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John Maynard (filmmaker)
John Maynard may refer to: Politicians * John Maynard (MP for St Albans) (1509–1556), English MP for St Albans, 1553–1554 * John Maynard (died 1658) (1592–1658), English politician, MP for Lostwithiel, 1646 * John Maynard (1604–1690), English lawyer and politician, MP for Totnes 1640–1653, Plymouth 1656,1679–1685,1689,1690, Bere Alston 1661, 1685 and others * John Maynard (died 1662) (1638–1662), English MP for Bere Alston, 1660 * John Maynard (New York politician) (1786–1850), U.S. Representative from New York Other people * John Maynard (cricketer), West Indian cricketer * John Maynard (civil servant) (1865–1943), British civil servant and political activist * John Maynard (composer) (born 1570), English madrigalist * John Maynard (filmmaker), Australian filmmaker, founder of Arenafilms * John Maynard (historian), Australian historian, grandson of Aboriginal jockey Merv Maynard * Luther Fuller, also known as John Maynard, helmsman of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (MP For St Albans)
John Maynard (1508/09–1556) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for St. Albans in October 1553 and November 1554. One of the 39 Mp's who absented themselves from Parliament rather than take an oath acknowledging the authority of the Pope, during the reign of Mary I. Married to Margaret Rowlett then Dorothy Perrot. Also related to Eleanor Tuke. His son by Dorothy Perrot Henry Maynard Sir Henry Maynard (1547–1610) was an English politician and secretary to Lord Burghley, and became (by steady accretion) a substantial landowner. Origins Maynard was the son of John Maynard, who had been MP for St Albans in the first Parl ... served as MP for St. Albans in the parliaments of 1586, 1588, 1592, and 1597. References 1509 births 1556 deaths English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1554–1555 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (died 1658)
Sir John Maynard K.B. (1592–1658) was an English politician. Origins Maynard was the second son of Sir Henry Maynard, of Estaines Parva, in Essex, and Susan, the daughter of Thomas Pearson. His elder brother, William, was the first Lord Maynard. His early education is unknown, but it is known that he attended the Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and ... in 1610. Political career Maynard was elected MP for Chippenham (UK Parliament constituency), Chippenham in March 1624 and 1625. He was made a Knight of the Bath on 2 February 1626, the day of Charles I's coronation. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Calne (UK Parliament constituency), Calne in 1626 and for Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency), Lostwithiel for the Long Parliament in 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (1604–1690)
Sir John Maynard KS (1604 – 9 October 1690) was an English lawyer and politician, prominent under the reigns of Charles I, the Commonwealth, Charles II, James II and William III.Rigg, James McMullen Origins and education Maynard was born in 1604 at the Abbey House, Tavistock, in Devon, the eldest son and heir of Alexander Maynard of Tavistock (4th son of John Maynard of Sherford in the parish of Brixton in Devon Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.561, pedigree of Maynard), a barrister of the Middle Temple, by his wife Honora Arscott, daughter of Arthur Arscott of Tetcott in Devon. The senior line of the Maynard family was seated at Sherford in the parish of Brixton in Devon. His name appears in the matriculation register of Exeter College, Oxford, under date 26 April 1621, which clashes unaccountably with the date of his admission to the degree of BA on 25 April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (died 1662)
John Maynard (1638 – 28 May 1662) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660. Maynard was the son of John Maynard and his first wife Elizabeth Henley daughter of Andrew Henley of Taunton, Somerset and was baptised on 15 August 1638. He was admitted at Middle Temple in 1649 and was called to the bar in 1659. He was described as "of good intellectual parts" and strong enough to tear a horseshoe in half. In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bere Alston in the Convention Parliament. He does not appear to have stood in 1661 and was commissioner for assessment for Middlesex from 1661. Maynard was unmarried and died at the age of about 24 in his chambers in the Middle Temple. He was the brother of Joseph Maynard Joseph Maynard (1639 – 25 October 1689) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1665 to 1679. Origins Maynard was the son of Sir John Maynard, MP, by his first wife Elizabeth Henley daughter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (New York Politician)
John Maynard (January 8, 1786 in Frederick County, Maryland – March 24, 1850 in Auburn) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life Maynard graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1810. Then he studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Seneca Falls, New York. He was Clerk of Seneca County from 1821 to 1825. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Seneca Co.) in 1822. Maynard was elected as an Adams man to the 20th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829. He was D.A. of Seneca County in 1836 and 1837. He was a member of the New York State Senate (7th D.) from 1838 to 1841, sitting in the 61st, 62nd, 63rd and 64th New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on March 4, 1841. Maynard was elected as a Whig to the 27th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1841, to March 3, 1843. He moved to Auburn, and was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (7th D.) f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (cricketer)
John Carl Maynard (born 8 May 1969) is a former West Indian cricketer. In a first-class career of 33 matches, he took 75 wickets. Maynard was selected in the West Indies A squad in 1996 for a home series against Pakistan A however, due to injury he was forced to miss the series.Williamson, MartinCricinfo player profile Cricinfo. Retrieved on 29 January 2009. After his professional career ended, Maynard played and coached club cricket in England for Newmarket Cricket Club. His family live in the UK. Aggressive style A fast bowler, Maynard made an immediate impression on his List A debut (in the Geddes Grant Shield) for the Leeward Islands against Trinidad and Tobago in February 1992. He took a Man of the Match award for his three wickets, including former Test player Tony Gray, in a rain-reduced match. Maynard came to international prominence while playing against the 1993–94 England touring side when he participated in two warm-up match before the Test series. In the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (civil Servant)
