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Coghill is a surname of Scottish origin. Following is a list of notable people with the surname ''Coghill'': * Ambrose Coghill (1902-1983), actor and nobleman * Annie Louisa Walker (1836-1907), English writer who was known in later life by her married name, Anna Louisa Coghill * Chris Coghill (born 1975), English actor and screenwriter * Dawn Coghill, a character in the English soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Egerton Coghill (1853-1921), Irish baronet and painter * George Coghill (American football) (born 1970), American professional football player * George E. Coghill (1872–1941), American anatomist * Several persons named John Coghill, including: ** Jack Coghill (1925–2019), American businessman and politician ** John Coghill (born 1950), American politician, son of Jack Coghill ** Jon Coghill (born 1971), Australian drummer * Joy Coghill (1926–2017), Canadian actress * Ken Coghill (born 1944), Australian politician * Marmaduke Coghill (1673-1738), Irish politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Coghill
Sir Joscelyn Ambrose Cramer Coghill, 7th Baronet (30 September 1902 – 6 June 1983) was an Anglo-Irish actor and aristocrat, being the 7th Baronet of Coghill (1778) (1981–1983). He was born in Skibbereen in County Cork in Ireland in 1902, the youngest of three sons of Elizabeth Hildegarde Augusta ''née'' Somerville (1867–1954) and the Irish painter Sir Egerton Bushe Coghill, 5th Baronet Coghill (1853–1921). He was the nephew of Zulu War Victoria Cross recipient Nevill Coghill and the cousin of the Irish novelist Edith Anna Somerville.Ambrose Coghill Genealogy Online website Coghill was educated at in |
Jon Coghill
Jon Coghill (born 26 August 1971) is an Australian drummer best known for his work with the rock band Powderfinger, although he has also toured with Regurgitator. Coghill replaced Powderfinger's original drummer, Steven Bishop, in 1991. At this time, Powderfinger had not made any recordings, and as such, Coghill has been the group's drummer for all of their releases. Biography Coghill attended Nambour State High School in Nambour, Queensland where his father was a Physics teacher, graduating in 1988. While in high school, Coghill's ambitions were not directed towards music, as he expressed an interest in football or surfing. Upon graduating, he moved to Queensland's state capital Brisbane and began studying Botany at the University of Queensland, however was interested in the Brisbane local music scene. Before long, Coghill had begun playing drums for local bands including side project Shock Fungus. Coghill met Powderfinger when he attended one of their practice session ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikki Coghill
Nicola Vicars Coghill (born 4 January 1964) is an Australian actress. She is best known for playing the roles of Sister Jackie Crane in '' The Flying Doctors'', and Miranda Parker in ''Neighbours''. Career Coghill was born in Melbourne. She has appeared in many Australian television series and movies. Her television roles include: In 2007, Coghill joined the cast of long-running Australian soap ''Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...'', as Miranda Parker, who is the wife of Steve Parker, and the mother of Bridget Parker and Riley Parker. In 2009, Coghill, as well as Eloise Mignon and Steve Bastoni, made public that they were leaving ''Neighbours''. Filmography Film Television Personal life Nikki Coghill has two daughters and lives in Melbourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevill Coghill (VC)
Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill Victoria Cross, VC (25 January 1852 – 22 January 1879) was an Irish officer in the British Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Family and early life Born in Drumcondra, Dublin at Belvidere House, Drumcondra, Belvidere House, Coghill was the eldest son of Sir John Joscelyn Coghill (1826–1905), 4th Baronet, Justice of the Peace, JP, Deputy Lieutenant, DL, of Drumcondra, County Dublin (see Coghill baronets), and his wife, the Hon. Katherine Frances Plunket, daughter of John Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket. He was a nephew of David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore and William Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket. The painter Sir Egerton Coghill, 5th Baronet was his younger brother and he named his son, Nevill Coghill in his honour. Coghill's nephew became a literary scholar and a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nevill Coghill
Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill (19 April 1899 – 6 November 1980) was an Anglo-Irish literary scholar, known especially for his modern-English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. He was an associate of the literary discussion group the 'Inklings', which included J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Early life and education His father was Sir Egerton Coghill, 5th Baronet and his younger brother the actor Ambrose Coghill. Nevill was named after his uncle, Nevill Coghill, who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously at the Battle of Isandlwana. Coghill was educated at Haileybury, and read History and English at Exeter College, Oxford. In 1924 he became a Fellow of the college, a position he held until 1957, and there is a small bust of him in the college chapel. He served with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War from 1917 to 1919 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in April 1918. In 1927 he married Elspeth Nora Harley, with w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marmaduke Coghill
Marmaduke Coghill (1673–1738) was a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Dublin University, judge of the Prerogative Court and Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland. Biography Coghill was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of John Coghill of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, judge of the prerogative court and one of the masters in chancery. His mother was the daughter of Tobias Cramer, of Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny. Two elder sisters and a younger brother, James, survived infancy. He spent his childhood in Dublin.A History of the County Dublin, by Francis Elrington Ball (1920) He occupied a prominent place in the life of Dublin, and was remarkable for his early display of ability. At the age of 14, he entered Trinity College Dublin; at the age of 18 he graduated as a bachelor of laws; at the age of 19 he was returned to parliament; and at the age of 26 he became judge of the prerogative court. In Parliament, from 1692 to 1713 he was a representative of the borough of Armagh, and fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Coghill
