John Humphreys (other)
John Humphreys may refer to: * John Humphreys (economist) (born 1978), Australian economist and Liberal Democratic Party first President * John Lisseter Humphreys (1881–1929), British colonial administrator and Governor of North Borneo * John Humphreys (cricketer), Australian cricketer * John Humphreys (fencer) (1932–2017), Australian Olympic fencer See also * John Humphrys (born 1943), Welsh broadcaster, journalist and author * John Humphries (other) * John Humphrey (other) * Jonathan Humphreys Jonathan Matthews Humphreys (born 27 February 1969) is a former Wales international rugby union player. He is now an Assistant Coach for Wales. Rugby Union career Playing career Amateur career Humphreys played for Kenfig Hill RFC and Cardiff ...

John Humphreys (economist)
The Libertarian Party (LP), formerly known as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is an Politics of Australia, Australian political party founded in Canberra in 2001. The party espouses smaller government and supports policies that are based on classical liberal, libertarian principles, such as lower taxes, opposing restrictions on civil liberties, decentralisation, uranium mining, and the relaxation of smoking laws. As of July 2024, the party is registered in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria (state), Victoria, as well as for federal elections with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). History Formation The Liberal Democratic Party was founded in 2001 as a political party registered in the Australian Capital Territory. It first contested elections in the 2001 Australian Capital Territory general election, 2001 ACT election, receiving 1 percent of the vote. The party also contested the 2004 Australian Capital Territory gener ...
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John Lisseter Humphreys
John Lisseter Humphreys (21 September 1881 – 15 December 1929) was a British colonial administrator, and Governor of North Borneo from 15 October 1926 until his death while on leave in China in December 1929. Humphreys was educated at Bromsgrove School. He was a senior classical scholar of Brasenose College, Oxford and entered the Straits Settlement Civil Service in 1905 as Cadet. Among other appointments he has been a magistrate in Singapore and Penang. He was British Agent at Terengganu from 1916–1919; Adviser at Terengganu from 1919–25, Adviser at Kedah from 1925–1926, before being appointed Governor of North Borneo in October 1926. During his furlough in late 1929, he contracted pneumonia and was rushed to the hospital in Tientsin where he succumbed due to a heart failure on the afternoon of Sunday, 15 December.British North Borneo Herald, 2 January 1930; page 1 J. L. Humphreys was awarded the C.B.E. in 1925 and the C.M.G in 1928. Notes References Janus archiv ...
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John Humphreys (cricketer)
John Humphreys was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played one first-class match for New South Wales in 1875/76. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Place of birth missing {{Australia-cricket-bio-stub ...
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John Humphreys (fencer)
John Humphreys (15 March 1932 – 14 September 2017) was an Australian fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1932 births 2017 deaths Australian male fencers Olympic fencers for Australia Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Fencers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia 20th-century Australian people Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games People from Central Queensland Sportsmen from Queensland {{Austra ...
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John Humphrys
Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) is a Welsh broadcaster. From 1981 to 1987 he was the main presenter for the '' Nine O'Clock News'', the flagship BBC News television programme, and from 1987 until 2019 he presented on the BBC Radio 4 breakfast programme ''Today''. He was the host of the BBC Two television quiz show ''Mastermind'' from 2003 to 2021, for a total of 735 episodes. Humphrys has a reputation as an outspoken and challenging interviewer; occasionally politicians have been critical of his style after being subjected to a tough interview on live radio. Early life and career Humphrys was born in a working class environment in Cardiff at 193 Pearl Street, Adamsdown, son of Winifred Mary (Matthews), a hairdresser, and Edward George Humphrys, a self-employed Conservative voting French polisher. He was one of five children. During early life Humphrys had a bout of whooping cough and, concerned that he would be known as 'Dismal Desmond', his mother opted to use t ...
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John Humphries (other)
John Humphries may refer to: * John Humphries (author), Welsh journalist, author and politician * John Humphries (baseball) (1861–1933), Canadian baseball player See also *John Humphreys (other) John Humphreys may refer to: * John Humphreys (economist) (born 1978), Australian economist and Liberal Democratic Party first President * John Lisseter Humphreys (1881–1929), British colonial administrator and Governor of North Borneo * John Hum ...

John Humphrey (other)
John Humphrey may refer to: * John Humphrey (Massachusetts colonist) (1597–1661), financial backer and settler of colonial Massachusetts * John Humphrey (Illinois politician) (1838–1914), Illinois Representative and State Senator * John Humphrey (bass player), bass player with Scott Henderson and Kirk Covington * John Humphrey (drummer) (born 1970), percussionist * John Humphrey (cricketer) (1837–?), English cricketer * John Humphrey (footballer) (born 1961), English footballer * John Peters Humphrey (1905–1995), Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate * John A. Humphrey (1823–?), mill owner and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada * John H. Humphrey (1915–1987), British bacteriologist and immunologist * John Humphrey House (other) * John Humphrey, architect, designed Tabernacle Chapel, Morriston * Jack Humphrey (1901–1967), painter * Jack Humphrey (producer) (1932–1987), Canadian television producer and writer See also * John Humphre ...
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