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Thorneycroft Farmhouse, Kettleshulme
Thornycroft, Thorneycroft, or Thornicroft may refer to: Thornycroft family Thornycroft family, British arts and industry family * Thomas Thornycroft (1815–85), sculptor * his wife Mary Thornycroft (1814–95), sculptor ** John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), son of Thomas, marine engineer *** John Edward Thornycroft (1872–1960), son of John Isaac, mechanical and civil engineer *** Isaac Thomas Thornycroft (1881–1955), son of John Isaac, motorboat and yacht racer, 1908 Olympic gold medalist in motor boating ** Helen Thornycroft (1848–1937), daughter of Thomas, painter ** Hamo Thornycroft RA (1850–1925), son of Thomas, sculptor ** Theresa Thornycroft (1853–1947), daughter of Thomas, sculptor, mother of Siegfried Sassoon Other people * Alexander Thorneycroft (1859–1931), British Army general * Carla Thorneycroft, Baroness Thorneycroft (1914–2007), British patron of the arts * Charles Thorneycroft (1879–1972), English cricketer * Craig Thornicroft, former drummer fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornycroft Family
The Thornycroft family was a notable English family of sculptors, artists and engineers, connected by marriage to the historic Sassoon family. The earliest known mention of the family is stated in George Ormerod's ''History of Cheshire'' as during the reign of Henry III in the 13th century, taking its name from a Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ... hamlet. Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928) was the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company. References External links * Photographs of All Saints, Siddington, Cheshire, England, UK- has early history of the family tree and 18th-century family tree Sassoon family {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Benjamin Thorneycroft
George Benjamin Thorneycroft (20 August 1791 – 28 April 1851) was a successful ironmaster and Tory supporter who became the first Mayor of Wolverhampton, after the Borough was incorporated, in 1848. Iron and Steel Thorneycroft moved to Leeds with his family and returned to Wolverhamton aged 18 with a basic knowledge of iron forging which allowed him to join an established iron works in Bilston. In partnership with his twin brother Edward he founded Shrubbery Ironworks in Wolverhampton in 1824. From an initial production of 10 tons of iron a week George used his experience to grow the business and was soon producing 700 tons a week of high quality iron. With skillful marketing he became a key supplier to the fast expanding railway companies. The business continued to grow, even after Thorneycroft's death, and made large profits from production of armour plating and shells during the Crimean War. Along with other businesses in the town the works suffered, during a slump in deman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolston, Southampton
Woolston is a suburb of Southampton, Hampshire, located on the eastern bank of the River Itchen. It is bounded by the River Itchen, Sholing, Peartree Green, Itchen and Weston. The area has a strong maritime and aviation history. The former hamlet grew as new industries, roads and railways came to the area in the Victorian era with Woolston formally incorporated into the borough of Southampton in 1920. History Woolston is believed to originate from ''Olafs tun'', a fortified tun on the East bank of the River Itchen established by the Viking leader Olaf I of Norway in the 10th Century. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the area is recorded as ''Olvestune''. The area now known as Woolston is certain to have received consignments of wool to be ferried across the River Itchen, Hampshire by the inhabitants of Itchen Ferry village. The evolution of ''Olvestune'' into "Woolston" is a result of that trade. The former hamlet grew as new industries, roads and railways came to the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornycroft Athletic F
Thornycroft was an English vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977. History In 1896, naval engineer John Isaac Thornycroft formed the Thornycroft Steam Carriage and Van Company which built its first steam van. This was exhibited at the Crystal Palace Show, and could carry a load of 1 ton. It was fitted with a Thornycroft marine launch-type boiler (Thornycroft announced a new boiler designed for its steam carriages in October 1897). The engine was a twin-cylinder compound engine arranged so that high-pressure steam could be admitted to the low-pressure cylinder to give extra power for hill-climbing. A modified version of the steam wagon with a 6-cubic-yard tipper body was developed for Chiswick council in 1896 and went into service as a very early self-propelled dust-cart. While the original 1896 wagon had front-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering, the tipper dust-cart had rear-wheel drive and front-wheel steering. The Thornycroft t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John I
John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John I of Naples (died c. 719) * John of Abkhazia (ruled 878/879–880) * John I of Gaeta (died c. 933) * John I Tzimiskes (c. 925 – 976), Byzantine Emperor * John I of Amalfi (died 1007) * John I of Ponthieu (c. 1147 – 1191) * John I (archbishop of Trier) (c. 1140-1212), Archbishop of Trier from 1190 to 1212 * John of England (1166–1216), King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and Count of Anjou * John I of Sweden (c. 1201 – 1222) * John of Brienne (c. 1148 – 1237), king of Jerusalem * John I of Trebizond (died 1238) * John I of Dreux (1215–1249) * John I of Avesnes (1218–1257), Count of Hainaut * John of Brunswick, Duke of Lüneburg (c. 1242–1277) * John I, Count of Blois (died 1280) * John I, Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornycroft
