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Beaverbrook (other)
Beaverbrook may refer to: People * Baron Beaverbrook, of Beaverbrook in the Province of New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada and of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom **Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, newspaper publisher and World War II Minister of Aircraft Production *** Beaverbrook Newspapers **Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook, British politician and honorary RAF officer Places *Beaverbrook, Alberta, Canada *Beaverbrook, Ottawa, Canada *Beaver Brook Station, New Brunswick, from which Baron Beaverbrook is named *Beaverbrook, Connecticut, United States Other uses *Beaverbrooks, a British jeweller * Beaverbrook Art Gallery, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada See also * *Beaver Brook (other) *Camp Beaverbrook, near Cobb Mountain, in Lake County, California, U.S. *Lord Beaverbrook High School Lord Beaverbrook High School (LBHS) is a public high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada operated by the Calgary Board of Edu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Beaverbrook
Baron Beaverbrook, of Beaverbrook in the Province of New Brunswick in the Dominion of Canada and of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the prominent media owner and politician Sir Max Aitken, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a baronet, of Cherkley in the County of Surrey, on 3 July 1916. When Aitken died, his son disclaimed the title three days later, stating that "there shall only be one Lord Beaverbrook in my lifetime". Since 1985, the titles are held by the latter's son, the third Baron. The first Baron Beaverbrook's daughter Janet Gladys Aitken was the mother of John Edward Aitken Kidd, who is the father of Jemma Wellesley, Marchioness of Douro, and Jodie Kidd. Another member of the Aitken family is the Conservative politician Jonathan Aitken. He is the great-nephew of the first Baron Beaverbrook. The family seat is Denchworth Manor, near Wantage, Oxfordshire. Replicas of the Baron's two fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the ''Daily Express'', which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. During the Second World War, he played a major role in mobilising industrial resources as Winston Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production. The young Max Aitken had a gift for making money and was a millionaire by 30. His business ambitions quickly exceeded opportunities in Canada and he moved to Britain. There he befriended Bonar Law and with his support won a seat in the House of Commons at the December 1910 United Kingdom general election. A knighthood followed shortly after. During the First World War he ran th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverbrook Newspapers
The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Its sister paper, the ''Sunday Express'', was launched in 1918. In June 2022, it had an average daily circulation of 201,608. The paper rose to become the largest circulation newspaper in the world under Lord Beaverbrook, going from 2 million in the 1930s to 4 million in the 1940s. It was acquired by Richard Desmond's company Northern & Shell in 2000. Hugh Whittow was the editor from February 2011 until he retired in March 2018. In February 2018 Trinity Mirror acquired the ''Daily Express'', and other publishing assets of Northern & Shell, in a deal worth £126.7 million. To coincide with the purchase the Trinity Mirror group changed the name of the company to ''Reach''. Hugh Whittow resigned as editor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook
Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook (born 29 December 1951), is a British peer and politician. Family Maxwell Aitken is the grandson of The 1st Baron Beaverbrook and the only son of Sir Max Aitken, by his third marriage to Violet de Trafford. He was educated at Charterhouse and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the Royal College of Defence Studies. He married Susan Angela More O'Ferrall, a member of an aristocratic Irish family and granddaughter of Sir Henry Mather-Jackson, 6th Bt., on 19 July 1974. They have four children: *Maxwell Francis Aitken (born 17 March 1977) married Inés Nieto Gómez-Valencia on 9 November 2007. They have two children. **Giuletta Ines Susanna Aitken (born 1 December 2011) **Maxwell Alfonso Aitken (born 16 December 2014) *Alexander Rory Aitken (born 1978) married Alexandra Meredyth Anne Proby on 10 February 2007. They have three daughters. *Charlotte Susanna Aitken (born 1982) married Charles Innes-Ker, Marquess of Bowmont and Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverbrook, Alberta
Parkland County is a municipal district in central Alberta, Canada. Located west of Edmonton in Census Division No. 11, its municipal office, Parkland County Centre, is located north of the Town of Stony Plain on Highway 779. History ;2021 wildfire In May 2021, a wildfire, originating in Tomahawk, was reported. Evacuation orders, spanning from Highway 22 to the west, Township Road 524 to the north, Range Road 63 to the east, and Township Road 510 to the south, were issued on May 5. Geography Communities and localities The following urban municipalities are surrounded by Parkland County. ; Cities * Spruce Grove ;Towns * Stony Plain ; Villages * Spring Lake ; Summer villages *Betula Beach *Kapasiwin * Lakeview * Point Alison * Seba Beach The following hamlets are located within Parkland County. ; Hamlets * Carvel * Duffield * Entwistle * Fallis * Gainford *Keephills * Tomahawk * Wabamun The following localities are located within Parkland County. ;Localities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverbrook, Ottawa
Beaverbrook is a suburban neighbourhood in Kanata North Ward in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located within the former city of Kanata. Beaverbrook is known for its hedged houses and community facilities. The neighbourhood is bounded by the Kanata North Business Park to the north, March Road to the east, Campeau Drive to the south and Knudson Avenue & Weslock Way to the west. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the total population of the neighbourhood was 5,182. History Originally known as Kanata, Beaverbook is the first and oldest residential neighbourhood in Kanata. The area was an agricultural part of March Township until the 1960s when developer and planner Bill Teron set about creating a planned Garden City community. The first street to be developed was Tiffany Crescent in 1964. John Mlacak, who was the reeve of March Township from 1968 to 1976, helped lead the development of Kanata during the 1970s, 1980s and onward.https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaver Brook Station, New Brunswick
