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Sir '''Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (22 February 1883 – 30 May 1960). Sir Dudley was a [[Mayor of Derry]] (1930-1933), [[Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry]] (1957-1960) and ''ex officio'' member of the [[Senate of Northern Ireland]]. He came from a family |
Sir '''Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]], [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] (22 February 1883 – 30 May 1960). Sir Dudley was a [[Mayor of Derry]] (1930-1933), [[Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry]] (1957-1960) and ''ex officio'' member of the [[Senate of Northern Ireland]]. He came from a shipping family, the family firm being the [[McCorkell Line]]. He was educated at [[Shrewsbury School]] and [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke College]], [[Cambridge University]], where he won a [[blue (university sport)| blue]] for hockey, playing for two seasons. He attended the [[British Empire Economic Conference|Ottawa Conference on Trade]] in 1932. Dudley, along with his nephew [[Michael McCorkell|Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell]] who succeeded him, served as Harbour Board Commissioners and as Chairmen of Wm. McCorkell.<ref>[http://www.mccorkellline.com/ The McCorkell Line]</ref> |
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He was chairman of [[Derry City F.C.]].<ref>[http://www.11v11.com/index.php?pageID=484&init=S Football Statistics]</ref> He held the position of [[High Sheriff]] in 1925. |
He was chairman of [[Derry City F.C.]].<ref>[http://www.11v11.com/index.php?pageID=484&init=S Football Statistics]</ref> He held the position of [[High Sheriff]] in 1925. |
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Sir Dudley Evelyn Bruce McCorkell, MBE, DL, JP (22 February 1883 – 30 May 1960). Sir Dudley was a Mayor of Derry (1930-1933), Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry (1957-1960) and ex officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland. He came from a shipping family, the family firm being the McCorkell Line. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Pembroke College, Cambridge University, where he won a blue for hockey, playing for two seasons. He attended the Ottawa Conference on Trade in 1932. Dudley, along with his nephew Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell who succeeded him, served as Harbour Board Commissioners and as Chairmen of Wm. McCorkell.[1]
He was chairman of Derry City F.C..[2] He held the position of High Sheriff in 1925.
Sir Dudley, who was knighted in 1933, was married to Helen Elizabeth Usher and had one son and three daughters.[3] 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.[4] He is buried in the St. Charles de Percy War Cemetery in Normandy. Sir Dudley lived in the family home at Ballyarnett, County Londonderry.
References
- ^ The McCorkell Line
- ^ Football Statistics
- ^ Family Tree
- ^ "St. Charles De Percy War Cemetery, France". Ww2guards.com. Retrieved 11 Sept 2010.
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- 1883 births
- 1960 deaths
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- High Sheriffs of County Londonderry
- Knights Bachelor
- Lord-Lieutenants of County Londonderry
- Mayors of places in Northern Ireland
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1933–1937
- Old Salopians