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James Dalton (other)
James Dalton may refer to: * James Dalton (criminal) (died 1730), captain of a street robbery gang in 18th-century London, England * James Dalton (footballer) (1864–?), Irish footballer * James Dalton (MP for Saltash) (died 1601), MP for Saltash, Lostwithiel and Preston * James Dalton (pastoralist) (1834–1919), pastoralist in Australia * James Dalton (rugby union) (born 1972), South African rugby player * James Dalton II (1910–1945), United States Army general killed in the Philippines during World War II * James E. Dalton (born 1930), retired United States Air Force general, Director of the Joint Staff * J. J. Dalton (James Joseph Dalton, 1861–1924), Irish nationalist Member of Parliament * James Langley Dalton (1833–1887), English soldier * James T. Dalton (born 1963), American pharmacist * James Dalton Highway, Alaska Characters * James Dalton, portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the 1989 film '' Road House'' * James Dalton, a fictional character in the Australian soap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton (criminal)
James Dalton (died 11 May 1730) was "captain" of a street robbery gang in 18th-century London, England. His father, also James Dalton, was Irish and fought as a sergeant in the British Army in Flanders. He was convicted of street robbery on 3 March 1720 and was sentenced to transportation. On being found in London in 1721, reputedly informed upon by the self-appointed Thief-taker General, Jonathan Wildbr>the elder Dalton was hanged. His mother remarried a butcher, but both were convicted and sentenced to transportation. By then, the younger Dalton had already begun his criminal career. James Dalton got into the company of thieves as a youngster, pickpocket, picking pockets, breaking shops, and robbing people on the street, in the Smithfield and Old Bailey area. It is reported that he went on two trips to Bristol, to practice his calling there; and he was convicted and transported (but persuaded the crew to mutiny near Cape Finisterre), was pressed into HMS ''Hampshire'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton (footballer)
James Joseph Dalton (born 1864) was an Irish professional footballer who played as a full-back for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, James 1864 births Irish association footballers (before 1923) Men's association football fullbacks Sunderland A.F.C. players Nelson F.C. players English Football League players Year of death missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton (MP For Saltash)
James Dalton (died 1601) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Saltash in 1563, 1571 and 1572, Lostwithiel in 1584 and 1586, and for Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ... in 1593. He married Mary Rolle, a daughter of George Rolle (d. 1553), MP, of Stevenstone in Devon.Per HoP; No husband is listed for "Maria Rolle" in the Heraldic Visitations for 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.652) References 16th-century births 1601 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Saltash English MPs 1563–1567 English MPs 1571 English MPs 1572–1583 English MPs 1584–1585 English MPs 1586–1587 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton (pastoralist)
James Dalton (1834 in County Limerick, Ireland – 17 March 1919 in ''Duntryleague'', Orange, New South Wales) was a wealthy Australians, Australian merchant and pastoralist who promoted Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholicism and the development of food distribution throughout the Colony of New South Wales. He was the patriarch of the wealthy Irish Australian The Dalton's of Orange, Dalton family. Life Ireland James Dalton was born in 1834 in Duntryleague, County Limerick, Ireland as the second son of James Dalton and his first wife Eleanor Dalton (''née'' Ryan); he had an elder brother, Thomas, and an elder sister, Margaret. He lived in Duntryleague for the first 13 years of his life. His father was shipped to the Colony of New South Wales for aiding and assisting in kidnapping a widow, Catherine Sheehan, in November 1833 and imprisoning her for a week in the north of Ireland with several other men, one being his brother-in-law, Daniel Ryan. James Dalton senior was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton (rugby Union)
James Dalton (born 16 August 1972) is a South African rugby union player who played for the South Africa national rugby union team. He was educated at Parktown Boys' High School and matriculated at Jeppe High School for Boys in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the winner of the 1995 World Cup but did not play in the final or the semi-final. In his second pool match, against Canada, he took part in a fight, and was suspended for the rest of the tournament. Career Provincial Dalton played for the Schools team in 1990 and was also selected for the South African Schools team in 1990. He made his debut for the Transvaal senior side in 1992 and in 2001 went to play for the . In Super Rugby, Dalton played for the during 1998 and 1999 and for the in 2001 and 2002. National team He played his first game for the Springboks on 8 October 1994 against Argentina. His last test match took place on 23 November 2002 against England. He played in the 1995 World Cup (two games, winners) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton II
James Leo Dalton II (January 20, 1910 – May 16, 1945) was a general and commander of United States Army forces during World War II. He graduated from West Point in 1933 and earned the Silver Star during the strategically significant Guadalcanal Campaign in which he commanded the 161st Infantry Regiment as a colonel. Dalton later commanded the 161st during the New Georgia Campaign in 1943 and Battle of Luzon in 1945 before being promoted and reassigned as assistant commander of the 25th Infantry Division. He was killed by a Japanese sniper during the Battle of Balete Pass on May 16, 1945. Birth and schooling Dalton was born in New Britain, Connecticut but moved to Naugatuck with his family at a very young age. There he attended Saint Francis of Assisi School, and in 1927 he graduated from Naugatuck High School. In 1929 he entered West Point, graduating in 1933, when he transferred from cavalry to infantry. Early military history Dalton was posted at Pearl Harbor during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James E
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 (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Langley Dalton
James Langley Dalton VC (1833 – 7 January 1887) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for service at the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War. Military career Born in London in 1833, Dalton enlisted in 85th Regiment of Foot in November 1849 at the age of 17. In 1862 he transferred to the Commissariat Corps at the rank of corporal, and was promoted to sergeant in 1863, and clerk and staff sergeant in 1867. He served with Sir Garnet Wolseley on the Red River Expedition in Canada in 1870, retiring from the army the next year. By 1877, he was living in South Africa and volunteered for service as Acting Assistant Commissary with the British Force. Victoria Cross Dalton was approximately 46 years old, and an acting assistant commissary in the Commissariat and Transport Department (later Royal Army Service Corps), British Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James T
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 (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dalton Highway
The James W. Dalton Highway, usually referred to as the Dalton Highway (and signed as Alaska Route 11), is a road in Alaska. It begins at the Elliott Highway, north of Fairbanks, and ends at Deadhorse (an unincorporated community within the CDP of Prudhoe Bay) near the Arctic Ocean and the Prudhoe Bay Oil Fields. Once called the North Slope Haul Road (a name by which it is still sometimes known), it was built as a supply road to support the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System in 1974. It is named after James Dalton, a lifelong Alaskan and an engineer who supervised construction of the Distant Early Warning Line in Alaska and, as an expert in Arctic engineering, served as a consultant in early oil exploration in northern Alaska. It is also the subject of the second episode of ''America's Toughest Jobs'' and the first episode of the BBC's ''World's Most Dangerous Roads''. History In 1966, Governor Walter J. Hickel opened the North Slope to oil extraction. To improve access to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road House (1989 Film)
''Road House'' is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze as a cooler at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. Sam Elliott co-stars as a bouncer, the mentor, friend, and foil of Swayze's character. The cast also includes Kelly Lynch as Swayze's love interest and Ben Gazzara as the main antagonist. Plot James Dalton is a professional "cooler", with a mysterious past who is enticed from his job in New York City by Frank Tilghman to take over security at his club, the Double Deuce, in Jasper, Missouri. Tilghman plans to invest substantial money into the club to enhance its image, and he needs a first-rate cooler to maintain stability. Handed control of all bar operations and hiring by Frank, Dalton fires multiple employees for theft and drug dealing. Dalton is introduced to local business magnate Brad Wesley, who effectively controls the town. His henchmen threaten Tilghman, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
