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Crosbie
Crosbie is a name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Crosbie E. Saint, an American military officer Surname *Annette Crosbie, Scottish television actress *Ches Crosbie, Newfoundland lawyer and politician *Chesley Crosbie, Newfoundland businessman and politician * David Crosbie (other) *Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker *Sir Edward Crosbie, United Irishman *James Crosbie (senator), Irish barrister, journalist and Fine Gael politician, senator 1938–51 and 1954–57 *James Crosbie (Kerry politician) (c.1760–1836), MP for County Kerry 1798–1806, 1812–26 *John Crosbie (1931–2020), Canadian politician *John Chalker Crosbie, Newfoundland businessman and politician *Johnny Crosbie, Scottish footballer *Lynn Crosbie, Canadian poet and novelist *Richard Crosbie, Irish balloonist *Robert Crosbie, theosophist *Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Irish media and publishing group *Tim Crosbie, visual effects supervisor *Virginia Crosbie, British Member of Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crosbie
John Carnell Crosbie, (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to being lieutenant governor, he served as a provincial cabinet minister under Premiers Joey Smallwood and Frank Moores as well as a federal cabinet minister during the Progressive Conservative (PC) governments of Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. Crosbie held several federal cabinet posts, including minister of finance, minister of justice, minister of transport, minister of international trade, and minister of fisheries and oceans. Crosbie was best known for his outspoken, blunt, and controversial rhetoric. Though at the same time he was seen as a leader of the social liberal wing of the PC Party. He advocated for gay and lesbian rights and was pro-choice. Crosbie ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1969, losing to Smallwood, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Edward Crosbie
Sir Edward Crosbie, 5th Baronet ( – 5 June 1798) was a Protestant gentleman executed in Carlow, Ireland, for alleged complicity in the United Irish Rebellion in May 1798. He was accused by the Crown authorities of being in command of the rebels and of addressing them from the steps of his house prior to their attack upon the barracks in Carlow. His innocence was protested by family and neighbours. Early life and education Crosbie was born in County Wicklow, likely at Crosbie Park, near Baltinglass. His father was Sir Paul Crosbie, 4th Baronet, and his mother was Mary, whose father was Edward Daniel of Cheshire. Crosbie lived at Crosbie Park until 1770, when at the age of 15 he went on to Trinity College, Dublin as a fellow commoner. In 1773, at the age of 18, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy, as the 5th Baronet Crosbie of Maryborough in Queen's County. The following year he took his Bachelor of Arts. On 21 April 1774, Crosbie received a pension "during the King's pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ches Crosbie
Chesley Furneaux "Ches" Crosbie, Q.C. (born 12 June 1953) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. Crosbie was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador on April 28, 2018 serving until March 31, 2021. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2018 until 2021. Early life Crosbie is the eldest of three children of Jane (Furneaux) and John C. Crosbie and was born and raised in St. John's. His father was a prominent figure in Newfoundland and Labrador and Canadian politics, a provincial and federal cabinet minister who also served as Lieutenant-Governor of the province (2008–13). Crosbie is also a grandson and namesake of Chesley A. Crosbie and the great-grandson of Sir John Crosbie, prominent businessmen and public figures in Newfoundland. Crosbie's early education was at Bishop Feild College in St. John's, and at St. Andrews College in Aurora, Ontario. He was selected as Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Crosbie
Virginia Ann Crosbie (born 8 December 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ynys Môn since the 2019 general election. Prior to her political career, she worked as a director at UBS and HSBC before retraining as a mathematics teacher. Early life Crosbie was born in Maldon, Essex, to an English mother and Welsh father, and grew up in the village of Tiptree, where her mother worked at the Tiptree Jam Factory. She attended Colchester County High School. As a teenager, she worked as a dolphin trainer at the Woburn Safari Park for Terry Nutkins's BBC children's television series '' Animal Magic''. She studied microbiology at Queen Mary University of London before completing a diploma in management studies at the University of Westminster. After graduating, Crosbie worked for Glaxo Wellcome before becoming a pharmaceutical analyst at the bank UBS. She became a director at UBS and later at HSBC. She then retrained, and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Crosbie
Richard Crosbie (1755–1824) was the first Irishman to make a manned flight. He flew in a hydrogen air balloon from Ranelagh, on Dublin's southside to Clontarf, on Dublin's northside on 19 January 1785 at the age of 30. His aerial achievement occurred just 14 months after the first-ever manned balloon flight by the Montgolfier Brothers in France and is commemorated by a memorial located at the site of this historic event & commissioned by Dublin City Council. Crosbie, who was six feet three inches, was from Crosbie Park, near Baltinglass, County Wicklow. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin. In December 1780, Richard married Charlotte Armstrong, daughter of Archibald Armstrong, with whom he had two children; Edward and Mary. Edward went on to become an army officer and Mary a novelist. Richard's brother, Sir Edward Crosbie, was executed for treason as a United Irishman on 5 June 1798. Crosbie launched several balloons containing animals before attempting the first human fligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Crosbie
Annette Crosbie (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish actor.Annette Crosbie filmography at the Bfi database accessed 7 January 2016. She is best known for her role as Margaret Meldrew in the sitcom '''' (1990–2000). She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, for '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosbie E
