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Mowbray (given Name)
Mowbray is a masculine given name borne by: * Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (1905–1996) * Mowbray O'Rorke (1869–1953), Anglican bishop in Africa * Mowbray Ritchie Mowbray Ritchie FRSE (5 October 1905 – 2 September 1966) was a 20th-century Scottish chemist and scientific author. He was a friend and colleague of Sir Edmund Hirst. Life Ritchie was born in Peebles on 5 October 1905, and was educated at Peeb ... (1905–1966), Scottish chemist * Mowbray Thomson (1832–1917), British East India Company officer * Mowbray Weir (1908–1976), Australian rules footballer {{given name English-language masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Howard, 6th Earl Of Effingham
Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (29 November 1905 – 22 February 1996), styled Lord Howard from 1927 to 1946, was a British peer. He was born on 29 November 1905 to Gordon Howard, 5th Earl of Effingham, and Rosamond Margaret Hudson. He was educated at Lancing College. In October 1932, Howard was charged with manslaughter after an inquest found that he had knocked down an agricultural labourer in his car. However, the case was dismissed when it came to the magistrates' court at Maidenhead.Leeds Mercury, 2 November 1932, page 7, via British Newspaper Archive He served in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, succeeding his father as Earl of Effingham on 7 July 1946. His first wife, Hungarian-born Maria Malvina Gertler, was under suspicion by MI5, and in fact was interned for three months in 1941 on the grounds that she was involved in the "preparation of acts prejudicial to the public safety or the defence of the realm" and held in Holloway pris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray O'Rorke
Mowbray Stephen O'Rorke (21 May 1869 – 15 March 1953) was an Anglican bishop in Africa in the first quarter of the 20th century. Ordained ministry O'Rorke was ordained Deacon in 1902 and Priest in 1903. He served curacies at St Paul's, Jarrow, St Margaret's, Durham, and St Oswald's, Durham. He then moved to Australia and became Priest in charge of St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton, Queensland. In 1911 he was elevated to the episcopate as the second Bishop of Accra. Resigning in 1924, he was Rector of Blakeney, Norfolk, Guardian of the Shrine at Our Lady of Walsingham, and then Chaplain at King's College, Taunton until his retirement in 1939. Personal life O'Rorke was born on 21 May 1869, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England to William Joseph O'Rorke (1835-1924) and Annie Elizabeth née Wilson (1840-1912). He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Ritchie
Mowbray Ritchie FRSE (5 October 1905 – 2 September 1966) was a 20th-century Scottish chemist and scientific author. He was a friend and colleague of Sir Edmund Hirst. Life Ritchie was born in Peebles on 5 October 1905, and was educated at Peebles High School. He studied chemistry at the University of Edinburgh graduating with a BSc in 1927. He then continued as a postgraduate gaining two doctorates (PhD and DSc). In 1932 Ritchie began working as a demonstrator at University chemistry lectures, and was promoted to lecturer in 1935. In 1937 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Pickering Kendall, John Edwin MacKenzie, Ernest Bowman Ludlam, and Thomas Robert Bolam. He served as Vice President to the Society from 1963 until 1966, and won the Society's Makdougall-Brisbane Prize for the period 1946-48. He died in Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Thomson
General Sir Mowbray Thomson (April 1, 1832 – February 25, 1917) was an officer in the British East India Company. Thomson was born in "Bhurtpore" (modern day Bharatpur, Rajasthan), India on April 1, 1832. He was educated in England and attended Addiscombe Military Seminary as a cadet. In 1853 he received a commission in the 53rd Bengal Native Infantry, a regiment in the British East India Company. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857, Thomson played a key role in the defense of Wheeler's Entrenchment during the Siege of Cawnpore. He was one of the few survivors of the siege and subsequent massacre at Sati Chaura Ghat .The Annual Register, p. 162 Thomson was invalided to England, heavily wounded, and promoted to brevet-major. While convalescing in England, he wrote ''The Story of Cawnpore'', a first-hand account of the siege, which was published in 1859. After returning to India, he was given a civilian post as political agent at Manipur, and later appointed Governor-General's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mowbray Weir
Arthur Mowbray Weir (24 November 1908 – 26 January 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). I ... (VFL). Weir later served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II. Notes External links * * 1908 births 1976 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1908-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
