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Gourlay Family
Gourlay () is a surname from one of the Norman families living in Scotland, possibly from North or South Gorley (Hampshire) or an unidentified place in Normandy (France). Origins of the Gourlay Earliest Renditions of the Word 'Gourlay' The evolution of surnames often has complex historical roots, and many surnames have undergone various changes in spelling and pronunciation over the centuries. The variations 'de Gurlay' and 'de Gurley' may have arisen due to regional accents, dialects, or scribes recording names phonetically. France It is a possibility that the name developed from the surname Gournay (other), Gournay with the earliest record sighted in the Belgic Gaul (Gallia Belgica) in Northen France where the Gournay-sur-Aronde is situated. There is a Lake Gourlay in Ontario, Canada, which historically had strong French Connection. Scotland The titles 'de Gurlay' and 'de Gurley' are recorded in Angus in the mid-13th century, implying that the name might have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gournay (other)
Gournay is the name or part of the name of six ''communes'' of France: *Gournay, Indre in the Indre ''département'' *Gournay-en-Bray in the Seine-Maritime ''département'' *Gournay-le-Guérin in the Eure ''département'' *Gournay-Loizé in the Deux-Sèvres ''département'' *Gournay-sur-Aronde in the Oise ''département'' *Gournay-sur-Marne in the Seine-Saint-Denis ''département'' Gournay may also refer to: *Marie de Gournay (1565–1645), 17th-century French writer *Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay (1712-1759), 18th-century French economist. *Gournay Court a country house in West Harptree, Somerset, England {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gourlay (umpire)
Henry William Gourlay (16 October 1895 – 17 August 1970) was a New Zealand cricket umpire and schoolteacher. Gourlay stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. Australia, in Wellington in 1946. In all he umpired 12 first-class matches, most of them in Christchurch, between 1944 and 1950. Gourlay was educated at Addington School and Christchurch West High School and gained a Master of Science degree at Canterbury University College. He served as a pupil-teacher at Addington School, and later compiled the school's history. He taught at Christchurch Boys' High School from 1919 to 1958. He landscaped the new grounds when the school moved to Riccarton in the 1920s. At the time of his retirement he was the school's senior biology master. He married Hilda Beatrice Harrison in Christchurch in December 1919. He was elected a life member of the New Zealand Rose Society in 1959. He died in Christchurch in August 1970, aged 74. See also * List of Test cricket umpires * Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gourlay Blair
William Gourley Blair (January 13, 1890 in Bathurst Township, Ontario – June 16, 1957) was a politician and physician. Career He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1945 election as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Lanark. He was re-elected in 1949, 1953 and in 1957. He was appointed to the joint committees of Joint Committee on Federal District Commission and Joint Committee on Old Age Security. Prior to his federal political experience, he was a captain in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (RCAMC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The Militia Medical Service was established in 1898. It consisted of an Army Medical Service (officers) and an Army Medical Corps (other ranks). S ... between 1916 and 1919. External links * 1890 births 1957 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Gourlay
Scott Gourlay (born 8 January 1971) is a former Scottish international cricketer who represented the Scottish national side between 1995 and 1999. He played as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium pace and batting right-handed. Gourlay was born in Kirkcaldy, and attended Bell Baxter High School in Cupar. His club cricket was played for the Freuchie Cricket Club. Gourlay made his debut for Scotland at the 1995 British Isles Championship, against Ireland. He made his List A debut the following year, playing three games in the 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup. At the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia, Gourlay played in six of Scotland's nine matches, and took eight wickets. His best performance, 3/26 from 9.2 overs, came against Kenya, while he also took 2/62 from seven overs against Bangladesh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Gourlay
Ron Gourlay is the CEO of West Bromwich Albion. He was formerly CEO of Chelsea and Reading. Football Chelsea Ron Gourlay worked at Chelsea since 2004, having previously worked for Manchester United and Umbro. He was appointed the chief executive of Chelsea on 17 September 2009, following Peter Kenyon's decision to leave the club on 31 October 2009. He was quoted as saying: "It is a huge honour to be offered the chance to lead Chelsea". "We have a fantastic team both on and off the field and those teams can move us on to even greater success in the future. To be responsible for that is a fantastic challenge and I will be giving it my total commitment, drive and energy" after being named as the successor. Reading On 10 July 2017, Gourlay was appointed as CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the manageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fleming Gourlay
