Sinton (surname)

	Sinton (surname) Sinton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andy Sinton (born 1966), English footballer and manager * David Sinton, Irish born industrialist in Ohio * David Sinton Ingalls, American politician, great-grandson of David Sinton John Alexander Sinton, Irish soldier and winner of the Victoria Cross (first cousin once-removed of Maynard Sinton) John Sinton (1835–1890), Irish-linen manufacturer; younger brother of Thomas Sinton, grandfather of John Alexander Sinton * Les Sinton, English footballer Maynard Sinton, son of Thomas Sinton Nell Sinton (1910–1997), American painter Thomas Sinton Thomas Sinton, JP (February 1826 – 20 August 1887) was an Irish industrialist and magistrate. Sinton made a significant impact upon the Irish linen trade; not least establishing the village of Laurelvale, County Armagh. Thomas Sinton was born ... , Irish linen industrialist (cousin of David Sinton), great-uncle of John Alexander Sinton {{surname, Sinton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Andy Sinton Andrew Sinton (born 19 March 1966) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, who is club ambassador for Queens Park Rangers. As a player, he was a left midfielder who notably played in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday and Tottenham Hotspur. He also played in the Football League for Cambridge United, Brentford and Wolverhampton Wanderers before finishing his career in non-league with Burton Albion, Bromsgrove Rovers and Fleet Town. He earned 12 caps playing as an international footballer for England. He was described as "a hard-working midfielder with a good footballing brain and who created many goals". Following retirement, Sinton managed non-league side Fleet Town for five seasons, then AFC Telford United for three seasons, where he won promotion with the club to the Conference National. Club career Sinton was a schoolboy footballer, playing for the England Under 15 team. He signed for Cambridge United on leaving scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	David Sinton David Sinton (26 June 1808 – 31 August 1900) was an Irish-born American pig-iron industrialist, born in County Armagh, Ireland, who became one of the wealthiest people in America. Early life Sinton was the son of linen manufacturer John Sinton, of Unshinagh, a Quaker (he was a cousin of Irish Quaker industrialist brothers Thomas Sinton and John Sinton), and Mary McDonnell. In 1811, the family came to America, from Ireland, and settled at Pittsburgh when he was three years of age. Sinton had one brother (Dr. William Sinton, a physician) and two sisters (Isabella Eliza - never left Ireland and Sarah, married John Sparks - a banker). Career In the 1830s, Sinton was a manager of the ironworks at Hanging Rock, Ohio. In 1846, he managed to become the owner and made his headquarters in Cincinnati. A man of "irregular education",Hess, Stephen, ''America's Political Dynasties'', P. 306 his business interests centered on the manufacture of iron; the location of his furnaces was Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	David Sinton Ingalls David Sinton Ingalls (January 28, 1899 – April 26, 1985) was the US Navy's only flying ace of World War I, with six credited victories; thus he was the first ace in U. S. Navy history. Early life Ingalls was born on January 28, 1899, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the son of Albert S. Ingalls and Jane ( née Taft) Ingalls (1874–1962). His mother was the niece of U.S. President William Howard Taft. David was the grandson of railroad executive Melville E. Ingalls. and the great-grandson of industrialist David Sinton, for whom he was named. Ingalls received his secondary education at the University School in Cleveland, and later attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He entered Yale in 1916, where he studied as a medical student (he would eventually graduate in 1920 with a BA in English) and joined the First Yale Unit.O'Connor, M., p. 61. As such, Ingalls became a member of the Naval Reserve Flying Corps and by 1917 had obtained his pilot's license. Military ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Alexander Sinton Brigadier John Alexander Sinton, (2 December 1884 – 25 March 1956) was a British medical doctor, malariologist, soldier, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Sinton was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the third of the seven children of Walter Lyon Sinton (1860–1930) and his wife, Isabella Mary, née Pringle (1860–1924), a family of Quaker linen manufacturers from north of Ireland. On his mother's side he was a cousin of James Pringle, and a nephew of Thomas Sinton and cousin of Ernest Walton on his father's. In 1890 they returned to Ulster where he was educated and lived for the rest of his life. He studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and read medicine at the Queen's University, Belfast, where he graduated in 1908 as first in his year. He went on to attain degrees from the University of Cambridge (1910) and the University of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Sinton John Sinton, JP, (born 1 November 1835 in Tamnaghmore House, Co. Armagh; died 13 September 1890 in Ravernet, Co. Down), was an Ulster Scot industrialist, philanthropist and Quaker. He was the seventh child of nine born to David Sinton (1792–1860) and Sarah Green (1795–1856). Belonging to a large and well-known family descended from the Ulster-Scots Benjamin Cynton (1640–?), John Sinton purchased a linen mill at Ravarnet (sometimes spelled Ravernet or Ravarnette), Co. Down, close to Lisburn, Co. Down, in 1873, and established another one at nearby Drumnavaddy. He was the younger brother of Thomas Sinton (1826–1887), linen manufacturer and Quaker philanthropist, who created the new village at Laurelvale, Co. Armagh, in the 1850s, and cousin of industrialist David Sinton of Cincinnati, once one of the richest men in America. On 21 May 1857, Sinton married Eleanor Hemington at the Friends' Meeting House at Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. They had six children, among them Walte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Les Sinton Leslie Wanford Sinton was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ... as an outside right. References English men's footballers Brentford F.C. players English Football League players 1915 births Year of death missing Men's association football outside forwards Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne Gateshead A.F.C. players {{England-footy-forward-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Maynard Sinton William Maynard Sinton JP (1 February 1860 – 31 December 1942) was High Sheriff of County Armagh, an Ulster Unionist County Councillor for Armagh and industrialist. Sinton was the eldest son, and heir, of Thomas Sinton of Laurelvale House. His father founded the family linen firm of ''Thomas Sinton & Co. Ltd.'' ( flax spinners). Maynard Sinton attended school at Kendal, Westmoreland and at Newtown School, Waterford. Sinton's uncle was the linen manufacturer John Sinton owner of the Ravarnette Weaving Company; his cousin, a grandson of the same John Sinton, was the Victoria Cross winner John Alexander Sinton. He continued to manage the firm following his father's death and took up residence aBallyards Castle Armagh. Sinton married, on 16 March 1905 at Tandragee, Myra Atkinson, of Park View, Tandragee, daughter of William H. Atkinson, solicitor and sometime agent to the Duke of Manchester; J. Charters Boyle, JP was best man. The couple had two children, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nell Sinton Eleanor "Nell" Walter Sinton (née Eleanor Walter; 1910–1997) was an American artist, an art community leader, and educator. She was a distinguished San Francisco Bay Area abstract painter and collagist. Sinton served on the San Francisco Arts Commission, and she was one of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Art Institute. Early life and education Eleanor Walter was born in 1910 in San Francisco, California to a prominent Jewish family active in Congregation Emanu-El. The Walter family ancestors had arrived in San Francisco in 1851, during the Gold Rush. Her parents were Florence (née Schwartz) and John Isidor Walter. Her mother was a master at bookbinding and a member of the Hand Bookbinders of California. Her father worked as a treasurer in the family investment and merchant business, D. N. & E. Walter & Company (David Nathan and Emanuel Walter and Company). Her father served in many local leadership roles, including as the President of the California School of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]