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John Roche (other)
John Roche may refer to: *John A. Roche (1844–1904), Chicago politician *John Roche (politician) (1848–1914), Irish politician *John Roche (detective) (1905–1940), Garda Síochána Detective *John Roche (actor) (1893–1952), American actor *John Roche (basketball) (born 1949), retired American professional basketball player *John Roche (martyr) (died 1588), Irishman, one of the English Martyrs executed in 1588, beatified in 1992 *Johnny Roche (1932–1988), English footballer *Jack Roche (born 1953), Australian convicted on a charge of conspiring to destroy the Israeli Embassy in Canberra, Australia *Jack Roche (baseball) (1890–1983), Major League Baseball catcher *John Roche (bishop) (1584–1636), Irish Roman Catholic bishop *John Francis Roche, American serial killer, burglar, and rapist *John Roche (Canadian politician) (1834–1893), member of the Legislative Council of Quebec See also *John Roach (other) {{hndis, Roche, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (politician)
John Roche (1848 – 27 August 1914) was an Irish politician. Born in Woodford, County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ..., he was the son of William Roche, a miller and farmer. He was a tenant on the Woodford estate of the Earl of Clanricarde, and was jailed on a number of occasions for his active opposition to eviction proceedings during the Land War. He married, in 1878, Teresa Donnelly, of Douras, Co. Galway. He was MP for Galway East from 14 May 1890 to his death in 1914. He was a member of the Anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation during the split in the Irish Parliamentary Party. References * External links * 1848 births 1914 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Galway constituencies (1801–192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (detective)
John Roche (11 June 1905 – 4 January 1940) was a Garda Síochána Detective who was assassinated in 1940 during the Irish Emergency, becoming the first Garda casualty of the period and resulting in widespread opposition to the Anti-Treaty IRA. Life Roche was born on 11 June 1905 in Abbeyfeale, County Limerick. His mother Mary Anne Woulfe came from a landed Catholic family, the daughter of merchant John Richard Woulfe. His father Edmond J. Roche was a peace commissioner. Having worked in farming, Roche joined the Special Detective Unit on 11 July 1923. He served in Kinnegad, Dungourney and elsewhere in Cork, before moving to Union Quay in 1937, where he served as Food and Drugs Inspector and in plain clothes. He was married to May Roche. Assassination and trial On 3 January 1940, Roche was shot fatally by Tomás Óg Mac Curtain, an IRA commandant and the son of Lord Mayor Tomás Mac Curtain, who had been killed by British forces during the Irish War of Independence. Roche and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (actor)
John Roche (February 6, 1893 – November 10, 1952) was an American actor of the stage and screen. Biography Roche was born in the small village of Penn Yan, New York, on February 6, 1893. He graduated from the University of Rochester, after which he began his acting career touring with stock companies during the 1910s and early 1920s. In 1922, he broke into the film industry with a featured role in ''The Good Provider''. During the 1920s, he acted in both films and on stage, including several roles in Broadway productions. He acted steadily in films until 1936, in both featured and supporting roles. In the mid-1930s he took a break from films, focusing on the stage, including directing the play, ''Mackerel Skies'', which had a short run at the Playhouse Theatre in New York in 1936. Roche returned to films in 1941, with a small role in the Norma Shearer vehicle, ''We Were Dancing'' (1942), based on the Noël Coward play of the same name. Over the course of his career he was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (basketball)
John Michael Roche (born September 26, 1949) is a retired American professional basketball player in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6'3" (1.90 m), 170 lb (77 kg) guard's career spanned from 1971 to 1982. Roche attended high school at La Salle Academy and received his B.S. degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina in 1971. While at the University of South Carolina, he was twice named the ACC basketball Player of the Year and was second in the voting in his other varsity year. He was a consensus All-American and Academic All-American basketball player in 1970 and 1971. He was named the 20th best player in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference on its 50-year anniversary team. After graduation, he was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the first round (14th pick) of the 1971 NBA draft and also selected by the Kentucky Colonels in the 1971 ABA Draft. Roche signed with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (martyr)
John Roche (also known as John Neele or Neale) was a Catholic martyr, born in Ireland, who died in London, England on 30 August 1588. Life He helped Margaret Ward arrange the escape of Richard Watson from Bridewell Prison when the boatman she had originally asked to help her refused to do so. Roche exchanged clothes with the prisoner and was arrested in his place. Offered his freedom if he would ask Queen Elizabeth I's pardon and promise to attend a Protestant church, he refused, and was hanged at Tyburn, London on 30 August 1588, along with Ward, Edward Shelley, Richard Martin, and Richard Leigh and Richard Lloyd (alias Flower). Veneration Pope Pius XI beatified Beatification (from Latin ''beatus'', "blessed" and ''facere'', "to make”) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their nam ... Roche in 1929. A school in the London Borough of Tower Hamlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Roche
