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William Johnstone (other)
William Johnstone may refer to: Arts * William Johnstone (actor) (1908–1996), American actor * William Johnstone (artist) (1897–1981), Scottish artist * William W. Johnstone (1938–2004), American author * Will B. Johnstone (1881–1943), American writer * William Borthwick Johnstone (1804–1868), Scottish painter, art collector, and gallery curator Politics * William A. Johnstone (1869–1937), member of the California legislature * William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale (1664–1721), Scottish nobleman * Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet (died 1727), Member of Parliament for Dumfries Burghs and Dumfriesshire * Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet (1729–1805), born William Johnstone, Scottish Member of Parliament Sports * Bill Johnstone (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1979), Australian rules footballer for North Melbourne * Bill Johnstone (footballer, born 1919) (1919–1976), Australian rules footballer for Collingwood * Bill Johnstone (Scottish footballer) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnstone (actor)
William S. Johnstone (1908 – November 1, 1996) was an American radio and screen actor. He is best known for his voice work as the title character on ''The Shadow'' for five seasons from 19381943. Early years William S. Johnstone was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Scottish-born father and a German-born mother. Some newspaper publicity said he was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and came to the United States at age three. He worked as a newspaper reporter before he became an actor. Career Johnstone acted on stage with the Theatre Guild at the beginning of his career, appearing in a number of bit parts. He had supporting roles in 1927 in ''Fog-Bound'' and ''The Manhatters''. In 1928, he played the title role in '' Him'', written by E.E. Cummings. Cummings later commented, "William Johnstone made a marvelously attractive unhero ..." He also appeared that year in a lead role in Kate Clugston's ''These Days.'' In 1938, he was selected over 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Johnstone (footballer, Born 1919)
Bill Johnstone (9 March 1919 – 4 April 1976) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * *Profileon Collingwood Forever 1919 births 1976 deaths VFL/AFL players born outside Australia Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1919-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnston (other)
William Johnston may refer to: Military *William Henry Johnston (1879–1915), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross *William J. Johnston (1918–1990), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient *William Preston Johnston (1831–1899), lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier * Willie Johnston (Medal of Honor) (1850–1941), drummer boy in Company D of the 3rd Vermont Infantry *William Johnston (British Army officer) * William Wallace Stewart Johnston (1887–1962), Australian soldier and medical doctor * William Johnston Jr. (1861–1933), American military officer * William P. Johnston (1849–1888), American sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor Politics *William Johnston (Australian politician) (1829–1894), one of the Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877 *William Johnston (Canadian politician) (1876–1925), Labour MLA for Medicine Hat, 1921–1926 * William Johnston (congressman) (1819–1866), U.S. Representative from Ohio *Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnstone (VC)
William Johnstone VC (6 August 1823 – 20 August 1857) was a Royal Navy sailor and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He enlisted and served as John Johnstone. He is listed as being born in Hanover and served on four ships; the St. Vincent, a ship transporting people to Australia and Tasmania (1845-1849), HMS Reynard (1849-1852) which operated in the China Seas, fighting pirates and was shipwrecked near Pratas Island in the South China Sea on 31 May 1851. The whole crew survived the sinking when HMS Pilot rescued them. There was no hope for the Reynard. After that, he moved on to HMS Arrogant and then HMS Brunswick. Victoria Cross He was 31 years old, and a stoker in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 9 August 1854 in the Baltic, Leading Stoker Johnstone and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Raphael Johnstone
William Raphael "Rae" Johnstone (13 April 1905 – 29 April 1964), was an Australian flat-race jockey. After enjoying considerable success in his native country, he relocated to Europe in 1932 and spent most of the rest of his life in France. He won twelve British Classic Races and two Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes. On his retirement in 1957 he was described as "one of the greatest international jockeys of modern times". He died of a heart attack in 1964. Background Rae Johnstone was born to Robert James Johnstone (a coalminer) and Elizabeth Johnstone (''nee'' Harvey) in 1905 in New Lambton, a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. In later life he was somewhat evasive when talking about his origins, claiming that his original surname was Davies and on others that he was of Portuguese descent. There is some evidence, however, that he may have attempted to conceal the fact that he was of Australian Aborigine heritage. Early in his riding career he was nicknamed "Togo" after Admira ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnstone (footballer)
