Edward Terry (travel Writer)
Edward Terry may refer to: *Edward A. Terry (1839–1882), American naval officer *Edward O'Connor Terry (1844–1912), English actor * Edward Terry (author) (1590–1660), English writer *Edward Terry (politician) (1840–1907), Australian politician *Ted Terry (1904–1967), Australian athlete and footballer *Ted Terry (politician) Edward Terry (born 1983) is an American politician who served as mayor of Clarkston, Georgia from 2014 to 2020. The city has been referred to as "the most diverse square mile in America" and "the Ellis Island of the South." Terry was a candidate ...

Edward A
Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the House of Normandy, Norman and House of Plantagenet, Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III of England, Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I of England, Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia, Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte (name), Duarte ...
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Edward O'Connor Terry
Edward O'Connor Terry (10 March 1844 – 2 April 1912) was an English actor, who became one of the most influential actors and comedians of the Victorian era. Life and career Terry was born in London, allegedly the illegitimate son of Feargus O'Connor, Irish Chartism, Chartist leader and advocate of the land plan. The younger Terry made his debut in 1863 as Wormwood in ''The Lottery Ticket''. He began his stage career in small companies in the provinces playing in Shakespeare with the young Henry Irving and sometimes in pieces employing his singing talents."Edward Terry Dead; Noted English Actor; Comedian, with Career of 49 Years"
''The New York Times'', 3 April 1912, p. 13 In 1867, Terry played for a season at London's Surrey Theatre in b ...
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Edward Terry (author)
Edward Terry (1590–1660) was an English chaplain at the English embassy to the Great Mogul and an author who wrote about the Mogul empire and South Asian cuisine. History In 1616, the British East India Company appointed Terry as one of its fleet chaplains for a trip to India. While en route in the Indian Ocean, the fleet engaged and destroyed a Portuguese carrack. Terry later described this battle in his work, ''A Voyage to East-India''. When Terry arrived in India, Sir Thomas Row, the English ambassador, asked Terry to become the new chaplain for the English embassy. Terry's predecessor had just recently died. Terry spent the next two and half years with Row as they followed the Mogul court around what is today Gujarat, India and Bihar, India. After returning to England, Terry served as rector of the Church at Great Greenford, in Middlesex, England until his death in 1660. Published work Terry wrote ''A Voyage to East-India'' as an expanded version of a manuscript that ...
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Edward Terry (politician)
Edward Terry (3 February 1840 – 19 November 1907) was an Australian politician. Born at Box Hill near Rouse Hill to landowner John Terry and Eleanor Rouse, he married Isabel Benson, with whom he had thirteen children. He owned the Eastwood Estate from around 1863 and built a racecourse at Eastwood. He was an alderman at Ryde from 1871 and served as mayor (1871–73, 1875–76, 1899). He was the member for Ryde in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ... from 1898 to 1901 and again from January to July 1904, both times as an Independent Protectionist. Terry died at Eastwood in 1907. References   1840 births 1907 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of ...
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Ted Terry
Edward Richard Terry (4 June 1904 – 5 March 1967) was an outstanding all-round Tasmanian schoolboy athlete. He was an accomplished professional sprinter, and he also played Australian rules football in Tasmania before moving to the mainland and playing with St Kilda in the VFL, and with Prahran in the Victorian Football Association. Early life Edward Richard "Ted" Terry ("Young Ted") was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 4 June 1904, the son of Edward "Ted" Terry ("Old Ted") (1872–1954) and Honorine Cousel (1878–1964). He was, also, the nephew of Ernest Richard "Mick" Terry. He spent his early formative years in Scottsdale and parts of northeastern Tasmania. He had one brother, John, and two sisters, Madge and May. He married Kathleen Melva Westbrook (1903-1991). They had a daughter, Frances Jill Terry. Richard Terry Ted's grandfather, Richard Terry (1833–1909), was born in Middlesex, England. He landed in Melbourne in 1852, and in October 1852 sailed to north-e ...
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