Dudley McCorkell
Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell,
Career
McCorkell was educated at
Like his grandfather, Bartholomew McCorkell
He was appointed Vice Lieutenant of County Londonderry in 1953 and from 1957, until his death, McCorkell served as Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry.[7] Sir Dudley was also the first President of the Derry Horticultural Society.[8]
Derry City F.C.
He was chairman of Derry City F.C.[9]
Amelia Earhart
While McCorkell was
Family
The McCorkell family, originally from Scotland, are from the Clan McCorquodale and are a sept of Clan Gunn.[citation needed] McCorkell's great grandfather William McCorkell set up the McCorkell Line in 1778; the family shipping business.[citation needed] McCorkell was a descendant of The Earls of Longford and King Edward III.[citation needed] McCorkell, who was knighted in 1933, was married to Helen Elizabeth Usher; the couple had one son and three daughters.[citation needed]
His son Lt. Francis Dudley Pakenham McCorkell served in the 2nd Battalion Irish Guards during World War II and was killed in action on the 6 August 1944 at the age of 21.[12] He is buried in the St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery in Normandy. Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell was his nephew. McCorkell lived in the family home at Ballyarnett, County Londonderry.[citation needed]
References
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30730/supplement/6733 London Gazette
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41280/page/220 London Gazette
- ^ "No. 184". The Belfast Gazette. 2 January 1925. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 246". The Belfast Gazette. 12 March 1926. p. 117.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33946/supplement/3800 London Gazette
- ^ "Emigrant passenger shipping line from Ireland. Lithographs and prints of its 19th Century ships". McCorkell Line. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Belfast/issue/1895/page/305 Belfast Gazette
- ^ "Derry Horticultural Society celebrates diamond jubilee". Derry Journal. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Football Statistics, 11v11.com; accessed 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Viva Balbo: Fascist's warm city welcome". Londonderry Sentinel. 7 April 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ [1] Archived September 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "St Charles De Percy War Cemetery, France". Ww2guards.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.