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William Marchant (Rhode Island Judge)
William Marchant may refer to: * William Marchant (playwright) (1923–1995), American playwright and screenwriter * William Sydney Marchant (1894–1953), British colonial administrator * William Marchant (loyalist) (1948–1987), Northern Irish loyalist and volunteer in the Ulster Volunteer Force * William Lavington Marchant (1828-1888), An Australian Pastoralist * William Marchant (Rhode Island) William Marchant may refer to: * William Marchant (playwright) (1923–1995), American playwright and screenwriter * William Sydney Marchant (1894–1953), British colonial administrator * William Marchant (loyalist) (1948–1987), Northern Irish l ... (fl. 1800s), a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1808 to 1810 {{hndis, Marchant, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marchant (playwright)
William Marchant (May 1, 1923 in Allentown, Pennsylvania – November 5, 1995 in Paramus, New Jersey) was a playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the play that served as the basis for the 1957 Walter Lang movie, '' The Desk Set''. Marchant had been a resident of the Actor's Fund home in Englewood, New Jersey at the time of his death. He had earlier lived in the Stanton section of Readington Township, New Jersey, in a home owned by Broadway actress Dorothy Stickney.Gussow, Mel"William Marchant, 72, 'Desk Set' Playwright" ''The New York Times'', December 20, 1995. Accessed December 1, 2007. "Mr. Marchant had been a resident of the Actors Fund of America Nursing and Retirement Home in Englewood, N.J., before moving to the hospital last year. Before that, he lived in Stanton, N.J., in a house owned by the actress Dorothy Stickney, said Kenneth Stadnik, a neighbor." Education Marchant was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended Temple University in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sydney Marchant
William Sydney Marchant (10 December 1894 – 1 February 1953) was a British colonial administrator. He served as the Resident Commissioner of the Solomon Islands from 1939 to 1943. Biography Marchant became an Assistant District Commissioner in East Africa Protectorate in 1919. In 1926 he was promoted to District Officer in Kenya, and then became Deputy Provincial Commissioner and Assistant Secretary in Zanzibar in 1935. In 1937 he moved to neighbouring Tanganyika to continue as a Deputy Provincial Commissioner. As commissioner, he directed the evacuation of European settlers from the Solomon Islands prior to the Japanese occupation of the islands during World War II as well as leading the organisation of coastwatcher units throughout the islands. Marchant relocated from this headquarters at Tulagi to Malaita about two months before the Japanese occupied Tulagi in May, 1942. On Malaita he helped operate a coastwatcher radio relay station in support of the Allied Solomon Isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marchant (loyalist)
William "Frenchie" Marchant (9 August 1947 – 28 April 1987) was a Northern Irish loyalist and a high-ranking volunteer in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). He was on a Garda list of suspects in the 1974 Dublin car bombings, and was allegedly the leader of the Belfast UVF unit known as "Freddie and the Dreamers" which hijacked and stole the three cars which were used in the bombings. Nine days after the bombings he was arrested and interned at the Maze Prison in relation to the bombings. When questioned by detectives regarding the latter he refused to answer. He was never brought to trial due to lack of evidence. Marchant held the rank of major in the UVF's A Company, 1st Battalion Belfast Brigade. He was shot to death by a Provisional IRA volunteer from a passing car as he stood outside "The Eagle" chip shop below the offices where the UVF Brigade Staff had their headquarters on the Shankill Road. Dublin car bombings Marchant was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lavington Marchant
William Lavington Marchant (30 May 1828 – 1889) was a pastoralist and businessman in South Australia. Marchant was born in Freashford in Somerset in 1828 and arrived in Australia aboard the ''Fairlie'' in 1840. He arrived with his father, William L. Marchant Snr, who died shortly after arriving, his mother and five brothers. His brother, Thomas Balne Marchant, established the Mannanarie run initially as a cattle station but eventually changed to become a sheep station in the 1840s. After the death of Thomas in 1852 and a new lease was issued to William in 1854. Marchant introduced Durham cattle and Clydesdale horses to South Australia and was involved in many stations in the north of South Australia including Mannanarie, Edeowie, Aroona and Burnside Station. He eventually retired to Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marchant (Rhode Island)
William Marchant may refer to: * William Marchant (playwright) (1923–1995), American playwright and screenwriter * William Sydney Marchant (1894–1953), British colonial administrator * William Marchant (loyalist) (1948–1987), Northern Irish loyalist and volunteer in the Ulster Volunteer Force * William Lavington Marchant William Lavington Marchant (30 May 1828 – 1889) was a pastoralist and businessman in South Australia. Marchant was born in Freashford in Somerset in 1828 and arrived in Australia aboard the ''Fairlie'' in 1840. He arrived with his father, Wi ... (1828-1888), An Australian Pastoralist * William Marchant (Rhode Island) (fl. 1800s), a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1808 to 1810 {{hndis, Marchant, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
