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McCorkell
McCorkell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aileen McCorkell, founder of the Derry Branch of the Red Cross *David McCorkell (born 1955), Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim (from 2019) *Dudley McCorkell, Sir Dudley McCorkell (1883–1960), Mayor of Londonderry (1929–1935), and ''ex officio'' member of the Senate of Northern Ireland and former Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry *Gordon McCorkell (born 1983), Scottish actor *Jenna McCorkell (born 1986)) is a British figure skater from Coleraine *Jock McCorkell (born 1918), former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League *Lisa McCorkell, American public health researcher *Michael McCorkell, Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell (1925–2006), former Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry, Northern Irish soldier and public servant *Neil McCorkell, wicketkeeper for Hampshire County Cricket Club *Rosé (drag queen), Ross McCorkell, Scottish-American drag queen See also *McCorkell Line, operated by Wm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David McCorkell
David William McCorkell (born 26 February 1955) is a Great Britain, British businessman and Lord Lieutenant of Antrim, Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, the third successive generation of the McCorkell family to be appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenants. Early life McCorkell is the second son of Michael McCorkell, Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell Royal Victorian Order, KCVO OBE Order of Saint John (chartered 1888), CStJ Territorial Decoration, TD Justice of the peace, JP and Aileen McCorkell, Lady McCorkell OBE, daughter of Lieut Colonel E. B. Booth, Distinguished Service Order, DSO, of Darver Castle, Dundalk, County Louth. McCorkell was born in Derry before being educated in England at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse. Career Having previously farmed and worked for the family business, Wm McCorkell & Co Ltd, who operated the McCorkell Line from 1778. McCorkell changed career and moved into investment management, joining Bell Lawrie White, which was bought by Brewin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McCorkell
Colonel Sir Michael William McCorkell (3 May 1925 – 13 November 2006) was an Irish born soldier and British public servant, serving as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry for 25 years. Early life McCorkell was the son of Capt. B. F. McCorkell DL, of Templeard, Culmore, County Londonderry. His uncle, Sir Dudley McCorkell, had also been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry. He was born in Buncrana, Inishowen, County Donegal in 1925 and was educated at Rockport School in Holywood, County Down, and at Aldenham School. The outbreak of World War II and the subsequent curtailment of travel caused him to finish his education at Campbell College. Military career During the war, he joined the Royal Artillery as a gunner before being commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) at Sandhurst. The Royal Military College had closed on the outbreak of war. He served with the 16th/5th Lancers, choosing that regiment because of its Irish herit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileen McCorkell
Aileen Allen McCorkell, Lady McCorkell OBE ( Booth; 18 September 1921 – 25 December 2010) was the founder and first President of the British Red Cross branch in Derry. In 1972, she and her husband, Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell, hosted secret peace talks between the British Government and the Provisional IRA, whose delegation included Gerry Adams. Early life McCorkell was born on 18 September 1921 in the Indian hill station of Ootacamund, the younger daughter of Lt-Col Ernest Brabazon Booth DSO, RAMC, and his wife Marguerita Agnes, daughter of John Currie, of London. Her obituary noted that "Aileen had no memories of India, but a lifelong fear of snakes was reliably attributed to an incident in her infancy when a cobra came up through the bath’s plughole, only to be quickly dispatched by a capable ayah with a meat cleaver." When she was two years old, the family returned to Ireland to live aDarver Castle Dundalk, County Louth. She was taught by a Governess before being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil McCorkell
Neil Thomas McCorkell (23 March 1912 — 28 February 2013) was an English first-class cricketer. A successor as Hampshire wicket-keeper to George Brown (cricketer, born 1887), George Brown, McCorkell made his debut in first-class cricket in 1932. He would play for Hampshire eitherside of the Second World War, with distinction as both a wicket-keeper and Batting_order_(cricket)#Opening_batters, opening batsman. In 396 first-class matches, he scored over 16,000 runs and made 717 dismissals behind the stumps. He was Hampshire's most successful wicket-keeper until his records were surpassed by Bobby Parks (cricketer), Bobby Parks. McCorkell never played Test cricket for England national cricket team, England, largely due to the concurrent careers of the Kent County Cricket Club, Kent wicket-keeping duo Les Ames and Godfrey Evans. His first-class career came to an end in 1951, with McCorkell emigrating to South Africa to take up an appointment as a coach in Parktown Boys' High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley McCorkell
Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, MBE, KStJ, JP, DL, (22 February 1883 – 30 May 1960) was a Mayor of Derry (1929–35), Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry (1957–60) and ''ex officio'' member of the Senate of Northern Ireland. Career McCorkell was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge University, where he won a blue for hockey; playing for two seasons. At the outbreak of World War I, McCorkell offered himself for active service but his offer was declined on medical grounds. He devoted his time to the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John where he served as Director for Derry and County Donegal during the war. In 1918, he was invested as an MBE for his work during the war. He was a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John. In 1917 he was made a Justice of the Peace of the County, he was High Sheriff of County Londonderry from 1925–26 and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for County Londonderry in 1926. Like his grandfather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenna McCorkell
Jenna McCorkell (born 15 September 1986) is a former figure skater from Northern Ireland. She is an eleven-time British national champion (2003–05; 2007–14) and won seven senior international medals, including gold at the Ondrej Nepela Memorial and Ice Challenge. She placed as high as eighth at the European Championships (2008) and 14th at the World Championships (2010, 2012), and competed at two Winter Olympics (2010, 2014). Personal life McCorkell was born on 15 September 1986 in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. She married Belgian skater Kevin van der Perren in May 2008. The couple lives in Coleraine, Northern Ireland and have a son named Ben, born in 2019. Career McCorkell trained in Belfast, coached by Margaret McAllister and Yuri Bureiko, until the end of the 2001–02 season. In the 2002–03 season, she moved to Coventry where she was coached by Bureiko. McCorkell competed three times, from 2002 to 2004, at the World Junior Championships, placing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa McCorkell
Lisa McCorkell is an American public health researcher, policy analyst and Long COVID advocate who co-founded the Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC). McCorkell co-founded PLRC together with Hannah Davis and three others with Long COVID, several of whom had prior research experience. They were frustrated with the lack of research on long-term impacts of a COVID-19 infection in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. PLRC would publish the first major long COVID study. She was named one of ''Nature''’s 10 in 2022, recognising her as a person "who shaped science in 2022". Education and personal life McCorkell studied Political Science for her Bachelor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and obtained her Masters in Public Policy from University of California, Berkeley. , she worked as a policy analyst at the California Department of Social Services, on CalFresh. She has done research on the topic of employment and labor, such as a study on the effect of stable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jock McCorkell
John Francis McCorkell (2 July 1918 – 29 March 1987) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League, (VFL). Early life McCorkell was born in Sale, Victoria to parents Francis, a policeman, and Dora. When the family moved to North Melbourne, close to the home ground of what was to become his cherished football club later in life, he made good use of the facilities available. He attended St Josephs CBC North Melbourne between 1932 and 1935 and then St Kevin's College in 1936. In 1951 he was a member of the North Old Boys football team which won the Premiership of the Combined Catholic Old Collegians Association. The 1953 Golden Jubilee annual of St Josephs College describes him as being a, "...very popular and skillful full-back". It goes on to mention that he also played for Victoria in the States representative team. Interstate matches in Australian rules football were considered very important and a sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosé (drag Queen)
Ross Matthew McCorkell (born 26 May 1989), better known by the stage name Rosé, is a Scottish-American drag queen and singer based in Manhattan in New York City. He is best known for competing on the thirteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', placing as third/fourth runner-up alongside Gottmik. Early life McCorkell was born to Heather McCorkell in Greenock, Scotland, in Inverclyde. As a young child, he moved with his parents, brother, and sister to Aberdeen, where he grew up. At the age of 10, the family moved to Sugar Land, Texas, where his parents still live. McCorkell says that to fit in at school he would put on an American accent. Career McCorkell, after starting drag in 2017, performed in a queer play as part of the Capital Fringe Festival, in Washington, D.C. He originally considered making “PIG.” his drag name. Then he, together with queens Jan Sport and Lagoona Bloo, formed the pop group Stephanie's Child in 2018. In 2017, Rosé won the Lady Liberty drag c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon McCorkell
Gordon McCorkell (born 1983) is a Scottish actor who is best known for the role of Derek "Deek" Henderson in ''River City'' from 2002 to 2012. He has also appeared in the Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill productions, ''Chewin' the Fat'' and as Winston's grandson Joe the boxer in the pilot episode of ''Still Game''. He was a member of PACE Youth Theatre until 2002 but still is involved in activities. He also appeared as David in the BAFTA The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ... Award-winning children's drama '' Jeopardy'' (2002–2004). In June 2016, McCorkell was recognised by Glasgow's International Financial Services District for achieving top marks in his final exams. McCorkell was nominated for the award by Glasgow Kelvin College for his 'A' grade achieved on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |