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John Christmas may refer to: * John Christmas (sea captain) (1757–1822), English-born Danish sea captain * John Christmas (1799–1873), Danish naval officer, son of the above, and governor general of the Danish West Indies in 1871 * John Christmas (banker) (born 1969), United States banker and head of the Latvian Parex Bank's International Relations in the early 2000s * John Christmas Beckwith (1759–1809), English organist and composer * John Christmas Møller (1894–1948), Danish politician, leader of The Conservative People's Party between 1928 and 1947 * Johnny Christmas (born 1982), American lacrosse player See also * ''Finding John Christmas ''Finding John Christmas'' is a 2003 American made-for-television fantasy drama film that first aired on CBS. The film is a sequel to the 2001 television movie '' A Town Without Christmas''. Plot When a photojournalist (David Cubitt) in the ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christmas (sea Captain)
John Christmas (13 October 1757—6 January 1822) was an English-born Danish sea captain and general trader. Christmas was born in Bideford, and emigrated to Denmark in 1790. He became a merchant and businessman in Copenhagen. Personal life and family Christmas was born on 13 October 1757 in Bideford, Devonshire and was the son of merchant John Smith and Judith Rebecca Hopkins. He was originally given his father's surname, and was baptized as John Christmas Smith. Through his mother's side of the family he was a descendant of the Irish noble family, Christmas of Waterford. In 1790, he was permitted by the crown to adopt the surname Christmas and to bear the family's coat of arms registered by the College of Arms in London. Thus he and his descendants bear the name ''Christmas''. Their coat of arms consists of a barrel above a helmet and a shield. The shield contains a field of red and a gold serrated fess over which there are three black ravens. Christmas was married at least thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of The Danish West Indies
This article lists the governors of the Danish West Indies ( da, Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Antilles or Danish Virgin Islands, a Denmark, Danish Danish overseas colonies, colony in the Caribbean encompassing the territory of the present-day United States Virgin Islands. Governors of St. Thomas Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Thomas was claimed by Denmark–Norway in 1665. Governors of St. Thomas and St. John Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands, St. John (St. Jan) was claimed by Danish West India Company in 1683, which was disputed by the British until 1718. Governors of St. Croix Saint Croix, St. Croix was bought from French West India Company in 1733. In 1754, the Danish West Indies were sold by Danish West India Company to Monarchy of Denmark, King Frederick V of Denmark, Frederick V, becoming royal Danish-Norwegian colonies. Hereafter, St. Croix was governed by the Governors-General of the Danish West Indies. Governor-generals of the Danish West Indie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christmas (banker)
Parex Bank was a Latvian bank founded in 1992 by Valērijs Kargins and as a privately owned full-service banking company in Riga, Latvia that was very dominant in currency exchange in the 1990s. It had local and international clients in both the West and Russia with close ties to the Tambovskaya Russian mafia in St Petersburg and Vladimir Putin. As the second largest bank in Latvia in 2008, its failure and state takeover was one of the major events of the 2008–2010 Latvian financial crisis. On 1 August 2010, Parex Banka was split into a new bank Citadele Banka and Reverta, an asset recovery company. Citadele was then sold to a group of United States investors while Reverta sued the founders Kargins and Krasovickis for €88 million due to 14 highly irregular loans and deposits between 1995 and 2008. History On 5 August 1986, under the Riga's City Committee of the Komsomol, Gints Marga created ''Parex'', which is a portmanteau of ''export parity,'' as a self support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christmas Beckwith
John Christmas Beckwith (25 December 1759 – 3 June 1809) was an English organist and composer. Life Beckwith was born in Norwich on 25 December 1759, son of Edward Beckwith (1734–1793). His father and uncle were lay clerks at Norwich Cathedral. He was for many years pupil and assistant successively of the organist and composer William Hayes, and his son Philip Hayes, at Magdalen College, Oxford. As an organist he took very high rank in his day. He had many pupils, including the organist Zechariah Buck, the composer Stephen Codman, canadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 18 January 2018. the singer Thomas Vaughan and the writer on music |
John Christmas Møller
Guido Leo John Christmas Møller, usually known as Christmas Møller (3 April 1894 in Copenhagen – 13 April 1948 in Copenhagen) was a Danish politician representing the Conservative People's Party (Denmark), Conservative People's Party. Life Møller was elected as a Conservative member of the Folketinget, Folketing and in 1928 became leader of his party, a role he still held at the beginning of the Second World War. After the German occupation of Denmark, he joined a coalition cabinet, but in October 1940, following German pressure, he was forced to resign from the government, as the German authorities felt he was too negative towards them. Three months later, in 1941, he was forced to abandon his seat in folketinget, parliament altogether for the same reason. He was then instrumental in founding the underground press, underground newspaper ''Frit Danmark''. In 1942, Møller fled with his family to England, where he hoped to become part of a Danish government in exile. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Christmas
John Christmas (born August 16, 1982 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania) is an American retired lacrosse player. He played for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and for the Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse. Christmas played at the University of Virginia from 2002 to 2005, where he was a two-time USILA All-American and two-time All-ACC selection, and helped lead the Cavaliers to the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship. Christmas is the head lacrosse coach for the De La Salle high school boys' lacrosse program. Professional career Christmas was selected by the Philadelphia Wings in the fifth round (49th overall) of the 2005 Entry Draft. In his first season, he played sparingly, only appearing in two games. Beginning with the 2007 season, Christmas saw his playing time increase by being on the field during defensive situations in order to take advantage of his speed in the transition game. In Week 3 of the 2008 NLL season, Christmas was awarded "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
