Events for November 02

November 2, 1881

Tom Johnston, one of Scotland’s best known Secretaries of State, born.

November 2, 1797

Tyrone Power, actor and great-grandfather of the Hollywood movie star of the same name, is born

November 2, 1800

Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford

Thomas (Buck) Whaley, MP for Enniscorthy, dies at Knutsford, apparently on his way from Liverpool to London. It is rumoured ‘that he was stabbed in a fit of jealousy by two sisters to whom he was paying marked attentions at a time when each of them was in

November 2, 1826

Henry Smith, mathematician, born in Dublin