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Roberton Church - Geograph
Roberton may refer to: Places * Roberton, Scottish Borders, Scotland *Roberton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland People *James Roberton, Lord Bedlay, Scottish advocate and judge *James Roberton (1896–1996), New Zealand soldier, doctor and genealogist * Dr Ernest Roberton, one of the founders of the Diocesan school for girls, Auckland *John Roberton (1776) (1776–1840), Physician and social reformer * John Roberton (1797) (1797–1876), Obstetrician and social reformer *Hugh S. Roberton (1874–1952), Scottish composer and founder of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir; *Hugh Roberton (1900–1987), Hugh's son, Australian MP and foundation member for the National Party of Australia *Dylan Roberton (born 1991), AFL player * Elizabeth Roberton, a European settler on Motuarohia Island whose murder was the subject of the trial of Wiremu Kingi Maketu *Thomas Beattie Roberton Thomas Beattie Roberton (1879 – 1936) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberton, Scottish Borders
Roberton is a small village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B711 and near to the A7, from Hawick, from Galashiels, and from Langholm. It is situated by the Ale Water, the Alemoor Loch and the Borthwick Water, and nearby are Branxholme, Broadhaugh, Burnfoot and the Craik Forest. Borders poet The Borders poet Will H. Ogilvie (1869–1963) was born in Kelso and died in nearby Ashkirk. A cairn has been erected in his memory. :The hill road to Roberton's a steep road to climb, But where your foot has crushed it, you can smell the scented thyme, And if your heart's a Border heart, look down to Harden Glen, And hear the blue hills ringing with the restless hoofs again... Unveiled in August 1993, an identical cairn was also erected in Bourke, New South Wales. The bronze was prized from the surface and stolen in August 2016 for metal theft. One of Ogilvie's 800+ poems included the six stanza ''The road to Roberton'': :The hill road to Roberton: Ale Water at ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberton, South Lanarkshire
Roberton is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Origins The origins of the town of Roberton are intertwined with those of the Robertons of that Ilk, Earnock, Bedlay Castle, Bedlay, and Lauchope. #Reference-idBlack1965, Black 1965 describes the etymology as literally 'the Town of Robert'. This Robert was brother of Lambin Asa, who was the progenitor of the Earls of Loddon and Lamington. #Reference-idRitchie, Ritchie 1954, #Reference-idReid, Reid 1928 and #Reference-idGrant, Grant 2007 assert the origins of Robert as a Flemish people, Flemish feudal vassal of Baldwin of Biggar. It is first mentioned in a charter by Wice of Wiston tything it to Malcolm IV of Scotland, Malcolm IV (#Reference-idReid1928, Reid 1928). #Reference-idGrant, Grant dates ‘Robert, brother of Lambin’ as the first lord c.1157. Brother of Lambin Asa The Chartulary of Kelso gives Robert as the brother of Lambyn Asa who was the Laird of Lesmahagow. Lambyn appears to have held lands in and around L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Roberton
James Roberton, Lord Bedlay (c. 1590 – May 1664) was a Scottish advocate and judge. He was born to Archibald Roberton of Stainhall, youngest son of John Roberton 9th Laird of Earnock, and Elizabeth Baillie, daughter of Robert Baillie of Jerviston.Earnock and its Early Proprietors, Hamilton Advertiser, n.d. July 1874 He inherited Bedlay Castle from his father, who bought it from James, the 8th Lord Boyd. He became Lord Bedlay upon the occasion of being raised to the judicial bench in 1661. Education Described as a man of great learning and integrity, Roberton matriculated at the University of Glasgow in March 1605 and graduated M.A. in 1609. Positions He was appointed Regent (Professor) of Philosophy and Humanity of the University of Glasgow in 1618. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Basil Wilkie Roberton
James Basil Wilkie Roberton (1896–1996) was a New Zealand soldier, medical doctor, historian and writer. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ... in 1896. References 1896 births 1996 deaths New Zealand writers {{NewZealand-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocesan School For Girls, Auckland
, type = Private, Girls, Composite (Year 1–13) with boarding facilities , denomination = Anglican , established = 1903; years ago , motto_translation = That we may serve , address = Clyde StreetEpsomAucklandNew Zealand. , coordinates = , principal = Heather McRae , roll = () , decile = 10 , MOE = 67 , homepage diocesan.school.nzDiocesan School for Girls (Dio) is a private girls' school in Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand. It is consistently a top-achieving school nationally. The school is Anglican-based and was established in 1903. It caters to international students and has accommodation for 50 boarders at Innes House. The school elected to offer students the option of International Baccalaureate diplomas, as an alternative to the national NCEA qualification, from 2008. History Bishop Moore Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roberton (1776)
John Roberton (1776 – 1840) was a Scottish physician and social reformer. A radical and fringe figure in the medical profession, he is best remembered for advocating the founding of a ''medical police'' to promote health and social welfare and for authoring a book that became the centre of a notorious legal case. Life Roberton was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, the eldest of four children to a modest family. By 1799 he was in Edinburgh attending medical lectures though he seems never to have graduated. He was admitted to the Royal Medical Society which suggests that he enjoyed the support of a patron. His early published scientific papers on blisters, catarrh and cantharides already suggest that he nurtured unconventional views. Though he seems to have practised under the supervision of a senior doctor until 1802, he then established himself independently as a general practitioner. He specialised in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and was a single-minded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Roberton (1797)
