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Terence O'Brien (other)
Terence O'Brien or Terrence O'Brien may refer to: *Terence O'Brien (actor) (1887–1970), Irish-born British actor *Terence O'Brien (British diplomat) (1921–2006), British Ambassador to Nepal, 1970–1974, Burma, 1974–1978, and Indonesia, 1978–1981 *Sir Terence O'Brien (colonial governor) (1830–1904), British Governor of Newfoundland, 1889–1895 *Terence O'Brien (New Zealand diplomat) Terence Christopher O'Brien (6 January 1936 – 30 December 2022) was a New Zealand diplomat. He led New Zealand in 1993 to a seat on the United Nations Security Council and played a strong role in helping to reshape New Zealand's perceptions ... (1936–2022), New Zealand Ambassador to the United Nations, 1980–1983, 1990–1993, and the European Community, 1983–1986 * Terence O'Brien (rower) (1906–1982), English Olympic rower * Terence O'Brien (bishop) (1600–1651), Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Emly * Terrence O'Brien (director), American founder and director of the Hudson Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Brien (actor)
Terence O'Brien (1887–1970) was an Irish-born British stage actor, active at Stratford, The Old Vic and in the West End. He also appeared in several films. Selected filmography * ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1916) * ''The House Opposite'' (1917) * ''Q Ships'' (1928) * '' Midnight Menace'' (1937) * ''The World Owes Me a Living ''The World Owes Me a Living'' is a 1945 British Second World War drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring David Farrar and Judy Campbell. The film is based on a novel by John Llewellyn Rhys, a young author who was killed in action in 1 ...'' (1945) References External links * 1887 births 1970 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors Male actors from Dublin (city) 20th-century British male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Brien (British Diplomat)
Terence John O'Brien, CMG, MC (13 October 1921 in Ranchi, India – 22 December 2006 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England) was a British career diplomat.''Who's Who 2003'' (A. & C. Black, London, 2003), page 1618. Background Born in India, the son of Joseph O'Brien, he belonged to a long line of British civil servants who served the Indian Empire. When he was eleven his father retired and settled in the English county of Norfolk. Education and war service O'Brien was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and Merton College, Oxford, where he was a Postmaster Scholar. He arrived at Oxford in 1939, and his university career was soon interrupted by the Second World War. He served as a captain in the Ayrshire Yeomanry and took part in the Normandy Landings, being awarded the Military Cross in 1945 for his survey work between Allied and enemy lines. After the war, he returned to Oxford to complete his degree and was an active member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Brien (colonial Governor)
Major General Sir John Terence Nicholls O'Brien (23 April 1830 – 25 February 1903) was a surveyor, engineer and colonial governor. Born in Manchester, England, O'Brien studied at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. O'Brien, a British Army officer, received a medal of honour for his service in the Indian Mutiny War. He was appointed acting Governor of British Ceylon in 1863 and held the office for two years, succeeding Charles Justin MacCarthy. In 1881, he was appointed governor of Heligoland, knighted in 1888 and became governor of Newfoundland in 1889. O'Brien as governor of Newfoundland helped precipitate the 1894 bank crash by his many dispatches to London noting that Newfoundland politicians under Premier William Whiteway's Liberal Government were uniquely corrupt and incompetent. He resigned from office in 1895 and returned to London. The Newfoundland community of Terenceville was so named in his honour. O'Brien's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Brien (New Zealand Diplomat)
Terence Christopher O'Brien (6 January 1936 – 30 December 2022) was a New Zealand diplomat. He led New Zealand in 1993 to a seat on the United Nations Security Council and played a strong role in helping to reshape New Zealand's perceptions of itself as a small but fiercely independent nation in the South Pacific. Early life O'Brien was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, on 6 January 1936. His father, Wing Commander Oliver James O'Brien, was a pilot in the Royal Air Force (RAF) who was sent to New Zealand during the Second World War including to train pilots who fought in the battle of Britain. In 1940, he moved with his mother and sister to New Zealand by boat, narrowly avoiding being torpedoed by German U-boats, to follow his father who had taken up a post as Chief Air Instructor to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. Shortly after the end of the war, O'Brien returned from New Zealand, via ship, to the United Kingdom to be educated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Brien (rower)
Terence Noel O'Brien (23 December 1906 – 19 December 1982) was an English rower, born in Thanet, who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics. O'Brien was a member of London Rowing Club. In 1927, partnering Robert Nisbet, he won Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta. . Rowinghistory.net. Retrieved on 18 March 2014. In 1928 the pair were chosen to compete in the s for Great Britain , where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Brien (bishop)
Terence Albert O'Brien (1600 – 30 October 1651) was an Irish Roman Catholic Bishop of Emly. He was beatified among the 17 Irish Catholic Martyrs by Pope John Paul II on 27 September 1992. Biography O'Brien hailed from Cappamore, County Limerick. Both of his parents were from the noble family of O’Brien Arra. He joined the Dominicans in 1621 at Limerick, where his uncle, Maurice O'Brien, was then prior. He took the name "Albert" after the Dominican scholar Albertus Magnus. In 1622 he went to study in Toledo, returning eight years later to become prior at St. Saviour's in Limerick. In 1643 he was provincial of his order in Ireland. In 1647 he was consecrated Bishop of Emly by Giovanni Battista Rinuccini. During the Irish Confederate Wars, like most Irish Catholics, he sided with Confederate Ireland. His services to the Catholic Confederation were highly valued by the Supreme Council. The bishop would treat the wounded and support Confederate soldiers throughout the conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrence O'Brien (director)
Terrence O’Brien is an American theatre director. O'Brien is a graduate of University of Notre Dame, and received advanced training in acting and directing at American Conservatory Theater, A.C.T. in San Francisco. He is the Founding Artistic Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, which began in 1987 with a modest outdoor production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, produced in cooperation with the 29th Street Project. In 1988, the Festival moved to Boscobel, a Hudson River museum estate in Garrison, New York. Once in its new home and under a big tent, the festival grew dramatically, from its first season audience of 230 to 37,000 in 2010. Dedicated to producing the plays of Shakespeare with an economy of style that focuses its energy and resources on script, actors, and audience, the festival draws theater-goers from the tri-state area and beyond. As noted by Terry Teachout in 2008, ''"Mr. O'Brien keeps things simple and light, letting the verse speak for itself, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |