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Faulknor (other)
Faulknor may refer to: In people: * Faulknor family, an English family of distinguished Royal Navy officers, including: ** Jonathan Faulknor the elder ** Robert Faulknor the younger (1763-1795) * Christopher Faulknor (born 1962), Jamaican sprinter * Kennedy Faulknor Kennedy Jade Faulknor (born June 30, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Minnesota Aurora. In 2015, she represented the Canadian national team, where, at the age of 16, she was the youngest centre-back to ever p ... (born 1999), Canadian soccer player In ships: * Faulknor class leader, a class of British flotilla leaders named after the Faulknor family * HMS ''Faulknor'', two destroyers named after the Faulknor family See also * Falconer (other) * Falkner (other) * Faulkner (other) * Fawkner (other) * Faulconer (surname) {{disambiguation, surname ...
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Faulknor Family
The Faulknor family was an English family from Northamptonshire, of which several generations served as officers in the Royal Navy. William Faulknor William Faulknor (d. 25 February 1725) first appears as fourth lieutenant of the '' Royal William'' in 1695. On 17 March 1707, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and given command of the 80-gun ship of the line . He afterwards commanded a frigate, and in 1715 was appointed to command of the 80-gun , flagship of Admiral Sir John Norris, commander of the Baltic fleet. In 1720 he commanded the 90-gun ship . In 1722 he was, for a short time, Master Attendant of Woolwich Dockyard, then served as Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital until his death on 25 February 1725 ( N.S.) Samuel Faulknor (I) Samuel Faulknor (d. 5 October 1744) was the son of William Faulknor. He commanded the 100-gun ship in 1736, and also the 100-gun before being appointed commander of the , flagship of Admiral Sir John Norris, in early 1741. On 28 July 1 ...
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Jonathan Faulknor The Elder
Jonathan Faulknor (fl. 1744 – 24 June 1795) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars, in a career which spanned fifty years. The son of a distinguished naval officer, Jonathan Faulknor continued the family tradition and forged a career in the navy. He was made an officer prior to the Seven Years' War and commanded his first ships before it ended. His service was punctuated by periods without command of a ship, and times as captain of guardships. Nevertheless, he was able to impress his superiors with his services, including his cool handling of a crisis when his ship ran aground off Cork. He was back in command of ships during the American War of Independence, and was flag captain to Admiral Keppel at the battle of Ushant in 1778. He captained several other ships during the war, relieving Gibraltar in 1782 with Howe and seeing action at the Battle of Cape Spartel. Promoted ...
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Robert Faulknor The Younger
Robert Faulknor the younger (1763–1795) was an 18th-century Royal Navy officer, part of the Faulknor naval dynasty. He was court-martialled (but acquitted) and died in an action off Guadeloupe in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Life Early life He was born on the coast of Hampshire, the eldest of the two sons of Robert Faulknor captain of HMS Bellona, and his wife, Elizabeth Ashe. His paternal grandfather had served as flag captain under Admiral John Balchen on HMS Victory the predecessor to its more famous namesake and went down with his ship and 100 men in a shipwreck on 4 October 1744. His great grandfather had served his life at sea then ended as Lt Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Sometime after that the family moved to Dijon, France, where they stayed until Robert the elder died there on 9 May 1769, when his widow and the children returned to Southampton. Robert and his brother were enrolled in a grammar school, with Robert then entering the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth, i ...
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Christopher Faulknor
Christopher Faulknor (born 12 November 1962) is a Jamaican sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References 1962 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Jamaican male sprinters Olympic athletes of Jamaica Place of birth missing (living people) {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Kennedy Faulknor
Kennedy Jade Faulknor (born June 30, 1999) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre-back for Minnesota Aurora. In 2015, she represented the Canadian national team, where, at the age of 16, she was the youngest centre-back to ever play for Canada. Early life Born in Scarborough, to a Jamaican father and a Canadian mother, she grew up in nearby Markham. Faulknor began playing youth soccer with the Unionville Milliken SC at age five, playing rep since age eight. With the UMSC 1999 Girls, she served as team captain, was leading scorer in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013, was team MVP in 2012 and 2013, and was named to the Provincial All-Star Team in 2013 and 2014 at U14 and U15 level, respectively. College career In May 2015, she committed to attend UCLA to play for the UCLA Bruins on a full scholarship, beginning in 2017. She made her debut on September 3, 2017, playing against the Weber State Wildcats. She scored her first goal on September 13, 2018 against the Loyola Mary ...
