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John Douglas (artist)
John Douglas may refer to: Politics and war *John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (c. 1433–1463), Scottish soldier *John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (died 1513), Scottish nobleman *John Douglas Sr. (1636–?), politician in Maryland *John Douglas of Broughton (c. 1698–1732), Member of Parliament for Peebleshire 1722–32 * Sir John Douglas, 3rd Baronet, of Kelhead (c. 1708–1778), Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, 1741–47 *John Erskine Douglas (c. 1758–1847), Royal Navy admiral *John Douglas (Royal Marines officer) (died 1814), British officer involved in a scandal regarding an allegedly illegitimate child born to the Princess of Wales, Caroline of Brunswick *John Douglas (died 1838) (1774–1838), Tory politician, Member of Parliament for Orford 1818–21 and for Minehead 1822–26 *John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856), Scottish Whig politician *John Douglas (British Army officer) (1817–1888), British general * John Douglas (Connecticut politician), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas, Lord Of Balvenie
John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (or Balveny, Balvany) (c. 1433–1463) was the youngest of the five Black Douglas brothers, who rebelled against King James II of Scotland. Biography Early life Balvenie was the son of James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas and his wife, Beatrice Sinclair, daughter to Henry II Sinclair, Earl of Orkney. Of him there is not much on record prior to 1445 when his father resigned the lands of Balvenie, Boharm, and Botriphnie to him. He is also mentioned as an heir of entail to his brother William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas in 1451 In 1448, in retaliation for English raids upon the towns of Dumfries, by Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Dunbar by Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, Balvenie is said to have "ravaged Cumberland and laid the town of Alnwick in ashes." Northumberland, having had his lands plundered gave chase to Balvenie. Balvenie meanwhile had regrouped with his brother, Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde, and on 23 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (Irish Politician)
John Harold Douglas (29 April 1912 – 1982) was an Irish politician and an independent member of Seanad Éireann. He was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 8th Seanad on 1 October 1954, replacing his deceased father James G. Douglas. Douglas was a Quaker like his father, and succeeded him as managing director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ... of the family linen and clothing companies. On 2 September 1941, he married Hazel ''née'' Malcolm (1915/6–8 September 2009); they had three children. References 1912 births 1982 deaths Irish businesspeople Irish Quakers Members of the 8th Seanad Nominated members of Seanad Éireann Independent members of Seanad Éireann 20th-century Irish businesspeople 20th-century Quakers {{Ireland-senator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (linebacker)
John Louis Douglas (born September 6, 1945) is a former American football linebacker who played for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was also a member of The Hawaiians of the World Football League. He played college football at the University of Missouri. Early years Douglas attended Columbia High School in Columbia, Missouri. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Missouri, where he played only two seasons of college football because he left to work after his freshman year. As a senior linebacker, he was a team co-captain along with quarterback Gary Kombrink and received All-Big Eight honors. Professional career Dallas Cowboys Douglas was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the fourth round (97th overall) of the 1968 NFL Draft. His rookie season was interrupted when he was called up by the Army Reserve. After serving two years of military service in the Vietnam War (where he was wounded), he returned for training camp in 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (defensive Back)
John Henry Douglas (January 12, 1945 – September 25, 2011) was an American football defensive back who played two seasons with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 1967 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Southern University and attended Como in Fort Worth, Texas. Douglas was also a member of the Houston Oilers The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 a ... of the American Football League. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, John 1945 births 2005 deaths Players of American football from Fort Worth, Texas American football defensive backs African-American players of American football Texas Southern Tigers football players New Orleans Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (fencer)
John Douglas (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian fencer. He competed in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill machine * Metal leaf, a very thin sheet of decorative metal * Aluminium foil, a type of wrapping for food * Tin foil, metal foil ... event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References 1943 births Living people Australian male fencers Olympic fencers for Australia Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (rugby Union)
John Douglas (born 18 December 1934, Woolwich) was a Scottish international rugby player. He was educated at Stewart's Melville College in Edinburgh and first played rugby for the school XV. During his National Service he played for the B.A.O.R and when back in civilian life played for Blackheath. He returned to Scotland and played for Stewart's Melville Former Pupils RFC and Edinburgh before his first cap for Scotland in 1961. He was capped twelve times as No 8 for Scotland between 1961 and 1963. He took part in the 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa, although not selected for any test appearances, and also for the Barbarians tours of 1961 and 1965. He was a successful Rugby Sevens player. In later life he became a racehorse owner. His horse Rubstic won the 1979 Grand National. His elder son Struan Douglas is a Scottish Rugby League international and his younger son Nigel Douglas played rugby for Scottish School boys, premier rugby for Dundee HSRFP and district rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (boxer)
