Robin Gray (other)
Robin Gray may refer to: * Robin Gray (Australian politician) (born 1940), former Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania, 1982–1989 * Robin Gray (curler), Irish male curler * Robin Gray (New Zealand politician) (1931–2022), New Zealand politician * Auld Robin Gray, a 1772 Scots ballad written by Lady Anne Lindsay See also *Robin Grey (other) Robin Grey may refer to: * Robin Grey-Gardner *Robin Gray (other) Robin Gray may refer to: * Robin Gray (Australian politician) (born 1940), former Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania, 1982–1989 * Robin Gray (curler), Irish male c ... {{disambiguation Gray, Robin ...
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Robin Gray (Australian Politician)
Robin Trevor Gray (born 1 March 1940) is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a policy of "state development," particularly the building of the Franklin Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Franklin River. He was only the second non-Labor premier to hold the post in 48 years, and the first in 51 years to govern in majority. Early life Gray was born in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne. Once he had completed high school, he won a scholarship to Dookie Agricultural College and completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne. His qualifications led to a job as an agricultural consultant at a firm in Victoria's Western District. In 1965, the firm sent Gray to northern Tasmania to operate a branch of the firm in Launceston. Political career During 1976, the state leader of the Liberal Party, Max Bingham, convi ...
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Robin Gray (curler)
Robin Gray (born 21 December 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish and Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ... curler. Teams Men's Mixed References External links * * 1963 births Living people Curlers from Glasgow Irish male curlers Scottish male curlers {{Ireland-curling-bio-stub ...
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Robin Gray (New Zealand Politician)
Sir Robert McDowall Gray (2 July 1931 – 2 April 2022), generally known as Robin Gray, was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1978 to 1996, and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives between 1990 and 1993. Early life and family Gray was born in Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland on 2 July 1931. He received his education at Borgue Primary School and at George Watson's Boys College. After serving with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards from 1949 to 1951 in Africa, he migrated to New Zealand in 1952 to take up farming, initially working on a farm at Tapanui, before moving to his own property at Waitahuna, Central Otago. Gray became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1973. Gray married Mary Muir Thomson in 1957. She was the daughter of Alexander Thomson. The couple went on to have three children. Gray was widowed by the death of his wife, Mary, in 1981. Member of Parliament He joined the National Party in 1956, and held a number of positions in ...
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Auld Robin Gray
Auld Robin Gray is the title of a Scots ballad written by the Scottish poet Lady Anne Lindsay in 1772. Robin Gray is a good old man who marries a young woman already in love with a man named Jamie. Jamie goes away to sea in order to earn money so that the couple can marry. The woman, who narrates the ballad, tells the story of being compelled by her parents' misfortune to marry Robin Gray while her lover is away. Robin promises to maintain her and her parents in return for her hand. Jamie returns a few weeks after the marriage, looking like a ghost. They have a sad reunion, kiss and tear themselves away from each other. The woman resolves to do her best to be a good wife to Robin, though she is extremely sad at the loss of her true love. The original tune was composed by the Rev. William Leeves. George Thomson commissioned Joseph Haydn to arrange the ballad for piano and soprano, as well as for piano, violin, cello, and soprano. Popular use The poem is sung by the "lovely man ...
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Robin Grey (other)
Robin Grey may refer to: * Robin Grey-Gardner *Robin Gray (other) Robin Gray may refer to: * Robin Gray (Australian politician) (born 1940), former Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania, 1982–1989 * Robin Gray (curler), Irish male curler * Robin Gray (New Zealand politician) (1931–2022), New Zealand poli ...