Cushnie House

	Cushnie House Cushnie may refer to: People Carl Cushnie, businessman from the United Kingdom Carly Cushnie, founder with Michelle Ochs of American fashion house Cushnie et Ochs John Cushnie (1943–2009), landscape designer, author, journalist, and broadcaster on the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Gardeners' Question Time'' Mykal Cushnie (born 1980), Jamaican film director, film producer and editor * David Gordon Allen d’Aldecamb Lumsden of Cushnie, FSAL, FSAS (1933–2008), Scottish businessman, nationalist and sometime Baron Places * Cushnie, Queensland, a locality in the South Burnett Region, Australia * Leochel-Cushnie, a parish in Aberdeenshire See also Cushi The word Cushi or Kushi ( he, כּוּשִׁי colloquial: ) is generally used in the Hebrew Bible to refer to a dark-skinned person of African descent, equivalent to Greek "'' Aithíops''". Etymology and biblical use The word is a derivatio ... * * {{Disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Carl Cushnie Carlton Ellington ("Carl") Cushnie is a businessman from the United Kingdom. In the late-1990s, he was estimated to be the richest black man in Europe and among the 100 wealthiest people in Britain. However his finance company, Versailles, went bust after an investigation by the Department of Trade and Industry in 1999 revealed that most of the company's trading turnover was fabricated and the company was part of a Ponzi scheme. Cushnie was sentenced to six years in prison in 2004 after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud. Biography Cushnie was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to London at the age of 13. He began his career as a computer programmer at ICL, before going on to found a software business, Pentagon Business Systems PLC. He later founded Versailles, a group of companies which purported to be involved in the factoring business, effectively providing loans to manufacturers by buying their merchandise after a sale had been agreed to another company but befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cushnie Et Ochs Cushnie (formerly known as Cushnie et Ochs) is an American fashion house founded in 2008 by Carly Cushnie and Michelle Ochs, upon their graduation from Parsons School of Design. Their signature looks are clean, modern cut-out dresses, sculpted knitwear, and tailored pieces best known for impeccable fit. Their work is described as a "sleek, sexy and modern," and the pair are known to wear their own clothing often. As members of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, Carly and Michelle utilize their unique sensibilities to create a shared creative vision and collections that juxtapose bold sensuality with minimalist sophistication. Cushnie et Ochs published their first ad campaign in 2011. The duo received a massive increase in publicity when First Lady Michelle Obama wore one of their dresses to a holiday party in December 2011, and again in 2016 on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''. Their pieces have been spotted on influential women ranging from Blake Lively to Khloé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Cushnie John Alexander Montgomery Cushnie (14 May 1943 – 31 December 2009) was a landscape designer, author, journalist, and broadcaster in the United Kingdom, best known as a regular panellist on the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme ''Gardeners' Question Time''. Early life Cushnie was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in May 1943, the son of a factory supervisor. He was educated at Lurgan College, before studying at the Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture. Career After graduating from Greenmount College, Cushnie began a ten-year career in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, civil service in Belfast, working for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. After this, he established a landscape design and contracting company – Cushnie Landscapes. He worked across the United Kingdom, for both the public and private sectors, focussing on creating "traditional" gardens. The firm had up to 12 employees. His work with Cushnie Landscapes brought him to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mykal Cushnie Michael Edward Cushnie (born 28 December 1980) also known as Mykal Cushnie, is a Jamaican film director, film producer and editor. He is most recognized for his work on ''Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall'' - the Jamaican dancehall version of ''American Idol'', ''The Wray & Nephew Contender'' - The Jamaican version of Mark Burnett's original boxing reality series '' The Contender'', and ''Mission Catwalk''- The Jamaican version of ''Project Runway''. He is the CEO of DSE Media and founder of Edward Cushnie Films. Early life Cushnie was born at The University of the West Indies Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, to mother Beverline and father Albert, and is the youngest of three children. He attended the Wolmer's Schools for Boys, and went on to pursue a course in engineering at the University of Technology, Jamaica, before dropping out to pursue his passion of story telling and television. Career After dropping out of University, Cushnie interned at Jamaican cable station ''Hyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	David Gordon Allen D’Aldecamb Lumsden Of Cushnie David Gordon Allen d'Aldecamb Lumsden of Cusehnie, FSAL, FSAS (25 May 1933, in Quetta, Baluchistan, Empire of India (now Pakistan) – 29 August 2008, in Fort William, Scotland) was a Scottish businessman, nationalist and sometime Baron of Cushnie-Lumsden (in Aberdeen). The son of Henry Gordon Strange Lumsden and Sydney Mary Elliot, he studied at Allhallows, Devon; Bedford School; and Jesus College, Cambridge ( MA). He served in the Territorial Army with the London Scottish. Career He worked as an executive at British American Tobacco from 1959 until his retirement in 1982. He was the Director of Heritage Porcelain Ltd. and Heritage Recordings Ltd. Religious affiliations * Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1980 * Knight of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, 1978 * Knight of the Order of Sts. Maurice and Lazarus, 1999 Death His Requiem Mass in 2008 was the first celebration in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, since 1969, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cushnie, Queensland Cushnie is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. Geography The Chinchilla Wondai Road ( State Route 82) passes through from west to east. The neighbourhood of Home Creek is within the locality at . History Cushnie is a surname of Scottish origin, believed to be derived from the parish of Leochel-Cushnie. The origin of the word "Cushnie" is uncertain. Home Creek Provisional School opened on 29 January 1906. On 1 January 1909, it became Home Creek State School. It closed on 6 February 1949. The school was located on the south-western corner of the intersection of Chinchilla Wondai Road and Denmark/Harms Road (). The watercourse Home Creek flows through the area and is presumably the origin of the name. Cushnie State School opened on 14 November 1918 with 18 students. The first head teacher was Adolph Honke. There was an outbreak of diphtheria at the school in December 1927. There were about 50 students at the school in 1932 with one teacher, Mr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Leochel-Cushnie Leochel-Cushnie is a parish in Aberdeenshire, about 40 km west of Aberdeen (West Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)). The old parishes of Leochel and Cushnie were united in 1795, on the death of Mr. Francis Adam, minister of Cushnie. The parish is bounded on the north by Kildrummy and Alford; on the east by Tough and Lumphanan; on the south by Coull, Tarland, and Logie-Coldstone; and on the west by Towie. The extreme length in a direct line, from the Tarland boundary, near Tilly-lodge, to the top of Coiliochbhar on the north, is about 5¾ miles, and the distance, from the Tough boundary on the east, to the top of the hill of Cushnie on the west, is nearly seven miles. The whole area is computed to be 12,859 acres, 448 decs. Etymology Cushnie over the centuries has been spelt Cussenin, Cusschene, Cusseny, Cuischnie, Cusney, and Cushney. It is pronounced locally with the 'U' as in 'cUsp'. There are several theories as to the origin of this name. One being that it deriv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]