Herbert John Maynard (12 July 1865 – 6 December 1943) was a British civil servant, active in India, who was also prominent in the Fabian Society. Maynard was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford, where he won the Stanhope essay prize. From 1883, he served with the Indian Civil Service, becoming a deputy commissioner in 1889, then councillor to the Raja of Mandi from 1890. From 1896, he was the judicial secretary to the government of the Punjab from 1896 to 1899, then he served as commissioner of excise from 1903, commissioner of Multan from 1906, of Rawalpindi from 1911, and as financial commissioner of the Punjab from 1913. Maynard was a supporter of the British Labour Party. He stood unsuccessfully in King's Lynn at the 1929 United Kingdom general election, at the 1931 Stroud by-election, and in Fulham East at the 1931 United Kingdom general election. He also served on the executive of the Fabian Society. In 1920, Maynard was made a Knig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (composer)
John Maynard (baptised 1577 – died in or before 1633) was an English composer at the time of James I of England, with an idiosyncratic sense of humour. His best known work is the musical setting of ''The Twelve Wonders of the World'' by Sir John Davies, possibly written for a banquet arranged by the poet Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset on the eve of Epiphany served on trenchers, large wooden plates, in sets of twelve, the underside of which were found epigrams or verses for the guests to share. The twelve verses were set by Maynard after the poems had already gained popularity. Works * ''The XII wonders of the world'' – dedicated to Lady Joan Thynne * ''The Book of Lute Music'' – dedicated to his patroness widow of Sir John II of Longleat.Alexander Thynn ''Strictly Private to Public Exposure: A plateful of privilege'' p18 Editions * ''The XII Wonders of the World; For the Violl de Gambo, the Lute & the Voyce'' edited by Edward Vernon Utterson 1842 * ''The XII wonder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (filmmaker)
John Maynard may refer to: Politicians * John Maynard (MP for St Albans) (1509–1556), English MP for St Albans, 1553–1554 * John Maynard (died 1658) (1592–1658), English politician, MP for Lostwithiel, 1646 * John Maynard (1604–1690), English lawyer and politician, MP for Totnes 1640–1653, Plymouth 1656,1679–1685,1689,1690, Bere Alston 1661, 1685 and others * John Maynard (died 1662) (1638–1662), English MP for Bere Alston, 1660 * John Maynard (New York politician) (1786–1850), U.S. Representative from New York Other people * John Maynard (cricketer), West Indian cricketer * John Maynard (civil servant) (1865–1943), British civil servant and political activist * John Maynard (composer) (born 1570), English madrigalist * John Maynard (filmmaker), Australian filmmaker, founder of Arenafilms * John Maynard (historian), Australian historian, grandson of Aboriginal jockey Merv Maynard * Luther Fuller, also known as John Maynard, helmsman of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arenafilms
Robert Connolly (born 1967) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is best known as the director and writer of the feature films ''Balibo'', ''Three Dollars'' and '' The Bank'', and the producer of ''Romulus, My Father'' and ''The Boys''. He is head of the film distribution company, Footprint Films, owned by Arenafilms. Early life and education Connolly was born in 1967. Along with David Wenham, he worked in theatre before transitioning to filmmaking. They were both involved in a production of The Boys at the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney. Connolly graduated from the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in the late 1990s, where he undertook a three-year course that included directing. Career Connolly made his first feature film as producer, ''The Boys'' in 1998, which had its world premiere in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival. His first film as director, '' The Bank'', was produced by hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Maynard (historian)
John Maynard may refer to: Politicians * John Maynard (MP for St Albans) (1509–1556), English MP for St Albans, 1553–1554 * John Maynard (died 1658) (1592–1658), English politician, MP for Lostwithiel, 1646 * John Maynard (1604–1690), English lawyer and politician, MP for Totnes 1640–1653, Plymouth 1656,1679–1685,1689,1690, Bere Alston 1661, 1685 and others * John Maynard (died 1662) (1638–1662), English MP for Bere Alston, 1660 * John Maynard (New York politician) (1786–1850), U.S. Representative from New York Other people * John Maynard (cricketer), West Indian cricketer * John Maynard (civil servant) (1865–1943), British civil servant and political activist * John Maynard (composer) (born 1570), English madrigalist * John Maynard (filmmaker), Australian filmmaker, founder of Arenafilms * John Maynard (historian), Australian historian, grandson of Aboriginal jockey Merv Maynard * Luther Fuller, also known as John Maynard, helmsman of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merv Maynard
Mervyn "Merv" Maynard ( – 9 April 2017) was an Aboriginal Australian jockey who rode numerous winners in a career spanning almost five decades. Early life Mervyn Maynard was born around 1931, the son of Aboriginal activist Fred Maynard and Minnie Critchley, an Englishwoman, whose father was a miner. His early life was difficult, owing to his father being under police surveillance because of his political activism, and the children were the targets of death threats. On one occasion, Mervyn and another Aboriginal boy were picked up by police and taken to the police station, which terrified him. His father died when Merv was still a teenager (in 1946). Merv began working in a pharmacy in the western Sydney suburb of Lakemba, where he washed bottles, then got a job making deliveries for the local post office. Career Summary Maynard's career spanned 46 years, in which he rode over 1,500 winning horses, across four countries: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia, betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
