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Garvie is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Bill Garvie (1910–1944), Australian rules footballer * Eddie Garvie (1892–1915), Scottish footballer * Elizabeth Garvie (b. 1957), English actress * Lawrence Garvie (b. 1933), Canadian lawyer and politician * Thomas Bowman Garvie (1859–1944), English artist * Wayne Garvie (b. 1963), BBC Worldwide Managing Director * William Garvie (1837–1872), Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician Island * Garvie Island (An Garbh-eilean), east of Cape Wrath in Scotland See also * Garvey Garvey and O'Garvey are Irish surnames, derived from the Gaelic ''Ó Gairbhith'', also spelt ''Ó Gairbheith'', meaning "descendant of Gairbhith". ''Gairbhith'' itself means "rough peace". There are three distinct Ó Gairbhith septs in Ireland: ... References {{Reflist Surnames of Scottish origin ...
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Bill Garvie
William Henry Garvie (31 December 1910 – 27 June 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond. Winning the Richmond Reserves best and fairest in 1935, he was killed in an accident while serving in the army during World War II. Family The son of George William Austin Garvie (1885–1955), and Mary Garvie, William Henry Garvie was born at Cobden, Victoria on 31 December 1910. He married Jean Kathleen Crawford in 1938. Football Richmond (VFL) Cleared from Hamilton to Richmond, Garvie played a total of nine First XVIII games and 29 Second XVIII games over two seasons (1934 and 1935). He won the Second XVIII best and fairest in 1935. Carlton (VFL) Transferred to Carlton in 1936, he played 13 games and scored 18 goals for the Carlton Second XVIII in that single season. He did not play a single game for the Carlton First XVIII. Oakleigh (VFA) Transferred from Carlton to Oakleigh, Garvie played for Oakleigh First XVIII for the first four matches of the 1937 s ...
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Eddie Garvie
Edwin Stanley Garvie (14 September 1892 – 15 October 1915) was a Scottish amateur football half back and forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. Garvie captained the club and at the time of his death in 1915, he was described by the ''Southern Press'' as the "best all-round player Queen's Park has known for many years. Personal life Prior to the First World War, Garvie worked as a foreign merchants' clerk. After the outbreak of the war in August 1914, Garvie enlisted in the 5th Battalion of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. Serving with the rank of lance corporal, On 25 September 1915, Garvie was wounded in the advance on the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos. He was taken prisoner by the Germans and died of his wounds in a prison hospital in Jülich on 15 October 1915. His grave was later moved to the Südfriedhof in Cologne. Garvie's younger brother, Ernest, served as a second lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry during the war ...
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Elizabeth Garvie
Elizabeth Garvie (born 1957) is an English actress known for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1980 BBC dramatisation of ''Pride and Prejudice''. Her other screen roles include Nancy Rufford in ''The Good Soldier'' (1981), Lady Elizabeth Montford in ''The House of Eliott'' (1992), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in '' Diana: Her True Story'' (1993), and Diana Rivers in ''Jane Eyre'' (1997). She has guest starred on the television series ''Alas Smith and Jones'', ''Midsomer Murders'', and ''Miss Marple''. Garvie has spent most of her career working as a stage actress; with notable performances including the roles of Cecily in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' and Sofya in '' Wild Honey'' at the Royal National Theatre; Joanna in ''Sweeney Todd'' and Natalia in '' A Month in the Country'' at The Old Vic; Joy Davidman in '' Shadowlands'' in the United Kingdom national tour; Kitty in ''Charley's Aunt'' for the Cambridge Theatre; Mrs Manningham in ''Gaslight'' at Theatr Clwyd; Paulin ...
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Lawrence Garvie
Lawrence R. Garvie (June 23, 1933 – March 11, 2011) was a lawyer and former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the City of Fredericton and then Fredericton North in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1968 to 1978 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was born in Westmount, Quebec, the son of Gordon S. Garvie and Helen Carten, and educated in Fredericton and at the University of New Brunswick. In 1960, he married Valerie Bennetts. He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1968 by-election held after the death of John F. McInerney. Garvie served as speaker for the assembly from 1971 to 1972. He then became a member of Premier Richard Hatfield's Cabinet, serving as Minister of Health from 1972 to 1974, Minister of Economic Growth from 1974 to 1976 (he became the first Minister of Commerce and Development when the department was renamed during the latter part of his tenure), Minister of Finance from 1976 to 1977 and Minister of Lab ...
