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John Creighton (mercenary)
John Creighton may refer to: *John Oliver Creighton (born 1943), American astronaut * John W. Creighton Jr. (born 1933), American businessman *John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne (1731–1828), Irish peer *John Creighton (archaeologist) *John Creighton (British Army officer) (1772–1833), son of the preceding, MP for Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency) *John Creighton, American naval officer involved in the ''Little Belt'' affair in 1811 *John Creighton (judge) (1721–1807), lawyer and judge in Nova Scotia *John Creighton (warden) (1817–1885), merchant, politician and prison official in Ontario, Canada *John Creighton (Nova Scotia politician) (1794–1878), lawyer and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada *John A. Creighton (1831–1907), businessman in Omaha, Nebraska *John Creighton (rugby union) (born 1937), New Zealand rugby union player *John Creighton (surgeon) (1768–1827), president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland * John Creighton (priest) (fl. 1643–1670), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oliver Creighton
John Oliver Creighton (born April 28, 1943), ( Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions. Personal life He was born on April 28, 1943, in Orange, Texas, but considers Seattle, Washington, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Terry Stanford of Little Rock, Arkansas. Education He graduated from Ballard High School, Seattle, Washington, in 1961; received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1966 and a Master of Science degree in Administration of Science and Technology from George Washington University in 1978. Military career Creighton started flight training following graduation from the United States Naval Academy and received his aviator wings in October 1967. He was with squadron VF-154 from July 1968 to May 1970, flying F-4J Phantoms and made two combat deployments to Vietnam aboard the aircraft carrier . From June 1970 to February 1971, he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John W
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne
John Creighton, 1st Earl Erne PC (1731 – 15 September 1828), known as The Lord Erne between 1772 and 1781 and as The Viscount Erne between 1781 and 1789, was an Irish peer and politician. Erne was the eldest surviving son of Abraham Creighton, 1st Baron Erne and Elizabeth Rogerson, and succeeded his father as second Baron in 1772. Between 1761 and 1773, he represented Lifford in the Irish House of Commons. In 1781 he was created Viscount Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh, and in 1789 he was further honoured when he was made Earl Erne, of Crom Castle in the County of Fermanagh. He sat from 1800 to 1828 as one of the 28 original Irish Representative peers in the British House of Lords. Marriages, children and succession Lord Erne married, firstly, Catherine Howard, daughter of the Right Reverend Robert Howard, in 1761. After her death in 1775 he married, secondly, Lady Mary Caroline Hervey, daughter of Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol in 1776, alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton (archaeologist)
John Creighton is a British archaeologist and assistant professor at the University of Reading. His research focuses on the Late Iron Age and Early Roman period of north-western Europe. Education Creighton received a PhD from Durham University in 1992 entitled ''The circulation of money in Roman Britain from the first to third century'', supervised by John Casey. He studied under the Leslie Brooks Fellowship and resided in a room just above the St Cuthbert's Society wine cellar. Career From 2005-10 Creighton directed the University of Reading's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, developing links between teaching and research. In 2010 Creighton was a National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. From 2010-16 Creighton served as the Director of the Society of Antiquaries. Creighton has undertaken fieldwork in France, Germany, Spain and Britain. He has co-edited a volume on cultural interactions in Germany. Creighton has written two key-works rei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton (British Army Officer)
John Creighton was an Irish politician and soldier. Creighton was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i .... He represented Armagh County from 1797 to 1800 when he became Governor of Hurst Castle. References Military personnel from County Fermanagh Governors of Hurst Castle Irish MPs 1790–1797 Irish MPs 1798–1800 Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies Alumni of Trinity College Dublin British Army officers {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifford (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Lifford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ... until 1800. Members of Parliament References *Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. iip. 611 * {{coord missing, County Donegal Historic constituencies in County Donegal Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800 Constituency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Belt Affair
The ''Little Belt'' affair was a naval battle on the night of 16 May 1811. It involved the United States frigate and the British sixth-rate , a sloop-of-war, which had originally been the Danish ship ''Lillebælt'', before being captured by the British in the 1807 Battle of Copenhagen. The encounter took place off the North Carolina coast. The ''Little Belt'' Affair was one of many incidents and events that led to the War of 1812. Background The ''Little Belt'' affair occurred four years after the ''Chesapeake''–''Leopard'' affair of 1807, in which had attacked , killing three, wounding eighteen, and putting four of her sailors on trial for desertion. It was fifteen days after an incident involving , a frigate. On 1 May 1811 HMS ''Guerriere'' had stopped the brig off Sandy Hook in New Jersey and had impressed Maine citizen John Diggio, the apprentice sailing master of ''Spitfire''. Secretary of the Navy Paul Hamilton had ordered ''President'', along with , to patrol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton (judge)
John Creighton (1721 – November 8, 1807) was one of the founding fathers of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He led the settlement through the turbulent times of Father Le Loutre's War, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1770 to 1775. After establishing the town, he lived the rest of his life in the village until he died fifty-four years later. The stone monument to John Creighton in St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg) was created by John Bacon (1777–1859), a nineteenth century sculptor. (Bacon created six monuments in St. Paul's Cathedral and many in Westminster Abbey.) Career He was born in Glastonbury and served as a lieutenant in the British dragoons. In 1749, he went with Edward Cornwallis to Halifax. He served in Cornwallis' militia. In 1753, he relocated to Lunenburg. Creighton was a justice of the peace and captain in the militia; he later became lieutenant-colonel. In 1753, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton (warden)
John Creighton (August 19, 1817 – January 31, 1885) was an Irish-born publisher, politician and prison official in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Kingston from 1863 to 1865. Creighton was warden of Kingston Penitentiary from 1871 to 1885. The son of Hugh Creighton and Mary Young, he was born near Clandeboye, County Down and came to Kingston with his family in 1823. Creighton was educated at the Midland District Grammar School. He worked as an apprentice printer in Montreal, then returned to Kingston to work for the ''Kingston Chronicle & Gazette''. He became president of the Kingston Typographical Society in 1844. In 1846, he moved to the ''Kingston Argus''; he also contributed articles to the paper. He became a clerk in a book and stationery store in 1851, later buying the store. Creighton later added printing and bookbinding services. In 1866, he was named police magistrate and, in 1870, acting warden for the Kingston Penitentiary. He was appointed warden the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton (Nova Scotia Politician)
John Creighton (1794 – March 16, 1878) was an English-born lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1830 to 1836, from 1838 to 1847 and from 1851 to 1856. He was born in Somersetshire, the son of John Creighton, Jr. and the grandson of John Creighton, one of the first settlers at Lunenburg. Creighton came to Halifax at a young age, where he studied law with Lewis Morris Wilkins and was admitted to practice as an attorney in 1816. In 1821, he was named a Queen's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of ... and served as Crown Prosecutor. In 1859, he was named to the province's Legislative Council. Creighton was named president for the Council in 1875 and served until his death in Lunenburg thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creighton (rugby Union)
John Neville Creighton (10 March 1937 – 6 April 2022) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Creighton represented at a provincial level in over 100 games. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1962, appearing in six matches including one international. Creighton studied law, and earned his LLB Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ... at the University of Canterbury. He was admitted to the bar in 1962, and as of 2017 was still practising as a lawyer in Christchurch. Creighton died in Christchurch on 6 April 2022. References 1937 births 2022 deaths People from Rotherham, New Zealand People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School University of Canterbury alumni New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
