Reference Source
MATTHEW, H.C.G. and HARRISON, Brian (eds). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: University Press, 2004
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Estate Records Citing this Source
Found 22 estate records citing this source.
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| 867-868 | Richey | In the mid 19th century Alexander George Richey, historian and author of books on land law, held an... |
| 391-392 | Vesey | In December 1698 John Vesey, Archbishop of Tuam from 1679 to 1716, bought almost 750 acres in the Ho... |
| XLI, 626-629 | O'Hara | The estates of the Barons Tyrawley were in the baronies of Gallen and Tirawley, county Mayo and incl... |
| IV, 407 & 438 | Baxter | In 1853 Edward Baxter of Dundee, Scotland, a brother of Sir David Baxter of Baxter Brothers, bought... |
| XXXV, 302-304 | McDonnell (Palmfield) | The Statistical Survey of county Mayo records Myles McDonnell of Cloonmore, barony of Costello, as a... |
| 50-51 | Smith/Leigh Smith | B. Leigh Smith is recorded as the owner of almost 3,000 acres in county Galway in the 1870s. This ma... |
| LV, 292-293 | Trench (Heywood) | The Trenchs of Garbally, county Galway, from whom the Heywood, county Laois branch are descended, bo... |
| Roderic J. O'Conor. XLI, 477-478 | O'Conor (Milltown/Milton) | The O'Conors of Milltown, barony of Castlereagh, county Roscommon, share a common ancestry with the... |
| O'Conor entries. XLI, 471-475 | O'Conor Don | The O'Conor Don ancestral lands were in County Roscommon centred on Clonalis House near Castlerea.... |
| Sir Nicholas Roderick O'Conor. XLI, 475-477 | O'Conor (Dundermot) | A branch of the O'Conor Don family who resided at Dundermot for 2 generations in the 19th century. I... |
| J. K. Laughton, ‘Rowley, Sir Josias, baronet (1765–1842)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, | Rowley (Co Leitrim) | The Rowley family inherited the Campbell estate at Mountcampbell through the marriage, in 1766, of C... |
| XXXI, 357-358 | Keogh (Keoghville) | The Keoghs were large landowners in county Roscommon before the Acts of Settlement when they lost mu... |
| XXXI, 358 | Keon | McParlan records that a member of the Keon family, a minor, was a non-resident proprietor in Leitri... |
| XXXVIII, 194-195, 211 | Miller (Ballycaseymore) | A Scottish family who were settled in the parish of Drumline, barony of Bunratty Lower, county Clare... |
| 669-670 | Wilton | Brian Ó Dálaigh speculates that the Ievers may have sold the townlands of Mountievers, Clogga and Ba... |
| XIX, 854 | Fitzgerald (Horsham) | Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey-FitzGerald (1818 – 1885) was a British politician, Member of Parlia... |
| XLIII, 445-448 | Peile/Piele | W.T. Piele of St John's Wood Park, Hampstead, is recorded as owning 1,669 acres in county Limerick i... |
| 42 & 46 | Anderson (Fermoy) | Hajba writes that John Anderson was a Scottish entrepreneur who came to Cork in 1780. He was a merc... |
| XLIV, 283 | Pigot (Park) | David Richard Pigot was the only son of Dr John Pigot of Kilworth, county Cork and his wife Margaret... |
| XLVIII, 365 | Russell (Ballydavid) | The Russells appear to have been resident at Ballydavid, Littleton, county Tipperary from the early... |
| LVI, 761-762 (John Walcott & Rev Mackensie E.C. Walcott) | Walcott (Croagh) | Captain Thomas Wallcott was granted lands close to the city of Limerick by patent dated 1667. This... |
| J. K. Laughton, ‘Robinson, Hercules (1789–1864)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23843, accessed 7 Aug 2013. | Robinson (Kilconnell and Rosmead) | In 1822, Admiral Hercules Robinson, born 1789, married Frances Elizabeth, only child of Hans Widman... |