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  1. John Charles Fenton

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Sir John Charles Fenton 5 May 1880 3 January 1951 was a Scottish lawyer. The son of James Fenton, Edinburgh, and Elizabeth Jack, he was educated at George Watson s College , Edinburgh, at Edinburgh University and at the Sorbonne He was admitted as a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1904. After service in World War I , he was appointed a King s Counsel in 1923 and was briefly Solicitor General for Scotland in the Labour Government 1924 Labour Government of 1924 . He was later Sheriff of Fife and Kinross from 1926 1937, of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Clackmannan from 1937 1942 and of the Lothians and Peebles and Sheriff of Chancery in Scotland from 1942. He was knighted in 1945. Start box S legal Succession box title Solicitor General for Scotland before Frederick Charles Thomson after David Pinkerton Fleming years 1924 End box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fenton, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 5 May 1880 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 3 January 1951 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fenton, John Charles Category 1880 births Category 1951 deaths Category Knights Bachelor Category Solicitors General for Scotland Category People educated at George Watson s College Category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category University of Paris alumni Category Members of the Faculty of Advocates Scotland law bio stub ...   more details



  1. Charles John Brydges

    Charles John Brydges was born in London, England , on 23 February 1827, the son of Thomas and Mary Brydges. He was baptized 30 May 1827 at Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England. As a young man he learned railway management with the London and South Western Railway . In 1852 he came to Canada to become the managing director of the Great Western Railroad which was incorporated to build a line from Burlington Bay to Lake Huron. From 1862 to 1874 he was general manager of the competing Grand Trunk Railway . Afterwards he became one of the Commissioners of the Intercolonial Railway which connected Montreal, Quebec with City of Halifax Halifax, Nova Scotia . From 1879 until his death he was a Land Commissioner for the Hudson s Bay Company in Winnipeg. He died in Winnipeg on 16 February 1889. References The Letters of Charles John Brydges, 1879 1882, Hudson s Bay Company Land Commissioner edited by Hartwell Bowsfield. Hudson s Bay Record Society, Volume 31, ISBN 0920224016, Winnipeg, 1977. The Letters of Charles John Brydges, 1883 1889 by E. J. Rea 1981 . In a Business Way C. J. Brydges and the Hudson s Bay Company, 1879 89, by Alan Wilson in The West and the Nation, edited by Carl Berger and Ramsay Cook 1976 , pages 114 139. http www.biographi.ca 009004 119.01 e.php?&id nbr 5401 Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online http www.mhs.mb.ca docs people brydges cj.shtml Biography at the Manitoba Historical Society Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brydges, Charles John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1827 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1889 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brydges, Charles John Category British railway entrepreneurs Category 1827 births Category 1889 deaths Category Canadian railway executives ...   more details



  1. John Charles Day

    Image SirJohnDay.jpg thumb upright Sir John Charles Day. Sir John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day 20 June 1826 13 June 1908 was amongst the first Catholic judges in England to be appointed after the English Reformation , the first being William Shee . He was also known as a collector of paintings, including several works by James McNeill Whistler . Born at the Hague , son of Captain John Day and his wife Emilie n e Hartsinck , Sir John Day completed his schooling at Downside School Downside , and, as the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge were at that time inaccessible to Catholics, obtained his BA from the University of London in November 1845. He was admitted as a student in the Middle Temple in 1845, was called to the Bar, and became a judge in June 1882. He was well known for sentencing criminals to lashes. In his latter years, he would sometimes listen to cases with his eyes closed, listening intently, and opening an eye suddenly if something significant were said. Colleagues jocularly ... National Portrait Gallery CathEncy url http www.newadvent.org cathen 04647b.htm title Sir John Charles ... of ... author Great Britain, John Charles Frederic Sigismund Day year 1861 publisher H. Sweet isbn url http books.google.com books?id Y6kDAAAAQAAJ&dq 22john charles frederick sigismund day 22 ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Day, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES John CFS Day SHORT DESCRIPTION ... 1908 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Day, John Charles Category 1826 births Category 1908 deaths Category ... of the letters attributed to Charles Stewart Parnell Parnell , which forced Richard Pigott ... Council of the United Kingdom Privy council in 1902. There are various portraits of Sir John Day. One ... of several judges including Sir John Day. The National Portrait Gallery London National Portrait ... Arthur Francis Day John CFS Day his forbears and himself a biographical study , London, Heath ... PA26&dq 22john charles frederick sigismund day 22&source web&ots 9V9DV5waSY&sig fMJk5zmd3LWK7ToTraZ9rgTdwvo ...   more details