John Douglas (born 27 March 1971) is a Guyanese former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2010. As an amateur, he competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Douglas lost his first professional fight in a KO against Wayne Braithwaite Wayne "Big Truck" Braithwaite (born August 9, 1975) is a Guyanese former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2012, and held the WBC cruiserweight title from 2002 to 2005.. Retrieved November 26, 2016. Professional career The highlight ... (Braithwaite's professional debut) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. References External links * * 1971 births Living people Light-heavyweight boxers Guyanese male boxers Olympic boxers of Guyana Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Georgetown, Guyana 20th-century Guyanese people {{Guyana-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (baseball)
John Franklin Douglas (September 14, 1917 – February 11, 1984) was an American first baseman in major league baseball who played five games during the 1945 season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Born in Thayer, West Virginia, he died at age 66 in Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C .... External links 1917 births 1984 deaths Major League Baseball first basemen Brooklyn Dodgers players Baseball players from West Virginia People from Fayette County, West Virginia Miami RedHawks baseball players Miami Wahoos players Mobile Bears players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players San Francisco Seals (baseball) players Albany Senators players Syracuse Chiefs players {{US-baseball-first-baseman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Douglas
John William Henry Tyler Douglas (3 September 1882 – 19 December 1930) was an English cricketer who was active in the early decades of the twentieth century. Douglas was an all-rounder who played for Essex County Cricket Club from 1901 to 1928 and captained the county from 1911 to 1928. He also played for England and captained the England team both before and after the First World War with markedly different success. As well as playing cricket, Douglas was a notable amateur boxer who won the middleweight gold medal at the 1908 Olympic Games. Early life Douglas was the son of successful timber merchant John Herbert Douglas (1853–1930) and Julia Ann (née Tyler) and was born at Stoke Newington, London in what is now Belfast Road. He was educated at Moulton Grammar School and Felsted School, where at school he was coached by the former first-class player T.N. Perkins, and joined his father's wood-importing firm, which supported his amateur status in cricket and boxing. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Albert Douglas
John Albert Douglas (21 September 1868 – 3 July 1956) was a priest of the Church of England and a major figure in Anglican–Orthodox relations in the 20th century. Douglas was a member of the Anglican and Eastern Churches Association and the Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius and vicar of St Michael Paternoster Royal from 1933 to 1952. He had served previously, from 1909 to 1933, at St Luke's Church, Camberwell, in the Diocese of Southwark. He was the founder of The Nikaean Club. Bibliography * * * * * * * * * * * "Introduction". In Matthew, A. F. ''The Teaching of the Abyssinian Church, as Set Forth by the Doctors of the Same''. Translated by Matthew, A. F. London: Faith Press. 1936. See also * Anglican and Eastern Churches Association The Anglican and Eastern Churches Association is a religious organisation founded as the Eastern Church Association in 1864 by John Mason Neale and others and of which Athelstan Riley was a leading member. The purpose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Waldo Douglas
John Waldo Douglas (April 14, 1818 – September 24, 1883) was an American Presbyterian minister. Douglas was born in Trenton, N. Y., April 14, 1818. Douglas graduated from Yale College in 1840. He taught school for a time in the South, and in 1844 began the study of theology in the Union Seminary, New York City. On completing (after some interruptions) his course there in 1848, he was intending to go as a missionary of the American Board to Africa; but the acquisition of California by treaty at that date appealed to him strongly, and he sailed for the California Territory in December, under a commission from the American Home Missionary Society. He was ordained November 29, 1848, as a Presbyterian minister. For eighteen months he labored in San Jose, and thence went to Los Angeles. From Los Angeles he removed in 1851 to San Francisco to act as editor and proprietor of ''The Pacific'', a weekly religious newspaper which was begun at that time. After four years of very sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Douglas (bishop Of Salisbury)
John Douglas (14 July 1721 – 18 May 1807) was a Scottish scholar and Anglican bishop. Douglas was born at Pittenweem, Fife, the son of a shopkeeper, and was educated at Dunbar, East Lothian, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he gained his M.A. degree in 1743. As chaplain to the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards, he was at the Battle of Fontenoy, 1745. He then returned to Balliol as a Snell Exhibitioner; became Vicar of High Ercall, Shropshire in 1750; a Canon of Windsor, namely Canon of the Eleventh Stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor (1762–1776); a member of the chapter of St Paul's Cathedral in 1777; Bishop of Carlisle in 1787; Dean of Windsor in 1788; and Bishop of Salisbury in 1791. As Bishop of Salisbury he was also ''ex officio'' Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. Other honours were the degree of DD (1758), and those of Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Douglas was not an outstanding churchman. He preferred to stay in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
