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William Boyd (Covenanter)
William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to: Academics * William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster * William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator * William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian professor and author * William Beaty Boyd (1923–2020), American university administrator Arts and entertainment * William "Stage" Boyd (1889–1935), American actor * William Boyd (actor) (1895–1972), American actor, better known as "Hopalong Cassidy" * Bill Boyd (musician) (1910–1977), American musician, leader of the band Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers * William Boyd (writer) (born 1952), Scottish novelist and screenwriter Sports * Bill Boyd (baseball) (1852–1912), American baseball player * Bill Boyd (poker player) (1906–1997), American poker player * William Robert Boyd (1930–2015), American basketball player and coach * Willie Boyd (born 1958), Scottish footballer Others * Bill Boyd (Canadian politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alexander Jenyns Boyd
William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (18421928) was a journalist and schoolmaster in Australia. He was admired for his "upright bearing and extensive learning". Early life Boyd was born in Paris on 27 November 1842. His father was Colonel Charles Boyd (of the 95th Regiment), of Kilmarnock, Scotland. His mother was Mary Vachell, and Horace Vachell, the author, was his cousin. He was educated in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Italy, including at the Lycee de Versailles, near Paris. Career in Queensland Although expected to join the army, Boyd decided to work on American sailing ships allowing him to he traveled widely around the world. When in England he heard John Dunmore Lang lecture on cotton-growing in Queensland, and this induced him to immigrate on the ''Saldanha'' to Brisbane in Queensland arriving in January 1862 where he purchase land at Oxley Creek (now Corinda). After a few years he obtained the appointment as head teacher at the Oxley West National School, . Later on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyd, 4th Earl Of Kilmarnock
William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (12 May 170518 August 1746), was a Scottish peer who joined the 1745 Jacobite Rising, was captured at Culloden and subsequently executed for treason on Tower Hill. His family were supporters of the government and Kilmarnock had not previously been involved with the Stuarts; he later stated "for the two Kings and their rights, I cared not a farthing which prevailed; but I was starving." His title was declared forfeit and his heavily mortgaged estates confiscated; they were later returned to his eldest son James, later Earl of Erroll, who fought at Culloden on the government side. Biography William Boyd was born in 1705, only son of William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock (1683–1717) and Eupheme Ross (1684–1729). His father supported the government during the 1715 Jacobite Rising, but was deeply in debt when he died in 1717. Educated at the University of Glasgow, Kilmarnock reportedly had "an Aversion to rigorous Study of Letters" and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyde
William Boyde (born March 1953) is a British actor, best known for his work on the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1986–1989, 1992, 2017). He was educated at Cheltenham College where he appeared as an extra in the film If...which was filmed at the school. His character James Willmott-Brown became one of the soap's most renowned villains after raping barmaid Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) in 1988, and then terrorizing her in 1992. In September 2017, Boyde made an unannounced return to ''EastEnders'' and eventually departed on 28 December at the conclusion of his storyline - in which he was revealed as the boss of Max Branning (Jake Wood) in their vengeful plot to destroy the square. Boyde has also appeared in ''Just William'' (1977); the BBC drama '' Secret Army'' (1978); '' Bergerac'' (1981) and the detective series ''Dempsey and Makepeace'' (1985). In 2001 Boyde played Tim the pub landlord in the Johnny Vaughan cult sitcom '' 'Orrible''. In 2004 Boyde guest starred in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Boyd (other)
Will Boyd can refer to: * Will Boyd (musician) (born 1979), American bass guitarist for the band Evanescence * Will Boyd (politician), a candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama The 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama. Incumbent Senator Richard Shelby was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 ... See also * William Boyd (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Boyd (other)