  1. John Charles McIntosh

    John Charles McIntosh September 29, 1874 &ndash February 23, 1940 was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia . He represented Nanaimo electoral district Nanaimo in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1921 as a supporter of Sir Robert Borden s wartime Unionist Party Canada Union Government . ref name parl CanParlbio ID 60fa0100 c6c7 45cf bd0a d1564a011293 ref He was born in Almonte, Ontario , the son of John McIntosh, and was educated in Almonte, Toronto , at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall . McIntosh practised law in Esquimalt, British Columbia , also serving as solicitor for the Municipality of Esquimalt from 1912 to 1940. In 1903, he married Eva Bond Thoburn. McIntosh died in Port Alberni at the age of 64. ref cite book title The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867 1967 last Johnson first J.K. year 1968 publisher Public Archives of Canada ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macintosh, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Canadian politician DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1874 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1940 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Macintosh, John Charles Category Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia Category Unionist Party Canada MPs Category 1874 births Category 1940 deaths Category People from Lanark County Category People from Esquimalt, British Columbia BritishColumbia politician stub ...   more details



  1. John Charles Templer

    John Charles Templer 1814 1874 was a lawyer. ref http www.templerfamily.co.uk Templer 20Trees GEDmill Output indiI2229.html Templer Family History ref Born in Bridport , he entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1832, ref http venn.lib.cam.ac.uk cgi bin search.pl?sur templer&suro c&fir john charles&firo c&cit &cito c&c all&tex &sye &eye &col all&maxcount 50 ACAD ref was admitted to the Inner Temple in 1837, and called to the bar in 1854, after which he was one of the Masters of the Court of Exchequer Chamber Court of Exchequer until 1874. He became a close friend of James Brooke through an elder brother, James, and edited three volumes of his letters for publication in 1853. ref http www.archive.org search.php?query private 20letters 20of 20james 20brooke The private letters of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., Rajah of Sarawak narrating the events of his life, from 1838 to the present time ref He was also one of the founding directors of the Borneo Company Limited Borneo Company in 1856. references Persondata NAME Templer, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1814 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1874 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Templer, John Charles Category 1814 births Category 1874 deaths Category People from Bridport Category British lawyers ...   more details



  1. John Charles Walters Company

    The John Charles Walters Company was a production company formed in 1978 by four former employees of MTM Enterprises James L. Brooks , David Davis writer David Davis , Stan Daniels and Ed Weinberger . The company existed from 1978 until 1983 and produced the TV show Taxi TV series Taxi . The foursome who created John Charles Walters were part of the creative team that produced The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff Phyllis TV series Phyllis , as well as The Betty White Show among others, during the 1970s. They were lured away by Paramount Pictures Paramount following the end of The Mary Tyler Moore Show s run. Paramount financed the John Charles Walters Company during its existence. The company also produced The Associates U.S. TV series The Associates , a TV sitcom about a small group of young Wall Street lawyers which ran during the 1979 television season starring Martin Short . The show lasted for nine of the 13 episodes produced, but received two Golden Globe nominations after its cancellation. Company name According to a 2003 interview, James L. Brooks said that the company was named the John Charles Walters Company because the foursome wanted a venerable Protestant name. ref http www.emmys.tv emmymag june03 foundation.php ref The book Hailing Taxi indicates that the partners discovered an old pub sign that said Charles Walters. They bought it in order to make it their logo, but then discovered that there was a director in Hollywood named Charles Walters. They added the name John to avoid legal problems. The only known existence of Walters appears at the end of both Taxi and The Associates . In the end credits, the back of Walters is seen leaving his office while a female voice off screen wishes him good night or Merry Christmas in holiday themed episodes Walters merely groans in response while he puts his hat on as he exits. Ed. Weinberger is believed to have ... includes John Charles Walters Category Nonexistent people Walters, John Charles Category Television ...   more details



  1. John Charles Dunne

    John Charles Dunne born October 30, 1937 is an United States American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He is currently an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre Diocese of Rockville Centre , serving since 1988. Biography John Dunne was born in Brooklyn , New York , to the late Mark and Helen Dunne. ref name diocese cite news work Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre title The Most Reverend John C. Dunne url http www.drvc.org auxiliary bishops the most reverend john c. dunne.html ref His only brother, Mark J. Dunne d. 1982 , was also a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre Diocese of Rockville Centre . ref name diocese He received his early education at the parochial school of http www.drvc.org index.php?option com mtree&task viewlink&link id 83&Itemid 0 St. Boniface Church in Elmont, New York Elmont and at St. Francis Preparatory School in Brooklyn. He attended Cathedral Preparatory Seminary Queens Cathedral College , also in Brooklyn ... ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Dunne, John Charles ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Dunne, John Charles Category 1937 births Category Living people Category People from Brooklyn Category American Roman Catholic bishops de John Charles Dunne pl John Charles Dunne fi John Charles Dunne ... on June 1, 1963. ref name hierarchy cite news work Catholic Hierarchy.org title Bishop John Charles Dunne url http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop bdunne.html ref Dunne served as a curate at http ... was appointed auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre and titular bishop of Abercorn ia by Pope John Paul ... December 13 from Bishop John R. McGann Bishop John Raymond McGann , with Bishops James Joseph Daly and Alfred John Markiewicz serving as Consecrator co consecrators , at St. Agnes Cathedral . ref name hierarchy He selected as his episcopal motto God Is Love bibleverse 1 John 4 16 . ref name diocese ...   more details



