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George Newton (burgess)
George Newton may refer to: *George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley (1879–1942), British Conservative politician * George Newton (speedway rider) (1913–1984), English international speedway rider *George Newton (minister) (1602–1681), English ejected nonconformist minister * George Newton (clergyman), American Presbyterian minister sometimes credited with naming Mount Pisgah in North Carolina *George Newton (weightlifter) George Newton (13 August 1936 – 23 February 2016) was a male weightlifter who competed for England and Great Britain, and then for New Zealand at the end of his career. Weightlifting career He represented England and won a gold medal in 60&n ... (1936–2016), international weightlifter *George Newton, a character in the film series '' Beethoven'' {{hndis, Newton, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley
George Douglas Cochrane Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley, (14 July 1879 – 2 September 1942) was a Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1909. Following the First World War, he joined the Rural Reconstruction in the Department of the Ministry of Reconstruction. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours. He was then elected as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament for Cambridge (UK Parliament constituency), Cambridge at a 1922 Cambridge by-election, by-election in 1922 following the resignation from the British House of Commons, resignation of the Conservative MP Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, Eric Geddes. Newton retained the seat at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922 general election, and was re-elected at four further elections until he was elevated to the peerage in 1934 as Baron Eltis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newton (speedway Rider)
George William Newton (27 January 1913 in Ash Vale, England – 5 October 1984) was an international speedway rider who featured in the first Speedway World Championship in final in 1936.Bamford, R. & Shailes, G. (2002). ''A History of the World Speedway Championship''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Newton also rode under the alias of Bill Bennett. Career summary Newton started his career with the Crystal Palace Glaziers in 1932 and stayed with the promotion when they moved to New Cross in 1934.Jacobs, Norman (2001). ''Speedway in London''. Stroud: Tempus Publishing He made his England debut in 1936 and qualified for the World final, his first of three. At the end of the 1938 season Newton retired due to illness, but not before helping New Cross to the National League championship.Jacobs, N. (2008) ''Out of the Frying Pan'', The History Press LTD After the war Newton made a surprise comeback, after a benefit meeting was arranged for him in 1947 as he was still suffering from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newton (minister)
George Newton (1602–1681) was an English ejected nonconformist minister. Life Newton was born in Devon, and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he matriculated 17 December 1619, and proceeded B.A. 14 June 1621, and M.A. 23 June 1624. He began his ministry at Bishop's Hull, near Taunton, Somerset, and was presented to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, 7 April 1631, by Sir William Portman and Robert Hill. When the '' Declaration of Sports'' was issued by the Privy Council for Charles I in 1633, and ordered to be read in churches, Newton told his congregation that he read it as the commandment of man, and immediately thereafter he read the twentieth chapter of Exodus as the commandment of God, informing his hearers that these two commandments happened to be in contradiction to each other, but that they were at liberty to choose which they liked best. During the period 1642–5, when Taunton was being contested for by parliamentarians and royalists, back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newton (clergyman)
George Newton may refer to: *George Newton, 1st Baron Eltisley (1879–1942), British Conservative politician * George Newton (speedway rider) (1913–1984), English international speedway rider *George Newton (minister) (1602–1681), English ejected nonconformist minister * George Newton (clergyman), American Presbyterian minister sometimes credited with naming Mount Pisgah in North Carolina *George Newton (weightlifter) George Newton (13 August 1936 – 23 February 2016) was a male weightlifter who competed for England and Great Britain, and then for New Zealand at the end of his career. Weightlifting career He represented England and won a gold medal in 60&n ... (1936–2016), international weightlifter *George Newton, a character in the film series '' Beethoven'' {{hndis, Newton, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Pisgah (mountain In North Carolina)
Mount Pisgah is a mountain in the Appalachian mountain range and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States. The mountain's height is 5,721 feet (1,744 m) above sea level, and it sits approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Asheville, near the crossing of the boundaries of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties. It is located on the border of Buncombe and Haywood counties, close to the point where Henderson and Transylvania meet them, but not actually within the latter two counties. The mountain is easily accessible via a hiking trail from the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Pisgah Inn. Broadcasting controversy The prominent tower in the picture at the crest of Mount Pisgah, on what is known as Pisgah Ledge, is a television broadcast tower owned by Chesapeake Television, Incorporated, doing business as the Sinclair Broadcast Group, licensee of WLOS TV 13.x, transmitting on VHF channel 13, from nearby Asheville, North Carol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Newton (weightlifter)
George Newton (13 August 1936 – 23 February 2016) was a male weightlifter who competed for England and Great Britain, and then for New Zealand at the end of his career. Weightlifting career He represented England and won a gold medal in 60 kg, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. Four years later he stepped up in weight to the -67.5 kg category and went on to win a silver medal and two consecutive gold medals, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland and the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. He trained out of the Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club and represented Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. After his fourth Commonwealth Games appearance he remained in New Zealand and represented them in the 1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
