Events for November 25

November 25, 1853

John Gibson Lockhart, biographer and critic, editor Blackwoods magazine, died

John Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the seminal, and much-admired, seven-volume biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott: Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

November 25, 1784

James Napper Tandy leading radicals asks for Parliamentary reform for Ireland

James Napper Tandy (February 1739 Dublin – 24 August 1803 Bordeaux, France), known as Napper Tandy, was an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the United Irishmen.

November 25, 1764

Birth of Henry Sirr, Dublin town head of police

Henry Charles Sirr (25 November 1764 – 7 January 1841) was an Anglo-Irish military officer, policeman, merchant and art collector. He was born on November 25, 1764, in Dublin Castle, Ireland, the son of Major Joseph Sirr, the Town Major (chief of police) of Dublin from 1762 to 1767.

November 25, 1906

Saidie Paterson, trade unionist and peace activist, born in Belfast

Saidie Patterson MBE (25 November 1906 – 16 January 1985) was a feminist, trade unionist and peace activist in Northern Ireland.