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Ovey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Sir Esmond Ovey (1879–1963), British ambassador *George Ovey (1870–1951), American film actor and comedian *Mike Ovey (1958–2017), British Anglican clergyman, academic, and lawyer See also *Ovie Ovie is a given name, nickname and surname. It may refer to: Nickname * Alexander Ovechkin (born 1985), Russian ice hockey player * Ovie Alston (1905–1989), American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, and bandleader * Ovie Ejaria (born 1997), English foo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Esmond Ovey
Sir Esmond Ovey (23 July 1879 – 30 May 1963) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to the Soviet Union, Belgium and Argentina. Career Esmond Ovey was educated at Eton College and entered the Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, Diplomatic Service as an attaché in 1902. He was appointed to Tangier but did not go there that year, instead being sent to Stockholm to assist with extra work in the period preceding the Russo-Japanese War. He did go to Tangier in 1904, was promoted to Third Secretary in 1905 and posted to Paris in 1906. While at the Paris embassy he was decorated with the MVO when King Edward VII visited Biarritz in 1907. In 1908 he was posted to Washington, D.C. where he met, and in May 1909 married, Blanche, daughter of Rear-Admiral William H. Emory, United States Navy. In the same month he was promoted to Second Secretary. In 1912 Ovey was transferred to Sofia and in 1913 to Istanbul, Constantinople. When the Ottoman Empire came into the First World War the B ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mike Ovey
Michael John Ovey (9 December 1958 – 7 January 2017), known as Mike Ovey, was a British Anglican clergyman, academic, and former lawyer. From 2007 until his death, he was Principal (academia), Principal of Oak Hill College, a Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom, conservative evangelical theological college in London, England. Early life and education Ovey was born on 9 December 1958 on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1981. He remained at Balliol College to study for the Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree, a postgraduate degree, which he completed in 1982. He then worked as a lawyer in the Civil Service (United Kingdom), Civil Service where he would help draft government legislation. In 1988, Ovey matriculated into Ridley Hall, Cambridge, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry. During this time, he also studied theology at Trinity College, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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George Ovey
George Overton O’Dell, known as George Ovey professionally (December 13, 1870 – September 23, 1951), was an American film actor and comedian. Ovey was born December 13, 1870, in Trenton, Missouri. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1951, but he is best known as the character "Merry Jerry" in dozens of short films known as the "Cub Comedies" that were produced in the mid-1910s by Mutual Films and directed by Milton Fahrney. Ovey died September 23, 1951, in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography * ''Fatty's Reckless Fling'' (1915) * ''Jerry in the Movies'' (1916) * ''Oh, Mabel Behave'' (1922) * ''Fight and Win'' (1924)*costarring Jack Dempsey * ''The Arizona Sweepstakes'' (1926) * ''Transcontinental Limited'' (1926) * '' The Sporting Lover'' (1926) * ''Strings of Steel'' (1926) * '' The Yankee Clipper'' (1927) * '' Pals in Peril'' (1927) * '' Desert Dust'' (1927) * ''My Friend from India'' (1927) * ''A Trick of Hearts'' (1928) * ''Broadway'' (1929) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |