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George Mackay (Victorian Politician)
George Mackay or Mckay may refer to: * George Leslie Mackay (1844–1901), Canadian missionary * George MacKay (rower) (1900–1972), Canadian rower * George Chisholm MacKay (1898–1973), Canadian World War I pilot * George Mackay (Australian politician) (1872–1961), Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives * George McKay (Australian politician) (1819–1898), New South Wales colonial politician * George McKay (actor) (1884–1945), Russian-American actor * George Mackay (cricketer) (1860–1948), Australian cricketer * George Mackay of Skibo (c. 1715–1782), Scottish soldier and MP for Sutherland 1747–61 * George Prevost McKay (1840–1924), Ontario businessman and political figure * George Frederick McKay (1899–1970), American composer * George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (1678–1748), Scottish noble * George Mackay, 5th Lord Reay (1735–1768) * George Mackay (rugby union) (1906–1981), Australian rugby union player * George McKay (rugby union), Australian rugby uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Leslie Mackay
George Leslie Mackay 偕瑞理 or 馬偕 ''Má-kai'' (21 March 1844 – 2 June 1901) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary. He was the first Presbyterian missionary to northern Taiwan (then Formosa), serving with the Canadian Presbyterian Mission. Mackay is among the best known Westerners to have lived in Taiwan. Early life George Leslie Mackay was born on March 21, 1844, the youngest of six children to a pioneering Scottish family in Embro, Zorra Township, Oxford County, Canada West (now Ontario), Canada. His family was part of the Zorra Pioneers, refugees from the Sutherland Clearances in northern Scotland, who arrived in Zorra in 1830. The Zorra pioneers were Evangelical Presbyterians, for whom their church, led by lay elders, was the centre of their collective life. Growing up on oatmeal and the Scottish Catechism in this community, Mackay acquired many of the traits and skills that contributed to his success as a missionary in Taiwan. A fervent and rational evangeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay
George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay (1678–1748), was a Scottish noble and chief of the Clan Mackay, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. During his life the Glorious Revolution took place which directly affected his family and estate, and during his chiefdom he served the British-Hanoverian Government during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and the Jacobite rising of 1745. Early life George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay, was the only son of Donald Mackay, Master of Reay, and his wife Ann, daughter of Sir George Munro of Culrain (of Newmore).Mackay. pp. 161–162. The Master of Reay was killed in an accident in 1680 when a barrel of gunpowder exploded whilst hunting in the Reay Forest, and his father, John Mackay, 2nd Lord Reay, died not long after. George Mackay, 3rd Lord Reay, therefore succeeded his grandfather, the 2nd Lord Reay.Mackay. p. 163. The Glorious Revolution The period of 1680–1688 was of growing religious persecution in Scotland with the House of Stuart steering for politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mackay Brown
George Mackay Brown (17 October 1921 – 13 April 1996) was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist with a distinctly Orcadian character. He is widely regarded as one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century. Biography Early life and career George Mackay Brown was born on 17 October 1921, the youngest of six children. His parents were John Brown, a tailor and postman, and Mhairi Mackay, who had been brought up in Braal, a hamlet near Strathy, Sutherland, as a native Gaelic speaker. Except for periods as a mature student in mainland Scotland, Brown lived all his life in the town of Stromness in the Orkney islands. One of his Stromness neighbours was his friend the artist Sylvia Wishart. Because of an illness, his father was restricted in his work and received no pension. The family had a history of depression and Brown's uncle, Jimmy Brown, may have committed suicide: his body was found in Stromness harbour in 1935. George Mackay Brown's youth was spent in poverty. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George MacKay (actor)
George Andrew J. MacKay (; born 13 March 1992) is a English actor. He began his career as a child actor in ''Peter Pan'' (2003). He had starring roles in the British war drama ''Private Peaceful'' (2012), the romantic film ''How I Live Now'' (2013), ''For Those in Peril'' (2013), for which he won a BAFTA Scotland Award and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, and ''Marrowbone'' (2017). He garnered recognition for his leading role in ''1917'' (2019) which received critical acclaim and numerous awards. Early life and education MacKay was born in Hammersmith, London to Kim Baker, a British costume designer from London, and Paul MacKay, an Australian working in lighting and stage management. He grew up in Barnes with his younger sister. He is of Irish descent on his mother’s side, his maternal grandmother being from Cork. MacKay attended The Harrodian School, an independent school in London. When he was 17, he unsuccessfully auditioned for entrance to the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mackay (surgeon)
George Mackay (1861-1949) was a British ophthalmic surgeon. He served in the Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Edinburgh and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and was a member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom, thScottish Ophthalmological Cluband the French Ophthalmological Society. Early life and education He was born near Madras, but the family moved back to Scotland when he was 4 years old. He was educated at Clifton and Inverness Colleges and graduated MB CM with honours from the University of Edinburgh in 188e and MD in 1888. He was awarded gold medal for his thesis, which was titled: ''A contribution to the study of hemianopsia of central origin: with special reference to acquired colour blindness and a clinical report of 4 cases.'' He specialised in ophthalmic surgery. During his post-graduate studies he spent some time in Vienna. Career He became a Member of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England in 1883 and Fellow of the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George William Mackay
