Classon Porter was born in Artikelly, County Londonderry, and was educated at York. In 1834 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in Larne where he spent the rest of his life. He wrote and published a great deal of local history and biography, some of which was reprinted in a collection in 1883. He died at Ballygally, County Antrim.

Born:	1814
Died:	28 February 1885