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Blakiston (surname)
Blakiston is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Blakiston, Arthur Frederick Blakiston (1892-1974), English Rugby Union player and First World War officer * Bob Blakiston (1855-1918), American Major League Baseball outfielder * Caroline Blakiston (1933-), English actress * Charles Blakiston (1825–1898), New Zealand politician * Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (1862–1942), President of Trinity College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University * John Blakiston (1603–1649), English MP, coal merchant and one of the regicides of King Charles I * John Blakiston-Houston (1829-1920), Irish member of parliament * Matthew Blakiston (1702–1774), Lord Mayor of London, 1st Baronet of London * Nathaniel Blakiston (died 1722), Royal Governor of the Maryland colony from 1698 to 1702 * Nehemiah Blakiston, Royal Governor of the Maryland colony from 1691 to 1692 * Oswell Blakeston, pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher (1907–1985), writer, artist and poet * Thom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Blakiston
Sir Arthur Frederick Blakiston, 7th Baronet, MC (d Salisbury ) was a rugby union international wing who represented England twelve times between 1920 and 1925, and the British Lions in all four test matches during their 1924 tour of South Africa. Blakiston was educated at Bedford School, Trent College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He served in the Great War as an officer in the Royal Field Artillery and was awarded the Military Cross. He played for Northampton, Liverpool, Blackheath and the Barbarians. A farmer, he was Master of the South Shropshire Foxhounds.''Obituary'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ... (London, England), Tuesday, 5 February 1974; pg. 14 References 1892 births 1974 deaths Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Barba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Blakiston
Robert J. Blakiston (October 2, 1855 – December 25, 1918), was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played three seasons in the majors, from -, for the Philadelphia Athletics and Indianapolis Hoosiers Indianapolis Hoosiers was the name of three major league and at least three minor league baseball clubs based in Indianapolis. * Indianapolis Hoosiers (American Association), which played in 1884 * Indianapolis Hoosiers (National League), which pla .... External links 1855 births 1918 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Philadelphia Athletics (AA) players Indianapolis Hoosiers (AA) players Baseball players from San Francisco 19th-century baseball players San Francisco Californias players San Francisco Athletics players Newark Domestics players Chattanooga Lookouts players Binghamton Crickets (1880s) players Rochester Maroons players Stockton (minor league baseball) players {{US-baseball-outfielder-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Blakiston
Caroline Georgiana Blakiston (born 13 February 1933) is an English actress. She is best known in her native United Kingdom for her role in the television comedy series ''Brass'', to international audiences as Mon Mothma in the ''Star Wars'' film ''Return of the Jedi'', and Aunt Agatha in ''Poldark''. Early life Blakiston was born in London, the younger daughter of archivist"the most widely known archivist of his generation in England"and author Hugh Noel Blakiston (1905–1984), and (Rachel) Georgiana (1903–1995), daughter of barrister Harold John Hastings Russell (a descendant of the 6th Duke of Bedford) and Lady Victoria Alberta Leveson-Gower, whose father was the statesman Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville. The Blakiston family originated in County Durham, and were related to the Blakiston baronets. Blakiston attended RADA. Career In the 1960s, Blakiston appeared in three episodes of '' The Avengers'' as well a number of ITC productions such as ''The Saint'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Blakiston
Charles Robert Blakiston (6 July 1825 – 1 September 1898) was a New Zealand politician. Biography Blakiston was born in 1825. His parents were Sir Matthew Blakiston, 3rd Baronet and Lucy Mann (granddaughter of Horatio Mann) of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Sir Matthew Blakiston, 1st Baronet was his great-grandfather. He came to Melbourne in 1851 with his brother A. F. Blakiston and shortly afterwards to Canterbury. He took land at Ferry Road (rural section (RS) 101), which he subdivided in the 1880s. The resulting village became known as Ashbourne (after Blakiston's birthplace) and is these days part of Woolston. Blakiston married Mary Anna Harper, the second daughter of Bishop Harper, on 23 September 1858. In the same ceremony, the Bishop's third daughter, Ellen Shephard Harper, married Charles George Tripp. Blakiston was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council The New Zealand Legislative Council was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston
Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (5 September 1862 – 29 July 1942) was an England, English academic and clergyman who served as President (college), President of Trinity College, Oxford, and as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.Clare HopkinsBlakiston, Herbert Edward Douglas (1862–1942) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', September 2004. Family and early life Herbert Blakiston was born in Hastings the son of artist, Douglas Yeoman Blakiston and Sophia Matilda Dent. His father subsequently became a clergyman and the family moved to the vicarage of St Swithun's Church, East Grinstead. Blackstone was a descendant of Matthew Blakiston, Sir Matthew Blakiston, the Lord Mayor of London from 1760–1761; he was the great-grandson of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Blakiston baronets, Baronet Blakiston. Herbert Blakiston was the eldest of six children, he had two sisters and three brothers. All four brothers attended Tonbridge School, with Herbert being there from 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blakiston