John Anthony Roche (18 May 1932 – 1988) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Poplar, London, he played professionally for Millwall and Crystal Palace between 1957 and 1960, making a total of 61 Football League appearances. Career Roche began his career in non-league football with Margate before signing for Millwall in 1957. In May 1959, he signed for Crystal Palace then playing in the Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season. Whilst the division disappeared in name .... He made a goal-scoring debut on 3 September in a home 3–2 win against Oldham Athletic and went on to make 36 appearances that season, scoring 11 times. At the end of the 1959–60 season, he returned to Margate. Personal life Roche died in 1988, aged 53 or 54. His grandson Jamie Roche, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Roche
Jack Roche is an Australian convicted on a charge of conspiring to commit an offence provided for by the Crimes (Internationally Protected Persons) Act 1976 to destroy an internationally protected building, the Israeli Embassy in Canberra, Australia. A Muslim convert, Roche was convicted of conspiring to bomb the Israeli embassy in Canberra in 2000. The plan was never carried out. In June 2004, he was sentenced to nine years in prison effective from 18 November 2002, when he was arrested. A non-parole period of 4 years was fixed, and as such he was released on 17 May 2007. He had faced a maximum sentence of 25 years. Early life He was born Paul George Holland in 1953, in the English city of Hull. He then moved to Australia in 1978. In 1992, he converted to Islam. Later life In October 1993 he then travelled to Indonesia to learn more about Islam, where he met his third, and current, wife. Upon his return to Sydney, Australia in November 1995 he began to associate with Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Roche (baseball)
John Joseph Roche (November 22, 1890 – March 30, 1983) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ... in , , and . External links Major League Baseball catchers St. Louis Cardinals players Minor league baseball managers Centralia Pets players Calgary Bronchos players Portland Beavers players Oakland Oaks (baseball) players Seattle Rainiers players Oklahoma City Indians players Denver Bears players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players Baseball players from Los Angeles 1890 births 1983 deaths American expatriate baseball players in Canada Enid Harvesters players Pocatello Bannocks players {{US-baseball-catcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (bishop)
John Roche (1584 – 9 April 1636) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ferns (1624–1636)."Bishop John Roche" '' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 12, 2016"Diocese of Ferns" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016 '' Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Francis Roche
John Francis "Jack" Roche (September 6, 1927 – January 26, 1956) was an American serial killer, burglar, and rapist who murdered at least four people in the Yorkville, Manhattan, Yorkville neighborhood of East Side (Manhattan), Eastern Manhattan between 1953 and 1954. Following his arrest, Roche admitted responsibility in two more murders that other people had already been convicted of, resulting in one of those convictions being overturned. For the murder of 14-year-old Dorothy Westwater, Roche was convicted, sentenced to death, and subsequently executed at Sing Sing in 1956. Early life John Francis Roche was born on September 6, 1927, in Port Chester, New York, one of three children to Irish immigrant parents. Shortly after his birth, the family moved from Port Chester and settled in New York City. Roche's father Patrick was an alcoholic who repeatedly assaulted his wife and at one point attempted suicide. Roche's mother made money by working as a prostitute in a tenement fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roche (Canadian Politician)
John Roche may refer to: * John A. Roche (1844–1904), Chicago politician *John Roche (politician) (1848–1914), Irish politician *John Roche (detective) (1905–1940), Garda Síochána Detective * John Roche (actor) (1893–1952), American actor *John Roche (basketball) (born 1949), retired American professional basketball player *John Roche (martyr) (died 1588), Irishman, one of the English Martyrs executed in 1588, beatified in 1992 *Johnny Roche (1932–1988), English footballer *Jack Roche (born 1953), Australian convicted on a charge of conspiring to destroy the Israeli Embassy in Canberra, Australia *Jack Roche (baseball) (1890–1983), Major League Baseball catcher *John Roche (bishop) (1584–1636), Irish Roman Catholic bishop *John Francis Roche, American serial killer, burglar, and rapist * John Roche (Canadian politician) (1834–1893), member of the Legislative Council of Quebec The Legislative Council of Quebec (French; ''Conseil législatif du Québec'') was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
