooke (qv) (1660–1738), and his wife, Mary (née Gore).…

Hooke, Nathaniel (1664–1738), Jacobite envoy, was born at Corballis, Co. Meath, the third son of John Hooke, a merchant at Drogheda, and his wife Margaret, the daughter of Christopher Hooke; it is not known whether or in what way his parents were related. He was the grandson of…

Horan, James (1911–86), priest, community activist, and airport developer, was born 5 May 1911 at Tooreen, Partry, Co. Mayo, eldest of three sons and four daughters of Bartley Horan, farmer and builder, of Partry, and Catherine Horan (née Casey) of Kilkieran, Co. Mayo. After education…

Hughes, John (1865–1941), sculptor, was born 27 January 1865 at 21 Portland Place, Dublin, one of five children of Patrick Hughes, carpenter, and Mary Anne Hughes (née Grace). From 1872 to 1879 he attended the Christian Brothers’ O'Connell School, North Richmond St., Dublin, after which…

Humbert, Jean-Joseph Amable (1767–1823), French general, was born 22 August 1767 in the parish of Saint-Nabord, outside Remiremont in Lorraine, France (later in the Vosges department). He was the eldest of the six children of Jean-Joseph Humbert, a farmer and trader, and his wife,…

Irwin, Herbert Carmichael (‘Bird’, ‘Bertie’) (1894–1930), athlete and aeronaut, was born 26 June 1894, apparently in Co. Dublin, one of four children of Thomas Frederick Nesbitt Irwin and his wife Elinor Emily Lindsay (née Carroll). The family subsequently lived in Dublin at an address…

James II and VII (1633–1701), duke of York and king of England, Scotland and Ireland, was born at St James's Palace, London, on 14 October 1633, the son of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, daughter of King Henry IV of France and sister of Louis XIII. He was the second…

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Jammet, Yvonne (1900–67), landscape painter and sculptor, was born Yvonne Auger in Paris, the daughter of Félix Auger and his wife Catherine (née Jammet), restaurateurs; her mother was a second cousin once removed from her future husband. Yvonne studied art at the Académie Julian…

Kavanagh, Julia (1824–77), novelist, short-story writer, and biographer, was born 7 January 1824 in Thurles, Co. Tipperary, the only child of Bridget Fitzpatrick (d. 1887) and Morgan Peter Kavanagh (d. 1874), writer and philologist. She spent much of her childhood in Normandy and…

Kearney, Charles (c.1745–1824), priest, was born in Cashel, Co. Tipperary. The name Charles may have been given in honour of Prince Charles Edward Stuart if he was born, as has been stated, in the year of the Young Pretender's rebellion, but nothing more is known of his…

Kearney, David (c.1558–1624), catholic archbishop of Cashel, was born in Cashel, son of Patrick Kearney and his wife Elizabeth (née Coney). He was appointed archbishop in May 1603, filling the vacancy created nineteen years previously by the execution of…

Keatinge, Maurice Bagenal St Leger (c.1761–c.1835), soldier, politician, and writer, was the only son of Maurice Keatinge (d. 1777), high sheriff of Co. Kildare (1774) and MP for Harristown (1776–7), and his wife, Catherine, daughter of Walter Bagenal of Dunleckney…

Kelly, Margaret ('Miss Bluebell') (1910–2004), show dancer, choreographer, and impresario, was born 24 June 1910 in the Rotunda hospital, Dublin, daughter (according to the birth certificate) of James Kelly, a tram conductor, of 14 Marlborough Street, and Margaret Kelly (née Ryan…

Kilmaine, Charles Edward Saul Jennings (1751–99), general in French service, was born 19 October 1751 in Dublin, second son of Theobald Jennings, physician, of Polaniran, Co. Galway, and Eleonore Jennings (née Saul). Educated privately in Dublin, he left Ireland in 1769, settling in…

Kirwan, Francis (1589–1661), catholic bishop of Killala, was the son of Matthew Kirwan and his wife, Juliana Lynch, both of Galway city. He was taught at Galway by his maternal uncle, Arthur Lynch, who was a priest, and subsequently studied at Lisbon. In 1614 he was ordained a…

Knox, Thomas (1754–1840), 1st earl of Ranfurly , 2nd Viscount Northland and MP, was born 5 August 1754, eldest among seven sons of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland of Dungannon , Co. Tyrone, and his wife Anne (d. 1803), second daughter of John, 1st Lord Knapton, and Elizabeth,…

Laffan, Sir Joseph de Courcy (1786–1848), physician, was born 8 May 1786 in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, the third son of Walter Laffan of Cashel and his wife Eleonora De Courcy. Initially educated for the catholic priesthood at Maynooth, he found that he had no vocation and then…

Lartigue, Charles François Marie Thérèse (1834–1907), civil engineer and business entrepreneur, was born on 14 June 1834 in Toulouse, France, of possible Spanish ancestry; his parents’ names are unknown. As a young man Lartigue shared the infectious optimism of contemporary British and…

La Touche, David Digues I (1671–1745), soldier and businessman, was born 15 November 1671, fourth son among six sons and three daughters of Denis Digues, seigneur de la Touche et de la Motte, nobleman, and his second wife Madeleine Digues (née Deplanche) of Château de la Touche,…