There are several theatres within the city centre, and various world famous actors have emerged from the Dublin theatrical scene, including Noel Purcell, Sir Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea, Colin Farrell, Colm Meaney and Gabriel Byrne.

Fearing that the forts might fall into French hands, Lieutenant General Sir Colin Campbell instructed Royal Engineers to blow the forts up.

In 1975, Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam recommended to the Queen that Sir Colin Hannah, then Governor of Queensland, have his dormant commission revoked for having made public political statements.

The Racquets court itself was opened by Sir Colin Cowdrey.

* Sir Colin Budd, 1996-97

* September 25 – Sir Colin Davis, English conductor

The Governor of Queensland, Sir Colin Hannah, gave a speech denigrating the Whitlam Government on 15 October, in violation of the convention that state governors remain neutral.

The music of Berlioz enjoyed a revival during the 1960s and 1970s, due in large part to the efforts of French conductor Charles Munch and of British conductor Sir Colin Davis, who recorded his entire oeuvre, bringing to light a number of Berlioz's lesser-known works.

* Colin Kenny as Sir Baldwin, a supporter of Prince John

In 1844 he was commissioned into the British army and posted to India, where he served under Sir Colin Campbell during the First Anglo-Sikh War.

* Complete variation performed by the LSO conducted by Sir Colin Davis in 2004

The BSO also recorded for Philips under its principal guest conductor, Sir Colin Davis ( see Sir Colin Davis for a complete list ).

Palmerston sent Sir Colin Campbell and reinforcements to India.

Fifteen former All Blacks have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame ; Sir Fred Allen, Don Clarke, Sean Fitzpatrick, Grant Fox, Dave Gallaher, Michael Jones, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sir John Kirwan, Sir Brian Lochore, Jonah Lomu, Sir Colin Meads, Graham Mourie, George Nepia and Wilson Whineray.

In Sir Colin Meads ' New Zealand Rugby Museum profile, he is described as " New Zealand's equivalent of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman or the United States of America's Babe Ruth.

Among conductors with whom it is most associated are, in its early days, Hans Richter, Sir Edward Elgar, and Sir Thomas Beecham, and in recent decades Pierre Monteux, André Previn, Claudio Abbado, Sir Colin Davis and Valery Gergiev.

Over two-thirds of the members, and all the serving MPs, of the Liberal Party joined this party, led first jointly by Steel and the SDP leader Robert Maclennan, and later by Paddy Ashdown ( 1988 – 99 ), Charles Kennedy ( 1999 – 2006 ), Sir Menzies Campbell ( 2006 – 07 ) and Nick Clegg ( incumbent ).

Here, he met his close friend, John Smith ( who would later become leader of the Labour Party ), Sir Menzies Campbell ( who would later become leader of the Liberal Democrats ) and Lord Irvine of Lairg ( who would serve as Lord Chancellor in the same cabinet as Dewar ) through the Dialectic Society.

Donald Campbell was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, the son of Malcolm, later Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of 13 world speed records in the 1920s and 30s in the famous Bluebird cars and boats, and his second wife, Dorothy Evelyn née Whittall.

Nine years earlier, Robert Hardy had played Donald's father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, in the BBC2 Playhouse television drama " Speed King "-both were written by Roger Milner and produced by Innes Lloyd.

A watercolor from the mid-1830s portrays New Brunswick Lieutenant Governor Sir Archibald Campbell and his family in the company of British soldiers on skates engaged in stick-on-ice sport.

* 1925 – Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to break the land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales.

On Christmas Eve 1917, Admiral Jellicoe was rather abruptly dismissed as First Sea Lord by the new First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, and was succeeded by Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss.

Bruce, with a small following of his most faithful men, including Sir James Douglas and Gilbert Hay, Bruce's brothers Thomas, Alexander and Edward, as well as Sir Neil Campbell and the Earl of Lennox fled.

* 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304. 331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph

* December 31 – Sir Malcolm Campbell, English land and water racer ( b. 1885 )

* March 11 – Sir Malcolm Campbell, English land and water racer ( d. 1948 )

Sir Peter Hall, director of the National at the time, wrote of Campbell in his Diaries, " He is a total anarchist and impossible to pin down.

