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Thomas Long (priest)
Thomas Long may refer to: Politicians * Thomas Long (Ontario politician) (1836–1920), Ontario merchant and political figure * Thomas Long (fl.1407–1437), MP for Rye *Thomas Long of Draycot (c. 1451–1508), English knight and politician * Thomas Long (died 1593), MP for Westbury *Thomas Long (captain), American whaler * Thomas W. Long (born 1929), American politician in the New Jersey General Assembly *Thomas Warren Long (1839–1917), African Methodist Episcopal minister and politician in Florida Others *Thomas Long (writer) Thomas Long (1621–1707) was an English clergyman and writer on Church politics. He spent almost all of his life in Exeter. Life He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1642. He was prebendary of Exeter from 1600 to ... (1621–1707), English clergyman and controversialist * Thomas J. Long (c. 1910–1993), American accountant and businessman who co-founded Longs Drugs * Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Long (Ontario Politician)
Thomas Long (August 7, 1836 – October 9, 1920) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Simcoe West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative from 1875 to 1883. He was born in County Limerick, Ireland in 1836, began his education there and went to Simcoe County in Canada West in 1850, where he apprenticed with a merchant. He finished his schooling in Buffalo, New York. Long moved to Collingwood in 1857, where he managed a store for merchants before going into business for himself the following year. He married Ann Patton in 1861. In 1868, his brother joined him in the business, which include the sale of dry goods, clothing and groceries, a flour mill and steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. Steamboats sometimes use the ship prefix, prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S ...s. He served on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Long (fl
Thomas Long may refer to: Politicians *Thomas Long (Ontario politician) (1836–1920), Ontario merchant and political figure * Thomas Long (fl.1407–1437), MP for Rye * Thomas Long of Draycot (c. 1451–1508), English knight and politician * Thomas Long (died 1593), MP for Westbury * Thomas Long (captain), American whaler *Thomas W. Long (born 1929), American politician in the New Jersey General Assembly * Thomas Warren Long (1839–1917), African Methodist Episcopal minister and politician in Florida Others *Thomas Long (writer) (1621–1707), English clergyman and controversialist *Thomas J. Long Thomas J. Long (c. 1910 – 1993) was an American accountant and businessman who co-founded Longs Drugs with his brother Joseph. Early life and education He was born in Covelo, California in 1910. He graduated from the University of Califor ... (c. 1910–1993), American accountant and businessman who co-founded Longs Drugs * Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Long Of Draycot
Sir Thomas Long of Draycot (c. 1451–1508) was an English landowner and knight. He is known to have served as one of the Members of Parliament for the borough of Westbury in 1491 and was twice High Sheriff of Wiltshire. Life Born in Wiltshire, the son of John Long and his wife Margaret Wayte, he succeeded to the Draycot estates on the death of his father on 20 September 1478, and inherited South Wraxall from his uncle Henry Long in 1490. Long was among the 'great compaignye of noble men' who went with Edward, Duke of Buckingham, in 1496 to meet the King at Taunton, then in pursuit of Perkin Warbeck. In 1501 he received a knighthood at the marriage of Henry VII's eldest son, Arthur, Prince of Wales, and he was also at the reception of Catherine of Aragon at Shaftesbury in October of that year. Long was elected Member of Parliament for Westbury in 1491. He was appointed High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1500 and again in 1506. He married Margery, daughter of Sir George Darell, o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Long (died 1593)
Thomas Long (1539 – 30 June 1593), also spelt Longe, was the first Englishman to be punished for being elected to the House of Commons of England The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of ... by bribery. After being returned as one of the two Members of the Parliament of England for Westbury in 1571, Long was found to be "a simple man, and of small capacity to serve in parliament". On enquiries being made, it transpired that he had paid Anthony Garland, the returning officer, and a Mr Wat, the sum of four pounds to be elected. For this conduct, which was described as "the said lewd and scandalous attempt", the borough of Westbury was amerced twenty pounds, Long was removed from office, and the returning officer was both fined and imprisoned. Long's identity is not co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Long (captain)
Thomas W. Long was an American whaling ship master. Whaling career Long was captain of the ship ''John and Elizabeth'' (296 tons), of New London, in 1854; the ship ''India'' (433 tons), of New London, in 1855, 1856, and 1857; the barque ''Merrimac'' (414 tons), of New London, in 1858; and the ship ''Isaac Howland'' (399 tons), of New Bedford, in 1860, 1861, 1862, and 1863. He used the schooner ''Caroline'' (106 tons), of New London and then Honolulu, as tender from 1855 to 1858 and from 1860 to 1862.''Whalemen's Shipping List and Merchants' Transcript'', New Bedford, December 22, 1857, Vol. XV, No. 41. He sailed to the Sea of Okhotsk each season. In 1854 he obtained 800 barrels of oil. In 1855, up to September 8, he had taken 39 whales, which produced 1,800 to 1,900 barrels of oil; and in three seasons from 1855 to 1857, he got 8,000 to 9,000 barrels of whale oil with the help of his tender ''Caroline'', mainly cruising in Tugur Bay and Academy Bay. He left the ''Caroline'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas W
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Warren Long
Thomas Warren Long (January 10, 1839 – October 25, 1917) was an African Methodist Episcopal The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. The African Methodist Episcopal ... minister and politician in Florida. He fought against the Confederacy during the American Civil War and later served in the state legislature. Born into slavery on a plantation in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1832, Long eventually escaped and fought with the Union Army during the American Civil War. Thomas Wentworth Higginson was one of his commanding officers. Long served as Madison County, Florida, Madison County's superintendent of public schools in 1868 and 1869. He represented the Marion County, Florida in the Florida Senate from 1873 until 1879. He helped organize churches for former slaves in Florida. He proposed a legislation for free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