Robert Fleming Gourlay (March 24, 1778 – August 1, 1863) was a Scottish-Canadian writer, political reform activist, and agriculturalist. Early life and education Gourlay was born in Craigrothie in the Parish of Ceres, Fife, Scotland on 22 March 1778. He received a Master of Arts degree from the University of St. Andrews and studied agriculture at the University of Edinburgh. He managed one of his father's farms from 1800 to 1809 and leased a farm from the Duke of Somerset from 1809 to 1817. Gourlay's sympathies lay with the poor farmer, who he saw as being imprisoned by landlords and the system of government. In 1801, he was employed by the British imperial government to make inquiries into the condition of the British poor. His report prompted a bill to be introduced into the British House of Commons and adopted, but it was rejected by the House of Lords. In 1809, he published a pamphlet proposing a radical reshaping of the system of government in Britain. He submi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Gourlay (merchant)
Robert Gourlay or Robin Gourlaw (c. 1530-c. 1600) was a wealthy Edinburgh merchant and Customar of Edinburgh who built a renowned house in Edinburgh (now demolished). Life Robert Gourlay is first recorded in the employ of Regent Arran as a Groom of the Chamber and Wardrobe and was sometimes called the Regent's "chamber Child". The Regent bought clothes to wear and a horse to travel with, a measure of his importance in the household. In January 1552 he was called "Keeper of the Wardrobe". Another servant in the Wardrobe, the tailor Malcolm Gourlay was probably his older brother, or uncle. In November 1570, as a merchant of Edinburgh, Gourlay supplied two hanks of gold thread to the Edinburgh tailor James Inglis and embroiderer John Young, for clothes for James VI of Scotland. Regent Morton was a friend of Robert Gourlay, and allowed him to export grain, despite shortages. Gourlay was an elder of Edinburgh Kirk. In May 1574 the Kirk censured him for exporting grain and he was compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Gourlay
Mary Perceval Gourlay ODE (14 May 1898 – 1 October 1990), better known as Molly Gourlay, was a British golfer who won several international championships. She was the first female golf course architect in Britain, and after World War II was active in national ladies' golf associations. Early years (1898–1939) Mary (Molly) Perceval Gourlay was born on the 14 May 1898 in Winslade, Hampshire. She was the eldest daughter of Henry Gourlay and Mary Henrietta Gourlay. Her mother, born Mary Henrietta Perceval, came from New Zealand. She already had two children by her first husband, Rev. Gilbert Vyvyan Heathcote. Her father, Henry Gourlay, was a ship builder from Dundee. Before World War I, the family lived at Kempshott House in the civil parish of Dummer, Hampshire. Her father died in 1915 at their family estate in Scotland. The War Office requisitioned Kempshott house and park later in the war to house German prisoners of war. Molly Gourlay was a member of the Sunningdale Ladies G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gourlay (Scottish Footballer)
John Gourlay (1879 – ''unknown'') was a Scottish footballer who played as a defender. Born in Kirkendbright, he played for Annbank and Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to .... External linksProfileat MUFCinfo.com 1879 births Scottish men's footballers Manchester United F.C. players Year of death missing Men's association football defenders {{Scotland-footy-defender-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gourlay (soccer)
John Bell Gourlay (July 26, 1872 – April 7, 1949) was a Canadian amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ontario and died in North Vancouver. In 1904 he was a captain of the Galt F.C. Galt Football Club was a soccer club based in Galt, Ontario, current day Cambridge, Ontario. It was formed in either 1881 or 1882. Galt won the 1901, 1902, and 1903 Ontario Cups, and most notably the 1904 Olympic soccer tournament. History G ... team, which won the gold medal in the soccer tournament. He played all two matches as a defender. References External linksprofile 1872 births 1949 deaths Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Scottish descent Association football defenders Footballers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic soccer players of Canada Soccer people from Ontario Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics 20th-century Canadian people {{canada- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Gourlay
James Gourlay (11 January 1888 – 12 September 1970) Scottish Sport History, 24 January 2014 was a Scottish . He played for Port Glasgow Athletic, and for Everton in England between 1909 and 1913 before joining as part of an exchange deal for [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet Gourlay
Janet A. Gourlay (1863–1912) was a Scottish Egyptologist, that is most well known for her excavation of and publication on the Mut Complex in Egypt. Janet was born on January 30, 1863, in Dundee, Scotland, to Henry G. Gourlay and Agnes Christine Burell. Later in life, she briefly studied at University College, London in 1893, with William Matthew Flinders Petrie, the pioneering archaeologist, and Margaret Murray. Personal life Janet would meet her lifelong partner Margaret Benson in 1896 during the second excavation of the Mut Complex. The pair were introduced by Lady Jane Lindsay. In conjunction with their social relationship, they formed a scientific partnership that benefitted the pair and allowed them to continue their work in Egypt. This partnership ensured their ability to complete their work without a man and receive the funding they needed complete said work. Upon completion of their excavations, Margaret’s health began deteriorating, so the two women returned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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