George Leslie Mackay 偕瑞理 or 馬偕 ''Má-kai'' (21 March 1844 – 2 June 1901) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary. He was the first Presbyterian missionary to northern Taiwan (then Formosa), serving with the Canadian Presbyterian Mission. Mackay is among the best known Westerners to have lived in Taiwan. Early life George Leslie Mackay was born on March 21, 1844, the youngest of six children to a pioneering Scottish family in Embro, Zorra Township, Oxford County, Canada West (now Ontario), Canada. His family was part of the Zorra Pioneers, refugees from the Sutherland Clearances in northern Scotland, who arrived in Zorra in 1830. The Zorra pioneers were Evangelical Presbyterians, for whom their church, led by lay elders, was the centre of their collective life. Growing up on oatmeal and the Scottish Catechism in this community, Mackay acquired many of the traits and skills that contributed to his success as a missionary in Taiwan. A fervent and rational evangelic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George McKay (rugby Union)
George R. McKay was a rugby union player who represented Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... McKay, a number eight, claimed a total of 6 international rugby caps for Australia. References Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union number eights Place of birth missing {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mackay (rugby Union)
George Arthur Mackay (7 May 1906 – 7 May1981) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. He was born in Sydney, and attended Newington College (1919–1922). Mackay was a fullback and claimed one international rugby cap for Australia in 1926. Retrieved 21 December 2013. In later years he lived in Canberra
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George Mackay, 5th Lord Reay
Lord Reay, of Reay in the County of Caithness, is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. Lord Reay (pronounced "ray") is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Mackay, whose lands in Strathnaver and northwest Sutherland were known as the Reay Country. The land was sold to the Earls of Sutherland in the 18th century. Lord Reay also refers to a legendary magician in Caithness folklore. The title was created in 1628 for the soldier Sir Donald Mackay, 1st Baronet. He had already the year before been created a baronet, of Far, in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. He was succeeded by his son, the second Lord, who fought as a Royalist in the Civil War. On the death of his great-grandson, the ninth Lord, the line of the eldest son of the second Lord failed. The late Lord was succeeded by his kinsman, the tenth Lord. He was the son of Barthold John Christian Mackay (who had been created ''Baron Mackay of Ophemert and Zennewijnen'' in the Netherlands in 1822), great-grandson of Hon. Aeneas Mackay, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frederick McKay
George Frederick McKay (June 11, 1899 – October 4, 1970) was a prolific modern American composer. Biography McKay was born in the small frontier wheat farming town of Harrington, Washington. His family later moved to Spokane, where he attended school up to his college years. He was attracted to American folk-song, including jazz and blues and Native American themes, and to a great degree, his music contains a poignant evocation of the West Coast American spirit, including glimpses of a populist era of street marches, honky-tonk dance halls and social chaos along with a recognition of the great natural beauty of his home region and the vitality of its people (i.e. Harbor Narrative-1934). He admired composers who involved national folk-culture in their music, e.g. Heitor Villa-Lobos, Carlos Chávez, William Grant Still, Antonín Dvořák and Béla Bartók. Many of McKay's symphonic works center on folk themes and include pieces dedicated to Native American music. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George MacKay (rower)
George Findlay MacKay (July 11, 1900 – August 23, 1972) was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Vancouver and died in Miami-Dade County, Florida Miami-Dade County is a County (United States), county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida. The county had a population of 2,701,767 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the most populous county in ..., United States. In 1924 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Canadian boat in the coxless fours event. References External linksprofile 1900 births 1972 deaths Canadian male rowers Olympic rowers for Canada Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Canada Rowers from Vancouver Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Canadian expatriates in the United States {{Canada-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Prevost McKay
George Prevost McKay (February 7, 1840 – August 22, 1924) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Simcoe South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1886. McKay was born in West Gwillinbury Township, Simcoe County, Upper Canada in 1840, the son of D. Grant McKay, who came to Upper Canada from New Brunswick. He married Susie Douse and opened one of the first stores in Lefroy. He also served as reeve for Innisfil Township. In 1883, he moved to Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ..., where he worked for the Credit-Foncier Loan Company. He died there in 1924. External links ''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1885'' JA Gemmill*''Historical review ... Innisfil Township Centennial'' (1951) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
