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John Harrington (Medal Of Honor Recipient)
John Harrington or John Harington may refer to: Politicians * John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) * John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328–1363) * John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (1384–1418) * John Harington (died 1553), MP for Rutland * John Harington (died 1582), MP for Pembroke Boroughs, Old Sarum and Caernarvon Boroughs * John Harrington (died 1654) (1589–1654), English politician * John Harington (treasurer) (c. 1517–1582), official of Henry VIII of England * John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton (1539–1613), English politician * John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton (1592–1614), English courtier * John Harrington (Parliamentarian) (1627–1700), English politician * John Harrington (American politician) (born 1956), American politician and member of the Minnesota State Senate Others * Sir John Harrington of Hornby (died 1359), English knight * John Harrington (knight) (died 1460), Yorkist knight during the Wars of the Rose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire, was an English peer, created Baron Harington by writ of summons to Parliament dated 1326.Cokayne, ''Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol.6, p. 314 Origins John Harington (''alias'' de Haverington) was born in 1281 in Farleton, Melling, the son of Sir Robert de Haverington (died 1297), of Harrington in Cumbria, by his wife Agnes de Cansfield (died 1297), heiress of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire. Agnes was the daughter and heiress of Richard de Cansfield by his wife Aline de Furness (''alias'' de Fleming), heiress of Muchland (''alias'' Michelland) in Furness, that is to say a moiety of the manor of Furness which had its caput at Aldingham.Cokayne, ''Complete Peerage'', new edition, Vol.6, p. 314 & note (e) Muchland was held from the Abbot of Furness Abbey, who held the other moiety of Furness from the Earl of Lancaster. Career He was a minor at his father's death in 1297 and between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrington (knight)
Sir John Harrington (died 30 December 1460) of Hornby, Lancashire was a member of the English northern gentry. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Harrington, a retainer of the Yorkist earl of Salisbury. His father played an active role in the northern politics of the Wars of the Roses The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. These wars were fought bet .... On 30 December 1460 both Thomas and his father were in the army of Richard, Duke of York at the battle of Wakefield. The Yorkist army went down to a crushing defeat, and John Harrington was killed in battle alongside his father. He had at some point married Maud Clifford, daughter of Thomas, Lord Clifford. He had a daughter, Elizabeth, ''c.'' 1456, who later married an illegitimate son of Sir William Stanley.Wedgwood, J.C., & Holt, A., ''History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Herbert Harington
John Herbert Harington (12 March 1765 – 9 April 1828) was a British orientalist, colonial administrator and judge. He published a two-volume edition of the Arabic and Persian works of Saadi Shirazi. Career Harington was born on 12 March 1765, the son of John Harington D.D. (died 1795), prebendary of Salisbury, and his wife Rachel Hawes; Henry Hawes Harington (1770–c.1832) the Madras banker was a brother. He entered the service of the East India Company at Calcutta as a writer on 1 August 1780. In 1781 he was appointed assistant in the revenue department, revenue Persian translator in 1783, puisne judge of the Dewanny Adawlut, and magistrate of Dinajpore on 1 May 1793; sub-secretary to the secret department, and examiner and reporter to the Sudder Dewanny Adawlut on 6 December 1793; registrar of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut on 15 Feb. 1796; fourth member of the board of revenue on 3 June 1799; puisne judge of the Sudder Dewanny and Nizamut Adawlut on 1 April 1801; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrington (ice Hockey)
John "Bah" Harrington (born May 24, 1957) is an American former ice hockey forward and is currently the head coach of the Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Playing career Harrington was a stand-out high school hockey athlete for Virginia High School in Minnesota's hockey-rich Iron Range under head coach Dave Hendrickson. After Harrington's senior season at Virginia, University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) assistant head coach Mike Sertich urged Harrington to try out for the hockey team. With Sertich's backing, Harrington won a walk-on spot on UMD's roster. He lettered for four seasons at UMD from 1975 to 1979. Following his collegiate playing career, Harrington was invited to try out for the 1979–80 US National team coached by the Minnesota Golden Gophers' Herb Brooks. Harrington made every cut and was placed on the Olympic roster for the 1980 Lake Placid games. The team went on to defeat the highly favored Soviet Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrington (baseball)
John Leo Harrington (born c. 1937) is an American retired business manager and former executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was president of the Boston Red Sox from 1987 through 2001, also acting as CEO during much of the time the Red Sox were owned by the JRY Trust (1992–2001). Early life and career Harrington graduated from Boston College in 1957, and received his MBA there in 1966. After college, he was an officer in the U.S. Navy, then worked for both the General Accounting Office and NASA. He eventually became an accounting professor at Boston College until 1970, where he was hired by Joe Cronin, president of the American League, to be the league's controller. Boston Red Sox After Cronin retired, Harrington was hired by Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey as treasurer of the Red Sox. Yawkey died in 1976 and was eventually replaced by his wife Jean, who sold the team in 1977 to a syndicate headed by general partners Buddy LeRoux and Haywood Sullivan. To gain approval of the sale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrington (American Football)
