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Huntly (other)
Huntly is a historic town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Huntly may also refer to: Places * Huntly, Victoria, Australia * Shire of Huntly, Victoria, Australia * Huntly, New Zealand * Huntly, Virginia, United States * Huntly Township, Marshall County, Minnesota, United States People * John Huntly (fl. 1882–1883), American politician * Moira Huntly (born 1932), British artist and author * Nancy Huntly, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology * Huntly Ketchen (1872–1959) Canadian soldier and politician * Huntly D. Millar (1927–2016), founder and CEO of Millar, Inc Titles * Earl of Huntly (1445–1599) * Marquess of Huntly (created 1599) the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, held by sometime Chiefs of Clan Gordon Other * Huntly Castle * Huntly F.C. * ''Edgar Huntly ''Edgar Huntly, Or, Memoirs of a Sleepwalker'' is a 1799 novel by the American author Charles Brockden Brown and was published by Hugh Maxwell. The novel is considered an example of early American go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlements include Keith and Rothiemay. Both Huntly and the surrounding district of Gordon are named for a town and family that originated in the Border country. Huntly is the historic home of the Gordon Highlanders regiment which traditionally recruited throughout the North-East of Scotland. Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle. It is the home of the Deans bakers, which produce shortbread biscuits. In November 2007, Deans of Huntly opened their new visitor centre. Four of the owls from the local falconry centre starred in the Harry Potter films. History Settlement around the confluence of the Bogie and Deveron rivers dates back to the Neolithic period. Settlement rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly, Victoria
Huntly is a town in northern Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in the City of Greater Bendigo local government area, 169 kilometres north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Huntly had a population of 2,379. History Huntly is a rural township on the Midland Highway, 12 km north-east of Bendigo, but only a few kilometres beyond Bendigo’s urban fringe. The name is thought to have been inspired by Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The name was first given to the local parish in a map drawn in 1854. Bendigo was the site of one of Victoria’s largest gold rushes in 1851, but prospecting did not extend to Huntly until some years later. It was used for pastoral and horticultural activities for food for the goldfields. The Town today Huntly has a war memorial for the soldiers who fought for Australia. It also has a primary school, but because of its closeness to Bendigo and rural areas the population can access Bendigo's resources as their own. Huntly also has an Australian rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Huntly
The Shire of Huntly was a local government area immediately to the northeast of the regional city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1866 until 1994. The town of Huntly is around ten kilometres north of the centre of Bendigo. History The need for a council at Huntly arose from gold and quartz mining in the area, including alluvial deposits and some deep leads. Huntly was first incorporated as a road district on 10 March 1861, and became a shire on 13 July 1866. Accessed at State Library of Victoria, La Trobe Reading Room. From 1867 until 1977, councillors met at the Council Chambers at 620-634 Midland Highway, Huntly, but subsequently they moved into a new location. On 7 April 1994, the Shire of Huntly was abolished and, along with the City of Bendigo, the Borough of Eaglehawk, the Rural City of Marong and the Shire of Strathfieldsaye, was merged into the newly created City of Greater Bendigo. Accessed via Factiva online. Wards T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly, New Zealand
Huntly ( mi, Rahui-Pōkeka) (population ) is a town in the Waikato district and region of the North Island of New Zealand. It was on State Highway 1 (until Huntly bypass opened in March 2020), south of Auckland and north of Hamilton. It is situated on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) railway (served by Te Huia since 6 April 2021 at a rebuilt Raahui Pookeka-Huntly Station) and straddles the Waikato River. Huntly is within the Waikato District which is in the northern part of the Waikato region local government area. History and culture Originally settled by Māori, European migrants arrived in the area some time in the 1850s. The Huntly name was adopted in the 1870s when the postmaster named it after Huntly, Aberdeenshire in Scotland. He used an old 'Huntley Lodge' stamp to stamp mail from the early European settlement. The ''Lodge'' was later dropped and the spelling changed to also drop the additional 'e'. The railway from Auckland reached Huntly in 1877, when the Huntl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly, Virginia
Huntly is an unincorporated community in Rappahannock County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar .... References Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Rappahannock County, Virginia {{RappahannockCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly Township, Marshall County, Minnesota
Huntly Township is a township in Marshall County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 68 at the 2000 census. Huntly Township was organized in 1902, and named for the sport of hunting moose. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (1.56%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 68 people, 32 households, and 20 families residing in the township. The population density was 1.9 people per square mile (0.7/km2). There were 49 housing units at an average density of 1.4/sq mi (0.5/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 98.53% White, and 1.47% from two or more races. There were 32 households, out of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.8% had someone living alone wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Huntly