  1. Charles John Andersson

    Infobox person name Charles John Andersson image CJAndersson.gif image size 200px caption birth date birth date 1827 3 4 df y birth place V rmland , Sweden death date death date and age 1867 7 9 1827 3 4 df y death place Omutwe Onjambu , Angola occupation Trader, hunter, explorer spouse Charles John ... explorers of southern Africa , mostly in present day Namibia . Biography Early life Charles John Andersson ... . Explorations Image ST Andersson.jpg thumb left 150px Charles John Andersson. In 1849 he set ... Andersson first Charles John title Explorations in South Africa, with the Route from Walfisch Bay ... doi 10.2307 1798105 volume 25 cite book first Charles John last Andersson title Lake Ngami, or Explorations ... Charles John last Andersson title The Okavango River, a Narrative of Travel, Exploration and Adventure location London year 1861 cite book first Charles John last Andersson title The Lion and The Elephant location London year 1873 cite book first Charles John last Andersson title Notes of Travel in South ... Andersson, Charles John. 1987 The Matchless Copper Mine in 1857 Correspondence of Manager C. J. Andersson , edited by Brigitte Lau. Windhoek National Archives, Namibia. Andersson, Charles John. 1989 ... Wallis title Fortune my Foe The Story of Charles John Andersson, African Explorer 1827 1867 location London year 1936 cite book first Bo last Bjelfvenstam title Charles John Andersson Uppt ckare, j gare ... 20John 2C 201827 1867 22 Works by or about Charles John Andersson at Internet Archive scanned books original editions color illustrated Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Andersson, Charles John ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andersson, Karl Johan Swedish SHORT DESCRIPTION Explorer DATE OF BIRTH ... , Angola DEFAULTSORT Andersson, Charles John Categories Category 1827 births Category 1867 deaths ... fr Charles John Andersson nl Charles John Andersson pl Karl Johan Andersson sv Charles Andersson ... Stockholm References cite web title Charles Andersson url http galton.org books south west africa ...   more details



  1. John Charles Brooke

    Image John Charles Brooke.jpg right thumb 150 px Engraved portrait of John Charles Brooke. John Charles Brooke Society of Antiquaries of London FSA 27 August 1748 3 February 1794 was an English antiquarian and Somerset Herald at the time of his premature death in 1794. Early life Brooke was born at Fieldhead in the parish of Silkstone , Yorkshire in August 1748, son of Dr. William Brooke and Alice Mawhood. ref name IllustrationsOf Cite book last Nichols first John authorlink coauthors title Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, Volume VI publisher Oxford University year 1831 location pages 354 url http books.google.com books?id TUcJAAAAQAAJ&pg PA354&lpg PA354&dq 22john charles brooke 22 somerset&source web&ots lfShiTRYST&sig jrnWOInU9vvepLB8 3fpL mOZdg PPA354,M1 doi id isbn ref He was also a descendant of the Rev. John Brooke, rector of High Hoyland , who had himself in the previous century been an antiquarian interested in the history of Yorkshire . ref name SelectionOf Cite book last Walker first John authorlink coauthors title Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman s Magazine, Volume IV publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown year 1811 location pages 398 url http books.google.com books?id h91PAAAAMAAJ&pg PA398&lpg PA398&dq 22john charles brooke 22 somerset&source web&ots ZSlM6P7NxR&sig pMz0ZKDx1I1aNNOD7TkqQtGT6cw PPA398,M1 doi id isbn ref John Charles Brooke would eventually come into possession of some of the historical material collected by Rev. Brooke, and thus his taste for historical and genealogical research was perhaps inherited. ref name IllustrationsOf ref name SelectionOf The second of his parents children, Brooke was sent ... he had departed. John Charles Brooke is buried in St Benet Paul s Wharf , London, a church closely ... September 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brooke, John Charles ALTERNATIVE ... PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brooke, John Charles Category English antiquarians Category English genealogists ...   more details



