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William Finch (athlete)
William Finch may refer to: *William Finch (bishop) (died 1559), bishop of Taunton *William Finch (merchant) (died 1613), English merchant *William Finch (diplomat) (1691–1766), British diplomat and politician *William Finch (Bampton lecturer) (1747–1810), English clergyman *William Finch (politician) (1832-1911), first African American elected to serve on the Atlanta City Council *William Clement Finch (1753–1794), British admiral and MP for Surrey *William Finch (captain) of the SS Arabic (1902) *William Coles Finch (1864–1944), British historian * William R. Finch (1847–1913), United States diplomat See also *Alfred William Finch Alfred William (Willy) Finch (1854 –1930) was a ceramist and painter in the pointillist and Neo-Impressionist style. Born in Brussels to British parents, he spent most of his creative life in Finland. Life and work Alfred William Finch ... (1854–1930), ceramist and painter * Bill Finch (other) {{hndis, Finch, Will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (bishop)
William Finch was appointed Bishop of Taunton under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1538, a post he held to his death in 1559. He had previously been Prior of Breamore Breamore ( ) is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish near Fordingbridge in Hampshire, England. The parish includes a notable Elizabethan English country house, country house, Breamore House, built with an E-shaped ground plan. T ... before his elevation to the episcopate. He was additionally the incumbent at West Camel from 1536.'Parishes: West Camel', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 71–81. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66489 Retrieved 6 December 2008. Notes 16th-century English bishops 1559 deaths Year of birth unknown {{UK-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (merchant)
William Finch (died 1613) was an English merchant in the service of the East India Company (EIC). He travelled to India along with Captain Hawkins during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jehangir. The two of them attended on the emperor at the Mughal court and established trade relations between England and India. Finch subsequently explored various cities in India and left a valuable account of them in his journal, which was subsequently published. Career Finch was a native of London. He was agent to an expedition sent by the East India Company, under Captains Hawkins and Keeling, in 1607 to treat with the Great Mogul. Hawkins and Finch landed at Surat on 24 August 1608. They were violently opposed by the Portuguese. Finch, however, obtained permission from the governor of Cambay to dispose of the goods in their vessels. Incited by the Portuguese, who seized two of the English ships, the natives refused to have dealings with the company's representatives. During these squabbles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (diplomat)
William Finch (18 January 169125 December 1766) of Charlewood, Hertfordshire, was a British diplomat and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1761. He was considered an indolent diplomat and became an opponent of Walpole, but maintained his post in the Royal Household for over 20 years until he began to lose his senses. Early life Finch was the second son of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, and his second wife Anne Hatton. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 4 March, 1707, aged 16, and became a student of Inner Temple in 1710. Career When Lord Carteret went to Sweden as ambassador from 1719 to 1720, Finch accompanied him as his secretary. Carteret returned to Britain and secured Finch's appointment as envoy there in his place until 1724. Finch was then appointed envoy to United Provinces until 1728. At the 1727 Finch was returned as Member of Parliament for Cockermouth on the interest of his brother-in-law the Duke of Somerset. He vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (Bampton Lecturer)
William Finch (1747 – 1810) was an English clergyman, Bampton lecturer in 1797. Life Son of William Finch of Watford, Hertfordshire, he was born 22 July 1747. He entered Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, Merchant Taylors' School in 1754, and was elected in 1764 to St John's College, Oxford. He graduated B.C.L. in 1770 and D.C.L. in 1775. In 1797 he accepted the college living of Tackley, Oxfordshire, and in the same year was appointed Bampton lecturer. He took as his subject ‘The Objections of Infidel Historians and other writers against Christianity.’ The lectures were published in 1797, together with a sermon preached before the university on 18 October 1795. Finch, who also published a sermon preached before the Oxford Loyal Volunteers (Oxford, 1798), died 8 June 1810, and was buried at Tackley. References * ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Finch, William 1747 births 1810 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of St John's College, Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (politician)
William S. Finch (October 1, 1832 - January 10, 1911) was a minister, tailor and politician. Biography Finch was born October 1, 1832 enslaved in Washington Wilkes County, Georgia. When he was twelve he was taken into the home of Judge Garnett Andrews, the father of Eliza Frances Andrews where he was educated to read and write. Whilst at the Andrews house, where he stayed for four years, he also became a tailor's apprentice. He was purchased by Joseph H. Lumpkin the chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court in 1848, and while still enslaved worked as a tailor and acquired some property. Finch attributed his time with Justice Lumpkin and the counsel he received to his later success in life. He married Laura Wright in 1854 and when the American Civil War started he and his family had moved back to the Judge Andrews home where they remained until the end in 1865 and by that point they already had six children together. He was often called to help the wounded Confederate s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Clement Finch