John Blakiston (c. 1603–1649), was a member of the English parliament, one of the regicides of King Charles I of England, a prominent mercer and coal merchant, puritan and anti-Episcopalian. Biography John Blakiston was born in 1603 in Sedgefield, County Durham, as the third son of Marmaduke Blakiston, Prebendary of York and Durham Cathedral. In 1626 he married Susan Chamber. He was a fervent financial supporter of the Puritans migrating to America, though he himself never left the country. In 1636 he entered into an ideological dispute with Yeldard Alvey, an Arminian vicar at Newcastle, accusing him of heresy. Alvey emerged victorious from the fray, thanks to the support from Archbishop William Laud. Blakiston was fined and excommunicated. He served as a member of parliament for Newcastle in the Long Parliament where he voiced republican ideas early on, but did not take up his seat until 1641 due to a contest over the result. In 1645 he was elected Mayor of Newcastle. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coal Merchant
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when dead plant matter decays into peat and is converted into coal by the heat and pressure of deep burial over millions of years. Vast deposits of coal originate in former wetlands called coal forests that covered much of the Earth's tropical land areas during the late Carboniferous ( Pennsylvanian) and Permian times. Many significant coal deposits are younger than this and originate from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Coal is used primarily as a fuel. While coal has been known and used for thousands of years, its usage was limited until the Industrial Revolution. With the invention of the steam engine, coal consumption increased. In 2020, coal supplied about a quarter of the world's primary energy and over a third of its electricity. Some iron a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blakiston-Houston
John Blakiston-Houston DL JP (11 September 1829 – 27 February 1920) was an Irish Member of Parliament. Blakiston-Houston was the son of Richard Bayly Blakiston-Houston (d. 1857), of Orangefield, County Down, and his wife Mary Isabella Houston. He was a grandson of Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Baronet. He married Marian Gertrude Streatfield, of Sussex (d. 1890); the couple had twelve children.Profile thepeerage.com; accessed 28 March 2016. John Blakiston-Houston was High Sheriff (1860) and Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Down. He also held the office of Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of County Down. Between 1898 and 1900 he was the Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Blakiston
Sir Matthew Blakiston, 1st Baronet (c. 1702 – 14 July 1774) was a British merchant, grocer and baronet. He was the son of George Blakiston and his wife Elizabeth Kay, daughter of Matthew Kay. He was an Alderman of London from 1750 to 1769, was elected Sheriff of London in 1754 and became the 442nd Lord Mayor of London in 1761. He was knighted at Kensington Palace in 1759 and was created a Baronet, of the City of London on 22 April 1763. Blakiston served as colonel of the Green Regiment of the London Militia. He died at Jermyn Street in London. Blakiston married firstly Margaret Hall, daughter of Reverend Charles Hall. His second wife, Mary Blew, died in 1754 and Blakiston married thirdly Annabella Bayley, daughter of Thomas Bayley Thomas Bayley may refer to: *Thomas Bayley (politician) (1846–1906), English politician *Thomas Bayley (academic) (died 1706), English academic *Thomas Butterworth Bayley (1744–1802), English magistrate, agriculturist and philanthropist * Tom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Blakiston
Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston was the 8th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1698 to 1702. He succeeded Francis Nicholson and was succeeded by Thomas Tench. He was related to Nehemiah Blakiston. Military career Nathaniel Blakiston was grandson of John Blakiston, regicide of King Charles I of England. Blakiston joined the British Army and served in the West Indies.The history of Parliament Posted by . As a soldier, Blakiston attained the rank of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehemiah Blakiston
Nehemiah Blakiston was Governor of the Maryland colony from 1691 to 1692. He became Governor as the 2nd Leader of the Protestant Associators., succeeding John Coode, who has taken control of the colony, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution, in England. Blakiston was succeeded by the first Governor with an official royal appointment, Lionel Copley. He was related to Nathaniel Blakiston Colonel Nathaniel Blakiston was the 8th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1698 to 1702. He succeeded Francis Nicholson and was succeeded by Thomas Tench. He was related to Nehemiah Blakiston. Military career Nathaniel Blakiston was grandson of J .... Year of birth missing Year of death missing English emigrants Colonial Governors of Maryland {{Maryland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oswell Blakeston
Oswell Blakeston was the pseudonym of Henry Joseph Hasslacher (1907–1985), a British writer and artist who also worked in the film industry, made some experimental films, and wrote extensively on film theory. He was also a poet and wrote in non-fiction areas including travel, cooking and pets. His pseudonym combined a reference to the writer Osbert Sitwell with his mother's maiden name. Life Blakeston was born to a family of Austrian origin. At age 16 he ran away, becoming a conjuror’s assistant, a cinema organist and studio clapperboy. Blakeston joined the staff of ''Close Up'', the magazine of the Pool Group, in August 1927. While at ''Close Up'', he very much became a protégé of Kenneth Macpherson, the publication’s editor, and contributed more articles than any other single writer—a total of 84; he contributed to all but four of the journal's issues. While writing for ''Close Up'', he worked in a variety of capacities in the British film industry and was for a time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