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Faulknor Class Leader
The ''Faulknor'' class were a class of flotilla leaders that were under construction in the United Kingdom for the Chilean Navy at the outbreak of World War I. Six ships were ordered by Chile, of which the first two (''Almirante Lynch'' and ''Almirante Condell'') were delivered to Chile before the outbreak of the war. The remaining four ships were purchased by the British, taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. In common with Royal Navy convention, they were named after famous Royal Navy captains of the past, in this case the members of the Faulknor family. Design The six s were a private design by J. Samuel White that were significantly larger and heavier armed than their contemporaries. They had four funnels, a tall, narrow fore funnel and three broad, short funnels behind. They were initially armed with six single QF 4-inch guns, unusually arranged with four on the forecastle - two sited in front of the wheelhouse and two sited abreast it - t ...
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HMS Faulknor
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Faulknor'' after members of the Faulknor family, which included several distinguished naval officers: * was a commandeered from the Chilean Navy and launched in 1914. She was returned to Chile in 1920 and commissioned as the destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ... ''Almirante Riveros''. * was a river gunboat, previously the civilian ''Po-on'', purchased in 1925 and sold in 1928. * was an F-class destroyer launched in 1933 and scrapped in 1946. {{DEFAULTSORT:Faulknor, Hms Royal Navy ship names ...
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Falconer (other)
Falconer may refer to: * A person skilled in the art of falconry People * Falconer (surname), a family name * Falconer Larkworthy (1833–1928), New Zealand banker and financier * Falconer Madan (1851—1935), librarian of the Bodleian Library of Oxford University * Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, a British politician Places * Falconer, New York, United States, a village * Mount Falconer, Victoria Land, Antarctica Arts and entertainment * ''The Falconer'' (Simonds), a bronze sculpture in Central Park, New York City * ''The Falconer'' (Hansen), a bronze sculpture in Portland, Oregon * Falconer (band), a power metal band from Sweden * ''Falconer'' (album), an album by the band * ''Falconer'' (novel), a novel by John Cheever * "The Falconer", a recurring sketch on the TV program ''Saturday Night Live'' * ''The Falconer'' (1997 film), with Iain Sinclair * ''The Falconer'' (film), a 2021 film Military * AN/USQ-163 Falconer, a weapon system used by the United ...
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Falkner (other)
Falkner may refer to: People with the surname * Adam Falkner (author), American author * Allen Falkner (born 1969), American artist * Brian Falkner (author) (born 1962), popular New Zealand children's author * Brian Falkner, common misspelling of the name of Brian Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick (1921–1977), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland * Elizabeth Falkner, American Pastry Chef * Frank Falkner, British-born American biologist and pediatrician * Harold Falkner, early 20th-century British architect * Jason Falkner (born 1968), American pop and rock musician * J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932), English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel, ''Moonfleet'' * Keith Falkner (1900–1994), English bass-baritone singer * Kelly Falkner (born 1960), American chemical oceanographer and educator * Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine (born 1955), British politician * Maria Smith-Falkner (1878–1968), Russian economist * Monica Falkner, New Zealand n ...
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Faulkner (other)
William Faulkner was an American author. Faulkner may also refer to: *Faulkner (surname), an English surname (and list of people with that name) * Faulkner (band), an alternative band *Faulkner County, Arkansas, a county in the United States * Faulkner, Maryland, an unincorporated location in the United States * Faulkner, West Virginia *Faulkner University, a university in Montgomery, Alabama, United States See also * Falcone (other) * Falconer (other) * Falkner (other) * Faulkner Act (Council-Manager), a Faulkner Act form * Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council), a Faulkner Act form * Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council-Administrator), a Faulkner Act form * Faulkner Act (New Jersey), a New Jersey municipal charter law, named after Bayard H. Faulkner * Faulkner Act (Small Municipality), a Faulkner Act form * Faulkner-Blanchard, a 1910 automobile * Faulkner Homestead, a 1707 historic house in Acton, Massachusetts, United States * Faulkner Hospital, a teaching hospit ...
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Fawkner (other)
Fawkner may refer to: In geography: * Division of Fawkner, Australian electoral division in Victoria, named after John Pascoe Fawkner * Fawkner, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, named after John Pascoe Fawkner ** Fawkner railway station ** Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park ** Fawkner Secondary College, a public secondary school * Fawkner Park, Melbourne, Australian recreational area, named after John Pascoe Fawkner * Fawkner Secondary College, a public secondary school in Fawkner, Victoria, Australia In people: * John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869), Australian pioneer and politician * Steve Fawkner, software programmer * Jonathan Fawkner, visual effects artist In sports: * Fawkner Blues, Australian football (soccer) club from Fawkner, Victoria * Fawkner-Whittlesea Blues, Australian football (soccer) club from Epping, Victoria See also * Falconer (other) * Falkner (other) * Faulkner (other) * Faulknor (other) Faulknor may refer t ...
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