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Jon Martin (rugby Union)
John Martin may refer to: Business *John Martin (businessman) (1820–1905), American lumberman and flour miller *John Charles Martin (fl. 1913–1931), American newspaper publisher *John Martin (publisher) (born 1930), American founder of Black Sparrow Press *John C. Martin (businessman) (1951–2021), CEO of biotechnology company Gilead Sciences Entertainment *John Martin (actor) (born 1951), American actor *John Martin (painter) (1789–1854), English painter *John Blennerhassett Martin (1797–1857), American painter, engraver, and lithographer *John Martin (bibliographer) (1791–1855), English bookseller, librarian, and writer * John Martin (dance critic) (1893–1985), at ''The New York Times'' * John Scott Martin (1926–2009), English actor * John Martin (Canadian broadcaster) (1947–2006) * John Martin (comedian) (born 1962), British * John Martin (singer) (born 1980), Swedish *John Martin (born 1946), also known as "The Big Figure", English drummer and member of Dr. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (businessman)
John Martin (August 18, 1820 – May 25, 1905) of Peacham, Vermont, was an American steamboat captain and businessman in Minneapolis, Minnesota involved in lumber and gristmill, flour milling. In 1891, Martin led a merger of six mills to create Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company, at the time the world's second largest flour milling company after Pillsbury Company, Pillsbury-Washburn. John Martin went with his brothers during the California Gold Rush and mined successfully for one year. In 1855, in the Minnesota Territorial town of St. Anthony, John Martin was standard-bearer and leader on horseback of the ceremonial opening of the Hennepin Avenue Bridge, the first major permanent bridge across the Mississippi River. He became President of the First National Bank, he owned the largest lumber mill in the area until it burned in 1887, and he was founding officer of Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway and Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. In 1903, with his fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (judge)
John Martin (1784 – October 17, 1840) was a notable judge of the Cherokee Tribal Court. He was a highly educated member of the tribe, although he was only one-eighth Cherokee. A biographer describes him as blond, blue-eyed and a person who could easily pass for white. He had no formal training in law, but he was one of the first men appointed to serve as a judge on the Cherokee Tribal Court, which was established in 1822. After his term as judge ended in 1828, he was addressed as Judge Martin for the rest of his life. He also served the Cherokee Nation as Treasurer, He was also a member of the Cherokee Constitutional Convention that led to the formation of a real national government. In 1837, he removed from Georgia to Indian Territory, where he was elected as the first Chief Justice of the newly created Cherokee Supreme Court in 1839. He served until his death the following year. Ancestry and early life John's mother was Susannah Emory, a one-quarter Cherokee who had been raise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (1805–1880)
John Martin (1805 – 7 March 1880) was a British Whig politician. Brown was first elected Whig MP for Tewkesbury at the 1832 general election but lost the seat at the next general election in 1835. However, he regained the seat in 1837 and held the seat until he stood down in 1859. Brown's family were well-known in the Tewkesbury. His father, also named John, was also a Whig MP for the seat before him, while his brother James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ... became Liberal MP immediately after he stepped down in 1859. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (1724–1794)
John Martin (1724–1794) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761. Martin was the eldest son of John Martin MP banker, of Overbury Court, Worcestershire and Lombard Street and his wife Catherine Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson of Sneyd Park, Gloucestershire. He was not a partner in the family banking house. Martin was elected Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury after a contest at the 1754 general election. He was classed by Dupplin as a country gentleman supporting the court. His only known vote was against the Address on 13 November 1755. He did not stand in 1761 Events January–March * January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II. * January 16 – Siege of Pondi .... Martin married Judith Bromley, daughter of William Bromley of Ham Court, Worcestershire on 3 December 1761. In 1767 he succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (1692–1767)
John Martin (1692–1767) was a British banker and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1747. Martin was the third son of William Martin of Evesham, Worcestershire and his wife Elizabeth Knight, daughter of John Knight of Barrells, Warwickshire and was baptised on 8 July 1692. He bought Overbury Court in 1723 from the Parsons family and rebuilt the Elizabethan manor house in the Georgian style in 1740 after a disastrous fire. He married firstly Catherine Jackson, daughter of Joseph Jackson of Sneyd Park, Gloucestershire before 1724. He was connected with the family bank, later Martins Bank, in Lombard Street by 1731 though not yet a partner. He succeeded his younger brother James as senior partner in 1744. Martin stood for Parliament at Tewkesbury at the 1734 general election but was defeated. He was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury in the 1741 general election. He stood as a Whig and voted with the Administration in all recorded divis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (died C
