Lorne

Lorne

Lorne can be a male given name or a place name. Both are most common in Canada, mostly after the Marquess of Lorne (later Duke of Argyll), Governor-General of Canada and husband of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne (later Duchess of Argyll.

People named Lorne

*Lorne Campbell (b. 1972), Australian-born Retail industry executive
*Lorne Michaels (b. 1944), "Saturday Night Live" producer
*Lorne Greene (1915–1987), Canadian-born television actor
*Lorne Calvert (b. 1954), premier of Saskatchewan, Canada since 2005
*John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (1845–1914), Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883
*Lorne, a character in the television series "Angel"
*Major Lorne, a character in the television series "Stargate SG-1" and "Stargate Atlantis",
*Lorne Spicer, Television Presenter
* Lorne Starling, a fictional character and enemy in "Neverwinter Nights 2", a computer game.

Places called Lorne

*Lorne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
*Lorne, Victoria, Australia
*Lorne Park, a neighbourhood in Mississauga
*Mount Lorne, Yukon, a hamlet in Yukon, Canada
*Lorne (N.W.T. electoral district), an electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada from 1881 to 1888
*Mount Lorne (electoral district) a current electoral district in the Yukon Territory
*Lorne, New Brunswick, Canada
*The Firth of Lorne (or Lorn), a body of water in Scotland

Other meanings

*The courtesy title for the (Scottish) Duke of Argyll's eldest son and heir is "Marquess of Lorne" (after Lorne, Scotland). The current Marquess of Lorne is Archibald Campbell.
*Lorne sausage, a large square sausage served in slices and popular in Scotland.


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