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John Skinner (MP For Hythe)
John Skinner may refer to: Politicians * John Skinner (MP for Maldon), 1391–1393, MP for Maldon 1391 and 1393 * John Skinner (fl.1395-99), MP for Reigate 1395, 1397 and 1399 * John Skinner (fl.1414-20), MP for Reigate 1414, 1415 and 1420 *John Skinner (MP for Hythe), MP for Hythe 1419, 1423, 1425 and 1427 * John Skinner (died ?1543) (died 1543), MP for Reigate in 1529 * John Skinner (died 1571), MP for Reigate and Surrey * John Skinner (died 1584) (1535–1584), MP for Reigate 1559 and 1572 Others *John Skinner (early settler) (1590–1650), early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony * John Skinner (poet) (1721–1807), Scottish historian and songwriter *John Skinner (bishop) (1744–1816), bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney *John Skinner (archaeologist) (1772–1839), English parish vicar and amateur antiquarian and archaeologist * John Skinner (cricketer) (1850–1926), English cricketer * John Edwin Hilary Skinner (1839–1894), English war correspondent *John Kendrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (MP For Maldon)
John Skinner (died after 1395) was a member of the Parliament of England for the constituency of Maldon (UK Parliament constituency), Maldon in Essex in the parliaments of January 1390 and 1393. The History of Parliament. Retrieved 28 August 2017. References Members of Parliament for Maldon English MPs January 1390 English MPs 1393 15th-century English people Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{England-pre1707-MP-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (poet)
John Skinner (31 October 1721 – 16 June 1807) was a Scottish historian and songwriter. Born in Balfour, Aberdeenshire, he was a son of a schoolmaster at Birse, and was educated at Marischal College. Brought up as a Presbyterian, he became an Episcopalian and ministered to a congregation at Longside, near Peterhead, for 65 years. He wrote '' The Ecclesiastical History of Scotland'' from the Episcopal point of view, and several songs of which ''The Reel of Tullochgorum'' and '' The Ewie wi' the Crookit Horn'' are the best known, and he also rendered some of the Psalms into Latin. He kept up a rhyming correspondence with Robert Burns. He died at the home of his son, John Skinner, Bishop Coadjutor of Aberdeen on 16 June 1807. SourcesAuthor and Bookinfo.com See also *Scottish literature Scottish literature is literature written in Scotland or by List of Scottish writers, Scottish writers. It includes works in Scottish English, English, Scottish Gaelic language, Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stuart Skinner
John Stuart Skinner (22 February 1788 – 21 March 1851) was an American lawyer, publisher, and editor. During his life he held several civil and government positions. He is associated with farming, domesticated animals, and agricultural management and his publishing interests specialized in outdoor sports, especially those dealing with horses. Skinner was involved with various aspects of the War of 1812. One involved a rescue mission with Francis Scott Key to retrieve a doctor being held as a prisoner by the British. Key wrote a poem about a part of the mission and Skinner had his poem published. This eventually lead to the poem becoming the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Early life John Stuart Skinner was born in Maryland on February 22, 1788. He was the son of Frederick Skinner and a descendant of Robert Skinner, who arrived in Maryland in the early 1600s. Skinner lived on a 600 acre family estate referred to as "The Reserve" that was on the pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kendrick Skinner
John Kendrick Skinner Victoria Cross, VC, Distinguished Conduct Medal, DCM (5 February 1883 – 17 March 1918) was a Scotland, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom, British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Skinner was born in Shore Street, Inver, near Tain to Walter C. Skinner, a tailor's cutter, and Mary Skinner née Kendrick. He was educated at Queen's Park Secondary School, Queen's Park Higher Grade School and Allan Glen's School in the city. Skinner was an acting Company Sergeant Major in the 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army, when he became the recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Passchendaele on 18 August 1917 at Wijdendrift, Belgium. His citation reads: C.S.M Skinner received the medal from King George V at an investiture in Buckingham Palace on 26 September 1917. Following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edwin Hilary Skinner
John Edwin Hilary Skinner (1839–1894) was an English barrister and journalist, known as a war correspondent. Life The elder son of Allen Maclean Skinner, Q.C., and a descendant of Matthew Skinner, was born in London in January 1839, and educated at London University, where he graduated LL.D. in 1861. In the same year he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, and went the northern circuit. A good linguist, he obtained a commission from the '' Daily News'' as special correspondent with the Danish Army in the Second Schleswig War. He was present during the campaign down to the Battle of Als at the end of June, when Christian IX of Denmark presented him with the Dannebrog order. He visited America, and then reported the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. In 1867 Skinner ran the blockade into Crete, then part of the Ottoman Empire. During the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, he was attached to the staff of the Crown Prince of Prussia's staff, and described the war from the battle of Wö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (cricketer)
