Thirkell
Thirkell is a surname. People with that name include: * Angela Thirkell (18901961), English-born Australian novelist * John Thirkell (born 1958), British trumpet and flugelhorn player * Percy Thirkell (190097), English footballer * Richard Thirkell (AKA Richard Thirkeld, died 1583), English Roman Catholic priest and martyr See also * Eric Thirkell Cooper (before 1915 – after 1947), British soldier and war poet during World War 1 * Herbert Thirkell White Sir Herbert Thirkell White (1855–1931) was the Lieutenant Governor of the British Indian province of Burma (1905–1910) and author of works about Burma. Biography The son of Richard White, he was educated at Dulwich College and Brasenose Co ...

Angela Thirkell
Angela Margaret Thirkell (; , 30 January 1890 – 29 January 1961) was an English and Australian novelist. She also published one novel, ''Trooper to Southern Cross'', under the pseudonym Leslie Parker. Early life She was the elder daughter of John William Mackail (1859–1945), a Scottish classical scholar and civil servant from the Isle of Bute who was the Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1906 to 1911. Her mother was Margaret Burne-Jones, daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones, and through her, Thirkell was the first cousin once removed of Rudyard Kipling and Stanley Baldwin. Her brother, Denis Mackail (1892–1971), was also a novelist and they had a younger sister, Clare. The three Mackail children were, in their youth, treated first-hand to the fairytales of Mary de Morgan. Angela Mackail was educated in London at Claude Montefiore's Froebel Institute, then at St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith, and in Paris at a finishing school for young ladies. M ...
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Eric Thirkell Cooper
Eric Thirkell Cooper (18861960) was a British soldier and war poet during World War I. Cooper was born in 1886 in Beckenham, Kent. He served with the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), reaching the rank of Major. He published two collections of poems: ''Soliloquies of a Subaltern Somewhere in France'' (1915) and ''Tommies of the Line, and Other Poems'' (1918). In 1916, the English composer John Ireland (18791962) published settings of three poems from ''Soliloquies of a Subaltern'' for voice and piano: "Blind" and "The Cost" in a set called Two Songs; and, separately, "Lines to a Garrison Churchyard", under the title "A Garrison Churchyard". In the same year, the English composer Cyril Scott Cyril Meir Scott (27 September 1879 – 31 December 1970) was an English composer, writer, poet, and occultist. He created around four hundred musical compositions including piano, violin, cello concertos, symphonies, and operas. He also wrot ... (18791970) also published a ...
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John Thirkell
John Thirkell is a British trumpet and flugelhorn player, who has appeared on hundreds of pop, rock, and jazz recordings. Through the 1980s and early 1990s he was on at least one album in the UK Charts continuously, without a break, for over 13 years. In 2009 he had two consecutive UK No.1 singles with Pixie Lott and was the first person to be inducted into the Musician's Union "Hall of Fame." In 2022 he scored his 27th No.1 album playing on Olly Murs " Marry Me". He is also known for playing with Level 42 in partnership with fellow Brit and saxophonist Gary Barnacle. His other credits include work with artists such as Rod Stewart, George Michael, Lisa Stansfield, Jamiroquai, UB40, Cher, Tina Turner, Pet Shop Boys, Swing Out Sister, Spice Girls, BTS and many more, along with stints in the Buddy Rich Band and Gil Evans Orchestra. He is also the producer of covers band Red Sauce.Raftery, Brian (2007)On iTunes, a Careless Click May Buy You an Imposter, ''Wired'', 20 December 20 ...
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Percy Thirkell
Percy Thirkell (13 February 1900 – 16 January 1997) was an English footballer who played as a left back for Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers and Congleton Town Congleton Town Football Club is an association football club based in Congleton, Cheshire, England. They currently play in the and are full members of the Cheshire County Football Association. The club have played in a number of regional league .... He made 184 appearances for Tranmere. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thirkell, Percy 1900 births 1997 deaths Footballers from South Shields Association football fullbacks English footballers Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players Congleton Town F.C. players English Football League players ...
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Richard Thirkeld
Richard Thirkeld (died 29 May 1583) was an English Roman Catholic priest. He is a Catholic martyr beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886. Life Thirkeld was born at Coniscliffe, Durham, England. From Queen's College, Oxford, where he was in 1564-5, he went to Reims, where he was ordained priest, 18 April 1579. He left 23 May for the English mission, where he ministered in or about York, and acted as confessor to Margaret Clitheroe. On the eve of the Annunciation, 1583, he was arrested while visiting one of the Catholic prisoners in the Kidcote on Ouse bridge. He at once confessed his priesthood, both to the pursuivants, who arrested him, and to the mayor before whom he was brought, and for the night was lodged in the house of the high sheriff. The next day his trial took place, at which he managed to appear in his cassock, which made him appear all the more venerable. The charge was one of having reconciled the Queen's subjects to the Church of Rome. He was found guilty on 27 May a ...
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