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (died 1545)
John Martin alias Honychurch (by 1502 – 16 November 1545) was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Pl ... in 1529. References 1545 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Plympton Erle English MPs 1529–1536 Year of birth uncertain {{1529-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (MP For Berwick-upon-Tweed)
John Martin ( fl. 1529) was an English politician. Identity It is unclear who this John Martin was, although there are several mentions of other John Martins which may relate to him. There were Martins involved in governing Berwick-upon-Tweed later in the sixteenth century, who may have been his relations. The first guild book of the town is incomplete between 1509 and 1537, leaving us little information. Not all Members of Parliament had connections to the area they represented, and it has been speculated that he was the John Martin who was baron of Leconfield, Yorkshire, and served Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland as Groom of the Chamber in October 1523. This Martin was with the Earl in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1523 and was given an annuity from a North Riding of Yorkshire manor by the Earl. It is also speculated that John Cooper, who he served alongside and who we also have scant information on, may have been associated with the Earl and the Percy family. There was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John L
John Lasarus Williams (29 October 1924 – 15 June 2004), known as John L, was a Welsh nationalist activist. Williams was born in Llangoed on Anglesey, but lived most of his life in nearby Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In his youth, he was a keen footballer, and he also worked as a teacher. His activism started when he campaigned against the refusal of Brewer Spinks, an employer in Blaenau Ffestiniog, to permit his staff to speak Welsh. This inspired him to become a founder of Undeb y Gymraeg Fyw, and through this organisation was the main organiser of ''Sioe Gymraeg y Borth'' (the Welsh show for Menai Bridge using the colloquial form of its Welsh name).Colli John L Williams , '''', 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (New Zealand Admiral)
Rear Admiral Alan John Ogilvie Martin, is a retired officer of the Royal New Zealand Navy, who served as Chief of the Navy from 30 November 2015 to 29 November 2018. Born in Dunedin, Martin joined the navy in 1979. He served as commander of the Royal New Zealand Navy Fleet as the Maritime Component Commander from March 2011 to September 2013. Martin was appointed Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ... (MNZM) in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours. In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was promoted to Officer of the same order. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John Living people Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Military personnel from Dunedin Royal New Zealand Navy admirals Year of birth missing (li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martin (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice Admiral Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, (10 May 1918 – 31 May 2011) was a Royal Navy officer and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. Naval career Martin joined the Royal Navy in 1938. He served in the Second World War, taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation when his ship, Sun Tug 15, undertook four trips to Dunkirk to pick up evacuees. He also served as a navigation officer in the Mediterranean and took part in the invasion of Sicily in 1943. Martin was appointed deputy director of Manpower Planning at the Admiralty in 1959, Senior Naval Officer in the West Indies in 1961 and Commander of British Forces in the Caribbean Area in 1962. He went on to be Captain at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1963, Flag Officer, Middle East in 1966 and Commander of British Forces in the Gulf in 1967. His last appointments were as Director General of Naval Personal Services and Training in 1968 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1970; he retired in 1973. In retirement he b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Donelson Martin
John Donelson Martin (1830–1862) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. Early life John Martin was born on August 18, 1830, in Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1846 he volunteered for the Mexican–American War, serving as a private in the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment (Company D) until war's end in 1848. Civil War When the American Civil War erupted in 1861 Martin joined the Confederate States Army and was named Captain of the ''Hickory Rifles'', a company of infantry from Memphis and Shelby County. It soon became Company E of the 154th Senior Tennessee Infantry Regiment; Martin himself becoming the regiment's Major in May 1861. During the summer Martin raised a regiment with 7 companies from Mississippi and 3 from Tennessee. He was promoted to Colonel and assigned to command this unit; known as 25th Mississippi Infantry (also as 1st Mississippi Valley Regiment). In January 1862 it was renamed 2nd Confederate Infantry. Fighting in the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
