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William Moffat (other)
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William Moffat may refer to: * William Moffat (MP) (1737–1822), English banker, merchant and politician * William Moffat (Alberta politician) (1847–1926), Canadian politician * William Moffat (cricketer) (1858–1932), Australian cricketer * Graham Moffat (William Graham Moffat, 1866–1951), Scottish suffragist and playwright * Willie Moffat (1900–1974), Scottish footballer with Hamilton, Motherwell, Hibernian See also * William Bonython Moffatt (1812–1887), English architect * Moffat (surname) Moffat or Moffatt is a surname of Scottish origin (see Clan Moffat). It may refer to: * Abbot Low Moffat (1901–1996), American politician and diplomat * Aidan Moffat (born 1973), Scottish musician with the band Arab Strap * Alex Moffat (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Moffat (MP)
William Moffat (7 March 1737 – 12 January 1822) was an English banker, merchant and politician. He was involved in several banking partnerships in London, and was also a merchant. By 1790 he lived in Bloomsbury, and in 1799 he bought the Painshill estate in Surrey, but sold it a few years later and lived in Wimbledon. In 1811, as a managing owner of East India Company ships, his business address is given as 27, Nicholas Lane.Hardy, Charles''A Register of Ships, Employed in the Service of the Honorable the United East India Company From the Year 1760 to 1810'' 1811 In 1819, it is 21, Birchin Lane. He was elected at the 1802 general election as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the rotten borough of Winchelsea in Sussex, but was not re-elected in 1806. According to ''Hansard'' he made no contributions as an MP. East India Company Ships William Moffat is listed as the owner of ships sailing on behalf of the East India Company from 1781 to 1833. Many sailed from Portsmouth, to des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Moffat (Alberta Politician)
William Moffat (January 20, 1847 – September 5, 1926) was a Canadian politician from Alberta. Early life William Moffat was born January 20, 1847, in Carleton Place, Ontario to Robert Moffatt and Mary Ann Saunders. He was educated at Carleton Place and married Flora McLean on February 5, 1873, and together had seven children. Political life William Moffat was the Town of Claresholm's first resident and Mayor. He was first elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1913 general election to the Claresholm under the banner of the Alberta Liberal Party The Alberta Liberal Party (french: Parti libéral de l'Alberta) is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest active political party in Alberta and was the dominant political party until the 1921 election .... He defeated Conservative candidate D.S. McMillan and Independent candidate G. Malshow. In the 1917 general election he was defeated by Louise McKinney, who thus became the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Moffat (cricketer)
William Moffat (22 July 1858 – 30 July 1932) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er. He played in one first-class match for South Australia in 1877/78. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers References External links * 1858 births 1932 deaths Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Cricketers from South Australia 19th-century Australian sportspeople Colony of South Australia people Sportspeople from South Australia {{Australia-cricket-bio-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Moffat
William Graham Moffat (21 February 1866 – 12 December 1951) was a Scottish actor, director, playwright and spiritualist. Moffat formed a Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow in 1907 after his wife Maggie Moffat was arrested at a protest in London and imprisoned for refusing to pay the fine. He is known for his 1910 comedy ''Bunty Pulls the Strings'' which was a hit on Broadway. Life and career He was born on 21 February 1866 to William Moffat and Helen Dobson. The third of eight children, he was born in Glasgow, Scotland. There, he was exposed at an early age to the theatres and sixpenny galleries of the city and to numerous famous comedians and entertainers of the day. He was married in 1897 to the stage actress and costume designer, Margaret Liddell Linck (1873–1943). His wife was also a suffragist, and in 1907 Graham Moffat founded the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in Glasgow. He also penned a suffrage propaganda play, ''The Maid and the Magistrate''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Moffat
William Aitchison Moffat (1900 – 1974) was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an inside right. He began his senior career with Hamilton Academical in 1922 and remained with them for almost a decade, becoming club captain.Moffat, William (1922) Hamilton Academical Memory Bank In October 1931 he was selected for the Scottish Football League XI and also passed the milestone of 300 league appearances for ''Accies''. Within weeks he had moved on to their Lanarkshire derby rivals |
William Bonython Moffatt
William Bonython Moffatt (1812 – 24 May 1887) was an architect, who for many years was a partner with Sir George Gilbert Scott at Spring Gardens, London. Moffatt was the son of a small builder and pupil of James Edmeston. He was originally taken on by Scott to assist with drawings, and then as site architect on four Northamptonshire workhouses. Moffatt died in 1887 at Summercourt, Cornwall aged 75. He was buried at St Enoder Church, Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic .... References Peter Higginbotham's website on Workhouses*Directory of British Architects 1834–1900, comp. A. Felstead, J. Franklin and L. Pinfield (R.I.B.A., 1993) 1812 births 1887 deaths 19th-century English architects Gothic Revival architects Burials in Cornwall {{UK-archite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
