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Bethell Walrond
Bethell is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Bethell (1855–1932), Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth *Anna Bethell (1882–1969), English actress, singer and stage director * Bob Bethell, Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 113th district * Christopher Bethell (1773–1859), Bishop of Bangor *Ernest Bethell, British journalist who worked in Korea under Japanese rule * George Bethell (1849–1919), Royal Navy officer and Conservative politician *Hugh Bethell (died 1679) (1615–1679), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 *James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell (born 1967), British Conservative politician * John Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell (1861–1945), British banker and Liberal politician, created Baron Bethell * Keppel Bethell, Major-General in the First World War * Lauran Bethell (21st century), American Baptist missionary * Leonard Arthur Bethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bethell
Admiral Sir Alexander Edward Bethell (28 August 1855 – 13 June 1932) was a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth of the Royal Navy. Naval career Born the second son of Richard Augustus Bethell, 2nd Baron Westbury, Bethell joined the Royal Navy in 1869. In July–August 1899 he commanded the ''Arethusa'', which was commissioned for the annual manoeuvres.''Navy List, August 1899, corrected to 18 July 1899 - Supplement: Ships and Officers Engaged in the Naval Manoeuvres'', page 28. He was given command of the cruiser HMS ''Naiad'' serving in the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1901, and landed the Somaliland Field Force in East Africa before returning to the United Kingdom to become assistant director of torpedoes. He was given command of the battleship HMS ''Hindustan'' in 1908. He was appointed Director of Naval Intelligence in 1909. In that capacity he attended the famous CID meeting on 23 August, at which the government rejected the Royal Navy's pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bethell
Ray Bethell (March 1, 1928 - December 18, 2018) was a professional kite flyer who resided in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He holds multiple endurance world records related to simultaneously flying three stunt kites, one from each hand and one from his hips. Using the same technique he can fly multiple stacks of kites (up to 39 kites in total). Bethell has travelled extensively since 1991 displaying his prowess at International Kite Festivals. He was the subject of a documentary short film by Matt Nie of the Vancouver Film School"Good Stuff" which won first place at the 2005 TriBeCa Film Festival in New York City. In October 2006, a commemorative bench was unveiled at Ray's home flying spot, Vanier Park in Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ..., Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethel (other)
Bethel was a city described in the Hebrew Bible. Bethel, Beth El, Beth-El, or Beit El may also refer to: People * Bethel (surname) * Bethel Coopwood (1827–1907), an officer in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War * Bethel Johnson (born 1979), a former American football wide receiver. * Bethel Leslie (1929–1999), an American actress and screenwriter * Bethell Robinson (1861–1933), an English footballer * Bethel Rucker (1862–1945), one of the Rucker Brothers who helped found the city of Everett, Washington * Bethel Solomons (1885–1965), an Irish medical doctor and international rugby player * Bethel Henry Strousberg (1823–1884), a German Jewish industrialist Places Australia * Bethel, South Australia Canada * Bethel, Grey County, Ontario * Bethel, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario * Bethel, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario * Bethel, Prince Edward Island Germany * Bethel, part of Gadderbaum, Bielefeld Guatemala * Bethel, El Petén, a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethell's Island, Bermuda
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Bethells Bridge
Bethells Bridge, a swing bridge on the Driffield Navigation in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The bridge was built to access land cut off after a new section of canal was made. It is now home to many boat moorings, and popular with fishermen. Location Bethells Bridge is located near the small hamlet of Hempholme. It crosses the Driffield Navigation between Struncheon Hill Lock to the south, and Emmotland to the north. A small lane from Brandesburton, passing through Burshill serves as the only public access to the bridge. ;Situated on the Driffield Navigation *Next place upstream = Emmotland *Next place downstream = Struncheon Hill Lock History During the navigation improvements of 1803–1811, a new lock cut was made to bypass a large meandering loop of the River Hull around Struncheon Hill. Mr Richard Bethell, who owned the Leven Canal, also owned the land around this cutting, and needed a bridge to access his land. William Chapman, who carried out the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Henga (Bethells Beach)
Te Henga, or Bethells Beach, is a coastal community in West Auckland, New Zealand. The Māori name for the area, "Te Henga", is in reference to the long foredunes which run along the beach and look like the or gunwale of an upturned waka hull.TKITA-2013-0062 Cultural Values Assessment for Te Henga Local Area Plan, prepared by Te Kawerau Iwi Tribal Authority This name originally applied to a wide area of the lower Waitakere River valley, but during the early 1900s the area became popular with visiting European immigrants who began to refer to the area as "Bethells Beach" after the Bethell Family who live there and still own much of the area. In 1976 the New Zealand Geographic Board officially named the area "Te Henga (Bethells Beach)". The beach is approximately west of Auckland City, at the mouth of the Waitakere River where it flows into the Tasman Sea. One of several popular resorts in the area (others include Muriwai, Piha and Karekare), it is rated the 4th most dangerou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachary Bethell