  1. John Charles Groome (Maryland)

    For the Pennsylvania Police Commissioner John Charles Groome Pennsylvania John Charles Groome June 8, 1800 &ndash November 30, 1866 was Secretary of State of Maryland , appointed by Governor Thomas W. Veazey in 1838. Biography He was born in Elkton, Maryland on June 8, 1800 to Doctor John Groome and Elizabeth Black. He graduated from Princeton College then studied law under E.F. Chambers and Levin Gale. He graduated from Litchfield Law School . He married Elizabeth Riddle Black on December 6, 1836 and they had five children James Black Groome , Maria Stokes Groome Knight, Elizabeth Black Groome Constable, Jane S. Groome Black, and John C. Groome II 1839 1860 . He died on November 30, 1866 in Elkton, Maryland . ref cite web url http www.msa.md.gov megafile msa speccol sc3500 sc3520 002300 002373 html 2373bio.html title John C. Groome 1800 1866 accessdate 2010 08 23 quote publisher Maryland ref References reflist Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1800 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1866 PLACE OF DEATH Category Secretaries of State of Maryland Category 1800 births Category 1866 deaths Category People from Elkton, Maryland ...   more details



  1. Charles Edward St. John

    Charles Edward St. John March 15, 1857 &ndash April 26, 1935 was an United States American astronomer . He was born in Allen, Michigan to Hiriam A. St. John and his wife Lois Bacon the youngest of a family of four sons and two daughters. In 1873 he entered Michigan Normal College , then graduated at the age of 19. For the next ten years he suffered from ill health. After recovering, he became a teacher at the college, and in 1887 he graduated with a B.S. from Michigan State Agricultural College . He performed two years of graduate study in electromagnetism at the University of Michigan , then earned an M.A. from Harvard University in 1893. He was awarded a John Tyndall Fellowship and studied for a year in Berlin before returning to earn his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1896. After teaching for a year at the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of physics at Oberlin College . He made professor in 1899 and became Dean of the College of Arts and Science in 1907. In May 1908 at the age of 51 he joined the staff at Mount Wilson Observatory . There he studied the Sun , observing sun spots , the structure of the solar atmosphere, examined the Sun s Chemical element element composition using spectroscopy , and so forth. In his later work he spent much time working to confirm the theory of general relativity . He also made observations of the planet Venus , showing that there was insufficient ... title Biographical Memoir of Charles Edward St. John, 1857 1935 publisher National Academy of Sciences accessdate 2008 07 30 cite journal author R. v. d. R. W. title Obituary Charles E. St. John ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME St. John, Charles Edward ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1857 03 15 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1935 04 26 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT St. John, Charles ... Union until 1932. The crater St. John crater St. John on the far side of the Moon is named after him ... Staff date 1922 01 08 title NO LIFE ON VENUS LIKE THAT ON EARTH Dr. St. John s Observations Make ...   more details



  1. Charles John Biddle

    other people Charles Biddle Infobox Congressman name Charles John Biddle image name Charles John Biddle by Robert Cornelius c1840.jpg birth date 1819 death date September 28, 1873 aged 53 54 birth place Philadelphia , Pennsylvania death place Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state Pennsylvania district Pennsylvania s 2nd congressional district 2nd term start July 2, 1861 term end March 3, 1863 preceded Edward J. Morris succeeded Charles O Neill Pennsylvania politician Charles O Neill party Democratic Party United States Democratic Charles John Biddle 1819 September 28, 1873 was an United States American soldier , lawyer , U.S. Congressman Congressman , and newspaper editor. Biography Biddle was born and died in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He was the son of Nicholas Biddle 1786 1844 Nicholas Biddle , president of the Second Bank of the United States , and nephew of Congressman Richard Biddle . Charles Biddle graduated from Princeton University Princeton in 1837, where he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He served in the Mexican American War , serving as a Captain United States captain of an infantry company. For gallantry, he was promoted to the rank of Major United States major . At the close of the war, he returned to Philadelphia to practice law. In May 1861, following the outbreak of the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln s call to arms, he was appointed a Lieutenant colonel United States lieutenant colonel in the Pennsylvania Reserves , rising in May to the rank of Colonel United States colonel in command of the 13th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment ... Pennsylvania district 2 before Edward J. Morris years 1861 1863 after Charles O Neill Pennsylvania politician Charles O Neill S end Persondata NAME Biddle, Charles John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... DEFAULTSORT Biddle, Charles John Category 1819 births Category 1873 deaths Category Princeton University ... that denounced the execution of John Andr Andr as the greatest blot upon Washington s record. By an authority ...   more details