John Roberton (20 March 1797 – 24 August 1876) was a Scottish physician and social reformer. He was a pioneer of modern obstetrics and of evidence-based medicine, and influential in the intellectual life of Victorian Manchester. Life Roberton was born near Hamilton, Lanarkshire and educated for the medical profession at Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1817. He intended to be a ship's surgeon, and was on his way to the West Indies when he was wrecked on the Lancashire coast. While at Liverpool he was encouraged to take up his residence at Warrington. He became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries in 1822, and on 9 October 1823 married Mary (1794/5–1851), daughter of David Bellhouse.Mottram (2004) The couple subsequently moved to Manchester. He soon had an extensive general practice, and, on his appointment in 1827 to the post of surgeon to the Manchester Lying-in Hospital, turned his special attention to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh S
Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day France * Hugh of Austrasia (7th century), Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia * Hugh I, Count of Angoulême (1183–1249) * Hugh II, Count of Angoulême (1221–1250) * Hugh III, Count of Angoulême (13th century) * Hugh IV, Count of Angoulême (1259–1303) * Hugh, Bishop of Avranches (11th century), France * Hugh I, Count of Blois (died 1248) * Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307) * Hugh of Brienne (1240–1296), Count of the medieval French County of Brienne * Hugh, Duke of Burgundy (d. 952) * Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057–1093) * Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (1084–1143) * Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (1142–1192) * Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213–1272) * Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315) * Hugh Capet (939–996), King of France * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Roberton
Hugh Stevenson Roberton (18 December 1900 – 13 March 1987) was an Australian politician. A member of the Country Party, he served as Minister for Social Services in the Menzies government from 1956 to 1965. He later served as Ambassador to Ireland from 1965 to 1967. Early life Roberton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of Sir Hugh S. Roberton, a Scottish composer and founder of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. He was educated at the West of Scotland Agricultural College and Glasgow University and emigrated to Australia in the 1920s. He became a farmer and grazier at Old Junee and a writer on political and economic subjects, particularly in the rural newspaper the Land under the name, "Peter Snodgrass". During World War II he served as a gunner in the Middle East. Politics Roberton stood for the Country Party at the 1949 election for the House of Representatives seat of Riverina and defeated the Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Roberton
Dylan Roberton (born 21 June 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected with the 49th selection in the 2009 AFL National Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup by . Playing career Career with Fremantle (2010–12) Roberton started the 2010 season playing for East Perth in the WAFL and was named to make his AFL debut for Fremantle in the Round 6 Western Derby. In 2011 he was used as Fremantle's first ever substitute player in their opening round match against the Brisbane Lions, replacing Rhys Palmer in the third quarter. Career with St Kilda (2013–2021) At the end of the 2012 season, Roberton requested a trade from the Dockers to a Melbourne-based team. When a trade did not eventuate he was delisted by Fremantle and then invited to train with St Kilda. He was signed as a "delisted free agent" on 30 November 2012 by the Saints. In 2017, Roberton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiremu Kingi Maketu
Wiremu is a masculine given name, the Māori form of William. Notable people with the name include: People with given name Wiremu * Aaron Wiremu Cruden (born 1989), New Zealand rugby union player * Wiremu Doherty, New Zealand Māori educationalist and academic * Sydney Wiremu Eru, (born 1971), New Zealand rugby league player * Wiremu Gudgeon, New Zealand politician * Rata Wiremu Harrison (1935–2013), New Zealand rugby league player * Wiremu Heke (1894–1989), New Zealand rugby union player * Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai (c.1807/08–1850), Maori chief and war leader * Wiremu Hikairo (c.1780/90–1851), New Zealand tribal leader * Hoani Wiremu Hīpango (c.1820–1865), New Zealand tribal leader * Wiremu Hoani Taua (1862–1919), New Zealand tribal leader * David Wiremu Houpapa (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer * Wiremu Hukunui Manaia (?–1892), New Zealand tribal leader * Wiremu Katene (?–1895), New Zealand politician * Wiremu Kerei Nikora (1853–1915), member of the New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motuarohia Island
Motuarohia Island (Roberton Island) is a small island in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand, located about northeast of Russell. The island stretches for east-west, with the south coast offering two bays backed by sandy beaches. The north coast is dominated by steep cliffs in the west, rising to , and two shallow lagoons in the west. The twin lagoons nearly reach across the island to the bay on the south coast, almost bisecting the island. The majority of the island is in private ownership, however, of public conservation land in the central section of the island are managed by the Department of Conservation. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "reconnoitred island" for ''Motuarohia''. History Motuarohia Island has a long history of human settlement, as evidenced by archaeological sites including a pa site, terraces and pits. In 1769, Captain James Cook anchored just south of the island, hence one of the bays is named Cook's Cove. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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