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Thomas Bowman Garvie
Thomas Bowman Garvie (6 February 1859 – 5 January 1944) was a Northumbrian artist whose portraits include Thomas Burt, Lord Percy, Lord Armstrong, George B Bainbridge, Fred B Fenwick and Sir William and Lady Grey. He was a prolific painter of portraits and landscapes. He studied in London and Paris completing the Grand Tour in 1898. His work faithfully observed nature: landscapes were painted ''plein air'' and his portraits and figurative paintings reflect a naturalistic use of light and colour. Despite his orthodox outlook, he was at the time an extremely popular portraitist of the North East and there are several of his paintings in the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle and Cragside (National Trust) in Northumberland. Biography Bowman Garvie was born in Morpeth, Northumberland. He showed an early talent for drawing and was successful in gaining a place to study under Philip Hermogenes Calderon in 1883 obtaining there a scholarship for the Royal Academy where he studied until 188 ...
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Wayne Garvie
Wayne may refer to: People with the given name and surname * Wayne (given name) * Wayne (surname) Geographical Places with name ''Wayne'' may take their name from a person with that surname; the most famous such person was Gen. "Mad" Anthony Wayne from the former Northwest Territory during the American revolutionary period. Places in Canada * Wayne, Alberta Places in the United States Cities, towns and unincorporated communities: * Wayne, Illinois * Wayne City, Illinois * Wayne, Indiana * Wayne, Kansas * Wayne, Maine * Wayne, Michigan * Wayne, Nebraska * Wayne, New Jersey * Wayne, New York * Wayne, Ohio * Wayne, Oklahoma * Wayne, Pennsylvania * Wayne, West Virginia * Wayne, Lafayette County, Wisconsin * Wayne, Washington County, Wisconsin ** Wayne (community), Wisconsin Other places: * Wayne County (other) * Wayne Township (other) * Waynesborough, Gen. Anthony Wayne's early homestead in Pennsylvania * Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio * Joh ...
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William Garvie
William Garvie (1837 – December 15, 1872) was a lawyer, journalist and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Liberal from 1871 to 1872. He was born in the West Indies, the son of John Garvie, of Scottish descent, and came to Halifax with his parents. In 1863, with Edmund Mortimer McDonald, he founded the ''Halifax Citizen'', a newspaper opposed to Confederation. In 1866, Garvie retired from the paper, studied law at Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar there in 1869. In 1870, he returned to Nova Scotia, setting up practice in Halifax. The following year, he was named commissioner of public works and mines in the province's Executive Council. Ill with tuberculosis, he was only able to appear once in the provincial assembly, speaking in support of the government. Garvie died at Hyères in the south of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located ...
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Cape Wrath
Cape Wrath ( gd, Am Parbh, known as ' in Lewis) is a cape in the Durness parish of the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It is the most north-westerly point in mainland Britain. The cape is separated from the rest of the mainland by the Kyle of Durness and consists of of moorland wilderness known as the Parph. The first road was built in 1828 by the lighthouse commission across the Parph/Durness. This road connects a passenger ferry that crosses the Kyle of Durness with the buildings on the peninsula. Much of the cape is owned by the Ministry of Defence and is used as a military training area, including as live firing range. Areas of it are also designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, a Special Protection Area, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Landscape Area. Etymology The name Cape Wrath is derived from Old Norse ' ("turning point"), accordingly, ''wrath'' is pronounced (''a'' as in ''cat''),
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Garvey
Garvey and O'Garvey are Irish surnames, derived from the Gaelic ''Ó Gairbhith'', also spelt ''Ó Gairbheith'', meaning "descendant of Gairbhith". ''Gairbhith'' itself means "rough peace". There are three distinct Ó Gairbhith septs in Ireland: * A sept of the over-kingdom of Ulaid, who were kin of the '' Mac Aonghusa''. They were located in present-day County Down, Northern Ireland. * A sept of the over-kingdom of Airgíalla, who were kin of the ''Ó hAnluain''. They at one time ruled ''Uí Bresail'', also known as ''Clann Breasail'' (Clanbrassil), located in the present-day barony of Oneilland East in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. At an early stage they were disposed of their territory by the ''Mac Cana'' sept of the neighbouring ''Clan Cana'' (Clancann). * A sept of the ''Uí Ceinnselaig'', who were at one time chiefs of ''Uí Feilmeadha Thuaidh'', located in present-day barony of Rathvilly in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland. The similar name MacGarvey, which deriv ...
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