Crawford, William Sharman (1781–1861), politician and landlord in Ireland, was the eldest son of William Sharman (d. 1803), of Moira Castle, co. Down, a protestant landowner, MP for Lisburn (1783–90), and colonel of a union regiment of volunteers. His mother was Arminella...
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Sidney Lee
revised by Alan O'Day
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William Sharman Crawford (1781–1861) by John Prescott Knight, exh. RA 1843 photograph © Ulster Museum. Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of the Trustees of the National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland
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Rowan, Archibald Hamilton (1751–1834), Irish nationalist and landowner, was born Archibald Hamilton on 1 May 1751 at Rathbone Place, London, the elder of two children of Gawen Hamilton (1729–1805), political reformer and landowner, of Killyleagh Castle, co. Down, and his wife, Jane (...
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Archibald Hamilton Rowan (1751–1834) by R. Cooper, pubd 1825 (after John Comerford, 1822) © National Portrait Gallery, London