  1. John Charles Kaine

    Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name John Charles Kaine honorific suffix image John Charles Kaine.png imagesize office Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Louis H bert provincial electoral district Quebec West predecessor John Gabriel Hearn successor Martin Madden Canadian politician Martin Madden term start 1904 term end 1915 office2 Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Stadacona predecessor2 John Sharples, Jr. John Sharples successor2 William Gerard Power term start2 1915 term end2 1923 cabinet Minister without Portfolio 1920 1923 birth date birth date 1854 10 18 birth place death date death date and age 1923 04 01 1854 10 18 death place nationality spouse party Quebec Liberal Party Liberal relations children residence alma mater occupation profession religion John Charles Kaine 1854 1923 was a Quebec politician. He was born in the parish of Notre Dame de Qu bec, October 18, 1854, son of John Kaine and Ellen McGowan. He studied at the Commercial Academy of Quebec. He entered the business world in 1886 and was a ship owner and wood merchant. He became president of the Kaine and Bird transport company. He represented the Lake Champlain Lake Champlain Transportation Co. , and Burleigh and Weeks, a wood pulp import company in Whitehall village , New York Whitehall, New York . He was elected the Liberal member for Louis H bert provincial electoral district Quebec West in 1904. He was sworn in as a Minister Without Portfolio in the Lomer Gouin Gouin cabinet on January 3, 1906, and was re elected in 1908 and 1912. His seat became vacant when he was named ... was renamed the National Assembly. John Charles Kaine was President of the St. Patrick s Literary ... kaine john charles 3771 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kaine, John Charles ... DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1923 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kaine, John Charles Category 1923 deaths ... Anglophone Quebec people Liberal Quebec MNA stub fr John Charles Kaine ...   more details



  1. John Charles Thomson

    John Charles Thomson 1866 1934 was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand Liberal Party Liberal Party . He represented the Southland Region Southland electorate of Wallace New Zealand electorate Wallace from New Zealand general election, 1902 1902 , when he defeated Michael Gilfedder , who was also of the Liberal Party according to Wilson. In 1919 he was defeated by Adam Hamilton of New Zealand Reform Party Reform . He won the seat back in New Zealand general election, 1922 1922 , but retired in 1925, when the seat was again won by Hamilton. References New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840 1984 by J. O. Wilson 1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Thomson, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician DATE OF BIRTH 1866 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1934 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Thomson, John Charles Category 1866 births Category 1934 deaths Category New Zealand Liberal Party MPs Category New Zealand people of Scottish descent ...   more details



  1. John Charles Herries

    Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix small The Right Honourable small br name John Charles Herries honorific suffix br small Her Majesty s Most Honourable Privy Council PC small image John Charles Herries.jpg ... of Leipzig spouse Sarah Dorington d. 1821 John Charles Herries Her Majesty s Most Honourable Privy ... links hansard contribs mr john herries John Charles Herries S start s par uk s bef before Charles Bathurst ... William Beresford br John Attwood s bef before George Clerk Sir George Clerk, Bt br Charles Manners ..., John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician DATE OF BIRTH November 1778 ... UK MPs 1847 1852 Category UK MPs 1852 1857 Category University of Leipzig alumni de John Charles Herries pl John Charles Herries ... January 1828 monarch1 George IV of the United Kingdom George IV primeminister1 Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich The Viscount Goderich predecessor1 Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden The Lord ... to mid 19th century. Background and education Herries was the eldest son of Charles Herries, a London ... John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich Lord Goderich s government 1827 1828 , Master of the Mint under ... son, Charles Herries , was appointed Chairman of the Inland Revenue Board of Inland Revenue by Disraeli during the latter s second premiership in 1877. Family Herries married Sarah, daughter of John Dorington, in 1814. They had three sons, one of whom, Sir Charles Herries, was a well known financier ... constituency Stamford with Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland Marquess of Granby 1847 1852 with2 ... br Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford Sir Frederic Thesiger s off s bef before Charles Arbuthnot ... Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey Viscount Howick s bef before Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland Marquess ... Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli and Charles Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland ... of Control years 1852 after Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax Sir Charles Wood S end Chancellor ...   more details



  1. Charles St. John

    This article was automatically created by User polbot from http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index S000765. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. Charles St. John October 8, 1818 July 6, 1891 was a United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative from New York . Born at Mount Hope, New York , St. John attended the common schools and Goshen and Newburgh New York Academies. He engaged in lumbering on the Delaware River and in mercantile pursuits and banking at Port Jervis, New York . He served as internal revenue collector and later as president of the Barrett Bridge Co.. St. John was elected as a Republican Party United States Republican to the 42nd United States Congress Forty second and 43rd United States Congress Forty third Congresses March 4, 1871 March 3, 1875 . He resumed his former business activities. He died in Port Jervis, New York , July 6, 1891. He was interred in Laurel Grove Cemetery. In 1888 St. John built the High Point Inn at New Jersey s highest point High Point New Jersey . The Inn would form the basis for the home of Anthony R. Kuser who converted it into a lodge before ultimately donating it to New Jersey in 1923. ref http www.nynjctbotany.org njkitt highpont.html ref References reflist CongBio S000765 External links Portal Biography Find a Grave 7255100 USRepSuccessionBoxNeeded Bioguide Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME St. John, Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American politician DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1818 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1891 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT St. John, Charles Category 1818 births Category 1891 deaths Category Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York Category New York Republicans NewYork Representative stub ...   more details