Billy Boyd may refer to: *Billy Boyd (ice hockey) (1898–1940), Canadian ice hockey forward *Billy Boyd (footballer) (1905–1967), Scottish professional footballer *Billy Boyd (politician) William Robinson Boyd (born 1921), better known as Billy Boyd, was a politician from Northern Ireland. Boyd worked in the shipyards of Belfast and became active in the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP) and stood unsuccessfully in Belfast Wood ... (born c. 1921), Northern Ireland Labour Party activist * Billy Boyd (actor) (born 1968), Scottish actor See also * William Boyd (other) {{hndis, Boyd, Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyd III
William Boyd III (born 1968 or 1969) is an American politician who has served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2021, representing Hillsborough County's 21st district, which contains the town of Merrimack. A member of the Republican Party, Boyd ran in an April 2021 special election to succeed Dick Hinch, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. Boyd defeated the Democratic nominee, former state representative Wendy E.N. Thomas, by a margin of 2,531 votes to 2,144. Boyd's campaign was assisted by Mike Pompeo, a former United States secretary of state, and Tom Cotton, a United States senator from Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage .... Boyd previously served on the Merrimack Town Council and the New Hampshire Drinking and Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyd (colonel)
William, Willie, Will or Bill Boyd may refer to: Academics * William Alexander Jenyns Boyd (1842–1928), Australian journalist and schoolmaster * William Boyd (educator) (1874–1962), Scottish educator * William Boyd (pathologist) (1885–1979), Scottish-Canadian professor and author * William Beaty Boyd (1923–2020), American university administrator Arts and entertainment * William "Stage" Boyd (1889–1935), American actor * William Boyd (actor) (1895–1972), American actor, better known as "Hopalong Cassidy" * Bill Boyd (musician) (1910–1977), American musician, leader of the band Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers * William Boyd (writer) (born 1952), Scottish novelist and screenwriter Sports * Bill Boyd (baseball) (1852–1912), American baseball player * Bill Boyd (poker player) (1906–1997), American poker player * William Robert Boyd (1930–2015), American basketball player and coach * Willie Boyd (born 1958), Scottish footballer Others * Bill Boyd (Canadian po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William C
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepherd And Boyd
Shepherd and Boyd was an American silversmith partnership between Robert Shepherd (1781 March 6, 1853) and William Boyd (September 14, 1774 {{en dash April 24, 1840), active at 136 Market Street, Albany, New York, from 1806 to 1830. Their work is collected in the Albany Institute of History & Art, Clark Art Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is the oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere. It houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in several interconnected buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. .... References * ''American Silversmiths and Their Marks: The Definitive (1948) Edition'', Stephen G. C. Ensko, Courier Corporation, 2012, page 119. * ''Old Plate, Its Makers & Marks'', John Henry Buck, Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1903, pages 50–51. * ''Early American silver and its makers'', Jane Bentley, Mayflower Books, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyd (priest)
William Boyd (6 January 1726 – 29 August 1795) was an Irish Anglican priest. Huson was born in County Kildare and educated at Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ..., He was Archdeacon of Leighlin from 1776 to 1777; and Archdeacon of Ferns from 1777 until his death."Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton,H. p362 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878 Notes Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 1795 deaths 1726 births Christian clergy from County Kildare Archdeacons of Leighlin Archdeacons of Ferns {{Ireland-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boyd (minister)
William Boyd (died 1772), was an Irish Presbyterian minister. He is known as the bearer of a petition to Samuel Shute, the governor of Province of Massachusetts Bay, embodying a proposal for an emigration from County Londonderry to that colony.The petition is dated 26 March 1718, is signed by nine presbyterian ministers and 208 members of their parishes, who declare their 'sincere and hearty inclination to transport ourselves to that very excellent and renowned Plantation, upon our obtaining from His Excellency suitable encouragement.' Thomas Witherow reprints the document, with the signatures in full, from Edward Lutwyche Parker's ''History of Londonderry, New Hampshire'', Boston, 1851. Boyd fulfilled his mission in 1718; the intended emigration did not take place. In the same year (without awaiting the issue of Boyd's negotiation), James McGregor (minister of Aghadowey, County Londonderry, from 1701 to 1718), who had not signed the document, emigrated to New Hampshire with some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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