Kenneth Alistair Coghill (born 10 November 1944 in Mansfield, Victoria) is a former Australian politician. Life and career Educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Coghill studied Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne and worked as a veterinarian before serving on the Wodonga City Council. He entered the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Labor Party Member for Werribee in the 1979 State elections, and served as the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1992. After retiring from Parliament in 1995, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne. He is currently an associate professor at Monash University. See also * List of Caulfield Grammar School people Caulfield Grammar School and Malvern Memorial Grammar School (amalgamated with Caulfield in 1961), has had many notable students and staff. Alumni of the school are known as "Caulfield Grammarians" and are supported by the Caulfield Grammarians ... References External links Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joy Coghill
Joy Dorothy Coghill-Thorne, CM, (May 13, 1926 – January 20, 2017) was a Canadian actress, director, and writer. Her obituary in ''The Vancouver Sun'' described her as having had "a seven-decade run at the top of the Vancouver theatre world." Early life and education Coghill was born in Findlater, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 13, 1926, the daughter of J.G. Coghill and Dorothy Pollard Coghill. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. She was educated at King's Park Secondary School King's Park Secondary School, on Fetlar Drive, in the King's Park, Glasgow, King's Park area (or specifically in the Simshill area) of south Glasgow, is a Scottish non-denominational State school#Scotland, state school. It was established in 1962 ... and Queen's Park Secondary School in Glasgow, Scotland. After returning to Canada, she attended Kitsilano Secondary School and began performing in school theatre productions. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coghill
John Bruce Coghill Jr. (born August 15, 1950) is an American politician who served as a member of the Alaska Senate, representing North Pole and other communities in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. First elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1998, he was appointed to his Senate seat in 2009 and was the Senate's majority leader from 2013 to 2016. During his Senate tenure, he served as Rules Committee chairman. In 2020, he lost re-election by 14 votes to fellow Republican Robert Myers Jr., who defeated him in the state's Republican primary election. Early life John Bruce Coghill Jr. was born on August 15, 1950, in Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, to Frances Mae "Frannie" (née Gilbert) and John Bruce "Jack" Coghill, residents of nearby Nenana. His paternal grandfather, William Alexander Coghill (1884–1947), was an English-born Scotsman who came to Alaska by way of Canada, settling first in Fairbanks and then in Nenana in the early years of both communities. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Louisa Walker
Anna (Annie) Louisa Walker (23 June 1836 in Staffordshire – 7 July 1907 in Bath, Somerset) was an English and Canadian teacher and author. She wrote five novels and two collections of poetry and edited an autobiography. Her poem "The Night Cometh" provides the text of the popular hymn "Work, for the night is coming". Early life and teaching Anna Louisa was born to Robert and Anna Walker on 23 June 1836 in Brewood Staffordshire, England. She was the youngest of her father's nine children, although only her two brothers Thomas Andrew Walker (1828-1889) and Charles (1830-1874) were full siblings, the older ones being from her father's two previous marriages. Her father was a civil engineer, who took the family to Pointe-Lévy, Lower Canada about 1853, where he was employed on the Grand Trunk Railway. In 1858, the family relocated again, to Sarnia, Canada West. Soon after their arrival, Anna Louisa and her sisters Frances and Isabella founded a private girls' school. The school w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Coghill
John Bruce "Jack" Coghill (September 24, 1925 – February 13, 2019) was an American politician and businessman who was the sixth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994, serving under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party. Originally elected as the Republican Party's lieutenant governor nominee in 1990, Coghill had faced serious compatibility issues with running mate Arliss Sturgulewski. AIP chair Joe Vogler vacated his party's nominated slate of John Lindauer and Jerry Ward and replaced them with Wally Hickel and Coghill. While Hickel turned his back on the AIP and their platform almost immediately after taking office, Coghill remained loyal to the party, even becoming their gubernatorial nominee in 1994. Prior to these events, he was well known in Alaskan political circles as "Mr. Republican." Career Coghill was born in Fairbanks in 1925. In his prior political career, he was best known by many for being the mayor of Nenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coghill (other)
John Coghill (John Bruce Coghill, Jr., born 1950) is an American politician, a member of the Alaska Legislature since 1999. John Coghill may also refer to: * John G. S. Coghill (1834–1899) British physician and medical author * Jack Coghill (John Bruce Coghill, Sr., 1925–2019), American businessman and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska 1990–1994, father of the aforementioned John Coghill * Jon Coghill (born 1971), Australian drummer, most notably with the band Powderfinger * John Coghill (Australian politician) John Coghill (1785–1853) was an Australian politician and naval captain. He was the master of the ship ''Mangles (1803 ship), Mangles'', which transported convicts to New South Wales from 1820 to 1826. After settling in New South Wales in ... (1785–1853), Scottish-born sea captain and homesteader in Australia, builder of Bedervale * Several baronets of the Coghill baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain: ** Sir John Cramer-Coghill (173 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
