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Henry Harrison (burgess)
Henry Harrison may refer to: *Henry Harrison (Philadelphia mayor) (1713–1766), American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Henry Harrison (c. 1736–1772), brother of Benjamin Harrison V, officer during the French and Indian War *Henry Harrison (Cranford mayor), American mayor of Cranford, New Jersey *Henry Baldwin Harrison (1821–1901), Connecticut Governor * Henry Thomas Harrison (1832–1923), spy during the American Civil War * H. C. A. Harrison (Henry Colden Antill Harrison, 1836–1929), Australian rules football pioneer * Henry Harrison (Irish politician) (1867–1954), Irish Protestant Nationalist politician and writer, M.P. for Mid-Tipperary, 1890–1892 * Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880–1930), American novelist *Henry Harrison, member of rock band Mystery Jets *Henry Shafto Harrison (1810–1892), New Zealand politician * Henry G. Harrison (1813–1895), English architect *Henry Harrison (New York politician) (1854–1935), American businessman and politician *Henry Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Harrison (Philadelphia Mayor)
Henry Harrison ( – January 3, 1766) was a merchant and politician, and the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1762–1763. Early life Harrison was born in Lancashire, England in . In his early life, he was captain of the ship ''The Snow Squirrel''. Career After moving to the Province of Pennsylvania in what was then British America, Harrison served as an alderman. He was also a member and vestryman of Christ Church, Philadelphia, Christ Church. He became wealthy as a dry-goods merchant. On October 5, 1762, he was appointed mayor of Philadelphia, serving until October 4, 1763. He also served as manager of the Public Hospital and was a local real estate developer. Personal life On April 13, 1748, Harrison married Mary Aspden (1718–1803), formerly of Lancashire and the daughter of Mathew Aspen. In 1760, he built a home in Philadelphia on Coombes Alley (today known as Cuthbert Street). Together, they were the parents of five children: * Mary Harrison (1750–1797), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Harrison V
Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant, and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following his namesakes’ tradition of public service. He was a signer of the Continental Association, as well as the United States Declaration of Independence, and was one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. He was born into the Harrison family of Virginia at their homestead, the Berkeley plantation. He served an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia House of Burgesses, alternately representing Surry County and Charles City County. Harrison was among the early patriots to formally protest measures that King George III and the British Parliament imposed upon the American colonies, leading to the American Revolution. He was a slaveholder, though in 1772 he joined a petition to the king, requesting that he abolish the slave trade. As a delegate to the Continental Congres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Harrison (Cranford Mayor)
Henry Harrison may refer to: *Henry Harrison (Philadelphia mayor) (1713–1766), American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Henry Harrison (c. 1736–1772), brother of Benjamin Harrison V, officer during the French and Indian War * Henry Harrison (Cranford mayor), American mayor of Cranford, New Jersey * Henry Baldwin Harrison (1821–1901), Connecticut Governor *Henry Thomas Harrison (1832–1923), spy during the American Civil War *H. C. A. Harrison (Henry Colden Antill Harrison, 1836–1929), Australian rules football pioneer *Henry Harrison (Irish politician) (1867–1954), Irish Protestant Nationalist politician and writer, M.P. for Mid-Tipperary, 1890–1892 *Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880–1930), American novelist *Henry Harrison, member of rock band Mystery Jets * Henry Shafto Harrison (1810–1892), New Zealand politician *Henry G. Harrison (1813–1895), English architect *Henry Harrison (New York politician) Henry Harrison (April 2, 1854 – January 3, 1935) was an Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey was incorporated on March 14, 1871. The mayor is the chief elected official in the Township of Cranford, in Union County, New Jersey . The township elects five commissioners at-large to three-year terms, and the members of the township committee elect one of their own as mayor and one as deputy mayor for one-year terms. The mayor of Cranford is the chairman of the township committee and presides over meetings, sets agendas, oversees township government, and performs ceremonial functions. The mayor has the same one vote as other commissioners and is a part-time ceremonial function. The mayor of Cranford possesses other duties assigned to mayors under New Jersey law. Daniel Aschenbach was mayor 4 times. Terms are for the calendar year given unless otherwise noted. The mayors are as follows: Mayors of Cranford, New Jersey * Sylvester Cahill, Sr. – 1871. Sylvester Cahill, Sr. was the first mayor of Cranford, New Jersey. * Alexander Purves (mayor) – 1872 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Baldwin Harrison
Henry Baldwin Harrison (September 11, 1821 – October 29, 1901) was a Republican politician and the 52nd Governor of Connecticut. Biography Harrison was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College as valedictorian in 1846, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, "This list is compiled from material from the Order of Skull and Bones membership books at Sterling Library, Yale University and other public records. The latest books available are the 1971 ''Living members'' and the 1973 ''Deceased Members'' books. The last year the members were published in the ''Yale Banner'' is 1969." and studied at Yale Law School."Henry Baldwin Harrison." ''Dictionary of American Biography''. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 13 Apr. 2011. He was a member of Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution. He married Mary Elizabeth Osborne (the daughter of Yale Law School professor and U.S. Representative Thomas Burr Osborne and Ann S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Thomas Harrison
