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Torquil
Torquil is an Anglicised form of the Norwegian and Swedish masculine name ''Torkel'', and the Scottish Gaelic name ''Torcall''. The Scottish Gaelic name ''Torcall'' is a Gaelicised form of the Old Norse name ''Þorkell''. The Scandinavian '' Torkel'' is a contracted form of the Old Norse ''Þorkell'', made up of the two elements: ''Þór'', meaning "Thor" the Norse god of thunder; and ''kell'' (in some variants ''ketill''), meaning "(sacrificial) cauldron". A variant spelling of the Scottish Gaelic ''Torcall'' is ''Torcull''. A similar Scottish Gaelic given name is ''Torcadall'', which is also Anglicised as ''Torquil''. Torquil *Torquil (priest), Archdeacon of Dublin in 1180 *Torquil Campbell, (born 1972), co-lead singer and songwriter of the Canadian band Stars *Torquil MacLeod, 14th century Scottish clan chief *Torquil MacLeod (clan chief), 16th-century Scottish clan chief *Torquil MacNeill, 16th century Scottish clan chief *Torquil Neilson, Australian actor *Torquil Norman (bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil MacLeod
Torquil MacLeod (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall mac Murchaidh, and Torcall MacLeòid) ('' fl.'' 14th century) was a Hebridean lord and is today considered to be the founder of the MacLeods of Lewis, who are known in Gaelic as ''Sìol Torcaill'' ("seed of Torcall"). He was the son of Murdoch MacLeod, and a great-grandson of Leod, eponymous ancestor of the MacLeods. Background According to MacLeod tradition, Torquil was a son of Leod, founder of Clan MacLeod. Clan traditions made Torquil the brother of Tormod, and stated that the two brothers founded the main branches of the clan— one branch being '' Sìol Tormoid'' ("seed of Tormod"), the MacLeods of Harris and Dunvegan; the other branch being ''Sìol Torcaill'' ("seed of Torcall"), the MacLeods of Lewis. This traditional story is no longer taken seriously by historians, and Torquil is now considered to have been the son of Murdoch, who was a grandson of Leod. The late 20th-century historian William Matheson stated that the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil MacLeod (clan Chief)
Torquil MacLeod (Modern Scottish Gaelic: Torcall MacLeòid) was the chief of Clan MacLeod of Lewis in around 1500. He died before 1510. He was born in about 1460, and mentioned in 1498, and in 1506. Torquil, the heir of Roderick MacLeod of Lewis, was the principal supporter of Domhnall Dubh, claimant to the Principality of the Isles, when Domhnall escaped from prison and raised the banner of insurrection in 1501, for the purpose of regaining the lordship of the Isles. Torquil married (apparently as a later wife) Catharine Campbell, widow of Lachlan Og Maclean, and daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, and the sister Mary Campbell, mother of Donald dubh. In the end of the fifteenth century, king James IV of Scotland was endeavouring to put an end to the constant clan troubles in the Hebrides, caused by the efforts to revive the broken power of the Lord of the Isles. Torquil was the most notable of the chiefs who resisted the efforts of the king’s lieutenants, first hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil MacNeill
Torquil MacNeill (Scottish Gaelic: Torcall MacNèill) was a mid sixteenth century clan chief. In the sixteenth century, there was a clan of MacNeills centred on the Inner Hebridean island of Gigha. In about 1530, the chief of the clan, Niall MacNeill of Gigha, died without a male heir. While Niall's lands passed to his daughter, the chiefship of the clan passed over to her second cousin, Torquil MacNeill. In 1531, Torquil is recorded as the " chief and principale of the clan and surname of Maknelis". In 1542, a Crown grant of the clan lands was given to Niall, the illegitimate son of the deceased Niall MacNeill of Gigha. As late as 1553, Torquil was still regarded to be chief, for he is recorded as "principalis seu primarius tribus sive familie de MacNeille". In that year he is also described as being in very poor health. According to historian John Bannerman, it is likely that on Torquil's death, the chiefship of the clan officially passed over to Niall MacNeill of Gigha, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil Norman
Sir Torquil Patrick Alexander Norman, (born 11 April 1933) is a British businessman, aircraft enthusiast, and arts philanthropist. Early life and education Norman is the youngest of three sons born to Air Commodore Sir Nigel Norman, 2nd Baronet, and Patrician Moyra Annesley, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel James Howard Adolphus Annesley. His father, the only child of journalist and politician Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet, and novelist Ménie Muriel Dowie, was killed in action in 1943, shortly before Torquil's 10th birthday. His eldest brother, Sir Mark Annesley Norman, inherited the baronetcy and his middle brother, Desmond Norman, was an aviation pioneer. Norman was educated at Eton College, Harvard University and Trinity College, Cambridge. Career Standing 6'7", Norman gained his pilot's licence at eighteen, and did his National Service in the Fleet Air Arm. After he left, he bought a Piper Comanche, flew in No. 601 Squadron RAF, and took up skydiving. After working as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil Campbell
Torquil Campbell (born 17 March 1972) is the co-lead singer and a songwriter for the Montreal-based indie rock band Stars (Canadian band), Stars. In addition to singing, he also plays the melodica, trumpet, synthesizer, and tambourine. Campbell is also an actor and playwright, most recently co-creating and starring in the play ''True Crime'', produced by Crow's Theatre in Toronto. He is a co-host of ''Soft Revolution'', a podcast about the intersection of art, culture, and politics, along with Toronto-based actor Ali Momen. Previously, Campbell was the co-host of ''The Basement Revue Podcast'', along with musician Jason Collett and poet Damian Rogers, as well as a regular contributor to the CBC radio program ''Q (radio show), Q''. Music career Campbell is the cofounder of the indie rock band Stars (Canadian band), Stars, formed in 2000. He is involved in a solo project called Dead Child Star, created in March 2008. The first album from Dead Child Star came out in January 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil Riley-Smith
