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McCausland
McCausland (''Mac Ausaláin'' in Gaelic), meaning "Son of Absolom" is a surname of Irish origin; there is also a clan of this name in Scotland. The family claim descent from the Cenel Eoghain race in County Londonderry and Tyrone, a branch of the Ui Neil. Alternatively, the surname may be an Anglicization from a Gaelic name, as was the case with many Irish surnames, changing to sound more English over the centuries. The surname "Mac Ausaláin" may have an underlying Gaelic personal name, possibly Caisealán, meaning 'little one of the castle'. Notable people Notable people with the surname include: * Charles McCausland (1898–1965), Irish cricketer * Richard Bolton McCausland (1810–1900) Attorney-General of Singapore, and his son of the same name (1864-1933), a notable surgeon. * Chris McCausland (born 1977), British stand-up comedian * Edward McCausland (1865–1936), Australian rugby player and cricketer * Ernesto McCausland (1961–2012), Colombian journalist and filmm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCausland
John McCausland, Jr. (September 13, 1836 – January 22, 1927) was a brigadier general in the Confederate army, famous for the ransom of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the razing of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War. Early life and education McCausland was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 13, 1836, the son of an immigrant from Ireland. Warner, Ezra J. ''Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders.'' Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1959. . p. 197.Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, ''Civil War High Commands.'' Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. . p. 371. Orphaned in 1843, he lived first with his grandmother until her death, then he and his brother went to live with his aunt Jane Smith near Point Pleasant, Virginia, now in Mason County, West Virginia. McCausland attended the Buffalo Academy in Putnam County, Then he traveled to Harrisonburg, Virginia, studied engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson McCausland
Nelson McCausland (born 15 August 1951) is a former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician from Northern Ireland, who was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for North Belfast from 2003 until he lost his seat in 2017. and served as Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure (2009–2011) and subsequently Minister for Social Development (2011–2014) in the Northern Ireland Executive. Education He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was educated at Carr's Glen Primary School, Belfast Royal Academy, Worcester College, Oxford and Queen's University. Career He was a science teacher in Ballygomartin Boys Secondary School (later Cairnmartin Secondary School) from 1973–81, and then became the Northern Ireland Secretary of the Lord's Day Observance Society, an evangelical Christian organisation. McCausland made his political debut in the 1982 Assembly elections, standing in North Belfast for the United Ulster Unionist Party (UUUP), when he was eliminated e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward McCausland
Edward Elsmere Montgomery McCausland, (11 May 1865 – 9 November 1936) was an Australian born sportsperson who as a rugby footballer toured with the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team. The touring party played predominantly rugby union, but also a small number of association football and Victorian rules football matches. McCausland was also a cricketer of note and is recorded to have represented Wellington in a First-class match. Personal history McCausland was born in Jamieson, Victoria Australia in 1865 to John Conyngham McCausland and his wife Sarah. McCausland's parents were originally from County Armagh in Ireland, but emigrated to Australia where his father became a manager for the Union Bank of Australia. Around 1880 the family moved to New Zealand and McCausland followed his father into banking. By 1892 McCausland had returned to Australia, marrying Alice Shore that year in St Leonards, New South Wales. The marriage was short lived and in 1895 he remarried to Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto McCausland Dieppa
Roberto McCausland-Dieppa, also known as "Dieppa", is a Colombian pianist, composer, and conductor, specializing in classical, jazz, and Hungarian music. The artist is the first Colombian-born pianist to have performed successfully in worldwide venues. He is the conductor of Sinfonia Latina''.'' and helped start the Santa Fe-Barlovento Orchestra. His performances at various venues across the United States, Asia, Australia, and Europe, are noted such as Carnegie Hall, Ostrogskich-Chopin Hall, and the United Nations. "Dieppa" became known after composing and conducting ‘' Sinfonia Latina’' at age seventeen in 1976, the composition fused Rock, Jazz, Salsa, and Spanish music into a symphonic format. The event "Sinfonía Latina" denominated ‘Super Show’ over-exceeded expected attendance, Noted as ‘Avant-garde’ and ‘revolutionary’, it pushed the boundaries of popular salsa, autochthonous dance rhythms, rock, and jazz with a classical framework into the modern concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris McCausland
Chris McCausland (born ) is a British actor and comedian. He is known to television audiences for his role as Rudi in the CBeebies show ''Me Too! (British TV series), Me Too!'' He regularly appears at comedy venues around the UK, including The Comedy Store (London), The Comedy Store. McCausland is Visual impairment, blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. Early life McCausland was born in West_Derby, West Derby Village in Liverpool but has lived in Surbiton, near Kingston upon Thames, since 1996, after moving there to study at Kingston University. He graduated in 2000, with a BSc Honours in software engineering. After a spell as a web developer, deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction, and he worked in sales for a number of years, during which time he first performed stand-up comedy in 2003. Stand-up comedy McCausland first gave stand-up a go at a new act comedy night in Balham in July 2003. Within his first year of performing, he won the ''Jongleurs J2O Last Laugh'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto McCausland