William is a masculine given name of Norman French 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, Liam, 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 German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surrey (UK Parliament Constituency)
Surrey was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832. The constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, in 1832. The county was then represented by the East Surrey and West Surrey constituencies. Boundaries Surrey is one of the historic counties of England, located south of the River Thames, in south east England. The constituency comprised the whole county but had six towns which were boroughs for some of when it was a constituency: Bletchingley, Gatton, Guildford, Haslemere, Reigate and Southwark - each of which elected two MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the boroughs could confer a vote at the county election.) Members of Parliament 1290-1640 MPs 1640–1832 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Finch (captain)
William Finch may refer to: *William Finch (bishop) (died 1559), bishop of Taunton *William Finch (merchant) (died 1613), English merchant *William Finch (diplomat) (1691–1766), British diplomat and politician * William Finch (Bampton lecturer) (1747–1810), English clergyman * William Finch (politician) (1832-1911), first African American elected to serve on the Atlanta City Council *William Clement Finch (1753–1794), British admiral and MP for Surrey * William Finch (captain) of the SS Arabic (1902) *William Coles Finch William Coles Finch (1864–1944) was a British historian and author of a number of books on Kent-related topics. He is best known for writing ''Watermills and Windmills'', published in 1933 and reprinted in 1976, which is considered a standa ... (1864–1944), British historian * William R. Finch (1847–1913), United States diplomat See also * Alfred William Finch (1854–1930), ceramist and painter * Bill Finch (other) {{hndis, Finch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Arabic (1902)
SS ''Arabic'' was a British-registered ocean liner that entered service in 1903 for the White Star Line. She was sunk on 19 August 1915, during the First World War, by German submarine , south of Kinsale, causing a diplomatic incident. Construction ''Arabic'' was originally intended to be ''Minnewaska'', one of four ships ordered from Harland and Wolff, Belfast, by the Atlantic Transport Line (ATL), but fell victim to the recession and the shipbuilding rationalization following the ATL's 1902 incorporation into the International Mercantile Marine Company, and was transferred before completion to the White Star Line as ''Arabic''. She was extensively modified before launch with additional accommodation which extended her superstructure aft of her third mast and forward of her second mast. She had accommodations for 1,400 Passengers; 200 in First Class, 200 in Second Class and 1,000 in Third Class. Her accommodations were configured similar to most other White Star passenger sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Coles Finch
William Coles Finch (1864–1944) was a British historian and author of a number of books on Kent-related topics. He is best known for writing ''Watermills and Windmills'', published in 1933 and reprinted in 1976, which is considered a standard work on the topic of Kent windmills. Personal William Coles Finch was born on 23 October, 1864 in Rochester, Kent.General Register Office index of births registered in October, November, December, 1864 - Name: Finch, William Coles. District: Medway Volume: 2A Page: 373. 1901 Census of Medway, RG13/731, Folio 11, Page 14, Name: William C Finch, Address: 55 Queen's Road, Chatham, Occupation: Mining Engineer (Waterworks) Where Born: Rochester, Kent Condition: Married His wife was Emily, and they had four children, Vera, Dorothy, Irene and Neville. In 1908, his first book, ''Water, its origin and use'', was published. This was followed in 1914 by ''Water in Nature'', jointly authored with Ellison Hawks. In 1925, ''In Kentish Pilgrim Land' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William R
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 the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred William Finch
Alfred William (Willy) Finch (1854 –1930) was a ceramist and painter in the pointillist and Neo-Impressionist style. Born in Brussels to British parents, he spent most of his creative life in Finland. Life and work Alfred William Finch was born on 28 November 1854 in Brussels, Belgium to British parents, Joseph Finch (a businessman) and Emma Finch (née Holach). He spent his youth in Ostende. When he was twenty-four he began studying for one year in Brussels at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. On 28 October 1883 he became a founding member of Les XX, a group of twenty Belgian painters, designers and sculptors, who rebelled against the prevailing artistic standards and outmoded academism. He was impressed by the works of Georges Seurat and Paul Signac and changed his own painting style from a more realistic approach into a pointillistic style. In the following years, Finch became one of the leading representatives of his style in Belgium, along with Théo van Rysselb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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