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John Holmes (rugby League)
John or Jon Holmes may refer to: People Arts and entertainment *John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), American pornographic film star and suspect in the Wonderland Murders case *John Holmes (composer) (died 1629), English cathedral musician and Renaissance composer *John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), American poet *John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), American Beat poet, novelist and essayist *John Eric Holmes (1930–2010), American author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games *John W. Holmes (film editor) (1917–2001), American film editor, nominated at the 44th Academy Awards *Jon Holmes (born 1969), British comedy writer and broadcaster Diplomacy *John Holmes (British diplomat) (born 1951), British diplomat * John T. Holmes, Canadian ambassador to Indonesia and East Timor *John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic Education * John Holmes (geographer), Australian professor of geography in University of Queensland *John Holmes (schoolmaster) (170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (actor)
John Curtis Holmes ( Estes; August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988), better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character he portrayed in a series of related films), was an American pornographic film actor. He ranks among the most prolific adult film performers, with documented credits for at least 573 films. Holmes was best known for his exceptionally large penis, which was heavily promoted for its length and thickness. However no documented measurement of Holmes' actual penis length, girth, tumescence, sexual stamina, or ejaculate volume has ever been confirmed. Near the end of his life, Holmes attained notoriety for his reputed involvement in the Wonderland murders of July 1981 and eventually for his death from complications caused by AIDS in March 1988. He was the subject of several books, a lengthy essay in ''Rolling Stone'' and two feature-length documentaries, and was the inspiration for two Hollywood movies (''Boogie Nights'' and '' Wonderland''). Ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (by 1529 – 1583)
John Holmes (by 1529 – 4 June 1583), of London, North Mimms, Hertfordshire and Owston and Hampole, Yorkshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Boroughbridge in November 1554 and for Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ... in 1555. References 1583 deaths Politicians from London People from Welwyn Hatfield (district) People from the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1554–1555 English MPs 1555 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McClellan Holmes
John Mcclellan Holmes (January 22, 1834 - June 21, 1911) was a Christian minister and author. Career Born in Livingston, New York, Holmes was the son of Edwin Holmes, an eminent minister of the Reformed church,James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, eds., ''Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Grinnell–Lockwood'' (1898), p. 242. and Sarah McClellan Holmes.Calvin Durfee, ''Williams Biographical Annals, Part 4'' (1871), p. 609. Holmes graduated from Williams College in 1853, and from the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Dutch Church at New Brunswick, N.J. in 1857.''The New York Observer'' (June 29, 1911), Volume 90, p. 836. Holmes was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church for forty years, first at the Reformed Church of East Williamsburg, Long Island, from July 1857 to October 1859, then at the Lee Avenue Reformed Church of Brooklyn from 1859 to October 1865, when he was installed over the First Reformed Church, of Hudson, New York. In 1870, he received a D.D. degree from R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Haynes Holmes
John Haynes Holmes (November 29, 1879 – April 3, 1964) was an American Unitarian minister, pacifist, and co-founder of the NAACP and the ACLU. He is noted for his anti-war activism. Early life Holmes was born in Philadelphia on November 29, 1879, a descendant of John Holmes of Colchester, Essex, a Messenger of the General Court of Plymouth Colony and the executioner of Thomas Granger. Newland H. Holmes, President of the Massachusetts Senate, was his cousin. He attended public schools of Malden, a suburb of Boston, and studied at Harvard, graduating in 1902, then attended Harvard Divinity School, from which he graduated in 1904 and was immediately called to his first church in Dorchester, Massachusetts as a protestant clergyman. Career In 1907 Holmes was called to the Church of the Messiah ( Unitarian) in New York City and served as its Senior Minister until 1918, when he left the American Unitarian Association (AUA) because of the AUA's policy requiring Unitarian mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (bishop)
John Garraway Holmes (died September 1904 in Worthing, West Sussex) was an Anglican bishop. He was buried at Broadwater Cemetery in Worthing. Education He graduated from University College, Oxford in 1862 and was ordained priest in 1864 by the Bishop of Peterborough. He was a curate at Christ Church, Reading from 1866–1869 and St. Mark's Church, Reigate from 1869–1870 and St. Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common from 1870 - 1883. Career He was appointed vicar of St. Philip's Church, Sydenham in 1883 - 1889. In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board representing Greenwich as a member of the "Church Party". He resigned from the board in the following year. He was dean of Grahamstown, South Africa and rector of the St. Michael and St. George Cathedral from 1889–1899 and was also archdeacon from 1895. In July 1899 he was consecrated in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town as third bishop of St Helena. He received an honorary doctorate of Divinity (DD) from the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (Jamaican Politician)