William Johnstone (4 November 1864 – 11 December 1950) was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward for Third Lanark and Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the .... A versatile player, he is recorded as having featured on the left wing, in the centre and at inside forward for club and country. References External links * 1864 births 1950 deaths Scottish men's footballers Scotland men's international footballers Third Lanark A.C. players Footballers from Glasgow Men's association football forwards Place of death missing Scottish Football League players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Johnstone
Billy Johnstone (born 15 June 1959) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for Canterbury-Bankstown, St. George and the Gold Coast Giants. Johnstone also was a boxer, with 21 wins and 6 losses in 27 bouts. Playing career Johnston won the Brisbane Rugby League premiership with Souths in 1981. Johnstone played in the 1982 Brisbane Rugby League grand final for Souths against Wynnum-Manly. Johnstone made his first grade debut in the NSWRL competition for Canterbury against the Illawarra Steelers in round 1 1983 at Belmore Sports Ground. Johnstone played in Canterbury's preliminary final loss against Parramatta that year. Johnstone was voted as the Dally M Hooker of the year in 1983. Johnstone played at hooker in Canterbury's 1985 Grand Final victory over St. George. The following season, Johnstone played in the club's preliminary final victory over Balmain but missed the 1986 grand final against Parramatta which Canterbury lost 4–2 at the Sydney Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Johnstone (Scottish Footballer)
William Johnstone (18 May 1901 – 1975) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward or centre forward. His clubs included King's Park and Clyde (two spells) in Scotland, and Reading, Arsenal and Oldham Athletic in England. While at Clyde, he was selected for the Glasgow FA's annual challenge match against Sheffield in September 1926, scoring twice, and moved to Reading a few weeks later. In his first season with the ''Royals'', he had a prominent role in the club's run to the FA Cup semi-final in 1926–27,Bill Johnstone: a goalscorer but in a team awash with goalscorers Tony Atwood, AISA Arsenal History Society and scored the winning goal in a giant-killing [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Johnstone (footballer, Born 1900)
William David Johnstone (20 February 1900 – 13 December 1979) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1900 births 1979 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) North Melbourne Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1900-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Johnstone (artist)
William Johnstone OBE (1897–1981) was a Scottish artist and writer, and Principal of Central School of Arts and Crafts from 1947 to 1960. Life Johnstone was born in 1897 in Denholm in the Scottish Borders and grew up to a farming family. After the First World War he gave up the life of a farmer to go to Edinburgh College of Art. Here he met the poet Hugh MacDiarmid who shared many of his political and artistic ideals. Together they formed the concept of the Scottish Renaissance to release the nation from its cultural poverty under a centralised British arts scene. Johnstone travelled to Paris in his youth, which opened him to the ideas of modernism. He also spent time in the US, where he became interested in Indian cave paintings for their deemed naïve simplicity. During World War II Johnstone became culturally despondent, turning away from practising art to become a teacher, a role which occupied much of his professional life. In 1938 until 1945 he served as the Principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet
Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet (October 1729 – 30 May 1805), known as William Johnstone until 1767, was a Scottish advocate, landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1768 and 1805. He was reputedly the wealthiest man in Great Britain. He profited from slave plantations in North America, and invested in building developments in Great Britain, including the Pulteney Bridge and other buildings in Bath, buildings on the sea-front at Weymouth in Dorset, and roads in his native Scotland. He was a patron of architect Robert Adam and civil engineer Thomas Telford. Early life William Johnstone, as he was born, was the second son of Sir James Johnstone, 3rd Baronet of Wester Hall, Dumfries, and his wife Barbara Murray, the oldest sister of the literary patron Patrick Murray, 5th Lord Elibank. His older brother was the soldier and politician Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet. His younger brothers included the politician and naval officer George Johnstone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Johnstone, 2nd Baronet of Sciennes and Westerhall was a Scottish landowner and politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1698 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1722. Early life Johnstone was the second son of Sir James Johnstone of Westerhall, a member of the pre-Union Parliament of Scotland. His mother Margaret was the daughter of John Bannatyne of Corehouse in Lanarkshire. He married Henrietta Johnston, the daughter and coheiress of James Johnston of Sciennes, Edinburgh before 1698. His elder brother John was an MP and became a baronet. Career Johnstone was a political ally of his distant relation the Earl of Annandale. In the Parliament of Scotland he was a member from 1698 to 1707 for the burgh of Annan, of which Annandale was the patron. He initially supported the Union with England, and when Annandale shifted towards opposing it, Johnstone intermittently joined him. After the Union, Johnstone received the continuing sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