Zachary Bethell (died 1635) was an English courtier, an usher, and administrator in the wardrobes of Anne of Denmark and Henrietta Maria. Career He was a grandson of Richard Bethell, a mayor of Winchester. Zachary Bethell was a gentleman usher daily waiter usher and a gentlemen of the robes in the royal wardrobe. He bought his place from a Mr Izard. Bethell kept an account book (which is not known to survive). In 1640 Katherine Lisle sought an old debt to her grandfather, Edward Barnes, a silkman who had supplied Anne of Denmark. William Juxon observed that a part of the sum claimed was recorded as paid in Mr Bethell's book of "Queen Anne's Robes". Elizabeth Sidney, Countess of Rutland, paid Bethell a contribution towards the cost of the masque ''Hymenaei'' in January 1606, and also contributed to the costs of her costume. Bethell was involved in preparations for masques and entertainments, particularly at Greenwich Palace, and at Somerset House, where he prepared a space for Anne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stalag Luft III
, partof = ''Luftwaffe'' , location = Sagan, Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany (now Żagań, Poland) , image = , caption = Model of the set used to film the movie ''The Great Escape.'' It depicts a smaller version of a single compound in ''Stalag Luft III''. The model is now at the museum near where the prison camp was located. , map_alt = Sagan, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937) , map_type = Poland#Germany 1937 , coordinates = , type = Prisoner-of-war camp , controlledby = , open_to_public = , condition = , built = , builder = , used = March 1942January 1945 , materials = , demolished = , battles = World War II , events = The "Great Escape" , past_commanders = ''Oberst'' Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau , garrison = , occupants = Allied air crews Stalag Luft III (german: Stammlager Luft III; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a ''Luftwaffe''-run prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during the Second World War, which held captured Western Allied air force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Bethell
Richard Anthony Bethell (9 April 1922 – 17 February 2004) was born in Dar-es-Salaam in the British territory of Tanganyika. He joined the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. After his Mustang was shot down he was taken prisoner and held in the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III at Sagan where he actively participated in the Great Escape, being one of the 76 officers to break out and make some distance across enemy occupied territory before being recaptured. His name was not one of the 50 who were picked to be executed and he, with 25 others, went back into captivity. He retired from the RAF in 1955 and worked in financial services in Canada. He died in Canada in 2004. Early life Bethell's parents lived abroad serving with the British Colonial Services in East Africa and Gibraltar. Bethell was born on 9 April 1922 in Dar-es-Salaam, then part of the British territory of Tanganyika. He and his brother were boarders at Junior Kings School, Sturry, Kent and regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Bethell
Tom Bethell (; July 17, 1936 – February 12, 2021) was an American journalist who wrote mainly on economic and scientific issues. Life and career Bethell was born and raised in London, England. He was educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Oxford. A resident of the District of Columbia, he lived in Virginia, Louisiana, and California. From 1962 to 1965 he taught math at Woodberry Forest School, Virginia. He was married to Donna R. Fitzpatrick of Washington, D.C. He was a senior editor of ''The American Spectator'' and was for 25 years a media fellow of the Hoover Institution. He was Washington editor of '' Harper's'', and an editor of the ''Washington Monthly''. In 1980, he received a Gerald Loeb Award Honorable Mention for Columns/Editorial for "Fooling With the Budget." Jim Garrison investigation Bethell was hired as a researcher by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison to assist with his prosecution of Clay Shaw for conspiracy to assassinate John F. Ken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabrett Bethell
Tabrett Bethell (born 13 May 1981) is an Australian film, television, and stage actress, best known for portraying the character Cara Mason in the television series ''Legend of the Seeker''. Prior to her acting career, she worked as a fashion model from the age of 16, and as a cheerleader for the National Rugby League (NRL) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Acting career After Bethell's early years as a model and cheerleader, she decided to actively pursue acting and trained at Screenwise, completing the 12 Month Intensive program in December 2007. During this training she continued to model; most notably a Neill Grigg race day fascinator resembling the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Harbour Bridge for a February 2007 cover of ''The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Daily Telegraph''. Early acting work included starring as Amy in Campbell Graham's film ''Anyone You Want'', and the role of Chris in ''Strangers Lovers Killers'', released 2010. From 2009 to 2010, Bethell filmed ''Legend of the Seeke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Bethell
Roy Bethell (born Watford, 9 August 1906, died Watford, 5 November 1976) was an English footballer who played professionally for clubs including Charlton Athletic and Gillingham. He made 170 Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ... appearances for the latter club. References 1906 births 1976 deaths Footballers from Watford English men's footballers Gillingham F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players St Albans City F.C. players Men's association football inside forwards {{england-footy-forward-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
