Sir John Charles Burgh, KCMG (9 December 1925 – 12 April 2013) was an Austrian-born refugee who became a senior member of the British Civil Service as director-general of the British Council (1980–1987). He later served as president of Trinity College, Oxford (1987–1996). Early life. Burgh was born Karl Hans ...

Elizabeth de Burgh (English: / d ˈ b ɜːr /; d’-BER; c. 1284 – 27 October 1327) was the second wife and the only queen consort of King Robert the Bruce.Elizabeth was born sometime around 1284, probably in what is now County Down or County Antrim in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. She was the daughter of one of the most powerful Norman nobles in the Lordship of Ireland at …