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Gough House
Gough ( ) is a surname. The surname probably derives from the Welsh language, Welsh (English: "red"), given as a nickname to someone with red hair or a red complexion or as a reduced form of the Irish language, Irish McGough which itself is an Anglicized form of Gaelic , a patronymic from the personal name (variant ), "horseman", both derivatives of Irish "horse". Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer, co-creator of ''Smallville'' *Antony Gough, New Zealand businessman and property developer *Austin Gough, American football player *Bobby Gough (born 1949), English footballer *Charles Gough (other), a number of people *Frederick Gough (MP for Horsham), Charles Frederick Howard Gough (1901–1977), British Territorial Army officer, company director and politician *Charles John Stanley Gough, British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross *Darren Gough (born 1970), English cricketer and ballroom dancer *Denise Gough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Gough
General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough ( ; 12 August 1870 – 18 March 1963) was a senior officer in the British Army in the First World War. A favourite of the British Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, he experienced a meteoric rise through the ranks during the war and commanded the British Fifth Army from 1916 to 1918. Early life Family background The name of Gough probably derives from the Welsh word ''coch'', meaning "red". Before leaving England Gough's ancestors were clerics and clerks in Wiltshire, and the family settled in Ireland in the early 17th century, not as planters but in clerical positions. By the nineteenth century they were an Anglo-Irish family of the landed gentry settled at Gurteen, County Waterford, Ireland. Gough described himself as "Irish by blood and upbringing".Beckett & Corvi 2006, p. 75 Gough was the eldest son of General Sir Charles J. S. Gough, VC, GCB, a nephew of General Sir Hugh H. Gough, VC, and a brother of Brigadier Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gough (priest)
Robert Gough was an Irish Anglican priest. Gough was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. He was Precentor of Limerick Cathedral in 1615; and was Archdeacon of Ardfert The Archdeacon of Ardfert was a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe from the early thirteenth century to the early twentieth. As such he was responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the ... from 1628 to 1641."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 1" Cotton, H. p451: Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878 References 17th-century Irish Anglican priests Archdeacons of Ardfert Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford {{Ireland-Anglican-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gough (actor)
Robert Gough (born circa 1580 - died 1624), also Goughe or Goffe, was an English actor who took female parts in Shakespeare's plays. He was the father of actor Alexander Gough. Biography Gough was one of the boy actors in Shakespeare's plays, appearing twenty-third in the list of actors' names prefixed to the 1623 folio. He resided in Southwark, London; was living in Hill's Rents in 1604, in Samson's Rents in 1605–6, and in Austin's Rents in 1612, where he seems to have stayed until 1622, if not to his death. His death date was found in the monthly account in the register book of St. Saviour's church: "19 Feb., 1624, Robert Goffe, a player, buried." In 1591, as a boy actor, he took the female character of Aspatia in ‘Sardanapalus,’ a portion of a piece by Richard Tarlton called ‘ The Seconde Parte of the Seven Deadlie Sinns,’ of which ‘The Platt’ is all that survives, and is to be found among the manuscripts (No. xix.) at Dulwich College, printed in Steevens's add ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gough (other)
Richard Gough (born 1962) is a Scottish former football defender. Richard Gough may also refer to: * Richard Gough (Welsh footballer) (born 1860), Wales international footballer * Richard Gough (antiquarian) (1735–1809), English antiquarian * Richard Gough (1635–1723), the author of ''The History of Myddle'' * Richard Gough (1655–1728) Sir Richard Gough (10 October 1655 – 1728), of Edgbaston Hall, Warwickshire. and Gough House, Chelsea, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1728. Gough was the third son of John Gough of Oldfallings ..., British merchant and politician See also * Richard McGough (1892–1917), English footballer {{Human name disambiguation, Gough, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Gough
Raymond John Gough (8 February 1938 — 11 March 2018) was a Northern Irish football left half who played in the Football League for Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, eas .... References Association footballers from Northern Ireland NIFL Premiership players Association football wing halves 1938 births 2018 deaths Association footballers from Belfast Linfield F.C. players English Football League players Millwall F.C. players Northern Ireland amateur international footballers Crusaders F.C. players Toronto Italia players Weymouth F.C. players Bath City F.C. players Southern Football League players Irish League representative players Expatriate association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough (voice Actor)