John Patrick Harrington (April 15, 1921 – January 8, 1992) was a professional American football end and defensive end who played two seasons for the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Rockets in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). Harrington attended Marquette University and became the football team's captain in 1942. He joined the military in 1944 and played for Air Force teams in 1944 and 1945. He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals in 1945 but instead signed with the Browns before the team's inaugural season in 1946. Harrington played in one season for the Browns before he was traded to the Rockets in 1947. Early life and college career Harrington was born and grew up in Reedsburg, Wisconsin; he also attended high school there. After graduating, he went to Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and played his first football game for the college team in 1941, when he was a sophomore. Harrington, who played as an end, had two touchdown catches in one of his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peabody Harrington
John Peabody Harrington (April 29, 1884 – October 21, 1961) was an American linguist and ethnologist and a specialist in the indigenous peoples of California. Harrington is noted for the massive volume of his documentary output, most of which has remained unpublished: the shelf space in the National Anthropological Archives dedicated to his work spans nearly 700 feet. Early life and education Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Harrington moved to California as a child. From 1902 to 1905, Harrington studied anthropology and classical languages at Stanford University. While attending specialized classes at the University of California, Berkeley, he met anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber. Harrington became intensely interested in Native American languages and ethnography. Linguistic legacy Rather than completing his doctorate at the Universities of Leipzig and Berlin, Harrington became a high-school language teacher. For three years, he devoted his spare time to an intense examinatio ... [...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] |
List Of Medal Of Honor Recipients For The Indian Wars
Indian Wars is the name generally used in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between the colonial or federal government and the Native people of North America. The wars, which ranged from the 17th-century (King Philip's War, King William's War, and Queen Anne's War at the opening of the 18th century) to the Battle of Sugar Point, Leech Lake uprising in 1898. The Indian Wars comprised a series of smaller wars. Natives, diverse peoples with their own distinct tribal histories, were no more a single people than the Europeans. Living in societies organized in a variety of ways, Natives usually made decisions about war and peace at the local level, though they sometimes fought as part of formal alliances, such as the Iroquois, Iroquois Confederation, or in temporary confederacies inspired by leaders such as Tecumseh. Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrington (Medal Of Honor)
John Harrington or John Harington may refer to: Politicians * John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1281–1347) * John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington (1328–1363) * John Harington, 4th Baron Harington (1384–1418) * John Harington (died 1553), MP for Rutland * John Harington (died 1582), MP for Pembroke Boroughs, Old Sarum and Caernarvon Boroughs * John Harrington (died 1654) (1589–1654), English politician * John Harington (treasurer) (c. 1517–1582), official of Henry VIII of England * John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton (1539–1613), English politician * John Harington, 2nd Baron Harington of Exton (1592–1614), English courtier * John Harrington (Parliamentarian) (1627–1700), English politician * John Harrington (American politician) (born 1956), American politician and member of the Minnesota State Senate Others * Sir John Harrington of Hornby (died 1359), English knight * John Harrington (knight) (died 1460), Yorkist knight during the Wars of the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harington (writer)
Sir John Harington (4 August 1561 – 20 November 1612), of Kelston, Somerset, England, but baptised in London, was an English courtier, author and translator popularly known as the inventor of the flush toilet. He became prominent at Queen Elizabeth I's court, and was known as her "saucy Godson", but his poetry and other writings caused him to fall in and out of favour with the Queen. The description of a flush-toilet forerunner installed in his Kelston house appears in ''A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, called the Metamorphosis of Ajax'' (1596), a political allegory and coded attack on the monarchy, which is nowadays his best-known work. Early life and family Harington was born in Kelston, Somerset, England, the son of John Harington of Kelston, a poet, and his second wife Isabella Markham, a gentlewoman of Queen Elizabeth I's privy chamber. He was honoured as a godson of the childless Elizabeth, one of 102. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Haringt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Harrington Of Hornby
Sir John Harrington of Hornby, Lancashire (before 1336 – 1359), was a fourteenth-century knight and founder of the medieval Harrington dynasty in the North of England, known as the Harringtons of Farleton and Hornby. They were a cadet branch of the Harringtons of Aldingham, Sir John being the second son of the first Lord Harrington, who died in 1347. At some point he married Katherine Banastre. Sir John the younger held Farleton manor jointly with Katherine for a peppercorn rent of an annual payment of one rose, and suit at his father's court A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco .... In 1354, Henry, Duke of Lancaster granted Harrington a lease of a manor in Hornby; Harrington already held Bolton-le-Moors, Chorley, and Aighton, '' jure uxoris''.Not the principa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
