Robert Stewart may refer to:
Cochrane is a surname with multiple independent origins, two Scottish and one Irish. One of the Scottish names derives from a place in Scotland; the Irish surname and the other Scottish surname are both anglicisations of surnames from the Irish language and Scottish Gaelic respectively.
This is a list of people to have been Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry.
Orr is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. It is derived from the Gaelic Odhar meaning "dark, pale". In Scotland, Orr may be a sept of Clan Campbell.
Gardiner is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
McGuckin is an anglicization of the Irish surname Mag Eocháin. The female form of the name in Irish is Nic Eocháin. This surname is most common in south County Londonderry followed by east County Tyrone, both in Northern Ireland. The surname translates as "Son of Eocha" or "Eochán", a diminutive of the name Eochaidh. Similar to the Scottish Gaelic name Eachann. The McGuckin sept are thought to be of the Cenél nEógain of the Uí Néill.
Gilmour is a surname of Scottish or Irish origin, derived from an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Mac Gille Mhoire, the same origin as the name McLemore. Notable people with this surname include:
Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, MBE, KStJ, JP, DL, was a Mayor of Derry (1929–35), Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry (1957–60) and ex officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.
Colonel Sir Michael William McCorkell was an Irish born soldier and British public servant, serving as Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry for 25 years.
McShane is a patronymic surname originating in Ireland. Also appears in Scotland and England. The surname evolved from the given name Shane, a derivative of John, of Hebrew origin. Some of the earliest historical records regarding the surname are documented through Hugh McShane O'Neill of the royal O'Neill dynasty.
MacShane is a patronymic surname originating in Ireland. The surname evolved from the given name Shane, a derivative of John, of Hebrew origin. Early records spelled the name Mac Seáin or Mac Seagháin. Historically, the MacShanes from Ulster are a branch of the O'Neills, while in County Kerry, the surname was adopted by the Fitzmaurices. MacShane is uncommon as a given name.
The McCorkell Line was a shipping line operated by Wm. McCorkell & Co. Ltd. from 1778, principally carrying passengers from Ireland, Scotland and England to the Americas. Notably, the McCorkell Line carried many immigrants who were fleeing the Great Irish Famine and sailed some of the most famous ships of the Western Ocean Ticket.
McCluskey or McCloskey is an Irish surname. It evolved as a branch of the Ó Catháin clan in County Londonderry.
Macalister, MacAlister, MacAllister and their variants are forms of a Gaelic surname which means 'son of Alisdair'. The name originated in Scotland and belonged to a branch of the Clan Donald; they became an independent clan in 1493. From about the thirteenth century, MacAlisters were settling in the Glens of Northern Ireland, and they became numerous there.
McNamee is a surname of Irish origin. The original Gaelic version, Mac Conmidhe means "Son of the hound of Meath".
One theory is that Hampson is an Irish surname. The small clan of O’hAmhsaigh (O’Hampsey) had become O'Hamson by 1659, when it is recorded in the census of 1659 as one of the principal Irish surnames in the barony of Keenaght, and as O'Hampson and Hampson it is found in the contemporary Hearth Money Rolls for County Londonderry.
McCausland, meaning "Son of Absolom" is a surname of Irish origin; there is also a clan of this name in Scotland. The family claim descent from the Cenel Eoghain race in County Londonderry and Tyrone, a branch of the Ui Neil.
Aileen Allen McCorkell, Lady McCorkell OBE 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.
David William McCorkell is a British businessman and Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, the third successive generation of the McCorkell family to be appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenants.
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