Ernesto McCausland Sojo (January 4, 1961– November 21, 2012) was a Colombian journalist, writer and filmmaker. Career McCausland began in journalism in 1982, as a reporter of crime stories for his home town newspaper El Heraldo. He later started to work in the genre of narrative journalism, becoming one of the best in multiple fields such as press, radio and TV in Colombia. At the same time, he conducted "Mundo Costeño", a narrative journalism program on the regional channel Telecaribe, where he highlighted the customs and traditions of the Colombian Caribbean Region. In the mid-1990s he worked as a news anchor for the QAP television news. Since 2007 he hosted ''A las 11'', an interview program on Telecaribe. Since 2008 he worked as co-anchor of Canal Caracol's "El Radar", program. McCausland conducted the Vallenato Legend Festival on several occasions. He was a collaborator for Colombia's "SoHo" and Spain's "Interviú" magazines. He was also a columnist for El Heraldo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary McCausland
Gary McCausland (born 10 June 1968 in Belfast, Northern Ireland), is a Chartered Property Surveyor, property developer/investor, author and former television presenter. He is the CEO of The Richland Group, a property development company based in Berkeley Square, London, UK. Previously he presented Channel 5's "How To Be A Property Developer" between 2004 and 2008, and ''Property Developing Abroad'' for Granada Media. Early life The eldest of seven (two girls, five boys), McCausland grew up in Dungannon throughout The Troubles in the 1970s and 80s. He obtained a BSc (Hons) Upper Class Second in Estate Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Accountancy with commendation from the University of Ulster. He qualified as a Chartered Property Surveyor (RICS) in 1995. McCausland presently sits as a Director on the Foundation Board of the University of Ulster. Career On graduation he worked as a Management Accountant (CIMA) from 1992, and then moved to a senior management role at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McCausland, Iowa
McCausland is a city in Butler Township, Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 313 at the time of the 2020 census. The city was founded in 1882 by D.C. McCausland, a landowner and horse trader. Geography McCausland is located at (41.744804, −90.442613). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 291 people, 115 households, and 86 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 123 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.9% White, 0.7% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the population. There were 115 households, of which 36.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.1% were married couples living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.5% had a male householder with no wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bolton McCausland
Sir Richard Bolton McCausland (1810 - 8 July 1900) and Richard Bolton McCausland (1864 in Singapore - 9 October 1933 in Folkestone, Kent, England) were father and son of the same name. Sir Richard was born in Ireland, became a barrister and served as Recorder of Singapore and Malaca, from 1856-1866. In 1868 he returned to Ireland to inherit the family estate at Cappaghduff, Co Mayo. His son was born in Singapore but moved to Ireland with his father at an early age. He became a notable surgeon at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The 1901 Census records his address as 79 Merrion Square, a prestigious address in the heart of Georgian Dublin. He married Charlotte Maria McCausland, the daughter of the influential French Neurologist Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard. In 1896 the first use of x-ray in Ireland was by McCausland when he carried out an operation to remove a needle from the hand of a parlor maid. The x-ray was performed at Royal College of Science for Ireland ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McCausland
Charles Edward McCausland (4 October 1898 – 12 November 1965) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played four times for the Ireland cricket team in the 1920s,CricketEurope Stats Zone profile including two first-class matches against . He also played first-class for |
John McCausland (politician)
John McCausland (1735 – November 1804) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Early years He was born in Strabane on 14 May 1735 to Oliver McCausland and Anne Jane Hamilton of Strabane. Parliament McCausland represented County Donegal in the Parliament of Ireland from 1768 to 1776. Family life He had married Elizabet Span, daughter of William Span in Ballmacove on 29 January 1757. They had 3 children: Oliver (born 6 November 1767), William (born 1759) and Catherine (born 1761). His daughter Catherine married William Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket, the crown prosecutor at the trial of Robert Emmet, and later Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801, it was also the highest political office of .... Death He died in November 1804, aged 69. References The House of Commons, 1790-1820, Band 3, page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice McCausland
Maurice Marcus McCausland (1872–14 January 1938) was a landowner and political figure in Ireland. McCausland was born in Drenagh, County Londonderry, the grandson of St Andrew St John, 15th Baron St John of Bletso. He studied at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, before becoming a magistrate. He was High Sheriff of County Londonderry in 1908, and in 1926, he was appointed as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry, serving until his death. In 1934, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland. , '' Who Was Who
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