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Ussher (surname)
Ussher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arland Ussher (1899–1980), English and Irish academic, essayist and translator * Ambrose Ussher (c. 1582–1629), Church of Ireland rector and biblical scholar, brother of James Ussher * Beverley Ussher (1868–1908), Australian residential architect * Elizabeth Tyrrell (née Ussher) (1619–1693), daughter of James Ussher * Henry Ussher (d. 1613), Irish archbishop, nephew of John Ussher, uncle of James Ussher * Henry Ussher (astronomer) (1741–1790), Irish astronomer * Herbert Taylor Ussher (1836–1880), Governor of Tobago 1872-1875 * James Ussher (1581–1656), Irish archbishop and biblical scholar, nephew of Henry Ussher, cousin of Robert Ussher * Jane Ussher (born 1953), New Zealand photographer * John (Seón) Ussher (died 1600), Irish customs officer, publisher of the first printed Irish book * John Ussher (died 1741), Irish MP * John Ussher (1703–1749), Irish MP, his nephew * Johnny Ussher (1830–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arland Ussher
Percival Arland Ussher (9 September 1899 – 24 December 1980) was an Anglo-Irish academic, essayist and translator. Ussher was born in Battersea, London, the only child of Emily Jebb (born on the Lyth estate, Ellesmere, Shropshire in 1872) and Beverley Grant Ussher, who was Irish. The Jebbs were a wealthy and influential family of reformers. Ussher's grandmother Eglantyne Louisa Jebb founded the Home Arts and Industries Association, his aunt Eglantyne Jebb founded Save the Children, and another aunt, Dorothy Jebb Buxton, was a humanitarian. Beverley Ussher worked as a schools inspector for the Board of Education in England. The family lived in England until he retired in 1914, and they then moved to Ireland and lived at Cappagh House in Dungarvan, County Waterford. Emily Ussher tried to draw attention to the atrocities being committed by the Black and Tans. Ussher studied at the University of Cambridge. In 1926 he published a translation of ''The Midnight Court'' (''Cúir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ussher (died 1741)
John Ussher (circa 1682 – 1741) was an Irish soldier and Member of Parliament. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Beverley Ussher by his wife Grace, daughter of Sir Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet. His nephews John Ussher and Beverley Ussher were also MPs. He reached the rank of captain in General Lumley's Regiment of Horse, seeing action at the Battle of Blenheim. On 20 December 1714 he married Mary St George, daughter and heiress of Sir George St George, later Lord St George. In November 1715 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for his father-in-law's former constituency of Carrick, sitting until his death. He later also served as Governor of Galway and, from 1735, Vice-Admiral of Connaught. His son St George Ussher succeeded to his seat in Parliament. He later adopted the surname St George and was created Baron St George. His daughter Olivia married Arthur French and their son Christopher adopted the surname St George in 1774; he was the grandfather of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ussher
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher KCH CB (1779 – 6 January 1848) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the British Royal Navy who served with distinction during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and who in 1814 conveyed Napoleon Bonaparte into exile in Elba. He was nicknamed Undaunted Ussher. Biography Origins Thomas Ussher was born in Dublin, the son of Henry Ussher, the Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College, and Mary Burne. The Usshers were originally a Norman family named Nevill, one of which having come to Ireland with King John, took the surname Ussher from his official position. Early career Thomas Ussher entered the Royal Navy on 27 January 1791 at the age of 12 as a midshipman on board the 24-gun sixth-rate , under the command of Captain William O'Bryen Drury. He served in Irish waters, then took part in an expedition to the Bight of Benin. In September 1793 he joined the 74-gun under Captain The Hon. Thomas Pakenham. ''Invincible'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St George Ussher
St George St George, 1st Baron Saint George (circa 1715 – 2 January 1775), was an Irish politician. Born St George Ussher, he was the son of John Ussher by his wife Mary St George, daughter of the 1st Baron St George. He succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Carrick Carrick is an Anglicised version of ''creag/carraig'', Gaelic for "rock", and may refer to: People *Carrick (surname) * Donnchadh, Earl of Carrick (died 1250), Scottish Mormaer and first Earl of Carrick * Marjorie of Carrick (1256–1292), ... in the Irish House of Commons from 1741 until he was raised to the Irish House of Lords. He was created Baron Saint George of Hatley St George, in the Peerage of Ireland, on 19 April 1763; this was a revival of the title held by his grandfather. He married Elizabeth Dominick, daughter of Sir Christopher Dominick (died 1743), a wealthy Dublin doctor who began the laying out of Dominick Street in Dublin. He died without surviving male issue, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ussher
Robert Ussher (1592–1642) was an Irish Protestant Provost of Trinity College Dublin and Bishop of Kildare. Life The youngest son of Henry Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh and his first wife Margaret Eliot, daughter of Thomas Elliott of Balreask, he was educated at Trinity College Dublin, being made fellow in 1611, and graduating B.A. 1612, M.A. 1614, vice provost 1615; B.D. 1621. He was prebendary of St. Audoen'sChurch, Dublin (1617); rector of Ardstraw (1617); prebendary of Dromaragh (1624); and rector of Lurgan (1629). On the death in 1627 of Sir William Temple, there was a disputed election to the Provostship. The senior Fellows elected Joseph Mead, who declined; the junior Fellows elected Ussher (14 April 1627), and he was sworn in the same day. He was set aside by royal letter in favour of William Bedell, who was sworn in on 16 August. On Bedell's promotion as Bishop of Kilmore, Ussher was again elected (3 October 1629), and sworn on 13 January 1630. He owed his appointmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard J
