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Richard Oliver (actor)
Richard Oliver may refer to: * Richard Oliver (cricketer) (born 1989), British cricket player * Richard Oliver (field hockey) (born 1944), British Olympic hockey player * Richard Oliver (New Zealand politician) (1830–1910), New Zealand politician who represented Dunedin * Richard Oliver (Paralympian) (born 1955), Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player * Richard Oliver (priest) Richard Oliver was an Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Surrey from 1686 until his death in 1689. Oliver was born in the City of London and educated at St John's College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1673. After a curacy in Midhurst he ... (died 1689), Anglican priest * Richard Oliver (radical) (1735–1784), British merchant, plantation owner and politician * Richard Philip Oliver (1763–1843), Irish MP for County Limerick * Jamie Oliver (musician) (Richard James Oliver, born 1975), musician with Welsh alternative metal band Lostprophets {{hndis, Oliver, Richar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oliver (cricketer)
Richard Kenneth Oliver (born 14 November 1989) is an English cricketer who played for Worcestershire. He is a left-handed batsman who also bowls right-arm medium pace. He made his debut for the county on 16 May 2014 in the 2014 NatWest t20 Blast against Durham. He declined a new contract with Worcestershire in 2015. After a second spell with minor county Shropshire, he became captain of the Reigate Priory Reigate Priory is a Grade I listed building in Reigate, Surrey. The building now contains a museum and Reigate Priory Junior School. References {{coord, 51.23547, -0.20629, format=dms, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Grade I listed ... club in Surrey. References External links * 1989 births English cricketers Shropshire cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Living people English cricketers of the 21st century Cricketers from Stoke-on-Trent {{england-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oliver (field Hockey)
Richard Michael Oliver (born 25 September 1944) is a British field hockey player. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. .... References External links * 1944 births Living people British male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Field hockey players from Haryana {{UK-fieldhockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oliver (New Zealand Politician)
Richard Oliver (21 February 1830 – 27 November 1910) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Oliver was the son of Robert Oliver, of Penzance, Cornwall, England, and Elizabeth (Fox) his wife, and emigrated to New Zealand. Oliver represented the City of Dunedin electorate from to 1881, when he retired (to England). He was Minister of Public Works in charge of the Public Works Department in the John Hall Ministry from October 1879 to May 1881. He was included in the Frederick Whitaker Government as a member of the Executive Council till September 1883, when on a second reconstruction he became Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Electric Telegraphs under Major (later Sir) Harry Atkinson, retiring, with the rest of his colleagues, in August 1884. On 10 November 1881, he was appointed to the Legislative Council. He resigned from that role on 4 April 1901. Oliver married first at Penzance on 18 June 1858, Ellen, daughter of William Purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oliver (Paralympian)
Richard Alden Oliver, OAM (born 16 April 1955) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the South Australian town of Gawler. He participated in athletics at both the 1976 Toronto and 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in 1980 in the Men's 100 m 4 event. He held the world records in the 100 m and 200 m events. He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at all Paralympics from 1976 to 1996. He won a gold medal as part of the winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove .... References External links * 1955 births Living people Paralympic athletes for Australia Paralym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oliver (priest)
Richard Oliver was an Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Surrey from 1686 until his death in 1689. Oliver was born in the City of London and educated at St John's College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1673. After a curacy in Midhurst he became the Rector of Chilbolton. He became a Canon of Wells Wells most commonly refers to: * Wells, Somerset, a cathedral city in Somerset, England * Well, an excavation or structure created in the ground * Wells (name) Wells may also refer to: Places Canada *Wells, British Columbia England * Wells ... in 1684. References 1689 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Archdeacons of Surrey People from the City of London {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Oliver (radical)
Richard Oliver (1735–1784) was a British merchant, plantation owner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1770 to 1780. Early life Oliver was the only surviving son of Rowland Oliver, a puisne judge of the court of common pleas of the Leeward Islands, and grandson of Richard Oliver, speaker of the house of Assembly in Antigua, was baptised in St. John's, Antigua, on 7 January 1734–6. At an early age he was sent to London, where he entered the office of his uncle, Richard Oliver, a West India merchant of Low Leyton, Essex. He married Richard Oliver's daughter, his cousin Mary Oliver on 2 February 1758. He retired from business after succeeding to his father's estates in Antigua on 16 July 1767. Political career Oliver entered City politics with his brother-in-law Thomas Oliver. He was one of the trustees of the fund raised in 1768 to pay the debts of John Wilkes, a founder member of the Bill of Rights Society, and later its treasurer. In March 1770 he was on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Philip Oliver
Richard Philip Oliver (1763 – 14 April 1843), later known as Richard Oliver Gascoigne, was an Irish landowner at Castle Oliver in County Limerick and Parlington Hall in Yorkshire. Early life He was the eldest surviving son of Isabella Sarah (née Newman) Oliver and Silver Oliver of Castle Oliver in County Limerick. His father sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Limerick. His paternal grandparents were Jane Katherine (née Silver) Oliver and Robert Oliver, who also sat in the Irish House of Commons. Career He served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1816. Gascoigne lived at Parlington Hall in Yorkshire for 33 years. During his time there, he completed several improvements, including construction of the Dark Arch built between 1813 and 1814, a tunnel of around 80 yards in a sweeping curve along the line of Parlington Lane, as well as the Light Arch. He invested in the agricultural interests at Parlington, developing mineral assets on the estate, particularly coal minin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