Beaver Brook Station is a Canadian rural community in Northumberland County, New Brunswick. History Beaver Brook Station was created when the Intercolonial Railway was constructed through the area north of Newcastle (now part of the city of Miramichi) in 1875. Notable people Max Aitken grew up in the nearby community of Newcastle, New Brunswick. In accepting his peerage, Max Aitken chose the name "Lord Beaverbrook" (note the spelling difference) in reference to this community, after initially considering the harder to pronounce "Lord Miramichi".Rayburn, A. (2001), ''Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names''. University of Toronto Press.- Rayburn, A. (1975), ''Geographical Names of New Brunswick''. Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Ottawa. See also *List of communities in New Brunswick This is a list of communities in New Brunswick, a province in Canada. For the purposes of this list, a community is defined as either an incorporated municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverbrook, Connecticut
Beaverbrook or Beaver Brook, is an unincorporated area in the City of Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. History The area is named after the stream, which flows north out of East Swamp in Bethel and connects with the Still River in East Danbury. References to Beaver Brook can be found from as far back as 1743, although many maps identify Beaver Brook as ''Limekiln Brook'' or ''East Swamp Brook''. Upstream, north of the confluence In geography, a confluence (also: ''conflux'') occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); o ..., is Beaver Brook Mountain, which extends from Danbury into Brookfield. The mountain was considered part of Danbury's Beaver Brook district until Brookfield was incorporated from Danbury in 1788. Despite the official incorporation, this particular area would still be recognized as Beaver Brook f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverbrooks
Beaverbrooks is a British jeweller. Established in 1919, with the opening of its first store in Belfast and still a family-owned business, with direct descendants of the founders, (the third and fourth generations of the Adlestone family), the custodians. The current Managing Director Anna Blackburn has worked for Beaverbrooks for 21 years, starting her career working in the Trafford branch and working her way up the ranks. She was appointed CEO in September 2013, becoming not only the first female CEO of the company but the first non-family CEO in the company's history. In 2018, Anna was appointed managing director, becoming only the second-ever non-family member to sit on the board. Awards and recognition In 2009,Beaverbrooks staff were identified as the most content in the country, according to the ''Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is a public art gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is named after William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, who funded the building of the gallery and assembled the original collection. It opened in 1959 with over 300 works, including paintings by J. M. W. Turner and Salvador Dalí. The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is New Brunswick's officially designated provincial art gallery. The building has undergone several expansions, the latest of which opened in 2017 via a design by Halifax-based MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Former director Terry Graff stated that this "expansion and revitalization" aimed to make the gallery "an important destination for national and international contemporary art". Building In 1954 Lord Beaverbrook made an offer to Hugh John Flemming, the Premier of New Brunswick, to build and stock an art gallery in Fredericton. The Province accepted the proposal, and provided him with a site directly across from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaver Brook (other)
Beaver Brook may refer to several places: Canada *Beaver Brook, New Brunswick, in Albert County *Beaver Brook Station, New Brunswick, or Beaverbrook, in Northumberland County *Beaver Brook, Nova Scotia * Beaver Brook Estates, Alberta * Beaver Brook Park, Alberta United States *Beaver Brook, Wisconsin, a town in Washburn County ** Beaver Brook (community), Wisconsin * Beaver Brook Association nature center, in New Hampshire * Beaver Brook Falls, in Colebrook, New Hampshire *Beaver Brook Reservation, a state park in Belmont and Waltham, Massachusetts * Beaver Brook State Park, in Connecticut **Beaver Brook (Connecticut), a stream *Beaver Brook (Merrimack River tributary), in New Hampshire and Massachusetts *Beaver Brook (Mohawk River tributary), in New York *Beaver Brook (New Jersey), a tributary of the Pequest River * Beaver Brook station (closed), in Waltham, Massachusetts See also * * Beaverbrook (other) *Beaver Creek (other) *Beaver River (other) Beav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Beaverbrook
Camp Beaverbrook was a co-educational overnight summer camp located at 14117 Bottle Rock Road, Cobb, California, near Cobb Mountain, in Lake County, California from 1961 - 1985. History Camp Beaverbrook was founded in 1956 by Robert and Marian Lessman Brown of Orinda, California, opening to campers in 1961. Known as Amee and Niha, Pomo language for "Father" and "Mother," in honor of the Pomo people indigenous to the area, the Browns operated the camp until their retirement in 1979. In later years, the camp was operated by Ronald and Lynn Garrison of Auburn, California. Activities Camp activities included riflery, archery, horseback riding, hiking, nature walks, backpacking, arts and crafts projects, drama (the camp regularly produced several musicals each summer), swimming, water skiing at nearby Clear Lake, music, volleyball, boating and overnight canoe trips on the Russian River. Campers, known as "Beaverbods", were mainly from the San Francisco Bay Area The San Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
