O'Reilly is a group of families, ultimately all of Irish Gaelic origin, who were historically the kings of East Bréifne in what is today County Cavan. The clan were part of the Connachta's Uí Briúin Bréifne kindred and were closely related to the Ó Ruairc (O'Rourkes) of West Bréifne. O'Reilly is ranked tenth in the top twenty list of most common Irish surnames.
Sir Hugh John Macdonald, was the only surviving son of the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald. He too was a politician, serving as a member of the House of Commons of Canada and a federal cabinet minister, and briefly as the eighth Premier of Manitoba.
William John "Bill" Vankoughnet is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1993, and a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.
Harry Danford is a Canadian former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999.
Whalen is a surname. In Ireland, Whalen, Whelan, Phelan and O'Phelan, are anglicized variants of the same Gaelic surname, Faoláin, which itself is a variant of Ó Faoileáin and Ó Haoláin.
John Douglas Armour was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Colonel The Hon. Philip VanKoughnet M.P., landowner, businessman and political figure in Upper Canada.
Chief Justice The Hon. Archibald McLean was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.
Frederick Edmund Meredith, was a Canadian lawyer and businessman. He was the 8th Chancellor of Bishop's University; President of the Mount Royal Club; Bâtonnier of the Bar of Montreal; President of the Montreal Victorias for three of their Stanley Cup championships in the late 1890s, and Chief Counsel to the CPR at the inquest into the sinking of RMS Empress of Ireland.
James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon, styled Viscount Alexander from birth until 1839, was a soldier and politician.
Philip Michael Matthew Scott VanKoughnet,, was a Canadian politician, lawyer and judge who held the positions of President of the Executive Council of the Province of Canada; Commissioner of Agriculture; Commissioner of Crown Lands and Chancellor of Upper Canada.
Van Dongen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Dongen", a town in North Brabant. People with the surname include:
Gerard is a male forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- and -hard.
Cosgrave is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Norman is both a surname and a given name. The surname has multiple origins including English, Irish, Scottish, German, Norwegian, Ashkenazi Jewish and Jewish American. The given name Norman is mostly of English origin, though in some cases it can be an Anglicised form of a Scottish Gaelic personal name.
The Executive Council of the Province of Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from its inception in 1841 to 1848.
Major-General Sir Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee, was a Canadian officer in the British Army ; GOC Singapore and Malaya Command. In 1900, he played cricket for Canada.
The McPhillips surname may be of Scottish or Irish origin, the surname is found predominantly in Ireland, in Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan counties.
Francis Wolferstan Thomas was a Canadian banker and a philanthropist in Montreal.
Gertrude Agnes VanKoughnet (c.1860-1940) also known as Gertie Macdonald, was a Canadian socialite and second wife of Hugh John Macdonald.
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