In more recent times, the University boasts one of Europe's largest collections of life scientists, as well as having been the training ground of numerous politicians, including former First Minister Donald Dewar, fomer leader of the Liberal Democrats and current Rector of the University Charles Kennedy, Liam Fox, John Smith, Sir Menzies Campbell and current Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

* Sir James Campbell 1814 – 1816

* Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet

Shackleton then worked hard to persuade others of his wealthy friends and acquaintances to contribute, including Sir Phillip Lee Brocklehurst, who subscribed £ 2, 000 ( 2011 equivalent £ 157, 000 ) to secure a place on the expedition, author Campbell Mackellar, and Guinness baron Lord Iveagh whose contribution was secured less than two weeks before the departure of the expedition ship Nimrod.

He was the Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary, until his resignation from the post following the election of Sir Menzies Campbell as party leader.

Also in 1642 Covenanter Campbell soldiers of the Argyll's Foot were encouraged by their commanding officer Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck to kill the local Catholic MacDonalds, near relatives of their arch Clan enemy in the Scottish Highlands Clan MacDonald.

The pall-bearers were several of his clients: Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch ; George Coventry, 6th Earl of Coventry ; James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale ; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield ; Lord Frederick Campbell and Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet.

Among the other notable former directors and masters of the choir, who hold the title of Informator Choristarum, are John Sheppard, Sir William McKie and Haldane Campbell Stewart.

* Sir John Mummery PC, DL a Lord Justice of Appeal lives at 5 Canonbury Grove

An early supporter of this hypothesis was Sir Montagu Sharpe KC DL, a local historian and a member of the Society of Antiquaries.

Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave, CBE, DL ( born on 23 March 1962 ) is a retired British rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000 as well as a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Games.

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO, DL ( 10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902 ), known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer.

Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL ( born 3 August 1938 ), also known as Terry Wogan, is an Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship.

* Commissioner Sir John Stevens QPM DL ( 2001 – 2002 )

* Commissioner Sir John Stevens KStJ QPM DL ( 2002 – 2005 )

John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL ( 27 April 1874 – 20 August 1941 ), known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth Governor-General of Australia.

Sir Christian John Storey Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL ( born 6 August 1934, Hampstead, London ) is a British mountaineer.

Sir John Williams Benn, 1st Baronet, DL ( 13 November 1850 – 10 April 1922 ) was a British politician, particularly associated with London politics, and noted as the grandfather of Tony Benn.

Her father, Major-General Sir John Swinton, KCVO, OBE, DL, was Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire ( 1989 – 2000 ), is Scottish, and her mother, Judith Balfour, Lady Swinton ( née Killen ), was Australian.

Sir John Robert Madejski OBE DL (; born Robert John Hurst on 28 April 1941 in Stoke-on-Trent ) is an English businessman, with commercial interests, spanning property, broadcast media, hotels, restaurants, publishing and football.

Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith, PC, DL ( Glasgow, 16 April 1924 – 11 August 2010

Sir Henry Arthur Blake " of Government House, Colombo, Ceylon, and Myrtle Grove, Youghal, County Cork " CMG KCMG KGCMG, DL ( Chinese name: 卜力 ; 8 / 18 January 1840 – 23 February 1918 ) was a British colonial administrator, Governor-General of Hong Kong from 1898 to 1903.

William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford PC, PC ( NI ), DL ( 23 June 1865 – 8 June 1932 ), known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which he gained a reputation for strict authoritarianism.

General Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt GCB, DSO, OBE, DL ( 11 March 1916 – 2 October 1988 ) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.

Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, KStJ, DL ( 22 June 1921 – 31 October 2004 ) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1976 to 1979, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1989 to 1996.

* Lieutenant-General Sir Freddie Viggers, KCB CMG MBE DL, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Lords.

Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE DL ( born 28 March 1943 ) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician.

Field Marshal Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd GCB, GCVO, KCMG, DL ( 6 December 1871 – 13 October 1947 ) was Chief of the Imperial General Staff.

Sir Erskine " William " Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Baronet, KG, JP, DL ( born 29 October 1925 ) is a Knight of the Garter, and was formerly an officer of the Royal Navy.

Sir Peter John Gregson, DL, ( born 3 November 1957, Dunfermline, Scotland ) is a British research engineer and the 11th Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley PC, DL ( 25 July 1842 – 28 November 1904 ), known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt from 1877 to 1900, was a British Conservative politician and statesman.

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench, GCMG, MC, DL () 2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988 was a British soldier and colonial governor.