Charles Burke (other)
Charles Burke may refer to: *Charles H. Burke (1861–1944), American politician *Charles Burke (British Army officer) (1882–1917) *Charlie Burke, former head coach of the Hong Kong National Men and Women's cricket teams * Chuck Burke (born 1930), American Olympic speed skater See also *Charles Burke Elbrick Charles Burke Elbrick (March 25, 1908 – April 12, 1983) was a United States diplomat and career foreign service officer. During his career, he served three ambassadorships: in Portugal, Yugoslavia and Brazil, in addition to numerous minor post ...

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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its de ...
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Charles Burke (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles James Burke (9 March 1882 – 9 April 1917) was an officer in the Royal Irish Regiment and the Royal Flying Corps and a military aviation pioneer. He was both the first commander of No. 2 Squadron and later the Second Wing. Charles Burke was the youngest son of Michael Charles Christopher Burke of Ballinhone House, Armagh, Ireland. Military career Burke's military service in the British Army began when he commissioned as a soldier in the 3rd (Militia) battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, where he was promoted lieutenant on 24 October 1900. He saw active service with the battalion in the Second Boer War, for which he received the Queen's medal with two clasps. Following the end of the war in June 1902, he returned to the United Kingdom with the battalion on the SS ''Cestrian'', which arrived in Southampton in October, and later the same year was commissioned into the regular army as a second-lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment. After sever ...
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Charlie Burke
Charles Burke is former head coach of the Hong Kong National Men and Women's cricket teams. He took over the post in May 2010 after completing 2 years with the International Cricket Council (ICC) where he was a development officer for the East Asia Pacific region. It was a successful time at the helm of Hong Kong with the u19s Men and Women both making the semi finals of the ACC ACC most often refers to: * Atlantic Coast Conference, an NCAA Division I collegiate athletic conference located in the US *American College of Cardiology, A US-based nonprofit medical association that bestows credentials upon cardiovascular spec ... tournaments, the Women won the T20 ACC tournament in Kuwait and the Men won promotion to ICC Pepsi World Cricket League Division 2 after winning the Division 3 event in January 2011. The former WACA A grade bowling all-rounder is a Cricket Australia Level 3 coach and enjoyed success with under-age representative teams in Western Australia over the years in ...
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Chuck Burke
Charles William Burke (born October 8, 1930) is an American speed skater. He competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics and the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from .... References External links * 1930 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the United States Speed skaters at the 1952 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Chicago {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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