Doney Lake
Doney may refer to: A name that means 'eternal sunshine' People * George Edward Doney (1758–1809), believed to have been born in Gambia around 1758 * Victor Doney (1881–1961), Australian politician Places * Doney Park, Arizona, United States * Gran Caffè Doney Doney or Doney's was a cafeteria in Florence established at the end of the 19th century. It was originally located in the in the Cascine Park (19th century), then moved on , near the British Consulate. The Doney was favoured by aristocracy and ...

George Edward Doney
George Edward Doney (~1758–1809) is believed to have been born in Gambia around 1758. He was transported to Virginia as a young boy and sold into slavery. He came to Watford, Hertfordshire in around 1765 as a servant for the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury House, continuing to serve the family for 44 years. He achieved respect and status at Cassiobury House and was baptized at St Mary's Church, Watford on 1 August 1774. George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex and the Countess of Essex were among the list of subscribers to the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a formerly enslaved person who was influential in the abolitionist movement. Depiction in art An unfinished painting from c.1809, ''Harvest Home'', by J. M. W. Turner on his second visit to Cassiobury, depicts a black servant at a harvest dinner in one of the barns at Cassiobury House. Black figures have featured in many Western paintings but were typically shown at the edge of the canvas as peripheral, subordinate characte ...
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Victor Doney
Victor Doney (25 December 1881 – 12 October 1961) was an Australian politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1928 to 1956. He served as a minister in the government of Sir Ross McLarty. Doney was born in Lerryn, Cornwall, England, to Rebecca (née Yeo) and Frank Doney. He came to Western Australia in 1912, and settled on a farm at Mullewa. Doney was elected to the Mullewa Road Board in 1914, and served as chairman for a period, but the following year enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 28th Battalion, and in July 1916 was wounded in action. Doney returned to Australia after being discharged in June 1919, and worked as a property inspector for the Agricultural Bank of Western Australia in Mullewa and Narrogin.
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Doney Park, Arizona
Doney Park is a census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. It is a residential area northeast of Flagstaff, located off U.S. Route 89 and is in the 86004 zip code. The area is named for Kevin Doney, a northern Arizona pioneer. Many of the homes in this community are on lots of one acre or larger. The area is known for its views of the San Francisco Peaks and Sunset Crater Volcano Sunset Crater is a cinder cone located north of Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona. The crater is within the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Sunset Crater is the youngest in a string of volcanoes (the San Francisco volcanic field .... As of the 2010 census, the population of Doney Park was 5,395. References {{authority control Census-designated places in Coconino County, Arizona Census-designated places in Arizona ...
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