John Huntly was an American politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1882 and 1883. Additionally, he was town clerk of Avon, Wisconsin and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican. Huntly was born on April 10, 1847, in Hamburg, New York Hamburg is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 56,936. It is named after the city of Hamburg, Germany. The town is on the western border of the county and is south of Buffalo. Ham .... References People from Hamburg, New York People from Avon, Wisconsin City and town clerks American justices of the peace 1847 births Year of death missing Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1840s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moira Huntly
Moira Gay Huntly (born 1932) is a British artist and author, known for her paintings of landscapes, buildings and maritime subjects Biography Huntly was born in Motherwell in North Lanarkshire and, from 1948 to 1953, was a student at the Harrow School of Art and then studied at the Hornsey School of Art for a year. For the next six years, Huntly worked as a teacher in Maldon and then in Worcester before concentrating on her art. She became a prolific exhibitor both in Britain and abroad, especially in group shows, and won a number of awards. Huntly participated in group exhibitions at galleries in Bath, at Stow-on-the-Wold, with the Société des Pastellistes Français in Paris, at the FCA Gallery in Vancouver and at the Mystic Maritime Museum of Connecticut. From 1990 onwards Huntly has been a regular exhibitor at venues in Wales, notably in numerous group exhibitions at the Albany Gallery in Cardiff, at Oriel Tegfryn in Menai Bridge and also at St David's Hall in Cardiff. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Huntly
Lead Nancy Huntly is an American ecologist based at Utah State University, where she is a Professor in the Department of Biology and director of the USU Ecology Center. Her research has been on biodiversity, herbivory, and long-term human ecology. She started her position at USU in 2011, after serving as a Program Officer in the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation. Prior to that she was a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University (Pocatello). Nancy Huntly is a professor of Biology at Utah State University, and the director of USU's Ecology Center. Early life and education Huntly grew up in rural Michigan. She spent time on her grandparents’ farm where she enjoyed being outside and exploring nature. She received a BA in Biology from Kalamazoo College in 1977, and earned a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from University of Arizona in 1985. Her PhD dissertation was entitled ''The influence of herbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly Ketchen
Major General Huntly Douglas Brodie Ketchen, , (May 22, 1872 – July 28, 1959) was a Canadian soldier and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative representative from 1932 to 1945. Military career Ketchen was born to a Scottish family living in Sholopore, India. His father, Major James Ketchen, served in the British Indian Army. The younger Ketchen was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, England, and was commissioned into the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, but resigned after a couple of years. He came to Canada in 1894, serving for a time with the North-West Mounted Police. Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War, Ketchen volunteered for service with Lord Strathcona's Corps, a privately funded unit of Canadian soldiers, and was commissioned a lieutenant on 17 March 1900 as the corps embarked for South Africa. He later saw active service in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntly D
Huntly ( gd, Srath Bhalgaidh or ''Hunndaidh'') is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie. It had a population of 4,460 in 2004 and is the site of Huntly Castle. Its neighbouring settlements include Keith and Rothiemay. Both Huntly and the surrounding district of Gordon are named for a town and family that originated in the Border country. Huntly is the historic home of the Gordon Highlanders regiment which traditionally recruited throughout the North-East of Scotland. Huntly has a primary school (Gordon Primary) and a secondary school (The Gordon Schools) beside Huntly Castle. It is the home of the Deans bakers, which produce shortbread biscuits. In November 2007, Deans of Huntly opened their new visitor centre. Four of the owls from the local falconry centre starred in the Harry Potter films. History Settlement around the confluence of the Bogie and Deveron rivers dates back to the Neolithic period. Settlement remain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly (traditionally spelled Marquis in Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: ''Coileach Strath Bhalgaidh'') is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing marquessate in Scotland, and the second-oldest in the British Isles; only the English marquessate of Winchester is older. The Marquess holds the following subsidiary titles: Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet and Earl of Aboyne (1660; Peerage of Scotland), and Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County of Aberdeen (1815; Peerage of the United Kingdom). Early family history The Gordon family descends from Sir Adam Gordon of Huntly, killed at the Battle of Humbleton Hill in 1402 and succeeded in his estates by his daughter Elizabeth Gordon, wife of Alexander Seton, who assumed the surname of Gordon for himself and "all his heirs male." He was created Earl of Huntly in the Peerage of Scotland in 1445 and was succeeded by his son, the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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