John Holmes (1763-1836) was a planter and slave-owner in Jamaica. He was elected to the House of Assembly of Jamaica The House of Assembly was the legislature of the British colony of Jamaica. It held its first meeting on 20 January 1664 at Spanish Town. Cundall, Frank. (1915''Historic Jamaica''.London: Institute of Jamaica. p. 15. As a result of the Morant Ba ... in 1820. Hakewill, James. (1825) A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, From Drawings Made in the Years 1820 and 1821.' London: Hurst and Robinson & E. Lloyd. p. 13. References Members of the House of Assembly of Jamaica 1763 births 1836 deaths Jamaican slave owners 18th-century British businesspeople 18th-century Jamaican people 19th-century British businesspeople 19th-century Jamaican people Magistrates of Jamaica Churchwardens Planters of Jamaica {{Jamaica-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robert Holmes
John Robert Holmes (3 September 1927 – 29 December 2011) was a Canadians, Canadian politician. First elected in the 1972 Canadian federal election, 1972 federal election, he served as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament representing the riding of Lambton—Kent. He was re-elected in the 1974 Canadian federal election, 1974 and 1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 elections, but was defeated in the 1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 election. References 1927 births 2011 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edwin Holmes
John Edwin Holmes (December 28, 1809May 8, 1863) was an American lawyer, minister, and politician. He was the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. He was captured by Confederate forces during the Battle of Brentwood and died of disease. Early life Born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, Holmes moved with his parents to New York when he was four; and both parents died when he was eight. He then lived with his grandfather until he was twelve. He moved to Hamilton, in Madison County, and studied while working to support himself, and was able to teach in a common school. He attended an academy and prepared himself and was ordained a Universalist minister in 1833. He preached for a short time in Michigan and Ohio. He soon began to study law in Illinois and was admitted to the bar in Illinois. He joined the Democratic Party and moved to the Wisconsin Territory, settling in what is now Jefferson, Wisconsin, to practice law. Career Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bee Holmes
John Bee Holmes was the seventh intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving one term between 1794 and 1795. Holmes born in 1760 to Isaac Holmes and Rebecca Bee. During the Revolutionary War, he was the aide-de-camp to General John Barnwell. He married Elizabeth Edwards in 1783 and was admitted to practice law the same year. He owned Washington Plantation on the Cooper River in St. John's Parish (Berkeley County). Holmes was elected intendant in September 1794. He resigned in September 1795 and was followed in office by his brother-in-law, John Edwards. He also held state office, representing the Charleston area in the General Assembly of South Carolina from 1791 to 1797. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 1799 to 1801. He died on September 5, 1827, and is buried at the Circular Congregational churchyard in Charleston. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, John Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina 1760 births 1827 deaths Members of the South Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (Ontario Politician)
John Holmes (1828 – 22 September 1879)https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208686938/john-holmes was a Canadian politician and surveyor. He was born in Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland in 1828, the son of Alexander Holmes, and was educated in Ireland. He came to Upper Canada in 1846 and settled in Huntley Township where he became a provincial land surveyor. He married Eliza Graham. Holmes served seven years as reeve for the township and was also warden for Carleton County for five years. He served as captain in the local militia from 1866 to 1875. Elected in the Canadian federal election of 1867, he served as the Liberal-Conservative Member of Parliament representing the riding of Carleton in the province of Ontario. He was defeated in the 1872 and 1874 elections, and never again sat in Parliament. He died in Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmassesâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (Nova Scotia Politician)
John Holmes (1 March 1789 – 3 June 1876) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Ross-shire, Scotland in 1789 and came to Pictou County, Nova Scotia with his family in 1803. Prior to Canadian Confederation in 1867, he represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836 to 1847 and from 1851 to 1855. Holmes then served in the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia from 1858 to 1867. Following Confederation, he was appointed by royal proclamation to the newly formed Senate of Canada on 23 October 1867. A Conservative, he represented the Senate district of Nova Scotia until his death. He was the father of Nova Scotia premier Simon Hugh Holmes Simon Hugh Holmes (July 30, 1831 – October 14, 1919) was a Nova Scotia politician, publisher and lawyer. He was the fourth premier of Nova Scotia from 1878 to 1882. Holmes was born in Springville, Nova Scotia, in Pictou County. The son of .... References Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holmes (New Zealand Politician)
John Holmes (1838 – 3 July 1907) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Holmes was born in Ireland in 1838, and emigrated first to Victoria and then to New Zealand. He represented the Christchurch South electorate from 1881 Events January–March * January 1– 24 – Siege of Geok Tepe: Russian troops under General Mikhail Skobelev defeat the Turkomans. * January 13 – War of the Pacific – Battle of San Juan and Chorrillos: The C ... to 1887, when he retired. Holmes was a barrister and solicitor in Christchurch. He set up a law firm in 1868. He later went into partnership with Andrew Loughrey. The firm is today known as Lane Neave. In the , he was challenged by Thomas Joynt, whom he defeated with 638 votes to 600. Holmes lived in retirement on his estate, "Viewmount", near Methven. He later returned to live in Christchurch, where he died on 3 July 1907. He was buried in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