Michael Jonathan Gough (born December 3, 1956) is an American voice actor. He is known for providing the voices of Deckard Cain in the '' Diablo'' series of video games, Gopher in the ''Winnie the Pooh'' franchise, Zazu in '' Timon & Pumbaa'', Ulrich Vogel in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'', and Shrek in many projects in the franchise where primary voice actor Mike Myers was unavailable. Filmography Film * ''All-Star Superman'' – Parasite * '' A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving'' – Gopher * ''A Very Merry Pooh Year'' – Gopher * '' Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh'' – Gopher * '' Batman: Year One'' – Driver * ''Diablo III: Wrath'' – Deckard Cain * '' Far Far Away Idol'' – Shrek (singing voice) * '' Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure'' – Joe * '' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' – Teacher #2 * '' Rocket Power: Race Across New Zealand'' – Chester McGill * ''The Rumpus Machine'' – Himself * ''Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur'' – Mr. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough (cricketer)
Michael Andrew Gough (born 18 December 1979) is an English cricket umpire and former cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. Gough is an international umpire and is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, representing the England and Wales Cricket Board. Playing career Having played in two Youth Test matches in 1997, he impressed enough to become a fully fledged member of the Durham side of 1998, having previously been an occasional member of their Second XI side, and carrying on in this role for five more years. In his debut in Second XI cricket, he finished his first innings admirably, but went out in the second innings for a duck. Gough played in eleven Youth Test Matches, debuting in South Africa in December 1997, in a match which ended up as a draw having seen England Under-19s follow on from 130 runs behind. He subsequently played against Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia Under-19s. He fell out of love with the sport at the highes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough (archaeologist)
Michael Richard Edward Gough (23 September 1916 – 15 October 1973) was a British archaeologist and the third Director of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (1961-1968). As Director of the BIAA Gough pioneered the archaeology of early Christian sites in Turkey in anticipation of changes in academic viewpoints which were to follow in the 1990s. Gough attended the Dragon School in Oxford before gaining a scholarship to Stonyhurst College where he concentrated on studying the Classics. In 1936 he gained a Classical Exhibition to Peterhouse, Cambridge where he went on to become a Scholar and Prizeman. In 1939 he gained a First Class Honours Degree in the Classical Tripos with Archaeology as his specialism. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939 Gough joined the Royal Artillery as a Gunner, seeing service in the Middle East and throughout the whole of the Italian Campaign including during the battles of Cassino and on the Sangro. He was discharged from the Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthur Holmwood in ''Dracula'', and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four of the ''Batman'' films from 1989 to 1997. He would appear in three more Burton films: in '' Sleepy Hollow'', voicing Elder Gutknecht in ''Corpse Bride'' and the Dodo in ''Alice in Wonderland''. Gough also appeared in popular British television shows, including ''Doctor Who'' (as the titular villain in ''The Celestial Toymaker'' (1966) and as Councillor Hedin in ''Arc of Infinity'' (1983)), and in a memorable episode of '' The Avengers'' as the automation-obsessed wheelchair user Dr. Armstrong in "The Cybernauts" (1965). In 1956 he received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. At the National Theatre in London Gough excelled as a comedia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Gough (chaplain)
Martyn John Gough (born 21 April 1966), a British Anglican priest, is National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion. He is a retired military chaplain who was Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon for the Royal Navy from 2018 to 2021. Early life and education Gough was born on 21 April 1966 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Aberdare High School: it was an all-boys grammar school when he joined, changing to an all-boys comprehensive school from 1978. He studied at the University of Wales, Cardiff, graduating with a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree in 1987. From 1988 to 1990, he trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. During this time, he competed a postgraduate certificate (PGC) at the University of Oxford. Ordained ministry Gough was ordained in the Church in Wales as a Deacon#Anglicanism, deacon in 1990 and as a Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian, priest in 1991. He served in the Diocese of Llandaff in Wales, and in the Church of England's Diocese in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Gough
Laurie Gough is an American-Canadian author of memoirs and a freelance writer. She is the author of ''Stolen Child: A Mother's Journey to Rescue Her Son from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder'', published in 2016; ''Kiss the Sunset Pig: An American Road-trip with Exotic Detours'', published in 2006 with Penguin, and ''Kite Strings of the Southern Cross: A Woman's Travel Odyssey'', (published in Canada as ''Island of the Human Heart). Kite Strings of the Southern Cross was'' shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, in the U.K. and was silver medal winner of ''ForeWord Magazine A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the ...s Travel Book of the Year in the US. She is the author of numerous travel articles. A number of her stories have been anthologized in various literary t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
