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Lyall (name)
Lyall is an English given name. People with the name include: * Lyall Brooks (born 1978), Australian actor * Lyall Hall (1861–1935), Australian politician * Lyall Hanson (1929–2018), Canadian politician * Lyall Howard (1896–1955), World War I veteran, business owner, father of Australian Prime Minister John Howard * Lyall Meyer (born 1982), South African cricket player * Lyall Munro Jnr (born 1951), Australian Aboriginal rights activist and elder * Lyall Munro Snr (1931–2020), Australian Aboriginal rights activist and elder * Lyall Smith (1914–1991), American sports writer * Lyall Watson (1939–2008), South African biologist and anthropologist See also * Lyall (other) Lyall may refer to: * Lyall (name) * Lyall (surname) * Lyall Bay Lyall Bay is a bay and suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand. The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. I ... * Lyall (surname) {{given name Given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Brooks
Lyall Brooks (born 16 November 1978) is an Australian actor who has appeared on TV, film and stage. Establishing a reputation early in his career as an Actor with great comic timing, Brooks has recently received industry praise for more dramatic roles, particularly on stage. He has studied under '' Emmy Award''-winner Chick Vennera aRenegade Players Los Angelesand is also experienced in dance, having studied under one of Australia's most popular choreographers, Tony Bartuccio. Television Brooks began his television career in 2005 with a guest role as Glenn Hart on ''Blue Heelers'' followed by Ten Network's British/Australian six-part drama series ''Tripping Over'' where he played an assistant director opposite ''Daniel MacPherson''. His first major television break was landing a role as a co-host of '' The Mint'' in 2007, an Australian phone-in quiz show based on the British program of the same name, and broadcast on the '' Nine Network''. When the show was axed in 2008 Brooks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Hall
Henry Lyall Hall (22 July 1861 – 23 May 1935) was an Australian politician, serving as the member for Perth in the Legislative Assembly from 1897 until 1901. Biography Hall was born at Homebush near Avoca, Victoria, Australia, to Henry Hall, a miner and newspaper editor, and Elizabeth Bethell. He became a public servant in Victoria and was a telegraph clerk at Emerald Hill in 1884. On 11 December 1884 in Ballarat, he married Mary Page, with whom he had one son and four daughters. They moved to Western Australia in 1894, where he worked as an auctioneer and general land agent. In 1896 he was elected to the North Ward of Perth City Council for a two-year term, and after joining the governing Forrest party, he won the seat of Perth in the Legislative Assembly at the 1897 elections against Stephen Henry Parker. During this time, he was also active in advocating for the establishment of Hyde Park, then known as Third Swamp and used as a camping ground for travellers, to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Hanson
Lyall Franklin Hanson (July 20, 1929 – April 23, 2018) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Okanagan North from 1986 to 1991 and Okanagan-Vernon from 1991 to 1996 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Social Credit then Reform Party member. He was born in Domremy, Saskatchewan, the son of John Engmond Hanson and Katherine Gertrude Ruep. In 1984, Hanson married Nancy McGaw. He was a car dealer in Vernon and Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ... in British Columbia. He served as mayor of Vernon before entering provincial politics. Hanson served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Labour and Consumer Services from 1986 to 1989 and as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1989 to 1991. He was named interim leader for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Howard
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Lyall may refer to: * Lyall (name) * Lyall (surname) * Lyall Bay, a bay and a suburb in Wellington, New Zealand See also *Mount Lyall (other) *Lyell (other) Lyell is a surname of Scotland traced to Radulphus de Insula, 11th-century Lord of Duchal Castle. "De insula" was subsequently translated into the Old French "de l'isle" and developed into a number of variants ( eLyell; eLisle; eLyle; see below). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Howard
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies, who served for eighteen non-consecutive years. Howard was born in Sydney and studied law at the University of Sydney. He was a commercial lawyer before entering parliament. A former federal president of the Young Liberals, he first stood for office at the 1968 New South Wales state election, but lost narrowly. At the 1974 federal election, Howard was elected as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Bennelong. He was promoted to cabinet in 1977, and later in the year replaced Phillip Lynch as treasurer of Australia, remaining in that position until the defeat of Malcolm Fraser's government at the 1983 election. In 1985, Howard was elected leader of the Liberal Party for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Meyer
Lyall Meyer (born 23 March 1982) is a South African cricketer and hockey player. Meyer was a fast bowler for the Warriors and Eastern Province cricket teams in South Africa from 2001 to 2013, taking 122 wickets in first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ... at an average of 32.78. He also represented South Africa at hockey against France in 2005. References External links * * 1982 births Living people Cricketers from Gqeberha South African male field hockey players Warriors cricketers Eastern Province cricketers South African cricketers {{SouthAfrica-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Munro Jnr
