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John Bromley (television) (1913–1985), British naval historian
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John Bromley may refer to: * John Bromley (translator) (died 1717), English clergyman, Catholic convert, and translator * John Bromley (politician) (1876–1945), English trade union leader, general secretary of ASLEF 1914–36, and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness 1924–31 * John Bromley (umpire) (born 1968), New Zealand cricket umpire *John Bromley, designer of Royal Doulton figurines *Sir John Bromley (soldier) (died 1419), English soldier and landowner at Baddington, Cheshire * John Bromley (the elder) (c. 1652–1707), plantation owner and English politician * John Bromley (the younger) (c. 1682–1718), English politician *John Selwyn Bromley Professor John Selwyn Bromley (1913–17 April 1985), was a prominent British Naval Historian. Biography Born in 1913, John Selwyn Bromley was educated at Bedford School and at New College, Oxford. He joined the Civil Service and was Private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromley (translator)
John Bromley (died 10 January 1717) was an English clergyman, Catholic convert, and translator. Life Bromley was a native of Shropshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, according to Venn, although his biographer Thompson Cooper, in the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' tentatively identified him with a John Bromley who was a student at Christ Church, Oxford who graduated B.A. in 1685 and M.A. in 1688. At the beginning of James II's reign he was curate of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, London, but soon afterwards he joined the Roman Catholic Church and obtained employment as a corrector of the press in the king's printing-house. On being deprived of this means of subsistence, he established a boarding-school in London which was attended by the sons of many persons of rank. Charles Dodd claimed he taught Alexander Pope. Later Bromley was appointed tutor to some young gentlemen, and travelled with them abroad. His death occurred at Madeley, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromley (politician)
John Bromley (16 July 1876 – 7 September 1945) was an English Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow-in-Furness from 1924 to 1931, and a trade union leader. Early life and railway career He was born at Haston Grove, Hadnall, Shropshire, son of Charles Alfred Bromley, a dyer, and his wife Martha Helen ''nee'' Wellings,Article by Philip S. Bagwell. and baptised at Hadnall on 6 August 1876. He was educated at elementary schools until the age of twelve (1888), when he began working successively as a country post boy, a chemist's errand boy, and assistant on W.H. Smith & Sons' bookstall at Shrewsbury railway station. At age fourteen (1890) he began working for the Great Western Railway (GWR) as an engine cleaner at Shrewsbury. In 1892 he became an assistant fireman, and a regular fireman in 1896. He was a registered train driver in the GWR until 1905. Trade union career Becoming a fireman qualified him to join his trade union, the Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromley (umpire)
John Bromley (born 30 May 1968) is a New Zealand cricket umpire. He has stood in domestic matches in the 2016–17 Plunket Shield season and the 2016–17 Ford Trophy. He has also umpired in international matches featuring the New Zealand women's cricket team The New Zealand women's national cricket team, nicknamed the White Ferns, represents New Zealand in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket .... References External links * 1968 births Living people New Zealand cricket umpires Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Doulton Figurines
This is a list of list of Royal Doulton figurines in ascending order by HN number. HN is named after Harry Nixon (1886–1955), head of the Royal Doulton painting department who joined Doulton in 1900. This list includes the HN number, the title of the Royal Doulton figurine, the designer(s), the date introduced, and if discontinued, the date discontinued. HN1 to 99 HN100 to 199 HN200 to 299 HN300 to 399 HN400 to 499 HN500 to 599 HN600 to 699 HN700 to 799 HN800 to 899 HN900 to 999 HN1000 to 1099 HN1100 to 1199 HN1200 to 1299 HN1300 to 1399 HN1400 to 1499 HN1500 to 1599 HN1600 to 1699 HN1700 to 1799 HN1800 to 1899 HN1900 to 1999 HN2000 to 2099 HN2100 to 2199 HN2200 to 2299 HN2300 to 2399 HN2400 to 2499 HN2500 to 2599 HN2600 to 2699 HN2700 to 2799 HN2800 to 2899 HN2900 to 2999 HN3000 to 3099 HN3100 to 3199 HN3200 to 3299 HN3300 to 3399 HN3400 to 3499 HN3500 to 3599 HN3600 to 3699 HN3700 to 3799 HN3800 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromley (soldier) (1913–1985), British naval historian
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John Bromley may refer to: *John Bromley (translator) (died 1717), English clergyman, Catholic convert, and translator *John Bromley (politician) (1876–1945), English trade union leader, general secretary of ASLEF 1914–36, and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Barrow-in-Furness 1924–31 * John Bromley (umpire) (born 1968), New Zealand cricket umpire *John Bromley, designer of Royal Doulton figurines *Sir John Bromley (soldier) (died 1419), English soldier and landowner at Baddington, Cheshire * John Bromley (the elder) (c. 1652–1707), plantation owner and English politician * John Bromley (the younger) (c. 1682–1718), English politician *John Selwyn Bromley Professor John Selwyn Bromley (1913–17 April 1985), was a prominent British Naval Historian. Biography Born in 1913, John Selwyn Bromley was educated at Bedford School and at New College, Oxford. He joined the Civil Service and was Private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baddington
Baddington is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, which lies immediately to the south-west of Nantwich and north of Audlem. Predominantly rural with scattered farms, the civil parish has a total population of around 100 people, increasing to 212 at the 2011 Census, and includes the dispersed settlement of Hack Green, the site of a former RAF decoy station, radar station and Home Defence regional headquarters. Nearby villages include Aston, Broomhall Green, Hankelow, Ravensmoor, Sound Heath and Stapeley. History The name Baddington is of Saxon origin, and means "Beada's Farm". It is not mentioned by name in the Domesday survey, the first record being in the period 1175–84. The civil parish fell within the ancient parish of Acton in the Nantwich Hundred; it was served by St Mary's Church, Acton. In the reign of Edward III (1327–77), the land was acquired by the Bromley family, who had their seat at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromley (the Elder)
John Bromley (c. 1652–1707), of White River, Saint Philip, Barbados, and Horseheath Hall Horseheath is a village in Cambridgeshire, England, situated a few miles south-east of Cambridge, between Linton, Cambridgeshire, Linton and Haverhill, Suffolk, Haverhill, on the A1307 road. It was known to the Roman Empire, Romans, and it had f ..., Cambridgeshire, was an plantation owner and English politician. Life He was of obscure origin but had moved to Barbados. He was a member of the Assembly in Montserrat in 1678 and in Barbados itself from 1685 to 1690, where he was elected speaker in 1689–90. He was a member of the Barbados council from June 1690 to 1693 and from 1696 to after 1698. Around that time he returned to England and established himself in Cambridgeshire by buying the Horseheath estate, thereafter living the typical life of an English squire, including acting as a Deputy-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cambri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bromley (the Younger)
John Bromley (c. 1682 – 20 October 1718), of Horseheath Hall, Cambridgeshire, was an English owner of land in England and Barbados, and a Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1707 to 1718. Bromley was born in Barbados, the son of John Bromley and his wife Dorothy White, daughter of Thomas White of Fittleford, Dorset. His father was a prosperous sugar planter of unknown origins who settled back in England. He was admitted at Clare College, Cambridge in 1700. He married Mercy Bromley, daughter of William Bromley on 10 August 1704. For the year 1704 to 1705, he served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. In 1707 he inherited estates in Cambridgeshire and Barbados from his father. Bromley was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cambridgeshire in succession to his father at a by-election on 4 December 1707. He was returned unopposed in 1708 and voted consistently with the Tories. He was to some extent beholden to the local Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