Crosbie is a name. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Crosbie E. Saint, an American military officer Surname *Annette Crosbie, Scottish television actress *Ches Crosbie, Newfoundland lawyer and politician *Chesley Crosbie, Newfoundland businessman and politician * David Crosbie (other) *Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970), British banker * Sir Edward Crosbie, United Irishman * James Crosbie (senator), Irish barrister, journalist and Fine Gael politician, senator 1938–51 and 1954–57 *James Crosbie (Kerry politician) (c.1760–1836), MP for County Kerry 1798–1806, 1812–26 *John Crosbie (1931–2020), Canadian politician *John Chalker Crosbie, Newfoundland businessman and politician *Johnny Crosbie, Scottish footballer *Lynn Crosbie, Canadian poet and novelist *Richard Crosbie, Irish balloonist *Robert Crosbie, theosophist *Thomas Crosbie Holdings, Irish media and publishing group *Tim Crosbie, visual effects supervisor *Virginia Crosbie, British Member of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosbie Baronets
The Crosbie Baronetcy, of Maryborough in Queen's County, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 24 April 1630. The family was of Gaelic and Roman Catholic origin, but this branch converted to the Church of Ireland and Anglicized their name. Sir Walter, the first baronet, was the eldest son of John Crosbie, Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, and a first cousin of the leading statesman Sir Piers Crosby. His brother David founded a junior branch of the family, which gained the title of Earl of Glandore. Sir Edward, the fifth baronet, was executed for treason after the 1798 Rebellion The Irish Rebellion of 1798 ( ga, Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ''The Hurries'') was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland. The main organising force was the Society of United Irishmen, a Irish republicanism, .... The title became extinct on the death of the eighth baronet in 1936. Crosbie baronets, of Maryborough in Queen's County (1630) *Sir Walter Crosbie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chalker Crosbie
Sir John Chalker Crosbie (11 September 1876 – 5 October 1932) was a Newfoundland merchant and politician. An aggressive and energetic entrepreneur, he created a fortune (which he lost) and started the Crosbie dynasty. His son, Chesley Crosbie, and grandson, John Crosbie were both affluent politicians. In 1900 Crosbie founded Crosbie and Co. and by 1920 was one of the leading fish exporters in Newfoundland. He entered politics as MHA for Bay de Verde in 1908. After Edward Morris resigned at the end of 1917, Crosbie served as Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity until 5 January 1918, when William Lloyd took office. He was Minister of Shipping in 1919 and Minister of Finance and Customs under Prime Minister Walter Monroe from 1924 to 1928. Crosbie was knighted KBE in 1919. References External links * Sir John Chalker Crosbieat The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chesley Crosbie
Chesley Arthur "Ches" Crosbie (November 4, 1905 – December 26, 1962) was a Newfoundland businessman and politician. Early life Crosbie belonged to a prominent St. John's family involved in hotels, fish exporting, insurance, shipping and manufacturing. He was the son of Mitchie Anne (Manuel) and Sir John Chalker Crosbie, the founder of Crosbie and Company Limited. His father also served in the country's government as Minister of Shipping in 1917; as Acting Prime Minister in 1918; and was Minister of Finance and Customs from 1924 until his retirement in 1928. Career After his father's death in 1932, Crosbie took over the family business and attempted to expand it further by investing in whaling. Crosbie was a delegate to the Newfoundland National Convention and favoured responsible government. On March 20, 1948, he split with the Responsible Government League, the main opposition party to Joey Smallwood, and formed the Party for Economic Union with the United States that promote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Glandore
Earl of Glandore, in the County of Kerry, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1776 for the Irish politician William Crosbie, 2nd Baron Brandon. He was the son of Sir Maurice Crosbie, who had previously represented County Kerry in the Irish House of Commons for over forty years, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Brandon in 1758. The first Baron was succeeded by his son, the second Baron. He was a member of the Irish Parliament for Ardfert. In 1771 he was created Viscount Crosbie, of Ardfert in the County of Kerry, and in 1776 he was further honoured when he was made Earl of Glandore, in the County of Cork. Both titles were in the Peerage of Ireland. On his death, the titles passed to his son, the second Earl. He sat in the House of Lords as one of the original twenty-eight Irish Representative Peers. He was childless and on his death in 1815 the viscountcy and earldom became extinct. He was succeeded in the barony by his cousin, the fourth Baron. He was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbie Crosbie
Debbie Crosbie (born 1969/1970) is a British banker, and the chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society since June 2022. She was previously the CEO of TSB Bank from May 2019. Early life Debbie Crosbie was born and raised in Glasgow, the daughter of an engineer father and a care worker mother. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Strathclyde. Career Crosbie started her career in the Prudential graduate training programme, working in the City of London. In 1997, she joined Clydesdale Bank as a project manager. She has worked for CYBG since 1997, rising to chief operating officer (COO) in January 2015. In November 2018, TSB Bank announced Crosbie as its new CEO, to succeed Paul Pester in May 2019. In June 2022, Crosbie succeeded Joe Garner, as chief executive of the Nationwide Building Society Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual organisation, mutual financial institution, the seventh largest co-operative banking, cooperative financial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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