Barack Obama is Irish (Partly)!

On St Patrick's Day Barack Obama (or should it be O'Bama?) reminded us that his great-great-great grandfather hailed from the Irish county of Offlay. I was also reminded of the song by the Irish band Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys "There's No-one as irish as Barack Obama"! (link here)

Your Wednesday questions are: -

1. What sentence did the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs' receive today in 1834?

   
   
2. What nationality is jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine (right) who was born today in 1964?
   
   
   
3. Which financial services company was founded today in 1850 in Albany, New York by Henry Wells, William Fargo and John Butterfield?

Yesterday's Answers: 1. Rudolf Nureyev; 2. "The Bold and the Beautiful" ; 3. Julius Caesar