Gilchrist
Gilchrist is an old Irish Gaelic given name and a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin, having originated in Islay. It is an Anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic Gille Chriosd, meaning "servant of Christ." Some variations known to exist are Gillecrist, Gilcreest, Gilcrest, Gilchrest and Gilcress.
Among those with the first name Gilchrist or Gillchreest there is an entry in the Annals of the Four Master for
- 1185, Gillchreest MacCathmhaoil, royal chief of the Cineal Fereadaidh, clan Aongus, clan Dubhinreacht (Devaney), clan Fogarty O'Ceannfhoda (Tirkennedy in Fermanagh), clan Colla of Tir-Manach, and head of counsel of the North of Érinn, was slain on the 2nd of Nones of May [1] by O'hEighnigh (O'Heaney), chiefs in Fermanagh before the Maguire ascendence in 1202, aided by Muinter-Caemhain (O'Keenan); and they carried off his head, which was obtained from them at the end of a month afterwards.
Gilchrist may refer to:
People surnamed Gilchrist
- Adam Gilchrist (1971–), Australian cricketer
- Albert W. Gilchrist (1858-1926), governor of Florida
- Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861), British biographer
- Alfred J. Gilchrist (1872–1931), New York politician
- Sir Andrew Gilchrist, former UK ambassador to Iceland, Indonesia and Ireland
- Anne Gilchrist (disambiguation), several people
- Brent Gilchrist (1967-), Canadian ice hockey player
- Charles W. Gilchrist, Montgomery County, Maryland politician
- Connie Gilchrist (1901-1985), American stage and screen actress
- Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney (1865-1946), once a child actor and artist's model
- Cookie Gilchrist (1935-2011), American football player
- Ellen Gilchrist (1935–), American novelist
- Gordon Gilchrist (1985) Scottish Artist
- Gordon Gilchrist (1928-), Canadian politician
- Grant Gilchrist (1990–), Scottish rugby union player
- Guy Gilchrist, American cartoonist
- Jim Gilchrist (born 1949), founder of the Minutemen Project
- John Gilchrist (disambiguation), several people
- Joyce Gilchrist, forensic chemist
- Keir Gilchrist, British-Canadian actor
- Lara Gilchrist, Canadian actress
- Percy Gilchrist (1851–1935), British chemist and metallurgist
- Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917), horror writer
- Roy Gilchrist (1934–2001), West Indies cricketer
- Steve Gilchrist (1954–), Canadian politician
- William Gilchrist, American composer
- Mick Gilchrist, Footballer
- William Sidney Gilchrist, medical missionary to Angola
See also
- Harald IV of Gille, also known (in English translation) as Harald Gilchrist
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor
Places
- Gilchrist, Allegan County, Michigan
- Gilchrist, Mackinac County, Michigan
- Gilchrist, Oregon
- Gilchrist, Texas
- Gilchrist County, Florida
- Gilchrist Township, Minnesota
Other
- Gilchrist Document, a political document found in Indonesia
References
- ↑ Annala Uladh: 1057-1131: 1155-1378. Ed. by B. MacCarthy By Annals of Ulster https://books.google.com/books?id=ov4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205
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