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Henry Whitfield (Oxford)
Henry Whitfield may refer to: * Henry Whitfield (cricketer) (1903–1937), Australian cricketer * Henry Whitfield (lawyer) (1619–1688), Irish politician * Henry L. Whitfield (1868–1927), Governor of Mississippi * Henry Wase Whitfield (1814–1877), commander of British troops in China * Henry Whitfield (minister) Henry Whitfield (c.1590-c.1657) was a Puritan minister who was a founder of Guilford, Connecticut and the first pastor there. His house, the Henry Whitfield House (c. 1639), is one of the oldest surviving American houses. Henry Whitfield was born ..., a founder of Guilford, Connecticut ** Henry Whitfield House * Henry D. Whitfield, brother-in-law of Andrew Carnegie and architectural partner in Whitfield & King {{hndis, Whitfield, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Whitfield (cricketer)
Henry Whitfield (25 February 1903 – 14 January 1937) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played in twenty-five first-class matches for South Australia between 1926 and 1932. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers References External links * 1903 births 1937 deaths Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Cricketers from Adelaide {{Australia-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Whitfield (lawyer)
Henry Whitfield (1619–1688) was an English lawyer who moved to Ireland, where he was elected a member of the Irish House of Commons, and apparently had financial interests in Barbados. Life Baptised on 17 June 1619 at the church of St Giles Cripplegate in London and recorded as age 16 in the 1634 Visitation of London, he was the second son of Sir Ralph Whitfield, a landowner, MP and prominent lawyer in London, and his wife Dorothy, daughter of the antiquary Sir Henry Spelman. His elder brother was the lawyer and landowner Sir Herbert Whitfield. In 1632 he was admitted at Gray's Inn, his father's inn of court, to study law and in 1635 he was admitted to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge for a university education. In 1646 at the church of St Bartholomew-the-Less in London he married Hester, daughter of William Temple. At some point he moved to Ireland, and by 1685 was MP for Trim. Having made his will on 26 September 1688, which was later registered in Barbados where he pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry L
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany ** Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wase Whitfield
Lieutenant General Henry Wase Whitfield ( Chinese: 威非路) was the Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong and Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements. Military career Whitfield was commissioned into the 2nd West India Regiment in 1828. He went on to be commanding officer of his regiment in 1843 and commanded it for 15 years. He was promoted to major-general in 1868 and appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements in 1869. Memory Whitfield Road (威非路道) in North Point and Whitfield BarracksBrief Information on proposed Grade I Items . Items #43 and #44 in |
Henry Whitfield (minister)
Henry Whitfield (c.1590-c.1657) was a Puritan minister who was a founder of Guilford, Connecticut and the first pastor there. His house, the Henry Whitfield House (c. 1639), is one of the oldest surviving American houses. Henry Whitfield was born in Wadhurst, England around 1590 and attended Oxford University. He left established Church of England and joined the Puritans and Independents as a pastor. He married Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Sheafe, by his first wife Mary Wilson (contract dated 1617). He migrated to New Haven, Connecticut in 1639 and signed the Guilford Covenant creating the town of Guilford on what was then called Menuncatuck with a deed from Wequash Cooke. Construction of his fortified stone house the Henry Whitfield House The Henry Whitfield House is a historic house located in Guilford, Connecticut, down the street from the town green. This house dates from 1639, having been built just before the town of Guilford was settled. It is the oldest house in Connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Whitfield House
The Henry Whitfield House is a historic house located in Guilford, Connecticut, down the street from the town green. This house dates from 1639, having been built just before the town of Guilford was settled. It is the oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England. The house, with its massive stone walls, also served as a fort to protect the community. Henry Whitfield, for whom the house was built, was a Puritan minister who had come from England to flee religious persecution. The house was remodeled in 1868 and opened to the public in 1899 as the first museum of the State of Connecticut, the Henry Whitfield State Museum. The house was restored in 1902–04 and in the 1930s and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997. It was named a State Archeological Preserve in 2006. and Construction The first settlers of the Guilford colony began construction of their minister's home in September 1639, shortly after their arrival in the area of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
