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Ogilby - Britannia - Frontispiece Vol I (1675)
''Ogilby'' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anne Ogilby killing, Anne Ogilby ( 1943 – 1974), Northern Irish murder victim; killed by the Ulster Defence Association in a punishment beating *David Ogilby (other) *John Ogilby (1600–1676), Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer *William Ogilby (1805–1873), Irish barrister and naturalist *James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925), Australian zoologist, son of William Ogilby *Robert Ogilby (1880–1964), soldier See also *Ogilby, California, small town in the United States {{surname, Ogilby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Ogilby Killing
The murder of Ann Ogilby, also known as the "Romper Room murder", took place in Sandy Row, south Belfast, Northern Ireland on 24 July 1974. It was a punishment killing, carried out by members of the Sandy Row women's Ulster Defence Association (UDA) unit. At the time the UDA was a legal Ulster loyalism, Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation. The victim, Ann Ogilby, a Protestant single mother of four, was beaten to death by two teenaged girls after being sentenced to a "rompering" (UDA slang term for a torture session followed by a fatal beating) at a kangaroo court. Ogilby had been having an affair with a married UDA commander, William Young, who prior to his internment had made her pregnant. His wife, Elizabeth Young, was a member of the Sandy Row women's UDA unit. Ogilby had made defamatory remarks against Elizabeth Young in public regarding food parcels. Eight weeks after Ogilby had given birth to their son, the women's unit decided that Ogilby would pay for both the affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster Defence Association
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in September 1971 as an umbrella group for various loyalist groups and undertook an armed campaign of almost 24 years as one of the participants of the Troubles. Its declared goal was to defend Ulster Protestant loyalist areas and to combat Irish republicanism, particularly the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). In the 1970s, uniformed UDA members openly patrolled these areas armed with batons and held large marches and rallies. Within the UDA was a group tasked with launching paramilitary attacks that used the cover name Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) so that the UDA would not be outlawed. The British government proscribed the UFF as a terrorist group in November 1973, but the UDA itself was not proscribed until August 1992. The UDA/UFF were responsible for more than 400 deaths. The vast majority of its victims were Irish Catholic civilians, – choose "o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ogilby (other) (?1755–1834), Irish-born army officer
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David Ogilby may refer to: * David Ogilby (footballer) (born 1984), Northern Irish footballer *David Ogilby (soldier) Sir David Ogilby (?1755-1834) was an Irish-born officer in the East India Company's Madras Army who was knighted for his service in the Anglo-Mysore Wars. Birth and early life He was among the numerous children of Alexander Ogilby, "an eminent b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ogilby
John Ogilby, Ogelby, or Oglivie (17 November 16004 September 1676) was a Scottish translator, impresario, publisher and cartographer. He was probably at least a half-brother to James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Airlie, though neither overtly acknowledged this. Ogilby's most-noted works include translations of the works of Virgil and Homer, and his version of the Fables of Aesop. Ogilby established Ireland's first theatre in Werburgh Street, Dublin, and following the Restoration, that country's first Theatre Royal. Ogilby played a significant part in arrangements for the coronation of King Charles II. Following the Great Fire of 1666, Ogilby's large-scale map of the City of London was founded on precise survey work, and his ''Britannia'' is the first road atlas of England and Wales to be based on surveys and measurements, and drawn to scale. Life Childhood and youth (1600–1618) John Ogilby's birthplace and parentage are historically uncertain; most early biographies of Ogil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ogilby
William Ogilby (1805 – 1 September 1873) was an Irish-born zoologist who was at the forefront of classification and naming of animal species in the 1830s and served as Secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 1839 to 1847. He removed to Ireland during the Great Famine (Ireland), Great Famine and later built the grand but architecturally dismal Altinaghree Castle near Donemana, County Tyrone. Mount Ogilby in Queensland was named for him in 1846. Birth, family background and education Probably born in County Londonderry in 1805, William Ogilby was an illegitimate son of Leslie Ogilby (c1764-1845) who owned a bleachfield, bleaching green at Lackagh in the parish of Dungiven. The Ogilbys had been active in the linen trade since the mid-eighteenth century, and William's uncle Robert Ogilby (c1761-1839), having amassed a fortune as a linen factor in Dublin, bought the lease of the 22,000-acre Dungiven Castle estate and was reckoned "the wealthiest commoner in the North of Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Douglas Ogilby
James Douglas Ogilby (16 February 1853 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian ichthyologist and herpetologist. Ogilby was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was the son of zoologist William Ogilby and his wife Adelaide, née Douglas. He received his education at Winchester College, England, and Trinity College, Dublin. Ogilby worked for the British Museum before joining the Australian Museum in Sydney. After being let go for drunkenness in 1890, he picked up contract work before joining the Queensland Museum in Brisbane circa 1903. He was the author of numerous scientific papers on reptiles, and he described a new species of turtle and several new species of lizards. Death Ogilby died on 11 August 1925 at the Diamantina Hospital in Brisbane and was buried at Toowong Cemetery. Legacy Numerous species of fish were named in Ogilby's honor: *''Callionymus ogilbyi'' (Rayfinned Fish) *''Calliurichthys ogilbyi'' (Ogilby’s Stinkfish) *''Cynoglossus ogilbyi'' (Tongue Sole) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ogilby
Colonel Robert James Leslie Ogilby, DSO, DL (1880–1964), was a senior British Army officer who commanded a battalion of the London Scottish Regiment in the First World War and was later the regiment's Honorary Colonel. He founded and first endowed the British Army Museums Ogilby Trust in 1954. Birth and early life Robert Ogilby was born at 15 Victoria Road, Kensington Gardens, London, on 27 November 1880, and was the only son among the seven children of Robert and Helen Ogilby. His father was an officer in the King's Own Royal Regiment, 1870–82, and served in the Anglo-Zulu War. His mother was a daughter of the Rev. George Bomford Wheeler, classicist and translator, who edited ''The Irish Times'' between 1859 and 1877. Ogilby was educated at Eton College. On leaving, in 1898, he was commissioned into the 4th (Cambridge Militia) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment and in 1900 he transferred to regular service with the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, proceeding to India shortly af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
