Sir Frederic William Burton
Born County Clare, Ireland. Watercolour painter and art administrator. Appointed director of the National Gallery 1874 and knighted in 1884. Died 43 Argyle Road, Kensington.
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Lady Margaret Butler-Charteris
Daughter of the Scots Richard Butler, 2nd Earl of Glengall (1794 – 1858) and wife, then widow, to the Irish Richard Charteris (1822 – 1874). She was the eldest daughter and heir to her father. Th...
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Michael Patrick Campion, GC
Born in Dublin. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force, becoming a leading aircraftman in 220 squadron, transferring to 90 bomber squadron when WW2 broke out. On 12th March 1940 at RAF Upwood, two Ble...
War served, WW2
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Lord Carlingford
Born Glyde, County Louth, Ireland as Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue. Elected to parliament as a liberal in 1847 and rose to prominence under Gladstone, but fell from grace over the question ...
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Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB
Naval officer. Born Ireland, Co. Wicklow. "Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of ..." has a full biography. Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, where he died. The Greenwich monument has his n...
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Serjeant William Casey
William Casey was born in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland. In April 1906 he enlisted in the Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), service number 9189. After seven years he was discharged a...
War dead, WW1
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Viscount Castlecomer
Born Yorkshire. Occupied 69 Meard Street in 1750. Died Dublin.
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Politician. Born Dublin to a land-owning politician. Entered government in 1798, first in Ireland, and then from 1801 in Westminster. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1812 - 22. 1821 became ...
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Prof. Sir Ernst Chain
Born Ernst Boris Chain in Germany. Biochemist. Moved to England in 1933. 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on penicillin. Founder of Imperial College's Bioche...
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