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A Naval Biographical Dictionary
William Richard O'Byrne (1823 – 7 July 1896) was an Irish biographer and politician, author of the '' A Naval Biographical Dictionary'' (1849). Life He was elder son of Robert O'Byrne and his wife Martha Trougher, daughter of Joseph Clark. He was a young man when he conceived of publishing a record of the service of every living Royal Navy officer of the executive branch. The work proved an unrewarding struggle. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring appointed him librarian at the Admiralty; but his successor, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, did not confirm the position. Recognition for O'Byrne's work came from the Royal United Service Institution, and in 1857 he was specially elected a member of the Athenæum Club. On the death of his cousin Georgiana O'Byrne, he succeeded to the Cabinteely estate, County Wicklow. In 1872, he was High Sheriff of Wicklow, and was M.P. for the county from 1874 to 1880. But the property to which he had succeeded was heavily mortgaged; the mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Naval Biographical Dictionary
William Richard O'Byrne (1823 – 7 July 1896) was an Irish biographer and politician, author of the '' A Naval Biographical Dictionary'' (1849). Life He was elder son of Robert O'Byrne and his wife Martha Trougher, daughter of Joseph Clark. He was a young man when he conceived of publishing a record of the service of every living Royal Navy officer of the executive branch. The work proved an unrewarding struggle. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring appointed him librarian at the Admiralty; but his successor, Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, did not confirm the position. Recognition for O'Byrne's work came from the Royal United Service Institution, and in 1857 he was specially elected a member of the Athenæum Club. On the death of his cousin Georgiana O'Byrne, he succeeded to the Cabinteely estate, County Wicklow. In 1872, he was High Sheriff of Wicklow, and was M.P. for the county from 1874 to 1880. But the property to which he had succeeded was heavily mortgaged; the mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Wicklow (UK Parliament Constituency)
County Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. At the 1885 general election, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, County Wicklow was divided into two parliamentary divisions: East Wicklow and West Wicklow. Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Wicklow. Members of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Acton resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election. Elections in the 1850s Wentworth-FitzWilliam succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Earl FitzWilliam, causing a by-election. Proby was appointed Comptroller of the Household The Comptroller of the Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Wicklow
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Members Of The Parliament Of The United Kingdom For County Wicklow Constituencies (1801–1922)
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Male Biographers
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Irish Male Writers
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Irish Male Non-fiction Writers
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Irish Biographers
Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ** Republic of Ireland, a sovereign state * Irish language, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family spoken in Ireland * Irish people, people of Irish ethnicity, people born in Ireland and people who hold Irish citizenship Places * Irish Creek (Kansas), a stream in Kansas * Irish Creek (South Dakota), a stream in South Dakota * Irish Lake, Watonwan County, Minnesota * Irish Sea, the body of water which separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain People * Irish (surname), a list of people * William Irish, pseudonym of American writer Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968) * Irish Bob Murphy, Irish-American boxer Edwin Lee Conarty (1922–1961) * Irish McCal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Deaths
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1823 Births
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William Joseph Corbet
William Joseph Corbet (12 December 1824 – 1 December 1909) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in County Wicklow for most of the period from 1880 to 1900. He was also a mental health administrator, author and noted dog breeder. Early life Third son of Robert Corbet of Ballykaneen, Queen's County (now County Offaly), by Alice, youngest daughter of John Mulhall of Clonaslee, County Offaly, he was educated at Broadwood Academy, Lancashire. He worked for 30 years in the Irish Lunacy Office, as a Clerk in 1847–53 and Chief Clerk, 1853–77. He was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) in 1874. Political career In the 1880 general election he was elected as one of two Home Rule League members for Wicklow, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Wicklow constituency was divided under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and at the following 1885 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Carlile McCoan
James Carlile McCoan (14 July 1829 – 13 January 1904) was an Irish Home Rule League, Liberal and independent politician, author and journalist. Early education and career McCoan was educated at The Royal School in Dungannon in the south-east of County Tyrone in Ulster and at Homerton College, then located in Hackney and at the time affiliated with the University of London, before graduating from London University in 1848. He then entered Middle Temple in at age 22 in 1851, before being called to the bar in 1856, where he joined the south-eastern circuit. He did not however seek practice in England, instead pursuing a journalism career and being appointed war correspondent at Charles Dickens' '' The Daily News'' during the Crimean War. Towards the end of the war, McCoan travelled in Georgia and Circassia, before settling in Constantinople where he worked in the supreme consular court until 1864. In 1856 he founded the first English newspaper in the Ottoman Empire, '' The Leva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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