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Oakes (surname)
Oakes is a surname of Old English origin, meaning someone who lives by an oak tree or oak wood. It originates from the Old English word 'ac' meaning oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L .... The first recorded mention of the surname is in Somerset. *Alan Oakes (born 1962), English football player and coach *Alf Oakes (1901–1967), English footballer *Andy Oakes (author) (born 1952), English author *Andy Oakes (footballer) (born 1977), English footballer *Blackford Oakes, fictional protagonist in a series of books by William F. Buckley, Jr. *Bunny Oakes (1898–1970), American football player and coach *Charles Oakes (1861–1928), Australian politician *Charles Oakes (cricketer) (1912–2007), English cricketer *Coralee Oakes (born 1972), Canadian politician *Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Oakes (footballer)
Donald Joseph Oakes (8 October 1928 – 13 June 1977) was an English professional footballer who played as a left half. Early and personal life Oakes was born in Rhyl, Wales. His father Alfred was also a professional footballer. Career After playing in Bristol for Downend ATC, Oakes joined Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ... as an amateur in December 1945, before turning professional seven months later. He made 11 appearances in the Football League, scoring once, and scored eight goals in 158 Football Combination appearances. References 1928 births 1977 deaths English men's footballers Arsenal F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football wing halves People from Rhyl {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildebrand Oakes
Lieutenant-General Sir Hildebrand Oakes, 1st Baronet, GCB (19 January 1754 – 9 September 1822) was a British Army officer. Military career Oakes was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1767 and served in the American War of Independence under Lord Cornwallis. He became deputy quartermaster-general in Corsica in May 1794, quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in June 1794 and quartermaster-general in Portugal in December 1796. He served in the Egyptian Campaign in 1800 as second-in-command under Sir John Moore. He went on to be brigadier-general at Malta in October 1802, Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth and General Officer Commanding South-West District in November 1804 and a commissioner of military inquiry in June 1805. After that he became quartermaster-general in the Mediterranean in July 1806, commander of the Malta garrison in March 1808 and Civil Commissioner of Malta in May 1810. In his final months as Civil Commissioner of Malta, Oakes was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Oakes
Sir Henry Oakes (1756–1827), 2nd baronet was a lieutenant-general in the East India Company's service. Early life Henry Oakes was born on 11 July 1756 and was the younger brother of Hildebrand Oakes (1754–1822), the 1st Baronet. Career On 8 February 1775, Oakes received an Indian cadetship, and was appointed a second lieutenant in the Bombay Army on 18 May 1775. He served two campaigns in Guzerat in 1775–6, in the expedition to Poonah in 1778, and at the sieges of Tellicherry, Onore, Bangalore, and Bednore in 1780–1. Oakes was adjutant-general of the force, under General Mathews, that surrendered at the Siege of Bednore on 28 April 1783, and was carried off prisoner by Tippoo Sultaun. When Tippoo released the prisoners in 1784, Oakes was appointed by the Madras government captain-commandant of a battalion of sepoys (10 June 1784), and, when the battalion was disbanded, returned to Bombay to command the grenadiers of the 2nd Bombay Europeans, whence he was transferred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Oakes
Heather Regina Oakes (née Hunte born 14 August 1959) is a female English former sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. In the 4 × 100m relay, she won Olympic bronze medals in Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984. She also won a silver medal in the 60m at the 1985 World Indoor Games, and a gold medal in the 100m at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. Career Oakes was born in Hackney, London. She was a member of the Haringey Athletic Club. In 1977, as Heather Hunte, she finished fourth in the 100 m final at the European Junior Championships in Donetsk, being edged out of a medal by teammate Kathy Smallwood (11.71 - 11.72). She won a bronze medal in the sprint relay. On 21 May 1980, at a meeting at the Crystal Palace, she ran the 100 metres in a wind-assisted 11.01 secs (+4.0). Later that year she competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Moscow, where she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay, with her teammates Smallwood, Beverley Goddard and Sonia Lanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Oakes
Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (23 December 1874 – 7 July 1943) was a British gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. He earned his fortune in Canada and moved to the Bahamas in the 1930s for tax purposes. Though American by birth, he became a British citizen and was granted the hereditary title of baronet in 1939. Oakes was murdered in 1943 under mysterious circumstances, and the subsequent trial ended with acquittal of the accused. No further legal proceedings have taken place on the matter, the cause of death and the details surrounding it have never been entirely determined, and the case has been the subject of several books and four films. Biography Early life Oakes was born in Sangerville, Maine, one of five children of William Pitt Oakes and Edith Nancy Lewis. His father was a prosperous lawyer. Harry Oakes graduated from Foxcroft Academy and went on to Bowdoin College in 1896, and he spent two years at the Syracuse University Medical School.''Who Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Oakes
