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Ottaway (other)
Ottaway is a surname. People with that name include: * Cuthbert Ottaway (1850–1878), the first captain of the England football team *Hugh Ottaway (born 1925), prominent British writer on concert music * James Ottaway (1908–1999), British film, television and stage actor * John Ottaway (born 1955), English international lawn bowler * Richard Ottaway (born 1945), British Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament for Croydon South *Scott Ottaway (born 1972), English drummer and percussionist See also *Ottoway (other) *Otway (surname) Otway is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur John Otway (1822–1891), Member of Parliament * Caesar Otway (1780–1842), Irish clergyman and writer * Charles James Otway (1694-1764), British general * Frank Otway (1923– ... * {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuthbert Ottaway
Cuthbert John Ottaway (19 July 1850 – 2 April 1878)''Jackson's Oxford Journal'', 6 April 1878. was an English footballer. He was the first captain of the England football team and led his side in the first official international football match. Representing his university at five different sports – a record that remains unmatchedSouthwick, Michael. ''England's First Football Captain: a Biography of Cuthbert Ottaway, 1850–1878'', Nottingham: Soccerdata, 2009, p. 24 – Ottaway was also a noted cricketer until his retirement shortly before his early death at the age of 27. Early life, professional career and death Cuthbert Ottaway was born in Dover, the only child of James Ottaway, a surgeon and former mayor of the town.Southwick, Michael. ''England's First Football Captain: a Biography of Cuthbert Ottaway, 1850–1878'', Nottingham: Soccerdata, 2009, p. 14 He was educated at Eton (where he was a King's Scholar) and at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he displayed a versa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Ottaway
Hugh Ottaway (27 July 1925 – 6 November 1979) was a prominent British writer and lecturer on classical music. Ottaway studied history at Exeter University (then the University of the South-West) from 1944. His career began as a teacher, freelance writer and from the 1950s as a presenter of musical talks on BBC Radio. His most significant contributions to music criticism were as a commentator on that portion of twentieth-century music which retained an allegiance to tonality; thus Nielsen, Shostakovich, Sibelius and William Walton featured largely in his output. Ottaway was especially associated with British composers such as Edmund Rubbra and Robert Simpson, and a staunch supporter of the politically active Alan Bush. But David Scott has pointed out that he "was not limited by a nationalist outlook. His ability to view English composition in a broader context also made his reviews valuable".Scott, David. 'Ottaway, Hugh', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001) He died in Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ottaway
William Cecil James Ottaway (25 July 1908 – 16 June 1999) was a British film, television and stage actor whose career spanned seven decades. in '''' - 7 July 1999 Family background Born in 1908 in in Surrey, Ottaway was the son of William Henry Ottaway, an enthusiastic amateur actor with the St Pancras People's Theatre and the Superintendent of the School of Handicrafts for Poor Boys in Chertsey, and his wife Mary Ellen, the School's Matron. Their oldest son was Andrew Kenneth Cosway Ottaway (1905-1980), a lecturer in Education at th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ottaway
John Ottaway is an English international lawn bowler born on 2 June 1955. Bowls career John began bowling in 1970 aged just 15 and played indoors and outdoors for Wymondham Dell club in Norfolk. He represented England in the fours, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His greatest moment came when winning the Gold Medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the Men's fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. John became Norfolk bowls president in 2014. He has won five National Championship titles in 1989, 1990, 1996, 2000 and 2001 and won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, England Scotland, Wales, combined Ireland and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did ... in 1990. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ottaway, Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ottaway
Sir Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway (born 24 May 1945) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament for Croydon South from 1992 to 2015. He was previously MP for Nottingham North from 1983 to 1987. Early life Ottaway was born in Sonning, Berkshire. He attended Backwell School, a secondary modern in Backwell, North Somerset, and joined the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth before serving as a Royal Navy officer in 1961-70 as a Lieutenant. Ottaway studied law at Bristol University, graduating in 1974. He qualified as a solicitor in 1977, specialising in maritime and commercial law, and was a partner of William A. Crump & Son in London in 1981–87. He was a director of Coastal States Petroleum (UK) Ltd in 1988–95. Parliamentary career Ottaway was MP for Nottingham North from 1983 to 1987. This was a long-standing Labour Party seat, and he won it unexpectedly with a majority of 362 in the landslide victory following the Falklands W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Ottaway
Scott Ottaway (born 13 May 1972) is an English drummer. Career He was the drummer for veteran Merseybeat band The Searchers, replacing Eddie Rothe in February 2010, until the band retired in 2019. Ottaway is also the drummer for The Pocket Gods, an indie band from St Albans. Their last album ''100x30'' is in the ''Guinness Book of Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a reference book published annually, listing world ...'' for the most songs on an album. All 100 songs are 30 seconds in length. References External linksOfficial website Living people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoway (other)
Ottoway may refer to: * Ottoway, South Australia Ottoway is an industrial suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield local government area. It is around west-northwest of the city centre. The suburb was laid out on section 1160, Hundred of Port Adelaide, the gr ..., a suburb of Adelaide * Ottoway, Virginia, United States See also * Ottaway (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