Henry Thomas Harrison (April 23, 1832 – October 28, 1923), often known simply as "Harrison", was a spy for Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet during the American Civil War. He is best known for the information he gave Longstreet and General Robert E. Lee in the Gettysburg Campaign, which resulted in Lee converging on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, thus causing the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. Early life and early Confederate States Army service Harrison was born in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 23, 1832. He was an actor who did not get many large parts due to his small stature. He did not go to any school. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, at age 29, Harrison joined the Mississippi State Militia as a private. Career as a Confederate spy In November 1861, Harrison was discharged from the militia and eventually became a spy for CSA Secretary of War James Seddon. In April 1863, Harrison met Lieutenant General James Longstreet of the Confederate Army of North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Harrison (Irish Politician)
Captain Henry Harrison (17 December 1867 – 20 February 1954) was an Irish politician. He served as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented Mid Tipperary from 1890 to 1892. He later served as a Royal Irish Regiment officer with the New British Army in World War I, was an extensive writer, and proponent of improved relations between the United Kingdom and Ireland. Biography A Protestant nationalist, Harrison was the son of Henry Harrison of Holywood and Ardkeen, Co. Down and of Letitia Tennent. She was the daughter of Robert James Tennent, who had been Liberal MP for Belfast from 1847 to 1852. Later, when widowed, she married the author Hartley Withers. he was the brother of Sarah Cecilia Harrison, artist and social reformer. Harrison went to Westminster School and then to Balliol College at Oxford. While there he developed an admiration for Charles Stewart Parnell and became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Henry Sydnor Harrison (1880–1930) was an American novelist, born in Sewanee, Tenn. He graduated from Columbia in 1900, and received an honorary A.M. from the same university in 1913. In 1914, he was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. He wrote under the pen name "Henry Second," and made contributions to ''The Atlantic Monthly'' and other magazines. Novels written by him include ''Queed'' (1911) and ''V.V.'s Eyes ''V.V.'s Eyes'' is a 1913 novel by Henry Sydnor Harrison, which was the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1910s#1913, second-best selling book in the United States for 1913, and is considered one of Harrison' ...'' (1913), which were very well received.Hart, James D. with Phillip W. LeiningerThe Oxford Companion to American Literature p. 274 (6th ed. 1995) Other works include ''Angela's Business'' (1915), ''When I Come Back'' (1919), ''Saint Teresa'' (1922), and ''Marriage'' (1923), a volume of short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Jets
Mystery Jets are an English indie rock band, formerly based on Eel Pie Island in Twickenham, London. The band consists of Blaine Harrison (vocals, guitar and keyboards), Jack Flanagan (bass and vocals), Kapil Trivedi (drums) and Henry Harrison (lyrics). History Formation and early demos (2003) The band's first line-up consisted of Blaine Harrison on drums, William Rees on guitar and Henry Harrison (Blaine's father) on bass. Henry became a second guitarist in the band and they were joined by Kai Fish on bass and Tamara Pearce-Higgins on the organ. Kai joined the band after suggestions that they needed a bassist (he played the cello originally). Their original name was The Misery Jets, which was taken from an Evening Standard headline (Eel Pie Island is under the Heathrow flight path, where planes can be frequently spotted). It got changed to Mystery Jets when Blaine accidentally misspelled the name while painting it on a drum skin. The band at this time recorded an eponymous E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Shafto Harrison
Henry Shafto Harrison (1810 – 3 July 1892) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in what was then called "Wanganui", New Zealand. Background and migration Harrison was from Yorkshire, and after graduating from Cambridge came to New Zealand with wife and surviving children on the ''Bolton'' in 1840. The family lived on St. John's Hill until 1847. Because of local unrest, they moved to a farm near Fordell, which they named "Warrengate" after their Yorkshire heritage. The locality now has a Warrengate Road and a Harrison Road. He was a lover of English sports, notably horse-racing. Public service He fought in the New Zealand Wars. He was on the Wellington Provincial Council before representing Wanganui as an MP. MP for Wanganui Harrison was the first winner of the newly created Wanganui electorate in the 1861 general election, but the election was declared irregular. He won the ensuing 1861 by-election, and held it to the end of the term of the 3rd New Zealand Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry G
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 and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Harrison (New York Politician)
Henry Harrison (April 2, 1854 – January 3, 1935) was an American businessman and politician from New York. Life Harrison was born on April 2, 1854, in Brockport, New York, the son of Josiah Harrison, a grain and produce businessman, and Adelia Field. Harrison graduated from the Brockport Normal School in 1873. He then went to the University of Rochester, graduating from there in 1877. He initially worked in the grain business in Detroit, but in 1879 he returned to Brockport and became associated with Horace Belden and continued the grain firm established by his father. The firm was one of the largest of its kind in western New York, and in 1897 the company was incorporated as the Henry Harrison Company, with Harrison serving as its president and treasurer. In 1895, Harrison was elected to the New York State Senate as a Republican, representing New York's 44th State Senate district (Monroe County west of the Genesee River). He served in the Senate in 1896, 1897, and 1898 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
