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John Leach (musician)
John Leach is the name of: *John Leach (judge) (1760–1834), English judge *John Leach (Royal Navy officer) (1894–1941), Royal Navy captain *John Albert Leach (1870–1929), Australian ornithologist *Johnny Leach John Alfred Leach MBE (20 November 1922 – 5 June 2014) was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game a ... (1922–2014), British table tennis player * John Leach (MP), British Member of the UK Parliament for West Surrey (1832) * John Leach (footballer) (1866–1931), English footballer * John Leach (cricketer) (1846–1893), English cricketer * John Leach (studio potter) (1939–2021) See also * John Leech (other) {{hndis, Leach, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (judge)
Sir John Leach, KC (28 August 1760 – 14 September 1834) was an English judge, and Master of the Rolls. Life The son of Richard Leach, a coppersmith of Bedford, he was born in that town on 28 August 1760. After leaving Bedford School he became a pupil of Sir Robert Taylor the architect. In his office he is said to have made the working drawings for the erection of Stone Buildings, which are still preserved at Lincoln's Inn, and to have designed Howletts, in the parish of Bekesbourne, Kent. On the recommendation of his old fellow-pupil, Samuel Pepys Cockerell, and other friends, Leach abandoned architecture for the law, and was admitted a student of the Middle Temple on 26 January 1785. Having studied of conveyancing and equity drafting in the chambers of William Alexander, he was called to the bar in Hilary term 1790, and joined the home circuit and Surrey sessions. In 1792 he was engaged as counsel in the Seaford election petition, and in 1795 was elected recorder of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (Royal Navy Officer)
John Catterall Leach, (1 September 1894 – 10 December 1941) was a British naval officer. He was the only captain of the battleship during its short period in service. The ''Bismarck'' Very soon after the ''Prince of Wales'' entered active service in 1941, the ship fought under Leach's command in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, and suffered damage fighting the German battleship ''Bismarck''. However, damage inflicted by the ''Prince of Wales'' caused the ''Bismarck'' to lose fuel, forcing the latter to attempt to return to a base in occupied France. Despite a proposal to court-martial Leach for breaking off the action with the ''Bismarck'' after the ''Hood'' had sunk, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his part. In the 1960 film ''Sink the Bismarck!'' Leach was played by actor Esmond Knight, who had been on the ''Prince of Wales bridge with Leach during the Battle of the Denmark Strait and was partially blinded when the ship was hit by ''Bismarck'''s gunfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Albert Leach
John Albert Leach (19 March 1870 – 3 October 1929) was an ornithologist, teacher and headmaster in the state of Victoria, Australia. Leach was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Creswick Grammar School (where he was dux), Melbourne Training College (1890) and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated B.Sc. in 1904, M.Sc. in 1906 and in 1912 obtained his doctorate for research in ornithology. Leach was a regular writer and broadcaster on natural history subjects and introduced it into the school curriculum. He was President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) 1922-1924 and Editor of its journal ''The Emu'' 1914-1924 and 1928–1929. He was a member of the British Ornithologists Union and a corresponding fellow of the American Ornithologists Union. Leach was also member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. He was instrumental in founding the Gould League of Bird Lovers in 1909 with Jessie McMichael. He is best known as the au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Leach
John Alfred Leach MBE (20 November 1922 – 5 June 2014) was a British table tennis player, coach, and author. He began competing at a relatively old age, 17, before serving in World War II. During the war, he greatly elevated his game and, in 1946, achieved a world ranking. In 1949, Leach became Great Britain's second World Champion singles player. After winning the title, he achieved widespread fame within the United Kingdom, appearing on television and writing for '' News of the World''. Two years later, Leach added a second singles title. In 1953, he was part of the team that won Great Britain's first, and as of 2014 only, team World Championship. He also won 13 bronze and silver World championship medals between 1947 and 1955. As of 2014, Leach is just one of 11 players from any country to win two singles championships. After Leach retired in 1965, he remained active in the sport. He was England's national coach for eight years and served as president of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (MP)
John Leach, also known as John Leech (died 16 April 1847) was a British politician. Leach lived at Lea in Surrey. He was a trustee of the Agricultural Employment Institution. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in West Surrey, winning a seat. In Parliament, he argued in favour of the Corn Laws, and for reform of the church, in order to equalise the income of the various bishops. He served until the 1835 UK general election The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of ..., when he stood down. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Leach, John Year of birth missing 1847 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Surrey (UK Parliament Constituency)
West Surrey (formally the Western division of Surrey) was a parliamentary constituency in the county of Surrey, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system. It was created under the Great Reform Act for the 1832 general election, and abolished for the 1885 general election. Boundaries 1832–1885: The Hundreds of Blackheath, Copthorne, Effingham, Elmbridge, Farnham, Godalming, Godley and Chertsey, Woking and Wotton. The constituency was therefore the more extensive and more rural of the two divisions of Surrey established in 1832. Its main existing towns were urbanising with railway stations built; Woking became a town towards the end of its existence. Elections were conducted at Guildford; other most populous towns were Leatherhead, Dorking, Epsom, Ewell, Farnham, Godalming, Haslemere, Chertsey, Egham, Walton-on-Thames, Weybridge and Woking. Guildford was a parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (composer)
John Leach is the name of: *John Leach (judge) (1760–1834), English judge *John Leach (Royal Navy officer) (1894–1941), Royal Navy captain *John Albert Leach (1870–1929), Australian ornithologist *Johnny Leach (1922–2014), British table tennis player *John Leach (MP) John Leach, also known as John Leech (died 16 April 1847) was a British politician. Leach lived at Lea in Surrey. He was a trustee of the Agricultural Employment Institution. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in West Surr ..., British Member of the UK Parliament for West Surrey (1832) * John Leach (footballer) (1866–1931), English footballer * John Leach (cricketer) (1846–1893), English cricketer * John Leach (studio potter) (1939–2021) See also * John Leech (other) {{hndis, Leach, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (footballer)
John Ralph Leach (12 May 1866 – 1931) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Darwen Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the s .... References 1866 births 1931 deaths English men's footballers Darwen F.C. (1870) players English Football League players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Darwen {{England-footy-defender-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (cricketer)
John Leach (17 October 1846 – 1 February 1893) was an English cricketer. Leach was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Rochdale, Lancashire. Leach made his first-class cricket debut for Lancashire County Cricket Club against Middlesex in 1866 at Old Trafford. He made two further first-class appearances in 1866, against Middlesex in the return fixture at the Cattle Market Ground, Islington, and Surrey at The Oval. He made his next first-class appearance ten years later against Kent at Castleton Cricket Club Ground, Rochdale and a final appearance the following season against MCC at Lord's. In his five first-class matches, he scored a total of 103 runs at an average of 11.44, and a highest score of 34 runs. His died at the town of his birth on 1 February 1893. His brothers, William, Harold, Robert and Roger Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Leach (studio Potter)
John Leach was a studio potter, the eldest son of David Leach and the eldest grandson of Bernard Leach. Born in St Ives in 1939, he studied under his grandfather and father at St Ives and under Ray Finch at Winchcombe. Leach left school in 1957 and worked with his father at Lowerdown Pottery Bovey Tracey, Devon and from 1961 to 1962 he was an apprentice at the Leach Pottery St Ives. He founded Muchelney Pottery on the Somerset Levels in 1964, and developed a range of pottery using local clay and wood to fuel the kiln. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds a collection of his work and also the Worcester Art Museum USA. His work is also in the permanent collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Ulster Museum, Belfast, the Tate St Ives Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