  1. John Charles Melliss

    Use dmy dates date April 2012 John Charles Melliss 1835 1911 was a notable British engineer and amateur naturalist. Details He was born on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. His father, Lieutenant G.W. Melliss, was an officer of the St Helena Artillery. After training as an engineer, and serving as an officer in the Royal Engineers , he was appointed as government surveyor in St Helena from 1860 1871. In 1871, because of government cutbacks, he was made redundant and returned to London, where he subsequently formed the firm of J.C. Melliss and Co. In 1875 he published the work for which he is best known St. Helena A Physical, Historical and Topographical Description of the Island, including the Geology, Fauna, Flora and Meteorology . Joseph Dalton Hooker named the genus Mellissia in his honour. To commemorate the book s centenary in 1975, the St. Helena Post Office published a series of stamps. Further information Melliss s son, H.J. Melliss, joined his father s company later named Melliss and Partners following a partnership with H.R. Smart . He worked for the company until 1955. External links http www.melliss.com Melliss LLP Consulting Civil and Structural Engineers bot generated title at www.melliss.com and look under the Melliss LLP company history page Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Melliss, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1835 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1911 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Melliss, John Charles Category 1835 births Category 1911 deaths Category History of Saint Helena Category Royal Engineers officers Category British naturalists Category Saint Helenian people SaintHelena stub UK engineer stub de John Charles Melliss ...   more details



  1. John Charles Pritz

    no footnotes date April 2009 Commodore John Charles Pritz Portuguese Jo o Carlos Pedro Pritz was a Denmark Danish mariner who had a career with the Brazilian Empire Brazilian Imperial Navy during the Cisplatine War . Biography Pritz was part of the First Division, also called Divisi n Bloqueo , of the Brazilian navy operating in the waters of the Rio de la Plata during the Cisplatine War. The mission of this squadron, initially commanded by James Norton but eventually taken over by Pritz, was to blockade the primary Argentine port of Buenos Aires . Although the squadron had superior resources compared to the Argentine navy, commanded by William Brown admiral William Brown , it was unable to stop the Argentines from routinely escaping. While in command of the frigate Dona Paula , Pritz participated in the naval battles of Los Pozos on June 11, 1826 and of Quilmes on June 30, 1826. On April 8, 1827, Pritz by that time a comodore was one of the participants in the Battle of Monte Santiago, in which the superior firepower of the Brazilians forced two grounded Argentine brigs to rely on the support of a schooner. References ngel Justiniano Carranza Carranza, Angel Justiniano , Campa as Navales de la Rep blica Argentina , Talleres de Guillermo Kraft Ltda., Buenos Aires, 2 edici n, 1962 Arguindeguy, Pablo E. CL, y Rodr guez, Horacio CL Buques de la Armada Argentina 1810 1852 sus comandos y operaciones , Buenos Aires, Instituto Nacional Browniano, 1999 Vale, Brian, Una guerra entre ingleses , Instituto De Publicaciones Navales, 2005, ISBN 950 899 057 0 Empire of Brazil Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pritz, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pritz, John Charles Category Danish sailors Category Year of death unknown es John Charles Pritz ...   more details



  1. John Charles Vivian

    For other people of a similar name John Vivian disambiguation John Vivian John Charles Vivian June 30, 1889 in Golden, CO, to February 10, 1964 in Golden, CO was a United States Lawyer attorney , journalist , and Republican party United States Republican politician who served as the List of Governors of Colorado 30th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1943 to 1947. He was the first Lt. Governor of Colorado to be elected Governor. John Charles Vivian was born in Golden, Colorado , on June 30, 1889. The Vivian family was very prominent in Republican party United States Republican politics, of Cornish people Cornish origin. ref White, G. Pawley, A Handbook of Cornish Surnames. These Vivians mentioned by Rowse ref Vivian received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado in 1909 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Denver School of Law in 1913. Vivian married Maude Charlotte Kleyn, a professor from the University of Michigan School of Music. Vivian served in the United States Marine Corps United States Marines during World War I and became the Jefferson County Attorney in 1922. John Vivian was elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado in 1938. In 1942, Republican party United States Republican Party officials decided to nominate Vivian for List of Governors of Colorado Governor instead of incumbent Colorado Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr who had angered many with his opposition to the Japanese American internment internment of Japanese American citizens. Vivian was elected Governor in 1942 and was reelected in 1944 ... vivian.html The Governor John Charles Vivian Collection at the Colorado State Archives br clear ... Persondata NAME Vivian, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Politician DATE OF BIRTH 1889 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1964 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Vivian, John Charles Category ... governors of the United States Colorado politician stub de John Charles Vivian sv John Charles Vivian ...   more details