Torquil Riley-Smith (full name Torquil Silvanus Matthew Septimus Riley-Smith, born 1962) is founder of the British radio station LBH, Britain's first gay radio station. Riley-Smith started his first business in 1987, supplying Premium Rate telephone services to TV companies and Oracle Teletext. Riley-Smith in 1996 started "The Number for Life Company" as one of three Vodafone licensees selling and marketing 07000 prefix telephone numbers. This business was sold to "The Personal Number Company" in 1998. Torquil had a rather successful run at trading and owning race horses and has to date had 47 winners on the flat, including The Ayr Silver Cup 1995 and The Vodac Victress Stakes(Listed) in the same year; before founding LBH. Riley-Smith saw the lack of any radio station directed at the gay and lesbian market as a distinct business opportunity. Riley-Smith was profiled on the BBC documentary series ''Trouble at the Top ''Trouble at the Top'' was a business-based BBC television fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil Neilson
Torquil Neilson is a former Australian actor. Biography Born in London and raised in Melbourne. He is best known for his role as Jason Cotter in ''Frontline'' which he played from 1994 to 1997. Neilson's other television roles include ''Blue Heelers'', ''The Secret Life of Us'' and ''Love My Way''. He has appeared in the films '' Love and Other Catastrophes'' (1996), '' Let's Get Skase'' (2001), ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand'' (2001) and ''Packed to the Rafters'' (2010-2011). He also starred in the 2009 film ''Van Diemen's Land Van Diemen's Land was the colonial name of the island of Tasmania used by the British during the European exploration of Australia in the 19th century. A British settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land in 1803 before it became a sep ...''. Neilson was also a stage actor, having performed in several professional productions. References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Australian male stage actors Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquil (priest)
Torquil was an Irish priest in the late 12th century: the first recorded Archdeacon of Dublin in Ireland."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p127 Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ..., Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 References Archdeacons of Dublin 12th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdeacon Of Dublin
The Archdeacon of Dublin is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the Dublin part of the diocese, which is by far the largest. The archdeaconry can trace its history back to Torquil who held the office in 1180. The current incumbent is David Pierpoint. In between, many of them went on to higher office: *Geoffrey de Turville * Nicholas de Clere * Nicholas Hill *Robert Dyke * Thomas Bache * Henry Ussher * Launcelot Bulkeley * Richard Reader * Enoch Reader * Richard Pococke * Robert Fowler * James Saurin * John Winthrop Crozier * Samuel Greenfield Poyntz * Noel Vincent Willoughby * Robert Warke * Gordon Linney Gordon Charles Scott Linney is an Irish Anglican priest: he was Archdeacon of Dublin from 1988 to 2004. Linney was born in 1939 and ordained in 1970. He was a curate at Agherton and then a Minor canon at Down Cathedral. Later he held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic ( gd, Gàidhlig ), also known as Scots Gaelic and Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a Goidelic language, Scottish Gaelic, as well as both Irish and Manx, developed out of Old Irish. It became a distinct spoken language sometime in the 13th century in the Middle Irish period, although a common literary language was shared by the Gaels of both Ireland and Scotland until well into the 17th century. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic-speaking, as evidenced especially by Gaelic-language place names. In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there is a language revival, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquhil Matheson
General Sir Torquhil George Matheson, 5th Baronet, KCB, CMG (4 February 1871 − 13 November 1963) was a Scottish officer who commanded three different divisions of the British Army in some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War. He had previously served in the militia and with the Coldstream Guards in the Second Boer War. For his service, he was knighted in 1921 and in 1944 he inherited the Matheson baronetcy from his brother Roderick. Early life and family Torquhil Matheson was born in February 1871, the youngest child of Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College. He inherited the baronetcy in 1944 when his four older brothers (including the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Baronets) predeceased him and three nephews (the 3rd Bt.'s only sons) were all killed in action in World War I. In 1900 he married Ella Louisa Linton and they divorced in 1923 (no children). He then married Lady Elizabeth Keppel, the youngest child of Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke Of Argyll
Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll (born 29 May 1968), styled as Earl of Campbell before 1973 and as Marquess of Lorne between 1973 and 2001, is a Scottish peer. The family's main seat is Inveraray Castle, although the Duke and Duchess spend time at other residences, including one in London. Biography The Duke is the elder child and only son of Ian Campbell, 12th and 5th Duke of Argyll and Iona Mary Colquhoun, daughter of Sir Ivar Colquhoun, 8th Baronet. He was educated at Craigflower Preparatory School, Cargilfield Preparatory School, Glenalmond College, and the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. At the last of these, he trained as a chartered surveyor. He served as a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II from 1981 to 1983. He became a sales agent, salesman and company manager. Among his 29 titles are: Master of the Royal Household of Scotland, Admiral of the Western Coasts and Isles, and the Chief ( gd, MacCailein Mòr) of Clan Campbell. He is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
