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Bannatyne (name)
Surname * Andrew Bannatyne, Scottish-Canadian politician, 1829–1889 * Very Rev Colin Bannatyne (1849-1920) twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland * Duncan Bannatyne, 1949 –, Scottish entrepreneur * George Bannatyne, 1545–1608, collector of Scottish poems * James Bannatyne, 1975 –, New Zealand football player * Lesley Bannatyne, American author * Richard Bannatyne, – 1605, Scottish clergy * William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne, 1743–1833, Scottish lawyer and judge Middle name * Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1842–1929, British doctor, lawyer, and politician * Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, 1828–1889, New Zealand politician See also *Ballantine (surname) Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is first found in Lanarkshire, where the family had been settled since ancient times. The name has also been variously spelled Ballantyne, Bannatyne, Ballanden, and Ballentine. Origin of the ... * Bannatyne (other) {{surnam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bannatyne
Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne (October 31, 1829 – May 18, 1889) was a Canadian politician, fur trader and leading citizen of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Biography Bannatyne was born on the island of South Ronaldsay, Orkney, in Scotland and was three years old when his father, a British government fisheries official in Stromness, died.BANNATYNE, ANDREW GRAHAM BALLENDEN ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'' He joined the as a 14-year-old apprentice clerk and set sail for Canada. His family had had a long association with the company. Bannatyne's great-grandfather was governor of a Hudson's Bay Company district in |
Colin Bannatyne
Colin Archibald Bannatyne (1849–1920) was a Scottish minister who twice served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland both in 1900/1901 and 1906/1907. He is the "Bannatyne" of the Free Church court case ''Bannatyne v Overtoun'' from 1904. Life He was born on 5 June 1849 near Oban in the parish of Kilmore and Kilbride in Argyll. He was son of Rev Archibald Bannatyne (1810-1863) and Louisa Jane Macdonald. His father had left the established Church of Scotland in the Disruption of 1843 and was one of the original ministers of the Free Church of Scotland. In 1853 the family moved to Glasgow when his father was translated to the Knox Church. The family lived at 12 Rutland Crescent. From around 1865 he studied at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in 1871. He then studied divinity at New College until 1874. He was ordained by the Free Church of Scotland at Coulter, Lanarkshire in 1876, replacing Rev James Proudfoot. At the Union of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Bannatyne
Duncan Walker Bannatyne, (born 2 February 1949) is a Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author. His business interests include hotels, health clubs, spas, media, TV, and property. He is most famous for his appearance as a business angel on the BBC programme ''Dragons' Den''. He was appointed an OBE for his contribution to charity. He has written seven books. Early life Bannatyne was born in Dalmuir west of Glasgow. His father Bill had served in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in World War II and worked on the Burma Railway after being captured by the Japanese following the Fall of Singapore, he then worked in the foundry at the Clydebank Singer plant. As a child, he lived in one room with his parents and siblings in a large house shared with six other families. He attended Dalmuir Primary School where he displayed a talent for arithmetic and won a place at Clydebank High School after passing the Eleven plus exam. Most pupils owned a bicycle so he resolved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bannatyne
George Bannatyne (1545–1608), a native of Angus, Scotland, was an Edinburgh merchant and burgess. He was the seventh of twenty-three children, including Catherine Bannatyne, born of James Bannatyne of Kirktown of Newtyle in Forfarshire and Katherine Tailefer. He is most famous as a collector of Scottish poems. He compiled an anthology of Scots poetry while in isolation during a plague in 1568. His work extended to eight hundred folio pages, divided into five parts. The anthology includes works from Scottish Chaucerians as well as many anonymous writers. The Bannatyne manuscript Bannatyne began compiling his manuscript in 1568 while isolated in his home in Edinburgh during an outbreak of the plague. He was inspired to create the anthology as a means to preserve Scottish Literary heritage. The Bannatyne Manuscript is, with the Asloan and Maitland manuscripts, one of the great sources of Middle Scots literature. It contains many works by Henryson, Dunbar, Lyndsay, Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bannatyne
James Bannatyne (born 30 June 1975) is a former New Zealand association football goalkeeper. He last played for Team Wellington in the New Zealand Football Championship. Bannatyne is currently the assistant coach for Western Springs AFC in Auckland. He represented New Zealand at international level, generally as backup to Glen Moss and Mark Paston. He has also played for the Football Kingz in the now-defunct Australian National Soccer League. Bannatyne made his full All Whites debut in a 2–0 win over Cook Islands on 18 June 2001. He was included in the New Zealand squad for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, along with fellow non-professionals Aaron Scott and Andrew Barron. On 10 May 2010, Bannatyne was named in New Zealand's final 23-man squad to compete at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He retired from international football after returning from the World Cup. His brother, Stu Bannatyne, is a round-the-world sailor. See also * New Zealand national football team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Bannatyne
