Charles Flynn (general)
Charles Flynn may refer to: * Charles L. Flynn, Jr., president of the College of Mount Saint Vincent * Charles Flynn (trade unionist) (1882–1957), British trade unionist and politician * Charles A. Flynn, United States Army general * Charlie Flynn Charles "Mailman" Flynn (born 6 November 1993, Lanark) is a professional boxer and Commonwealth gold medalist from Scotland. Amateur career Flynn competed in the men's lightweight division at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the gol ...

Charles L
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German language, German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common ...
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Charles Flynn (trade Unionist)
Charles Richard Flynn (6 September 1882 – 8 May 1957) was a British trade unionist and politician. Flynn was born in Gateshead, and was educated at Gateshead Secondary School. On leaving school, he worked for the Newcastle Co-operative Wholesale Society, and he became interested in socialism. He joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP), and in 1899 became the secretary of its Northern area, also serving as secretary of the North East Socialist Federation. In 1904, he represented the Tyneside ILP at the Amsterdam Socialist Congress.Margaret 'Espinasse and John Saville, "Flynn, Charles Richard", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', Vol.III, pp.80–81 Flynn opposed the Second Boer War, and also World War I, during which he was a conscientious objector. In 1915, he began working full-time for the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees, and when in 1921 this merged into the new National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers, he became its Northern Divisional Officer. Un ...
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Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ...
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