Irish History

John Blyth 1806 – 1892

John Blyth 1806 – 1892

John Blyth ?1806 – 1892 LRCS Edinburgh 1833, MD St. Andrew’s 1838, was an Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, Physician at the Dublin Homeopathic Dispensary, Member of The Hahnemann Publishing Society, John Blyth attended the Third Homeopathic Congress in Edinburgh in 1852, John Blyth, in partnership with James Goodshaw, practiced at 16 Fitzwilliam [...]

George Ponsonby O’Callaghan 2nd Viscount Lismore 1815 – 1898

George Ponsonby O’Callaghan 2nd Viscount Lismore 1815 – 1898

George Ponsonby O’Callaghan 2nd Viscount Lismore 1815 – 1898, High Sheriff of County Tipperary, Lord Lieutenant of County Tipperary, Viscount Lismore was a  patron of the of the London Homeopathic Hospital,

John Paul Cavenagh 1862 – 1927

John Paul Cavenagh 1862 – 1927

John Paul Cavenagh ?1862 – ?1927 LRCP, LMRCP Ireland, LRCS Ireland, LM Royal Hospital dublin, MBHS West Country Therapeutics Society, was an Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy, Member of the British Homeopathic Society, Cavenaugh attended the Annual Homeopathic Congress held in Harrowgate in 1908, Cavenagh practiced at Thorneloe House, Worcester, and at Malvern, [...]

Nathaniel Barton 1799 – 1867

Nathaniel Barton 1799 – 1867

Nathaniel Barton 1799 – 1867 (for photo see the website of Homeopathe International by Peter Morrell and Sylvain Cazalet), was an Irish High Sheriff, a Deputy Lieutenant, and Justice of the Peace, and a partner in the firm of Barton and Guestier, which still operates today, the Barton dynasty is believed to be the longest [...]

Richard Tuthill Massy 1816 – 1889

Richard Tuthill Massy 1816 – 1889

Richard Tuthill Massy ?1816 – ?1889 MD Glasgow, 1844, LRCS Ireland 1843, was an Irish orthodox physician, member of the Surgical Society of Ireland, member of the Devon and Exeter Pathological Society, Physician to the Exeter Allopathic Dispensary, member of the Royal Dublin Society, member of the Brighton and Sussex Natural History Society, member of [...]

Richard Walter Hely Hutchinson 6th Earl of Donoughmore 1875 – 1948

Richard Walter Hely Hutchinson 6th Earl of Donoughmore 1875 – 1948

Richard Walter Hely Hutchinson 6th Earl of Donoughmore (Donaghmore) KP 1875 – 1948 was an Earl in the Peerage of Ireland who sat in the House of Lords as Viscount Hutchinson in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Earl Donoughmore was an advocate and Patron of homeopathy, and the Chair of London Homeopathic Hospital meeting [...]

Charles William Bury 2nd Earl of Charleville 1801 – 1851

Charles William Bury 2nd Earl of Charleville 1801 – 1851

Charles William Bury 2nd Earl of Charleville 1801 – 1851 was an Irish Peer who was an enthusiastic advocate of homeopathy, Charleville was a friend of Frederick Hervey Foster Quin, and Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d’Orsay (who drew his picture, see above),

William C Lord 1801 – 1874

William C Lord 1801 – 1874

William C Lord 1801? – 1874 FRPS, MRCVS was an Irish orthodox Veterinary Surgeon of the 14th Light Dragoons, and of the Duke of Cambridge‘s Own 17th Lancers (most famous for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War), Veterinary Surgeon to the Cavalry Barracks Canterbury, who converted to homeopathy, [...]

Patrick A Brady 1826 – 1878

Patrick A Brady 1826 – 1878

Patrick A Brady 1826? – 1878 MD was an Irish orthodox physician who converted to homeopathy and was refused his graduation diploma at Kings College Aberdeen, and he was also refused a position as Surgeon at Bradford Infirmary in 1852, alongside John Le Gay Brereton 1827 – 1886 (who eventually emigrated to Australia where he opened [...]

Dionysius Lardner Boucicault 1820 – 1890

Dionysius Lardner Boucicault 1820 – 1890

Dionysius Lardner Boucicault (Boursiquot) 1820 – 1890 was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas. Boucicault was a friend of many homeopathic supporters, including Charles Kean, Charles James Mathews, William Charles MacReady, Charles Reade, Lucia Elizabeth Vestris,