  1. John Charles Mason

    Orphan date February 2009 John Charles Mason 1798 1881 , British East India Company servant, marine secretary to the Indian government home establishment . Mason, born in London in March 1798, was the only son of Alexander Way Mason, chief clerk in the secretary s office of the East India Company s home service, and one of the founders and editors of the East India Register in 1803. His grandfather, Charles Mason, served with distinction in the expedition to Guadeloupe in 1758 9, and with the allied army in Germany in 1762 and in 1793 6. John Charles was educated at Monsieur de la Pierre s commercial school in Hackney and at Lord Weymouth s grammar school at Warminster. For three years he served in the office of Dunn, Wordsworth, & Dunn, solicitors, 32 Threadneedle Street, till in April 1817 he received an appointment in the secretary s office at the East India House on the ground of his father s services a unique episode in the history of the company s patronage. From 1817 to 1837 he was almost wholly employed upon confidential duties under the committee of secrecy namely, in 1823 in negotiating a treaty with the government of the Netherlands for the cession of the settlement in the Straits of Malacca to the Dutch in 1829 in arranging the secret signals for the East India Company s ships in 1833 in negotiating for the renewal of the company s charter and in 1834 in the parliamentary inquiry upon matters connected with China. He compiled in 1825 6 An Analysis of the Constitution of the East India Company, and of the Laws passed by Parliament for the Government of their Affairs ... DNB wstitle Mason, John Charles Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mason, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1798 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1881 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mason, John Charles Category 1798 births Category 1881 deaths Category People ... son, Charles Alexander James Mason, born in 1832, who served in the Indian home service from 1848, became ...   more details



  1. Charles John Johnston

    Infobox officeholder honorific prefix small The Honourable small br name Charles John Johnston br honorific suffix small MLC small image caption order 14th Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council Speaker of the Legislative Council term start 1915 term end 1918 predecessor Charles Christopher Bowen successor Walter Carncross birth date birth date 1845 10 11 df y birth place Wellington , New Zealand death date death date and age 1918 6 13 1845 10 11 df y death place Wellington, New Zealand spouse relations party Independent politician Independent religion Charles John Johnston 11 October 1845 13 June 1918 was the Mayor of Wellington , New Zealand in 1890, the Jubilee year. He was Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council Speaker of the New Council for the last three years of his life. Biography He was born 11 October 1845 in Wellington , the son of merchant John Johnston New Zealand politician John Johnston . He was educated at Wellington Commercial and Grammar School, and was later educated in England at the St Mary s Roman Catholic High School, Chesterfield Catholic College of St. Mary in Derbyshire , and at Kensington School Kensington Grammar School in London. He returned to NZ in 1864 and entered Johnston & Co. NZ parlbox header nolist true align left NZ parlbox electorate NZ electorate link Te Aro party Independent politician start NZ election link year 1881 end 1884 term 8th NZ parlbox electorate Te Aro party Independent politician start NZ election link year 1884 end 1887 term 9th NZ parlbox footer He represented the Te Aro New Zealand electorate Te Aro electorate from 1881 to 1887, when he resigned. He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnston, Charles John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... OF DEATH 13 June 1918 PLACE OF DEATH Wellington, New Zealand DEFAULTSORT Johnston, Charles John Category ..., Government Printer, Wellington s start s off s bef before Charles Christopher Bowen s ttl title Speaker ...   more details



  1. Charles John Irving

    Charles John Irving , CMG, 7 February 1831, Isabelle Place, Camberwell , London 23 February 1917, Exmouth ref http teochiewkia2010.blogspot.com 2010 10 irving road penang charles john irving.html Irving Road, Penang & Charles John Irving Biographical data at bottom half of page ref was acting Lieutenant Governor of Penang present day Malaysia from 1879 to 1880. He was Resident Councillor of Penang from 1885 to 1887 and Colonial Auditor General to the government of the Straits Settlements at Penang from 1867 to 1879 under governors Sir Harry Ord and Edward Anson . He was with the Colonial and Immigration Office from 1852 to 1853. He was one of the very few Straits officials who had studied the Malay political and social systems. He was an expert on native affairs on the Malay Peninsula whom Governors Ord and Anson used in different negotiations. In 1871 Anson sent James W. W. Birch , then Colonial Secretary, together with Auditor General Irving to see Sultan Abdul Samad at Langat to re establish order there. He was a clerk in the Audit Office at Mauritius from 1853 to 1864. ref The Colonial Office List for 1867 By Great Britain Colonial Office Published by Harrison, 1867 Item notes 1867 p. 98 ref ref Who s who An Annual Biographical Dictionary By Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen Published by A. & C. Black, 1903 Item notes 1903 ref ref The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865 75 A Study of British Colonial Policy in West Africa, Malaya and the South Pacific in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli By W. David McIntyre Published by Macmillan, 1967 ref ref British Intervention in Malaya, 1867 1877 By Cyril Northcote Parkinson ... Press, 1979 Item notes v.1 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Irving, Charles John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 7 February 1831 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 23 February 1917 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Irving, Charles John Category 1831 births Category 1917 ...   more details



