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John Elliot (other)
John Elliot may refer to: *John Elliot (antiquary) (1725–1782), English antiquary *John Elliot (Royal Navy officer) (1732–1808), Royal Navy admiral, MP, and Governor of Newfoundland *John Elliot (physician) (1747–1787), English physician and scientist *John Elliot (brewer) (1765–1829), English brewer and officer of the Westminster Volunteer Cavalry *John Elliot (politician) (1788–1862), British politician *John Elliot (railway manager) (1898–1988), British transport and railway manager *John Elliot (songwriter) (1914–1972), American songwriter *John Elliot (author) (1918–1997), British novelist, screenwriter, and television producer See also *John Eliot (other) *John Elliott (other) John Elliott may refer to: Entertainment * John Elliott (artist) (1858–1925), English artist * John Elliott (actor) (1876–1956), American actor * John M. Elliott Jr. (active since 1970), makeup artist * John Elliott (electronic musician) ( ... * Jonathan Elliot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (antiquary)
John Elliot (1725–1782) was an English lawyer and antiquary. Life Elliot was born in 1725 in the parish of St. John-sub-Castro, Lewes, the son of Obadiah Elliot, proprietor of a brewery. After learning his rudiments at Lewes Grammar School he was articled to an attorney, and eventually secured a good practice. Despite business, and a Methodist wife, he kept up an antiquarian correspondence. He was in touch with William Burrell and John Watson. To Watson he passed information for his Memoirs of the ''Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey''. Elliot was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 7 December 1780. He died suddenly in Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, 28 February 1782, aged 57.Gent. Mag. lii. 150; Probate Act Book, P. C. C, 1782 He had asked "to be buried in the vault in St. Michael's churchyard in Lewes with my father and mother". By his wife, Margaret Cook of Berwick-upon-Tweed, who survived him, he left no issue. Legacy Elliott bequeathed his manuscript collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (Royal Navy Officer)
John Elliot (1732 – 20 September 1808) was a Scottish officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He rose to the rank of admiral, and served briefly as colonial governor of Newfoundland. Elliot was born into the gentry in Scotland, and entered the navy. Little is known about his early service, but he received a promotion to post-captain during the Seven Years' War, and commanded the 32-gun frigate with distinction, first capturing a small French frigate, and then taking command of a squadron of three ships and bringing to action the notorious privateer François Thurot, who had been raiding the coast of Ireland in 1760. After a short but bitter engagement, Thurot was killed and his ships captured. Elliot was widely hailed as a hero and he and his captains received several rewards. He commanded several other ships during the remainder of the war, and after a period of unemployment during the peace, returned to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (physician)
John Elliot MD (1747 – 22 July 1787) was a physician and scientist in eighteenth-century London who was the first person to conjecture that different parts of the retina respond to particular colours of light. However, he was obsessed with Mary Boydell, nieceThe Scots Magazine 1 August 1787 of the publisher John Boydell, and in 1787 was arrested for attempting to murder her. Although acquitted of attempted murder, he starved himself to death while awaiting trial for assault in Newgate Gaol. Bibliography *—. ''Narrative of the Life and Death of John Elliot, M.D. Containing an account of the rise progress and catastrophe of his unhappy passion for Miss Mary Boydell, a review of his writings together with an apology written by himself under the pressure of expected condemnation after his commitment for attempting to assassinate Miss Boydell.'' London, 1787. *—.John Elliot, M.D.. ''The Newgate Calendar'', Vol. IV, 164-168. London: Navarre Society Ltd., 1926. *Elliot, Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (brewer)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Elliot (1765 – 27 March 1829) was a porter brewer who was lieutenant-colonel of the Westminster Volunteer Cavalry. He was head of the Elliott and Co. brewery of Pimlico, and treasurer of Westminster Hospital. Life John Elliot was born to George Elliot and Margaret (Grant) Elliot. In 1804, he married Eliza Lettsom at St Margaret's, Westminster. Eliza was the youngest daughter of John Coakley Lettsom. Together they had fifteen children and Sir Henry Miers Elliot is one of them who went on to become Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. Among his other children to have served in India, George Elliot served in Bombay Cavalry, William served in Madras Civil Service while Charles Morgan F.R.S served as Major Madras Engineers. He died on 27 March 1829 at Pimlico Lodge, Westminster Westminster is an area of Central London, part of the wider City of Westminster. The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (politician)
John Edmund Elliot (30 March 1788 – 4 April 1862) was a British Liberal politician. Background Elliot was the third son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto, and Anna Maria, daughter of Sir George Amyand, 1st Baronet. Political career Elliot sat as Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire from 1837 to 1837 and again from 1847 to 1859. He served under Lord John Russell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852 and a ... as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control between 1849 and 1852. Family Elliot married Amelia, daughter of James Henry Casamaijor, in 1809. They had several children. He died in April 1862, aged 74. His wife survived him by ten years and died in July 1872. Their children were: * Edmund James (b. 1813, d. 1854) was married to Matilda Halkett i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (railway Manager)