John Skinner (16 July 1850 – 17 February 1926) was an English cricketer. Skinner was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm fast. The son of Richard Skinner, a master tailor, he was born at Steyning, Sussex. Skinner made his first-class debut for Sussex against Kent in 1873. Over the next decade he played infrequently for Sussex, making nine further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Hampshire in 1882. In his ten first-class matches, he scored 41 runs at an average of 2.56, with a high score of 10. With the ball, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 29.93, with best figures of 4/95. Outside of cricket he worked as a tailor, but also coached cricket at Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (archaeologist)
The Rev. John Skinner (1772–1839) was a parish vicar and amateur antiquarian and archaeologist operating mainly in the area of Bath and the villages of northern Somerset in the early nineteenth century. Life Skinner was born in Claverton and educated at Oxford, before becoming vicar of Camerton, Somerset from 1800 to 1839. He excavated numerous antiquities, especially barrows, such as those at Priddy, Stoney Littleton and the site which later became RAF Charmy Down; and he made visits for antiquarian purposes to many places.Coombs, Howard and Peter (eds), Journal of a Somerset Rector (OUP, 1971, 1984) pp 508–510 has a fill list of all his tours up to 1832. He carried out excavations at Priddy Nine Barrows and Ashen Hill Barrow Cemeteries, opening many of the barrows identified cremation burials in an oval cyst which was covered by a flat stone just below where ground level would have been in the Bronze Age. He also uncovered bronze daggers and spear head, decorative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (bishop)
John Skinner (17 May 1744 – 13 July 1816) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of Aberdeen from 1786 to 1816 and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1788 to 1816. Early life and family He was born at Linshart, Longside, Aberdeenshire on 17 May 1744, the second son of the Reverend John Skinner, Incumbent of Lerwick and Grissel Hunter., ''Scottish Episcopal Clergy'', p. 439., ''An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops'', p. 534. He was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; obtaining a Master of Arts degree in 1761. He married in 1765 to Mary Robertson (1736–1807), and they had five sons and three daughters. One of their sons, John (1769–1841), became Dean of Dunkeld and Dunblane, and another son, William (1778–1857), became Bishop of Aberdeen. Ecclesiastical career He was ordained a deacon in 1763 and a priest in 1764. His first pastoral appointment was as the Incumbent of Ellon and Udny (1764–1775), and then the Incumbent of Aberdeen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (early Settler)
John Skinner (1590–1650) was an early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. Skinner was a member of Thomas Hooker Thomas Hooker (July 5, 1586 – July 7, 1647) was a prominent English colonial leader and Congregational minister, who founded the Connecticut Colony after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts. He was known as an outstanding spea ...'s party and probably came to New England from Braintree, Essex, England. He married Mary Loomis, daughter of Joseph Loomis. She later married Owen Tudor. Skinner's homesite in Hartford was originally (in 1639) "on the west side of Main St., a little below the present t 1886corner of Pearl St." However, Skinner traded this lot with Richard Olmsted for a lot on the highway (later Trumbull St.). Notes 1590 births 1650 deaths People from colonial Massachusetts History of Hartford, Connecticut Founders of Hartford, Connecticut English emigrants {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (fl
John Skinner may refer to: Politicians *John Skinner (MP for Maldon), 1391–1393, MP for Maldon 1391 and 1393 *John Skinner (fl.1395-99), MP for Reigate 1395, 1397 and 1399 * John Skinner (fl.1414-20), MP for Reigate 1414, 1415 and 1420 *John Skinner (MP for Hythe), MP for Hythe 1419, 1423, 1425 and 1427 * John Skinner (died ?1543) (died 1543), MP for Reigate in 1529 * John Skinner (died 1571), MP for Reigate and Surrey * John Skinner (died 1584) (1535–1584), MP for Reigate 1559 and 1572 Others *John Skinner (early settler) (1590–1650), early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony * John Skinner (poet) (1721–1807), Scottish historian and songwriter *John Skinner (bishop) (1744–1816), bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney *John Skinner (archaeologist) (1772–1839), English parish vicar and amateur antiquarian and archaeologist *John Skinner (cricketer) (1850–1926), English cricketer * John Edwin Hilary Skinner (1839–1894), English war correspondent *John Kendrick Ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (died 1584)
John Skinner (c. 1535 – 1584), of Reigate, Surrey was an English politician. He was a Member Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ... (MP) of the Parliament of England for Reigate in 1559 and 1572. References 1535 births 1584 deaths People from Reigate English MPs 1559 English MPs 1572–1583 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skinner (died 1571)
John Skinner (by 1509 – 16 November 1571), of Reigate, Surrey, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Reigate in 1542 and for Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ... in 1555 and 1558. References 1571 deaths Year of birth uncertain English MPs 1542–1544 English MPs 1555 English MPs 1558 People from Reigate {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