Lesley Pratt Bannatyne is an American historian who writes extensively on Halloween, especially its history, literature, and contemporary celebration. She contributed the World Book Encyclopedia entry for Halloween and appears as a commentator on the annual October screening of “Haunted History of Halloween” on the History Channel. Bannatyne is also a freelance journalist who's covered stories ranging from druids in Somerville, Massachusetts to relief workers in Bolivia. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wheaton College in Massachusetts with a degree in English. Her Master's is in Creative Writing and Literature from Harvard University Extension Studies. Her debut collection of short storiesUnaccustomed to Grace was published by Kallisto Gaia Press in 2022. Bannatyne's ''Halloween. An American Holiday, An American History'' was published in 1990 and, "ushered in a new era of scholarly interest in Halloween." Quoted as "A foremost authority on Halloween" by Charles F. Rosenay in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bannatyne
Richard Bannatyne (died 1605) was a Scottish clergyman and scribe who served as secretary to John Knox. His place in history is substantiated in his role as the compiler of the historical record, Memorials of Transactions in Scotland from 1569 to 1573'. References Further reading * 16th-century births 1605 deaths Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown Date of death unknown Place of death unknown 16th-century Scottish writers 16th-century male writers 17th-century Scottish writers 17th-century Scottish clergy 17th-century male writers {{UK-Christian-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne
Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, Lord Bannatyne FRSE (26 January 1743 – 30 November 1833) was a distinguished Scottish advocate, judge, antiquarian and historian. Life The son of Mr. Roderick Macleod WS and Isabel Bannantyne, daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames. He received a liberal education, including a period at the High School of Edinburgh (1755-6), and was admitted advocate, 22 January 1765. At this time he lived near the head of Craig's Close on the north side of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, close to the Law Courts. He was appointed Sheriff of Bute in 1776. On the death of Lord Swinton, in 1799, he was promoted to the bench as a Senator of the College of Justice, and took his seat as Lord Bannatyne. Among his intimate friends were Henry Mackenzie, Robert Cullen, William Craig, Hugh Blair, Erskine and Alexander Abercromby. He was a contibutor to both the ''Mirror'' and ''Lounger'' magazines, at the end of the eighteenth century. In 1784 he was a co-founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bannatyne Finlay
Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, (11 July 1842 – 9 March 1929), known as Sir Robert Finlay from 1895 to 1916, initially formally qualified as a doctor, was a British barrister and politician, and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Background and education Finlay was born at Cherry Bank in Newhaven, Edinburgh, the son of William Finlay, a physician, and Ann, daughter of Robert Bannatyne. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, graduating in medicine in 1864. Legal and political career After entering Middle Temple as a student in 1865, Finlay was called to the bar two years later and built up a successful practice, becoming a Queen's Counsel in 1882. Three years later he was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for the Inverness Burghs, but broke with William Ewart Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists in 1886. He lost his seat in 1892 but regained it three years later, the same year he was appointed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bannatyne Gillies
Thomas Bannatyne Gillies (17 January 1828 – 26 July 1889) was a 19th-century New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician. Early life He was born at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 17 January 1828. He was the eldest of nine children of John Gillies, local lawyer and town clerk, and his wife, Isabella Lillie, daughter of a Glasgow businessman and granddaughter of a Huguenot refugee. Determined to train as a mechanical engineer, he was forced by his father to study law and trained in his father's practice for four years. He then went to Manchester, where he worked for Robert Barbour and Sons, with his next brother John taking his place in his father's firm. The two brothers intended to join the California Gold Rush but their father did not allow them to do so, and John emigrated to Australia instead in about 1850. John Gillies senior was so committed with various duties that his health suffered and after long discussions, it was agreed to emigrate to Otago, New Zealand. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballantine (surname)
Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is first found in Lanarkshire, where the family had been settled since ancient times. The name has also been variously spelled Ballantyne, Bannatyne, Ballanden, and Ballentine. Origin of the name In his book ''The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands'' (1908), Sir Thomas Innes Learney states that the original family name was Bannatyne, and was a sept associated with both Clan Campbell and Clan Stuart of Bute. In the Fourth Edition (1952) of that book, the Bannatyne association with Clan Campbell is stated to have begun in 1538, formalized in a bond signed May 10, 1547, in which the Chief of the MacAmelynes (aka Bannatynes) and Sir John Stuart, ancestor of the Marquis of Bute, engaged to stand by and support each other against all persons except the King and the Earl of Argyll, the latter reservation made so that the Chief of the Bannatynes couldfulfill the conditions of a bond of manrent give to the Early of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