Sir John Elliot (6 May 1898 – 18 September 1988) was a British transport and railway manager. Born John Elliot Blumenfeld, he was the son of the ''Daily Mail'' news editor R. D. Blumenfeld (who later became managing editor of the ''Daily Express''.) He changed his surname to Elliot (his mother's surname) in March 1923 on the advice of Lord Beaverbrook. Biography Early career Elliot was educated at Marlborough School. He joined the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he trained as an officer in the years immediately before the First World War. During the War, he served as an officer in France, in the 3rd The King's Own Hussars, before following his father into journalism. He spent three years in New York, and then returned to London to become the assistant editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from 1922 to 1925. Railway career In 1925, Elliot joined the Southern Railway as public relations assistant to the General Manager Sir Herbert Walker. Under Elliot's leadership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (songwriter)
John Elliot (also known as Jack Elliot, John M. Elliot, John M. Elliott and Jack Elliott) (7 May 1914 – 3 January 1972) was an American songwriter, credited with having written more than 600 songs for motion pictures.''The Hour'' (5 January 1972), p. 6. Biography Elliot was born in Gowanda, New York, on 7 May 1914. He was educated at Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York and then worked as an entertainer in vaudeville, nightclubs, and on radio. In 1939, he also worked as a theatre reporter for the Chicago edition of ''Variety'' magazine. He began to write songs in 1940, moved to Hollywood in 1943, and became a member of ASCAP in 1945. Jack subsequently composed songs for over 40 Western movies at Republic Studios alone, most notably for Roy Rogers and Dale Evans films. He was the lyricist for several songs by Harold Spina, including "It's So Nice To Have A Man Around The House" (made famous by Dinah Shore). With Lew Quadling, he wrote " Sam's Song", which was a hit recording i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliot (author)
Huzaifa Herbert Elliot (4 July 1918 – 14 August 1997) was a British novelist, screenwriter, director, and television producer active from 1954 until around 1993. Between 1954 and 1960, he scripted a succession of one-off television plays including ''War in the Air'' and ''A Man from the Sun''. The latter was a pioneering work aimed at a West Indian audience. In 1961 he joined with astronomer Fred Hoyle to write another ground-breaking TV science fiction serial '' A for Andromeda''. The success of ''A For Andromeda'' prompted a sequel, ''The Andromeda Breakthrough'', in 1962. Following ''Andromeda'', Elliot wrote more one-off plays for the BBC. He resigned from the corporation in 1963, though he would later work with them again, producing a concept for the 1965 drama series ''Mogul'' (renamed ''The Troubleshooters'' from the second series), later being credited as a writer on various episodes of the show. His other works include programs such as ''Fall of Eagles ''Fall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eliot (other)
John Eliot may refer to: *John Eliot (statesman) (1592–1632), English politician *John Eliot (missionary) (c. 1604–1690), English Puritan minister and missionary *John Eliot (died 1685) (1612–1685), English politician * Sir John Eliot, 1st Baronet (1736–1786), Scottish physician *John Eliot (Royal Navy officer) (1742–1769), British naval officer and Governor of West Florida *John Eliot, 1st Earl of St Germans (1761–1823), British politician *John Eliot, 6th Earl of St Germans (1890–1922), British nobleman and army officer *John Eliot (meteorologist) (1839–1908), meteorologist See also * *John Elliot (other) *John Elliott (other) John Elliott may refer to: Entertainment * John Elliott (artist) (1858–1925), English artist * John Elliott (actor) (1876–1956), American actor * John M. Elliott Jr. (active since 1970), makeup artist * John Elliott (electronic musician) ( ... * John Eliot Historic District, Natick, Massachusetts, named in honor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Elliott (other)
John Elliott may refer to: Entertainment * John Elliott (artist) (1858–1925), English artist * John Elliott (actor) (1876–1956), American actor * John M. Elliott Jr. (active since 1970), makeup artist * John Elliott (electronic musician) (born 1984), American electronic musician Politics * John Elliott (Georgia politician) (1773–1827), U.S. Senator from Georgia * John Milton Elliott (1820–1879), legislator from Kentucky * John Campbell Elliott (1872–1941), Canadian lawyer and politician * John Banks Elliott (1917–2018), Ghana's ambassador to the USSR * John C. Elliott (1919–2001), Governor of American Samoa * John Elliott (New Zealand politician) (1938–2022), New Zealand politician Sports * John S. Elliott (1889–1950), American football coach * John Elliott (British boxer) (1901–1945), British boxer of the 1920s * John Elliott (Jamaican boxer) (1931–2015), Jamaican boxer * John Elliott (wrestler) (born 1934), Australian Olympic wrestler * John Elliott (crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