Lyall Thomas Munro Jnr (born 1951) is an Aboriginal Australian elder, a former activist and member of many organisations serving Aboriginal Australians. He is known as a local leader in the town of Moree, New South Wales. he is the son of Lyall Munro Snr, and the husband of Jenny Munro. Early life and education Lyall Thomas Munro, a Gamilaroi man, was born in Moree, New South Wales, in 1951, one of 12 children of Lyall Munro Snr and Carmine Munro. Lloyd Munro, vice-chair of the Moree Local Aboriginal Land Council, is a brother. They lived on New Moree Mission. He first attended Moree Aboriginal School. The children were not allowed out of the school, and Moree had a reputation for being a racist town. Munro recalled that it was only the Lebanese Australian traders who would sell to Aboriginal people at the mission. Aboriginal people were not allowed to try clothes on in the shops in the town. When Lyall was 13, in 1965, the Freedom Ride led by Charles Perkins drove into Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Munro Snr
Lyall Munro Snr (30 September 1931– 21 May 2020), also known as Uncle Lyall Munro Senior, was an Aboriginal Australian activist, leader, and elder, especially known for his advocacy of Indigenous land rights. He was the husband of Carmine "Maggie" Munro, and father of Lyall Munro Jnr. Early life Lyall Munro was born on 30 September 1931 in Tingha, New South Wales. A Kamilaroi (or Komeroi; pronounced ''gomeroi'') man, he was a descendant of victims of the Myall Creek massacre in 1838. He had little formal education, and grew up in a world where racial segregation was practised. Activism Munro was an avid advocate for Indigenous land rights throughout his life, interacting with prime ministers and other leaders, and addressed forums on the international stage. He tried to change systems that incorporated systemic racism in Australia, fighting for equality in education and employment. He led a land rights march in Sydney in the 1980s. He was a strong advocate of truth telli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Smith
Lyall F. Smith (November 22, 1914 – October 8, 1991) was an American sports writer and editor. He was the sports editor and columnist for the Detroit Free Press from 1945 to 1965 and the president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America from 1955 to 1956. He later served as the public relations director and business manager for the Detroit Lions from 1965 to 1980. Early years A native of Peoria, Illinois, he attended Bradley University and the University of Illinois. He was inducted into the Bradley University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1950. Smith began his career in journalism as a reporter for the ''Chicago Daily News''. He spent seven years with the ''Chicago Daily News'' from 1938 to 1945. He claimed to have given the "Whiz Kids" nickname to the 1943 Illinois basketball team. Detroit Free Press In March 1945, Smith was hired as the sports editor and columnist at the ''Detroit Free Press'', a position he held until 1965. During his time with the ''Free Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall Watson
Lyall Watson (12 April 1939 – 25 June 2008) was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller ''Supernature''. Lyall Watson tried to make sense of natural and supernatural phenomena in biological terms. He is credited with coining the "hundredth monkey" effect in his 1979 book, ''Lifetide''; later, in The Whole Earth Review, he conceded this was "a metaphor of my own making". Life Malcolm Lyall-Watson was born in Johannesburg. He had an early fascination for nature in the surrounding bush, learning from Zulu and !Kung bushmen. Watson attended boarding school at Rondebosch Boys' High School in Cape Town, completing his studies in 1955. He enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1956, at the age of 15 where, by the time he was 19, he had earned degrees in both botany and zoology, before securing an apprenticeship in palaeontology under Raymond Dart, leading o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall (other)
Lyall may refer to: * Lyall (name) * Lyall (surname) * Lyall Bay Lyall Bay is a bay and suburb on the south side of the Rongotai isthmus in Wellington, New Zealand. The bay is a popular surf beach, featuring a breakwater at the eastern end. It is home to two surf lifesaving clubs and has also been the site of ..., a bay and a suburb in Wellington, New Zealand See also * Mount Lyall (other) * Lyell (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyall (surname)
The surname "Lyall" is found early in Scotland and was derived from the Old Norse given name "Liulfr", whereulfr means Wolf. After the Viking settlement in Scotland name sounds would have changed. For example, "Liulfr" is pronounced 'lee-oolv-ur', but after time probably softened in pronunciation to 'lee-ooler' and then 'loo-il' and finally 'lyall' after the Old Norse "R" was dropped off the end. The Lyall Clan is a Sept of Clan Sinclair a Highland Scottish clan of Norman origin a people descended from Norse Vikings who held lands in the north of Scotland, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians. Notable people with the surname Lyall include: * Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835–1911), British civil servant and poet * Bill Lyall (born 1941), Canadian politician * Billy Lyall (1953–1989), Scottish musician with the band Pilot * Charles James Lyall (1845–1920), English civil servant working in India * Charles Ross Lyall (1880–1950), British career soldier and cricketer * David Lyall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
