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Wellington (provincial Electoral District)
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. Wellington may also refer to: People * Duke of Wellington (title), including a list of people who held the title Surname * Alex Wellington, also known as "Duke" (1891–1967), Canadian ice hockey player * Altemont Wellington (born 1934), Jamaican cricketer * Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), British commander at Waterloo and Prime Minister * Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), British Lieutenant-General * Arthur M. Wellington (1847–1895), American civil engineer and author * B. Wellington, Indian politician and Health Minister of Kerala State * Beatrice Wellington (1907–1971), Canadian Quaker rescuer of Jewish children from pre-World War II Prague * Ben Wellington (born 1974), English cricketer * Biff Wellington (1965–2007), Canadian professional wrestler * Calvin Wellington (born 1995), Welsh rugby league footballer * Chrissie Wellington (born 1977), English triathlete * Clemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metro area, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Legends recount that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century, with initial settlement by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General for Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company, in 1840. The Wellington urban area, which only includes urbanised ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke Of Wellington
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington (5 April 1846 – 8 June 1900) was a British peer and Conservative Party politician. Early life He was a son of Lord Charles Wellesley and grandson of the 1st Duke of Wellington. He was born with no title but inherited the dukedom when in 1884 his uncle died childless. Between 1859 and 1865 he attended Eton. Career He joined the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards as an ensign on 16 May 1865, was promoted to major on 1 July 1881, and retired from the service on 28 June 1882. He unsuccessfully contested the Parliamentary constituency of Andover in 1868. He won the seat in 1874 and held it until the next election, 1880. He succeeded his uncle as Duke of Wellington on 13 August 1884. Subsequently, his sisters Victoria and Mary were granted the rank of daughters of a Duke. He was appointed honorary colonel of the Hampshire Artillery on 22 November 1884, and the 6th West York Militia on 10 April 1886. He held both honours until his death. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wellington (footballer, Born 1921)
Tom Wellington (22 August 1921 – 16 March 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). He was selected to play in the final round of the 1938 season, but withdrew due to illness and didn't make his senior debut until the following year. Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington, Tom 1921 births 1998 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wellington (footballer, Born 1894)
Tom Wellington (27 October 1894 – 17 July 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * *Profileat DemonWiki 1894 births 1955 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Melbourne Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1894-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Wellington
Terra Wellington is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is known for her portrayals of sophisticated women in peril, distress, or vulnerable situations, and works predominantly in independent films. Her writing and creative producing include both TV series, feature work, and morning television. She is also an environmental and wellness advocate, having written books and been a U.S. columnist and magazine editor. Early life Wellington grew up in both the Western U.S. states, principally in Utah and Colorado, and in the Chicago-midwest area in a middle-class family. Her mother worked as a freelance artist and author, though principally raised her children as a full-time homemaker. And her father worked in sales, acted in community theater, and was a celebrated organist. She learned to play the piano at the age of 5. Excelling in prose interpretation on the school's speech team, she attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern Chicago su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Wellington
Edward Matthew Wellington (20 November 1921 – 7 June 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wellington, Ted 1921 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players 2004 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Wellington
Stuart Lenton Wellington is an American comedian and bar proprietor based in Brooklyn, New York. With Dan McCoy, he is a co-creator of the bad-movie podcast ''The Flop House'', which he has co-hosted since 2007 with McCoy and Elliott Kalan, moving to the All Things Comedy podcast network in October 2012 and then the Maximum Fun network in September 2014. He has been featured in The A.V. Club's Podmass column for his work on the podcast. In addition to appearing on the Flop House, Wellington also co-hosts Till Def do us Ppardy, along with Alexander Smith, an educational Def Leppard podcast which explores themes in Def Leppard's music. Wellington has also been named by Travis McElroy as his successor to take the latter's place in the eternal annual podcast '' Til Death Do Us Blart'' in the case of McElroy's untimely demise. Wellington is the creator of the Flop House Housecat character and vocalist of a biographical song, produced by musician Alexander Smith, detailing the character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Wellington
Stephen Wellington (4 July 1899 – 11 June 1974) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1928/29. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have played representative cricket for Tasmania in Australia. It includes players that have played at least one match, in senior first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 matches. Practice matches are not i ... References External links * 1899 births 1974 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Tasmania People from Beaconsfield, Tasmania {{Australia-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheena Wellington
Sheena Wellington (born 29 August 1944, in Dundee, Scotland) is a traditional Scottish singer. She is best known for performing the Robert Burns song '' A Man's A Man For A' That'' at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. Wellington was born in Dundee on 29 August 1944. She attended Blackness Primary School and Harris Academy. Her repertoire covers everything from Burns to ballads to the best of contemporary songwriting, drawing from the rich Scottish tradition passed from musician to musician through the ages. She has toured in Europe, North America, Africa and the Far East and her solo albums, ''Kerelaw'', ''Clearsong'', ''Strong Women'' and ''Hamely Fare'' have gained international acclaim. A passionate and articulate advocate for traditional music, she has played a leading role in the fight for recognition, status and improved funding for Scotland's traditional arts. "..she can lay fair claim to being chiefly responsible for the seriousness with which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaldo Wellington
Renaldo Wellington (born 3 March 1999) is a Jamaican football defender who plays for Harbour View F.C. Career Club Has played locally for Montego Bay United F.C. In 2021, Wellington transferred to Harbour View F.C. Harbour View Football Club is a Jamaican football club based in Kingston that currently plays in the top flight Jamaica National Premier League. Harbour View is nicknamed the ''Stars of the East'' or ''Easters'' and play their home games at ... International Wellington was capped by Jamaica for the March 2021 USA friendly in Austria. References 1999 births Living people Jamaican men's footballers Jamaica men's international footballers Montego Bay United F.C. players Men's association football defenders {{Jamaica-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Wellington
Roderick Wellington also known as "The Duke" (born in Tooting, England) was a British professional basketball player, and played for the Leicester Riders in the British Basketball League amongst others. The 6 ft 5in tall Forward was educated at Marjon College, based in Plymouth and it was here where he started his professional basketball career with the Plymouth Raiders in 2000, then a National Basketball League team, having previously played for lower league club Sutton Pumas. After enjoying four very successful years with the Raiders, Roderick made the jump to the top-level British Basketball League with teammate Dean Williams, both of whom joined the Thames Valley Tigers in 2004, the same year that the Raiders also made the jump to the BBL. After one season with the Tigers, the club folded and through the efforts of local fans a new club was set up to replace them, the Guildford Heat, of which Rod was a part of the first roster of the new club. At the beginning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wellington
Peter William Wellington (born 21 August 1957) is an Australian politician. He was the independent member for Nicklin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2017, and served as Speaker from 2015 to 2017. Wellington has held the balance of power in the legislature twice in his career, and both times saw him give support to Labor-led minority governments. Before Parliament Wellington grew up on his family's farm at Belli Park. Before entering parliament, Wellington was a police officer, and a solicitor. His first success in politics was when he was elected to a seat on the Maroochy Shire council. Parliamentary career Wellington's defeat of the incumbent National Party candidate Neil Turner in the closely contested 1998 election reflected the instability in Queensland politics at the time. He was unexpectedly put in a position of considerable power when the Coalition suffered an 11-seat swing, resulting in a hung parliament. Nationals Premier Rob Borbidge coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