Thornycroft was an English vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977. History In 1896, naval engineer John Isaac Thornycroft formed the Thornycroft Steam Carriage and Van Company which built its first steam van. This was exhibited at the Crystal Palace Show, and could carry a load of 1 ton. It was fitted with a Thornycroft marine launch-type boiler (Thornycroft announced a new boiler designed for its steam carriages in October 1897). The engine was a twin-cylinder compound engine arranged so that high-pressure steam could be admitted to the low-pressure cylinder to give extra power for hill-climbing. A modified version of the steam wagon with a 6-cubic-yard tipper body was developed for Chiswick council in 1896 and went into service as a very early self-propelled dust-cart. While the original 1896 wagon had front-wheel drive with rear-wheel steering, the tipper dust-cart had rear-wheel drive and front-wheel steering. The Thornycrof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace Thorneycroft
Wallace Thorneycroft (1864–1954) was a 19th/20th century British mining engineer, businessman, coal-mine owner and geologist. He was President of the Institute of Mining Engineers. As a geologist and archaeologist he was an expert on vitrified forts and one of the first to undertake practical experiments to establish their mode of construction. Life He was born in Dorchester on 24 February 1864, the son of Thomas Thorneycroft, and his wife, Jane Whitelaw. The family moved to the Mansion House in Tettenhall in his youth. He was educated privately at Charterhouse School. He studied Mining Engineering at Owen's College in Manchester then was apprenticed to Simpson and Rankine in Glasgow. He trained as a mining engineer and based himself in central Scotland. His first position was as manager of Merrytown Colliery in Hamilton from 1889, then moving eastwards, and living at 25 Snowdon Place in Stirling from 1896. In 1894 he rented the Plean estate to open a colliery, from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, (26 July 1909 – 4 June 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957 and 1958. Early life Born in Dunston, Staffordshire, Thorneycroft was the son of Major George Edward Mervyn Thorneycroft and Dorothy Hope Franklyn. He was the grandson of Sir William Franklyn and nephew of Sir Harold Franklyn. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on 29 August 1929 but resigned his commission on 1 July 1931. In 1933, he was called to the bar for the Inner Temple. Political career He entered Parliament in the 1938 Stafford by-election, for the borough of Stafford. He was re-commissioned into the Royal Artillery in his previous rank on 30 August 1939. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Artillery and the general staff. Along with other members of the Tory Reform Commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheen Thornycroft
Micheen Barbara Thornycroft (born 26 June 1987), is a Zimbabwean female rower. Born in Harare, she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the single scull events for the national team. Thornycroft's achievements in the sporting discipline have seen her being nominated for the ANSA (Annual National Sports Award) Sportswoman of the Year Award twice, in 2013 and in 2015. Early life and education Thornycroft was born on 26 June 1987 in Harare, Zimbabwe. She has an older sister, Roseanne, and a younger brother, Patrick. Initially home-schooled for Grade One, Thornycroft went to Springvale House, an independent school in Mashonaland East for primary schooling and on to Peterhouse Girls' School, another independent school also in Mashonaland East, for her secondary education. Peterhouse was the school where she began rowing and met her coach, Rachel Davis. Thornycroft did her tertiary education in South Africa. At Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Easte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Thornicroft
Nicholas David Thornicroft (born 23 January 1985) is an English first-class cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler, who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 2002 until 2007. Career Thornicroft made his debut for the Yorkshire Cricket Board in 2001, in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. He played in his debut first-class match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in the 2002 County Championship, although Yorkshire finished that season in bottom place in the First Division, being relegated to Division Two for the 2003 season. Thornicroft held the lowest first-class bowling average of the Yorkshire team in 2002. He was the youngest ever Roses Match debutant, that year, when he played for Yorkshire against Lancashire at the age of 17. Thornicroft appeared in only one first-class match during the following season, although he played in five Youth One Day Internationals and three Youth Tests during the calendar year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina Symphony Orchestra
The Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO) was founded by Frank Laubach, in Regina, Saskatchewan, as the ''Regina Orchestral Society'' in 1908, giving its inaugural concert December 3 of that same year. Becoming the ''Regina Choral and Orchestral Society'' in 1919, and merging briefly with the Regina Male Voice Choir as the ''Regina Philharmonic Association'' in 1924, it returned to independent status as the ''Regina Symphony'' in 1926, presenting its first regular season (1927–1928) under W. Knight Wilson. For many years an orchestra of 50 players, it grew to 70 in the 1960s. From 1929, its home was Darke Hall on College Avenue until it moved to the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in 1970. The orchestra performs over 30 concerts every season to over 30,000 people over a 37-week season. King Charles III, granted his patronage to the orchestra in September, 2008, making the RSO the fourth orchestra in the world to be granted this honour by the heir to the Canadian throne. The orche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
