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William Boys (other)
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William Boys may refer to: * William Boys (MP) (1541–1596), English politician, member of parliament for Queenborough * William Boys (surgeon) (1735–1803), English surgeon and topographer * William Alves Boys (1868–1938), Canadian politician and barrister * William Boys (Royal Navy officer) (1700–1774) * William Boys, one of the Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1856–1861 This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the inaugural 1856 elections and the 1861 elections. Notes : In January 1857, William Crooke, the member for Franklin, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boys (MP)
William Boys (1541–1596) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised t ... for Queenborough in 1589. References 1541 births 1596 deaths English MPs 1589 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boys (surgeon)
William Boys (1735–1803) was an English surgeon and topographer. Life Boys was born at Deal, Kent, Deal on 7 Sept. 1735. He was of an old Kent family (Hasted, ''History of Kent,'' iii. 109), being the eldest son of Commodore William Boys (Royal Navy officer), William Boys, R.N., lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital (London), Greenwich Hospital (c.1700–1774), by his wife, Elizabeth Pearson of Deal (''Gent. Mag''. lxxiii. pt. i. 421-3). About 1755 he was a surgeon at Sandwich, Kent, where he was noted for his untiring explorations of Richborough Castle, for skill in deciphering ancient manuscripts and inscriptions, for his zeal in collecting antiquities connected with Sandwich, and for his studies in astronomy, natural history, and mathematics. In 1759 he married Elizabeth Wise, a daughter of Henry Wise, one of the Sandwich jurats (ibid.), and by her he had two children. In 1761 he was elected jurat, acting with his wife's father. In the same year, 1761, she died, and in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alves Boys
William Alves Boys, KC (July 9, 1868 – February 20, 1938) was a Canadian politician and barrister. Born in Barrie, Ontario, he was mayor of Barrie between 1902 and 1904 and commissioner of Simcoe County, Ontario between 1905 and 1906. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a 1912 by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Simcoe South. He was re-elected in 1917 and 1921 then re-elected in the riding of Simcoe North in 1925 and 1926. He was the Whip of the Conservative Party (1921–1926) then Chief Government Whip in 1926. During the 16th Parliament, he was a member of the Special Joint Committee appointed on claims of the allied Indian tribes of British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, .... Election resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Boys (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain William Boys (25 June 1700 – 4 March 1774) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. History Promoted to captain, Boys joined the Royal Navy in 1717 and became a midshipman in the third-rate HMS ''Prince Frederick''. In June 1725 he was on board the South Sea Company slaver '' Luxborough Galley'' when the ship sunk following a fire and the six survivors only survived by cannibalism. Promoted to captain he became commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS ''Greyhound'' in June 1743, commanding officer of the fourth-rate HMS ''Princess Louisa'' in 1744 and commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Pearl'' on the East Indies Station in 1745. He went on to be flag captain to Vice-Admiral Thomas Smith in the first-rate HMS ''Royal Sovereign'' in 1755 and commanding officer of the fourth-rate HMS ''Preston'' in 1759 and saw action during the Seven Years' War. After that he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore The Commander-in-Chief, The No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |