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Peisley
Peisley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Frederick Peisley (1904-1975), British film and television actor *George Peisley, Australian cattle thief confronted at Oatley, New South Wales in 1898 * John Peisley (politician) (1805-1871), Australian politician *John Peisley (1835-1862), member of Australian Gardiner–Hall gang * Mary Peisley (1718-1757), Irish Quaker writer See also *Paisley (name) Paisley is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name derived from the surname. The name is rising in popularity in English speaking countries such as the United States, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls si ... * Peasley {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Peisley
Frederick Walter James Peisley (6 December 1904 – 22 March 1975) was a British stage, film and television actor and theatre director whose career spanned five decades. He is known for ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934), ''Gentlemen's Agreement'' (1935) and ''Murder at the Cabaret'' (1936). His later career was mostly in television. Fred Peisley was born in Finchley in London in 1904, the son of Annie Emily and Walter John Peisley, a baker. Theatre Early stage appearances included ''The Mental Athletes'' at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith (1922); Jim Hawkins in matinee performances of ''Treasure Island'' at the Strand Theatre (1923), and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (1924)."Frederick Peisley" on the Theatricalia website. In 1925 he appeared in "a dull and stodgy production" of < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Peisley
Mary Peisley (1718-1757, married name Mary Neale, sometimes misspelled Paisley) was an Irish Quaker writer. Biography Peisley was born 19 January 1718 at Ballymore, County Kildare: her mother Rachel ( Burton) was from Mannin, County Tipperary, and her father John from Baltiboys, County Wicklow. The family moved in 1723 to a farm at Paddock, Mountrath, County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a medie ... (then known as "Queen's County"), where she was based for the rest of her life until her marriage. She had little formal education and entered domestic service, until at the age of 26 she began to speak at Quaker meetings. Peisley preached around Ireland with Elizabeth Tomey in 1746, and toured England in 1748-50, riding in 29 months and attending 525 meetings. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardiner–Hall Gang
The Gardiner–Hall Gang was an informal group of bushrangers who roamed the central west of New South Wales, Australia in the 1860s. Named after leaders Frank Gardiner and Ben Hall, the gang was responsible for the largest gold robbery in Australia’s history at Eugowra Rocks. The gang had its origins in 1861; its demise came with the execution of John Dunn in 1866. Known members and fate *John Bow: Sentenced to death, later commuted to fifteen years in prison *Michael Burke: Shot himself dead after receiving a mortal stomach wound *Dan Charters: Caught, testified against the gang *John Connors: one of the "Three Jacks" * Larry Cummins: Sentenced to fifteen years in prison * Patrick Daley: Sentenced to fifteen years in prison, served ten, and later became a prominent and wealthy resident of Wrightville. *John Davis, one of the "Three Jacks": Sentenced to 15 years in prison *James Dunleavy: Gaoled in April 1865 after being sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment with h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Peisley (politician)
John Peisley (18059 December 1871) was an Australian politician. He was born in New South Wales to ex-convict farmer John Peisley and publican Elizabeth Boswell. He ran a store in Orange, and on 11 December 1833 married Mary Dean, with whom he had eight children. In 1860 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ... for Orange, but he resigned in 1862. Peisley died at Orange in 1871. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Peisley, John 1805 births 1871 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oatley, New South Wales
Oatley is a suburb in Southern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Oatley lies in the local government area of Georges River Council. It lies on the northern side of the tidal estuary of the Georges River and its foreshore includes part of Oatley Bay and Lime Kiln Bay, and all of Neverfail Bay, Gungah Bay and Jewfish Bay. History Aboriginal history The area now known as Oatley lies either on the traditional lands of the Dharug people or the coastal Eora people, both of whom spoke a common language. It lies close to the lands on the Tharawal on the south bank of the river. Georges River Council acknowledges that the Biddegal/Bidjigal/Bedegal clan of the Eora are the original inhabitants and custodians of all land and water in the Georges River region. Evidence of Aboriginal occupation of the land now known as Oatley exists in the form of numerous shell mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paisley (name)
Paisley is both an English and Scottish surname and a given name derived from the surname. The name is rising in popularity in English speaking countries such as the United States, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls since 2006 and has ranked among the top 50 names for girls in recent years. Spelling variants are also well-used. Notable people named Paisley include: Given name *Paisley Currah, Canadian transgender academic *Paisley Wu (born 1971), Hong Kong singer and television presenter Surname *Bob Paisley, English football manager * Brad Paisley (born 1972), American country singer *Chris Paisley (born 1986), English professional golfer *David Paisley (born 1979), Scottish actor *Doug Paisley, Canadian folk singer *Eileen Paisley, Baroness Paisley of St George's (born 1931), Northern Ireland politician *Grégory Paisley (born 1977), French footballer *Ian Paisley (1926–2014), Northern Ireland politician and church leader *Ian Paisley Jr (bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