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitty Ussher
Katharine Anne Ussher (born 18 March 1971) is a British economist, former Labour Party MP and Treasury minister, and former Chief Executive of the Demos think tank, who is now chief economist at the Institute of Directors. She is also a Non Executive Director with the UK subsidiary of the fintech Revolut, and also at the local authority pension pooling company, London CIV. After training as an economist and working as a macroeconomic forecaster at the Economist Intelligence Unit, she was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnley at the 2005 general election, succeeding Peter Pike. Seen as a high flier, she went on to serve as a minister in Gordon Brown's government from 2007 to 2009, mainly at the Treasury, but also at the Department for Work and Pensions, having previously been a Special Advisor at the Department for Trade and Industry. At the time she was the second-youngest government minister, and the youngest woman. Ussher resigned from her ministerial role in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Ussher
John Tannatt Ussher, usually known as Johnny Ussher, was a settler, provincial magistrate and Gold Commissioner in the Thompson Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada in the 1870s. John Tannatt Ussher was the son of Samuel Ussher ''Esq.'', a lawyer in Montreal, and Harriet Rebecca Colclough. He was born October 17, 1830. On June 2, 1876 Ussher was named as a tax collector under the School Tax Act. On June 22, 1876, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council announced the appointment of John Ussher, Esq. to be Returning Officer for the District of Yale. The Provincial Secretary's office announced on January 27, 1877 that Johnny was appointed as Government Agent at Kamloops, and registrar for births, deaths and marriages, and land agents. Johnny Ussher married Annie Clara McIntosh, the youngest sister of his business partner James McIntosh, on October 21, 1878. In 1879 the renegade sons of former Fort Kamloops Chief Trader Donald McLean, led by his eldest son All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ussher (1703–1749)
John Ussher (1703 – 3 January 1749) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency), Dungarvan from 1747 to 1749. His uncle John Ussher (died 1741), John Ussher, nephew Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet, of Tourin, Richard Musgrave and first cousins Beverley Ussher (MP), Beverley Ussher and St George St George, 1st Baron St George, St George Ussher also served in the Irish House of Commons. References * http://thepeerage.com/p33481.htm#i334801 * https://web.archive.org/web/20090601105535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm 1703 births 1749 deaths Irish MPs 1727–1760 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Waterford constituencies {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aibidil Gaoidheilge Agus Caiticiosma
Aibidil Gaoidheilge agus Caiticiosma ("Irish Alphabet and Catechism") is the first book printed in Ireland in the Irish language. Meant as a Protestant primer, the book was written by John Kearney ( ga, Seán Ó Cearnaigh), a treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. It includes a short section on the spelling and sounds of Irish. The production of this book was part of a larger endeavour by Irish Protestants to print the Bible in the Irish language so that the common person could read it. The book was printed on a press which was set up in the home of Alderman John Ussher (Early Modern Irish: ''Seón Uiser''). Ussher, who was a well-known Dublin Protestant, also paid for the venture. Though the printer's identity is unknown, it is possible that William Kearney, a nephew of John Kearney was the printer. 200 copies of the book were printed but only four known copies exist today. In 1995 a copy of the book was bought by Trinity College Library Dublin for £47,700 ($76,463) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Ussher
Ambrose Ussher (1582?–1629) was an Irish Protestant clergyman and scholar, a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin and rector in the Church of Ireland, known as a biblical translator. Life Born in Dublin about 1582, he was third but second surviving son of Arland Ussher and his wife Margaret. James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, was his elder brother. He is said to have been for a time at Cambridge. He graduated M.A. and was elected fellow of the recently established Trinity College, Dublin. He became learned in Hebrew and Arabic. Among his correspondents was Henry Briggs, the mathematician. His career as a fellow was interrupted when he had to be constrained because of his madness, and he died young. Ussher died at Dublin, unmarried, and was buried on 4 March 1629. Works Before the completion of the Authorised Version of the Bible The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Ussher
Philippa Jane Ussher (born 1953) is one of New Zealand's foremost documentary and portrait photographers. She joined the ''New Zealand Listener'' in 1977 and was chief photographer for 29 years, leaving to take up a career as a freelance photographer and author. Exhibitions and publications Jane Ussher was born in Dunedin in 1953. She describes herself as leaving school unsure of what to do, and taking a photography course at Wellington Polytechnic, which "felt exactly right. It suited every aspect of my temperament. I couldn't have found anything better." She studied photography at Wellington Polytechnic from 1975–76, and was the first student to be offered a second-year scholarship. The first camera she owned was a Hasselblad, using 24-image 120 film, purchased off a fellow student. Ussher joined the staff of the ''Listener'' in 1977 as chief photographer, and over nearly 30 years documented New Zealand culture. She first gained acclaim for her 1984 exhibition of New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
