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John Cheney (other)
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John Cheney may refer to: *John Cheyne (speaker), (died 1414) aka John Cheney *John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne, also written John Cheney, Baron Cheney * John Cheney (gentleman at arms), 16th century gentleman at arms, politician and murderer *John Cheney (engraver) (1801–1885), American engraver *John Moses Cheney (1859–1922), American judge * John Sherwood Cheney (1827–1910), American businessman and politician * John Vance Cheney (1848–1922), American librarian See also * John Cheyne (other) *John Chaney (other) John Chaney may refer to: Government * John Chaney (judge) (born 1953), Judge in the Supreme Court of Western Australia * John Chaney (congressman) (1790–1881), U.S. Representative from Ohio * John C. Chaney (1853–1940), U.S. Representative fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cheyne (speaker)
Sir John Cheyne or Cheney (died 1414) was a Member of Parliament and briefly the initial Speaker of the House of Commons of England in the Parliament of October 1399, summoned by the newly acclaimed Henry IV. In 1372, he married Margaret, daughter of William, Lord Deincourt and the widow of Robert, Lord Tiptoft which brought him wealth and status. He became an esquire in the king's household and was knighted in 1378. He took part in a number of diplomatic missions and became MP for Gloucestershire in 1390, 1393, 1394 and 1399. On the last occasion he was elected Speaker, but stood down on the ostensible grounds of ill-health, but may have been persuaded to do so by the influence of Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury, who was appalled by his election and warned the clergy that Cheyne was an inveterate enemy of the contemporary church. The revolution of 1399 made for strange bedfellows. Under Henry IV, he continued to be employed on diplomatic missions, including a two-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne
Sir John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne, ( – 30 May 1499) was Master of the Horse to King Edward IV of England and personal bodyguard to King Henry VII of England. Biography John was the third but second surviving son of John Cheyne (or Cheney) of Shurland Hall in Kent, by his wife, Eleanor, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Robert Shottesbrooke of Faringdon in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He was the uncle of Thomas Cheyne, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and grand-uncle of Tudor soldier and MP John Cheyne. In the 1460s he was appointed Esquire of the body to Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of Edward IV. He was MP for Wiltshire in 1478, and in 1479 was appointed Master of the Horse. In the same year he married Margaret Chideock, eldest daughter of Sir John Chideock, and widow of William Stourton, 2nd Baron Stourton; some sources say that they had a son who predeceased his father. He was present when the Treaty of Picquigny was signed in 1475, and remained behind as a hostage of Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cheney (gentleman At Arms)
John Cheney (died 19 March 1567) was an English soldier and politician during the Tudor period. John Cheney was the son of John Cheney Senior of West Woodhay House in Berkshire, by his wife, Jane, the daughter, by his third wife, of Sir William Norreys of Ockwells and Yattendon. His father was a nephew of King Henry VII's friend and cousin, Baron Cheney. John was a gentleman at arms in the Royal household. He was also elected Member of Parliament for Dover (November 1554) and for Winchelsea (1558) through the influence of his father's cousin, Thomas Cheney, the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and then for Berkshire from 1563 to 1567. With a group of others, he attacked and murdered a man named Robert Paris in a sword fight at Newbury, Berkshire Newbury is a market town in the county of Berkshire, England, and is home to the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire Council. The town centre around its large market square retains a rare medieval Cloth Hall, an adjoining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cheney (engraver)
__NOTOC__ John Cheney (1801-1885) was an engraver in Boston, Massachusetts, and Philadelphia in the 19th century. He travelled in Europe in the 1830s. His brothers were Ward Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney, who married the writer, Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney. Examples of Cheney's work are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Museum of Fine Arts, BostonCollections Retrieved 2011-12-21 In 1833, he was elected into the National Academy of Design The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ... as an Honorary Academician. References Further reading * Sylvester Rosa Koehler. Catalogue of the engraved and lithographed work of John Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1891 External links * WorldCatCheney, John 1801-1885* Library of CongressEverett cigarros puros superio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moses Cheney
John Moses Cheney (January 6, 1859 – June 2, 1922) was a Florida attorney and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. A Republican, Cheney represented African American clients during the segregation era and supported voter registration drives during his U.S. Senate campaign in the era of white supremacy supported by the Democratic Party in Florida and across the south. Efforts to register African Americans resulted in the Ocoee massacre. Education and career Born on January 6, 1859, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cheney received a Bachelor of Laws in 1885 from the Boston University School of Law. He entered private practice in Orlando, Florida from 1886 to 1906. He was city attorney for Orlando from 1889 to 1890. He was a Supervisor for the United States Census for Florida in 1900. He was the owner of the Orlando Light and Water Company from 1901 to 1922. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sherwood Cheney
John Sherwood Cheney (April 14, 1827 – March 12, 1910) was an American businessman, state legislator, California Gold Rush prospector, and member of the Cheney silk manufacturing dynasty of Manchester, Connecticut. Life and career Cheney was born in South Manchester to parents George Wells and Mary (Cheney) Cheney. He attended Manchester Academy and worked on a farm until the age of 18, when he became a commercial traveler based in New York City. Cheney joined the California Gold Rush in 1848. Unsuccessful as a prospector, he sailed to Australia in 1853 to continue his search for gold. In Australia, he served as mayor, town councilor, and justice of the peace of Creswick, Victoria. Returning full-time to Connecticut in 1864, he took a job in the finishing department of the Cheney Bros. silk manufacturers under his uncle, Ward Cheney. He rose through the ranks to become a director of the corporation in 1888. Cheney represented Manchester in the Connecticut House of Repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Vance Cheney
John Vance Cheney (December 29, 1848 in Groveland, New York – May 1, 1922) was an American poet, essayist and librarian. Educated in Geneseo, New York, Cheney practiced law briefly in Woodstock, Vermont and New York City before moving to California with his first wife Abigail Perkins Vance Cheney, teaching music, lecturing, and working as a postal clerk. In 1887 he assumed the position of librarian of the Free Public Library of San Francisco, where he oversaw the openings of the system's first branch libraries and hosted the first west coast conference of the American Library Association in 1891. In 1894 he moved to Chicago, where he served as librarian of the Newberry Library. In 1909 he retired and moved to San Diego with his second wife, Sara Barker Chamberlain. Cheney was a regular contributor to major literary magazines, including '' The Century'', ''Atlantic Monthly'', ''New England Magazine'', and ''Harper's Monthly ''Harper's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine of litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cheyne (other)
John Cheyne may refer to: * Sir John Cheyne (speaker) (died 1414), Speaker of the House of Commons * John Cheyne (MP for Buckinghamshire) (died c.1447), MP for Buckinghamshire, 1413, 1415, 1425 and 1427 * Sir John Cheyne (builder of Chenies Manor) in Chenies, Buckinghamshire c.1460 * Sir John Cheyne (died 1468), c.1390–1468), MP for Buckinghamshire, 1421 to 1445 * John Cheyne (died 1585), Member of Parliament for Chipping Wycombe * John Cheyne (by 1510–67), Member of Parliament for Dover, Winchelsea and Berkshire * John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne (c. 1442–1499), Master of the Horse to Edward IV of England * John Cheyne (physician) (1777–1836), British physician, surgeon and author * Sir John Cheyne (advocate) of Tangwick QC KC LLD (1841–1907), Scottish advocate See also *John Cheney (other) *John Chaney (other) John Chaney may refer to: Government * John Chaney (judge) (born 1953), Judge in the Supreme Court of Western Australia * John Chaney (congressman) (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
