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Elrington And Bosworth Professors Of Anglo-Saxon
Elrington is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Richard Elrington * Christopher Elrington, English historian * Thomas Elrington (other) *Wilfred Elrington (born 1948), Belizean politician *William Sandys Elrington Major William Sandys Elrington (1780–1860) was a British military officer, veteran of the Peninsula War, and colonial settler of New South Wales, Australia. He is associated with the locality of Farringdon and the village of Majors Creek, bot ... (1780—1860), British military officer and colonial settler of New South Wales, Australia. See also * Ellington (other) * Elkington (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Richard Elrington
Charles Richard Elrington (1787–1850) was a Church of Ireland cleric and academic, regius professor of divinity in the Trinity College Dublin. Life The elder son of Thomas Elrington, Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin and Charlotte Preston, he was born in Dublin on 25 March 1787, and was educated at home by a private tutor. Having entered Trinity College Dublin, 3 November 1800, under the tutorship of the Rev. Dr. Davenport, and having gained all the honours of his class, he was awarded the gold medal in 1806 for his term examinations. In the same year he gained Bishop Law's mathematical premium, and in 1806 the primate's Hebrew prize. He graduated B.A. in 1805, M.A. 1811, B.D. 1816, and D.D. 1820. In 1810 he was elected a fellow of his college, having obtained the Madden premium in the three preceding years. He was ordained a deacon on 28 October 1810, and on 23 February 1812 was admitted to priest's orders. In December 1814, he married Letitia, daughter of DavidBabington o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Elrington
Christopher Robin Elrington FRHistS FSA (20 January 1930 – 3 August 2009) was an English historian, known primarily for his work with the ''Victoria County History''. Biography Elrington was born in Farnborough, as the second of three sons of Brigadier Maxwell Elrington, and his wife Beryl. Christopher's father died in active service in Germany, while the son was 15. Elrington was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, before performing his military service. He later went to University College, Oxford, where he took a BA. After this he did his MA in medieval history at Bedford College, University of London. In 1954 Elrington started working for the ''Victoria County History''. The projectan attempt to build a comprehensive history of all the counties of Englandwas at this time in a phase of revival, after having been dormant since the time of the First World War. Initially he worked primarily on the history of Birmingham, as well as a history of the parish of Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Elrington (other)
Thomas Elrington may refer to: *Thomas Elrington (bishop) (1760–1835), bishop and provost of Trinity College, Dublin *Thomas Elrington (actor) Thomas Elrington (1688–1732), was an English actor. Biography Elrington was born in 1688 in London, near Golden Square, was apprenticed by his father, who 'had the honour to serve the late Duke of Montagu', to a French upholsterer in Covent G ... (1688–1732), English actor * Thomas Elrington (MP) (1520–1566), Member of Parliament (MP) for Bramber, and for New Shoreham {{hndis, Elrington, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Elrington
Wilfred Peter "Sedi" Elrington (born 20 November 1948)CARICOM Law - Hon. Wilfred Peter Elrington . (accessed 9 October 2014) is a an politician who has been the since 2008. Biography Elrington read law at the |
William Sandys Elrington
Major William Sandys Elrington (1780–1860) was a British military officer, veteran of the Peninsula War, and colonial settler of New South Wales, Australia. He is associated with the locality of Farringdon and the village of Majors Creek, both near Braidwood. Family background, early life and military career Elrington was born in Devon. He was the eighth child of Captain Thomas Elrington (1722—1809), at the time of Elrington's birth commander of a company of the Corps of Invalids at the Royal Citadel at Plymouth, and his wife Rebecca (1742—1823) née Goodall. Elrington came from a long line of soldiers, and was descended—at least, so he believed—from William the Conqueror. His father had fought in both the suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745, at Culloden, and in the Seven Years War in North America. Before and after his father's time at Plymouth, Elrington's family lived at Low Hill House, at White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire. His father was buried at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellington (other)
Ellington may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Ellington, Cambridgeshire *Ellington, Northumberland * Ellington High and Low, a civil parish in North Yorkshire **High Ellington ** Low Ellington United States *Ellington Airport (Texas), Houston, Texas *Ellington, Connecticut *Ellington Township, Adams County, Illinois *Ellington Township, Hancock County, Iowa *Ellington, Missouri *Ellington, New York *Ellington Township, Michigan *Ellington Township, Dodge County, Minnesota *Ellington, Wisconsin People Given name *Ellington Ratliff, American drummer and actor *Ellington Feint, a character from Lemony Snicket's ''All the Wrong Questions'' Surname *Brian Ellington (born 1990), American baseball player *Buford Ellington (1907–1972), Governor of Tennessee from 1959 to 1963 *Christina Ellington (born 1982), Miss New York of 2004 *Douglas Ellington (1886–1960), American architect *Duke Ellington (1899–1974), American composer, pianist and bandleader *Edward Ellington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |