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Rockley Park
Rockley may refer to: People *Baron Rockley, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *Alicia Margaret Amherst Cecil Rockley (1865–1941), English botanist and horticulturalist *Ann Rockley, Canadian technical communicator *Joseph Rockley Merrick (1862–1897), English, father of the Elephant Man *Rockley Wilson (1879–1957), English cricketer Places *Rockley, Barbados, a resort on the southern coast of Barbados *Rockley Park, a suburb in England *Rockley, New South Wales, a small village in Australia *Rockley, Nottinghamshire, a hamlet in England *Rockley, Wiltshire, a hamlet in England *Rockley, Nova Scotia, a small community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada See also * Rockleigh, New Jersey, a borough in the United States {{disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Rockley
Baron Rockley, of Lytchett Heath in the County of Dorset, is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 January 1934 for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley, Sir Evelyn Cecil, who had earlier represented Hertfordshire East (UK Parliament constituency), Hertfordshire East, Aston Manor (UK Parliament constituency), Aston Manor and Birmingham Aston (UK Parliament constituency), Birmingham Aston in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons. He was the son of Lord Eustace Cecil, fourth son of James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury. The first baron was married to the horticulturist Alicia Amherst. the title is held by their great-grandson, the fourth baron, who succeeded his father in 2011. Barons Rockley (1934) *Evelyn Cecil, 1st Baron Rockley (1865–1941) *Robert William Evelyn Cecil, 2nd Baron Rockley (1901–1976) *James Hugh Cecil, 3rd Baron Rockley (1934–2011) *Anthony Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Margaret Amherst Cecil Rockley
Alicia Margaret Tyssen Amherst, Baroness Rockley (30 July 1865 – 14 September 1941) was an English horticulturist, botanist, and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history. Family and personal life Alicia Amherst was born in 1865 in Poole, Dorset, one of seven daughters of William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, who was later the Conservative Member of Parliament for West Norfolk. Her mother, Margaret Susan Mitford, was an avid gardener and gave Amherst her own plot to care for at the age of ten. Her interest in history was spurred by access to her father's large library. In 1898, she married Evelyn Cecil and gained the second of the names under which she would publish, Mrs Evelyn Cecil. They had three children. Evelyn Cecil, a Conservative Member of Parliament, was knighted and, in 1934, raised to the peerage as Baron Rockley, so she became Lady Rockley of Lytchett Heath and then the dowager Baroness Rockley, two more names under whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Rockley
Ann Rockley is a content manager. She is the founder and President of The Rockley Group, based in the greater Toronto Area. She regularly presents papers and workshops on subjects involving the efficient creation, management and delivery of content for organizations in North America and Europe. She was the lead analyst for ''The XML & Component Content Management Report'' on Content Management Systems Watch. Education and early career At university, Ann Rockley took a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronomy. In the early 1980s, she got her first permanent job as a junior technical writer at I. P. Sharp Associates. She went on to work for Cemcorp, Unisys, and American Express, then formed Information Design Solutions with two partners, Heather Fawcett and Sam Ferdinand. According to Gerlinde Schuller, information design is a complex, interdisciplinary, and experimental art. The partnership consulted in usability, document analysis, SGML, and large-scale online documentation proje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Rockley Merrick
Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then went to live at the London Hospital after he met Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society. Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally before the age of five. His mother died when he was eleven and his father soon remarried. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home and went to live with his uncle Charles Merrick. In 1879, 17-year-old Merrick entered the Leicester Union Workhouse. In 1884, he contacted a showman named Sam Torr and proposed that Torr should exhibit him. Torr arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named "the Elephant Man". After touring the East Midlands, Merrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop rented by showman Tom Norman. No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockley Wilson
Evelyn Rockley Wilson (25 March 1879 – 21 July 1957) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Yorkshire, and England. Life Wilson was born in Bolsterstone, Stocksbridge, Yorkshire, and educated at Bilton Grange, Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1901 and MA in 1905. An amateur whose main profession was as a schoolmaster for 43 years at Winchester College (1903–1946), Wilson bowled slow right-arm spinners that move either way off the pitch, and batted well enough to score a century on first-class cricket debut, and another one in the annual Varsity match. He played a little for Yorkshire from 1899, but after leaving Cambridge in 1902, he then played no first-class cricket for the next ten years, preferring, he said, to play three club matches a week rather than two county games. But after turning down an approach in 1913 by Hampshire, where he lived, he was persuaded to rejoin Yorkshire, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockley, Barbados
The parish of Christ Church is one of eleven historic political divisions of Barbados. It has a land area of and is found at the southern end of the island. Christ Church has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton. The parish contains the Sir Grantley Adams International Airport as well as the last remaining mangrove swamp in the country, the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary. Under Barbados's historic vestry, the main parish church was originally seated near Dover. After it and the courtyard were destroyed by flood in 1669, the main parish church moved to Oistins area, becoming the main town and former capital of the parish. The South Point Lighthouse is located in South Point, Christ Church, between Atlantic Shores and Green Garden, also in Christ Church. Another notable area of Christ Church is Saint Lawrence Gap, which is the most lively tourist area on the island. Many of the taverns and clubs in St. Lawrence are fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockley Park
Rockley may refer to: People *Baron Rockley, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom *Alicia Margaret Amherst Cecil Rockley (1865–1941), English botanist and horticulturalist *Ann Rockley, Canadian technical communicator *Joseph Rockley Merrick (1862–1897), English, father of the Elephant Man *Rockley Wilson (1879–1957), English cricketer Places *Rockley, Barbados, a resort on the southern coast of Barbados *Rockley Park, a suburb in England *Rockley, New South Wales, a small village in Australia *Rockley, Nottinghamshire, a hamlet in England *Rockley, Wiltshire, a hamlet in England *Rockley, Nova Scotia, a small community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada See also * Rockleigh, New Jersey, a borough in the United States {{disambiguation, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockley, New South Wales
Rockley is a small village in the Central Tablelands region in New South Wales, Australia. At the , Rockley had a population of 178 people. Rockley has a tablelands climate similar to Bathurst. Summers are generally warm and mild. Autumn is generally mild to cool with few frosts at the end of the season. Winter is generally cool to cold with some day times maxima under 5 degrees, there are on average about 3 snowfalls per years. Many days through winter have thick frost and fog. Spring has some late frosts and then days turn warm. History Rockley was first opened as a township in 1848 after a copper mine was opened 8 km from the town and gold was also uncovered. However it was first granted as farm land to William Lawson in 1818, then granted to Captain Watson Augustus Steel who named the property after his birthplace in Wiltshire England. Buildings Currently the village has two churches, an Anglican church and a Catholic church. There are two recreation halls, the School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockley, Nova Scotia
Rockley is a small community located in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References Communities in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia {{CumberlandNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