Gordon James Oakes (22 June 1931 – 15 August 2005) was a British Labour Party politician. Early life Oakes was born in Widnes, Cheshire, and was educated at Wade Deacon Grammar School, in Widnes and at Liverpool University. A solicitor by profession, he became a councillor on Widnes Borough Council in 1952, serving as Mayor in 1964. Parliamentary career Oakes unsuccessfully contested Bebington in 1959 and Manchester Moss Side at a 1961 by-election. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolton West from 1964 to 1970, when he was beaten by the Conservative Robert Redmond by 1,244 votes. He was re-elected for Widnes from a 1971 by-election until 1983, and for Halton from 1983 until 1997. Oakes served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Home Secretary from 1966, and in the government of Harold Wilson as a junior minister and as a Minister of State under James Callaghan. He was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in 1979. He left the Oppos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Oakes (Wisconsin)
George Oakes (April 21, 1861 – April 19, 1937) was an American lawyer and politician. Born on a farm near New Richmond, Wisconsin, Oakes received his law degree from University of Minnesota Law School. He then practiced law in New Richmond, Wisconsin. He was the New Richmond city attorney and served on the St. Croix County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors. Oakes was a Republican. From 1919 until 1923, Oakes served in the Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, .... Oakes died of heart disease in New Richmond, Wisconsin.'Oakes, Former Assemblyman, Dies,' Wisconsin State Journal, April 19, 1937, pg. 4 Notes 1861 births 1937 deaths People from New Richmond, Wisconsin University of Minnesota Law School alumni Farmers from Wisconsin Wiscon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Oakes (Australian Politician)
George Oakes (1813 – 10 August 1881) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for two periods between 1848 and 1856 and again between 1879 and 1881. He was also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for two periods between 1856 and 1860 and again between 1872 and 1874. Early life Oakes was the son of a former Wesleyan missionary who had become the chief constable of Parramatta. He was educated privately and showed an early interest in pastoral matters. In the 1840s he bought land in the Nineteen Counties in partnership with his brother Francis Oakes who also became a member of the Legislative Assembly. By 1856, Oakes had acquired more than 130,000 acres of pastoral land in the Wellington district and was independently wealthy. He was also a director of numerous companies including the Australian Gas Light Company. Oakes was active in community organizations in the Parramatta area including the Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Oakes
Geoffrey "Geoff" Oakes (born 20 May 1938) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity ( Heritage No. 644) (two spells) and Warrington ( Heritage No. 650) as a , i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums. Background Geoff Oakes was born in Belle Vue, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he worked at Walton Colliery . Playing career Championship final appearances Geoff Oakes played in Wakefield Trinity's 3–27 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1959–60 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 21 May 1960, and played in the 5–14 defeat by Huddersfield in the Championship Final during the 1961–62 season at Headingley Stadium at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 19 May 1962. Challenge Cup Final appearances Geoff Oakes played in Wakefield Trinity's 38–5 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1959–60 Challenge Cup Final during the 1959â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Oakes
Gary James Oakes (born 21 September 1958 in Kentish Town, Camden, London) is a male British retired athlete who mainly competed in the men's 400 metre hurdles. Athletics career Oakes competed for Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union, where he won the bronze medal in the 400 metre hurdles. He represented England in the 400 metres hurdles event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Four years later he represented England, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a third Games appearance followed when he represented England, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... He is a member of the Haringey & Southgate Athletic Club. Personal l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Oakes
Frederick Oakes (1880 – after 1905) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ... who played as a winger. References 1880 births People from West Hartlepool Footballers from Hartlepool English men's footballers Men's association football wingers New Clee Alexandra F.C. players Grimsby St John's F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Grimsby Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Year of death missing {{England-footy-forward-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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