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John Hays (other)
John Hays may refer to: *John Hays (businessman) (1949–2020), British businessman, founder of Hays Travel * John Hays (sheriff) (1770 – after 1822), first known Jewish resident of Illinois, Sheriff of St. Clair County, Illinois; Indian agent * John Coffee Hays (1817–1883), or "Jack" Hays, Texas Ranger, U.S. Army officer, first mayor of Oakland, California *John H. Hays (1844–1904), American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor See also *John Hayes (other) John or Johnny Hayes may refer to: Arts and entertainment *J. Milton Hayes (1884–1940), English actor and poet *John F. Hayes (author) (1904–1980), Canadian writer *John Michael Hayes (1919–2008), American screenwriter *John Hayes (directo ... * John Hay (other) {{hndis, Hays, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hays (businessman)
John Hays (22 July 1949 – 13 November 2020) was a British businessman, and the founder/CEO of Hays Travelnow the largest independent travel agency in the UK. Career Hays earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Oxford. He later earned an MBA from Manchester Business School. In 1980, Hays founded Hays Travel in the back of his mother's children's wear store in Seaham, Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N .... Hays owned 56.42% and his wife Irene owned 43.58%. Personal life John Hays married Irene Lucas in 1997. She has chaired the company since his death. The couple had two children. Death John Hays died on 13 November 2020, aged 71, after collapsing at the company's Sunderland head office. References 1949 births 2020 deaths 20th-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hays (sheriff)
John Hays (1770 – after 1822) is the only Jew known to have come to Illinois prior to its admission in the Union (August 26, 1818). He was the son of Baruch Hays, a lieutenant in the American Revolution and scion of one of the oldest American Jewish families. John Hays settled in Illinois as early as 1793 and served for twenty years as sheriff of St. Clair County, in the southwestern part of Illinois, which was the most populous section of the state in its early days. Hays was born in New York City in 1770. At a young age, he entered the Indian trade in the Northwest as clerk to a wealthy house in Canada. He settled in Cahokia, Illinois in 1793, where he embarked on trade with the Indians on his own account. He later became a farmer. For a number of years, Hays held the unpaid office of postmaster at Cahokia. In 1798, he was appointed sheriff of St. Clair County and he continued to exercise the duties of this position until 1818, when the Illinois state government was organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coffee Hays
John Coffee "Jack" Hays (January 28, 1817 – April 21, 1883) was an American military officer. A captain in the Texas Rangers and a military officer of the Republic of Texas, Hays served in several armed conflicts from 1836 to 1848, including against the Comanche Empire in Texas and during the Mexican–American War. Biography John Hays was born at Little Cedar Lick, Wilson County, Tennessee. His father Harmon A. Hays fought in the War of 1812, naming his son for a relative by marriage, Colonel John Coffee. In 1836, at the age of 19, Hays migrated to the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston appointed him as a member of a company of Texas Rangers because he knew the Hays family from his Tennessee years. He met with Houston and delivered a letter of recommendation from then-President Andrew Jackson, his great uncle. Rachel Jackson was Hays' great aunt of the Donelson family, a relative of his mother. In the following years, Hays led the Rangers on a campaign against the Comanche in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John H
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 Hayes (other)
John or Johnny Hayes may refer to: Arts and entertainment *J. Milton Hayes (1884–1940), English actor and poet *John F. Hayes (author) (1904–1980), Canadian writer *John Michael Hayes (1919–2008), American screenwriter *John Hayes (director) (1930–2000), American director of low-budget films *John Hayes (radio), American radio executive Politics U.K. *John Hayes (1643–1705), MP for Winchelsea *Jack Hayes (politician) (John Henry Hayes, 1887–1941), Member of Parliament for Liverpool Edge Hill *John Hayes (British politician) (born 1958), British politician and MP * Seán Hayes (Cork politician) (otherwise known as John Hayes, 1884–1928), Sinn Féin member of the 1st Dáil Éireann, and the 2nd and 3rd U.S. * John F. Hayes (Borough President of Brooklyn) (1915–2001), American politician *John F. Hayes (Kansas legislator) (1919–2010), Kansas attorney and former Majority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives * Johnny H. Hayes (1941–2008), Tennessee Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