  1. John Charles Priscu

    BLP sources date April 2007 File Priscu.jpg thumb Priscu in Antarctica 2008 John C. Priscu born 20 September 1952 is a Romanian American Romanian American scientist who is the current Professor of Ecology in the Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences at Montana State University Bozeman Montana State University . He is a principal investigator in the McMurdo Dry Valley s Long Term Ecological Research LTER project. ref Name Rejcek cite web last Rejcek first Peter title In the cold of the night work Science team to extend seasonal work until April to study lake ecosystem in the McMurdo Dry Valleys publisher The Antarctic Sun date November 29, 2007 url http antarcticsun.usap.gov science contenthandler.cfm?id 1283 format web doi accessdate 2008 01 13 ref Filmography TV appearances He appeared on documentary program Horizon in the episode The Lost World of Lake Vostok . ref cite web url http www.imdb.com title tt0605205 title Cast of The Lost World of Lake Vostok publisher imdb.com accessdate 2008 03 21 ref References Reflist External links http landresources.montana.edu Department Priscu.html John Charles Priscu Montana State University Romania scientist stub US scientist stub Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Priscu, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1952 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Priscu, John Charles Category American scientists Category American people of Romanian descent Category 1952 births Category Living people de John Priscu ...   more details



  1. John Charles Walker

    John Charles Walker July 6, 1893 November 25, 1994 was an American agricultural scientist noted for his research of plant disease resistance. ref name NYT http www.nytimes.com 1994 12 01 obituaries john walker agricultural wizard dies at 101.html New York Times John Walker, Agricultural Wizard, Dies at 101 By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER pioneering research in disease resistance in plants had a strong impact on world agriculture December 01, 1994 ref ref name NAP http www.nap.edu openbook.php?record id 9681&page 319 Biographical Memoirs V.77 1999 National Academy of Sciences NAS JOHN CHARLES WALKER BY DONALD J. HAGEDORN ref ref name APS http www.apsnet.org about history pioneeringplantpathologists Pages WalkerJohnCharles.aspx The American Phytopathological Society John Charles Walker ref The New York Times said that Walker s pioneering research in disease resistance in plants had a strong impact on world agriculture and that Walker was the first scientist to demonstrate the chemical nature of disease resistance in plants . ref name NYT Walker is most known for developing disease resistant varieties of onions, cabbages, beans, peas, beets and cucumbers. ref name NYT ref name NAP The National Academy of Sciences said that he was considered one of the world s greatest plant pathologists and that his fundamental discoveries of plant disease resistance made a lasting impact on world agriculture . ref name NAP Walker was professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin&ndash Madison . ref name NYT He was also president and a fellow of The American Phytopathological Society and received the APS Award of Distinction. ref name APS Distinctions 1945 elected to the National Academy of Sciences ref name NAP 1960 an honorary doctor of science, University of G ttingen in Germany 1963 the Merit ..., John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American biochemist DATE OF BIRTH 1893 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1994 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Walker, John Charles Category 1893 births Category ...   more details



  1. John Charles Van Dyke

    other persons John Van Dyke John Charles Van Dyke 1856 1932 was an United States American art historian and critic. He was born at New Brunswick, New Jersey , studied at Columbia University Columbia , and for many years in Europe . He was admitted to the New York State New York Bar association bar in 1877 but never practiced law. He was appointed librarian at Sage Library, New Brunswick in 1878, then in 1899 professor of art history in Rutgers University Rutgers College . He was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters . Van Dyke wrote a series of critical guide books New Guides to Old Masters. He edited Modern French Masters 1896 Old Dutch and Flemish Masters 1901 Old English Masters and a series of histories covering the history of art in America. Van Dyke was the son of Judge John Van Dyke, and great grandson of John Honeyman , a spy for George Washington who played a critical role at the battle of Trenton . Publications How to Judge a Picture 1888 Art for Art s Sake 1893 A History of Painting 1894 new edition, 1915 Nature for its Own Sake 1898 fourth edition, 1906 cite book last Van Dyke first John Charles title The Desert Further Studies in Natural Appearances year 1918 publisher C. Scribner s Sons location New York City pages 233 authorlink coauthors J. Smeaton Chase photographs oclc 1841296 Opal Sea Continued Studies in Impressions and Appearances 1906 Studies in Pictures 1907 The Mountain 1916 External links wikisource Author John C. Van Dyke John C. Van Dyke gutenberg author Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Van Dyke, John Charles ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION art historian and critic DATE OF BIRTH 1856 PLACE OF BIRTH New Brunswick, New Jersey DATE OF DEATH 1932 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Van Dyke, John Charles Category 1856 births Category 1932 deaths Category American art historians Category American art critics Category American book editors Category American academics Category Columbia University alumni Category People ...   more details




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