Curran, John Philpot, an Irish orator and wit, born in co. Cork; became member of Parliament in 1784; though a Protestant, employed all his eloquence to oppose the policy of the Government towards Ireland, together with the Union; retired on the death of Pitt; was Master of the Rolls for a time; was Irish to the core (1750‒1817).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Curling * Currie, James