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William Owen (department Store)
William Owen may refer to: Politicians *William Owen (Oxford MP) (c. 1540–1580), MP for Oxford *Sir William Owen (Shrewsbury MP), MP for Shrewsbury, 1625–1628 *Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (c. 1697–1781), British Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Pembrokeshire *William Mostyn Owen (1742–1795), British landowner and politician * William L. Owen (1809–1881), planter, businessman, and politician from Virginia *William Owen (Australian politician) (1815–1869), businessman and politician in South Australia, prominent Total Abstainer * William Owen (Wisconsin politician, born 1825) (1825–1894), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *William D. Owen (1846–disappeared 1906), United States Representative from Indiana *William Reid Owen (1864–1949), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1924 * William E. Owen (1888–1976), member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly *Will Owen (1901–1981), British politician Sports *William Digby Owen (1857 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (Oxford MP)
William Owen (ca. 1540 – by 1580) was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ... in 1572. References 1540s births 1580 deaths English MPs 1572–1583 {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (footballer, Born 1906)
William Owen (1906 – after 1930) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham and Coventry City. He played as a goalkeeper. Owen was born in Coventry. He joined Birmingham from Nuneaton Borough in April 1926. He made his debut in the First Division on 15 January 1927 in a 3–2 defeat at Burnley, the first of a run of six games in which he deputised for Dan Tremelling.Matthews, p. 169. Once Tremelling became available again, Owen returned to the reserves. He moved on to Fulham and Coventry City, for whom he played five Third Division South games in the 1930–31 season before returning to non-league football with former club Nuneaton and with Stourbridge Stourbridge is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands, England, situated on the River Stour. Historically in Worcestershire, it was the centre of British glass making during the Industrial Revolution. The 20 .... Notes References 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William C
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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (architect)
William Owen (27 August 1846 – 5 April 1910) was an English architect who practised in Warrington, which was at that time in Lancashire, England. His works were confined to Northwest England. Owen is best known for his collaboration with William Lever in the creation of the soap-making factory and associated model village at Port Sunlight in the Wirral Peninsula (then in Cheshire, now in Merseyside). Here he designed the factory, many of the workers' houses, public buildings and the church. Later Owen was joined by his son, Segar, as a partner. On his own, or in partnership, Owen designed houses, churches, banks, public houses, an infirmary, a school, and a concert hall. Biography and career William Owen was born in Latchford, Warrington. He trained as an architect under John Lowe in Manchester, becoming his assistant, and later was assistant to James Radford. He then travelled in Europe before establishing a practice in Warrington in 1869. He was joined in partnersh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (trade Unionist)
William Owen (6 December 1844 – 11 October 1912) was a British trade unionist, journalist and political activist. Owen was born in Burslem in Staffordshire. His father, John Owen, had been involved in local trade unionism since the 1830s, and claimed that they were related to Robert Owen. Although his family were Anglicans, Owen joined the Methodist church in his youth.Aled Jones, "Owen, William", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.IX, pp.227-230 Owen completed an apprenticeship as a pottery turner, but also taught himself shorthand and by the middle of the 1860s, he had become a journalist. In 1867, he was appointed as editor of the ''Potteries Examiner and Workman's Advocate'', the journal of the United Branches of Operative Potters, a local trade union. He tried to turn the publication into a more general labour movement newspaper, printing articles about developments in other trades, national and international news, and even works of literature. Owen followed his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lancaster Owen
William Lancaster Owen (8 November 1843 - 28 November 1911) was a British civil engineer primarily with the Great Western Railway. Career In 1868 he took a commission as a First Lieutenant in the 1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps which he held until 29 October 1873. He entered the service of the Great Western Railway as assistant engineer in 1865. In 1872 he was Engineer to the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company, but returned to the Great Western Railway in 1875 where he remained until retirement in 1891. He was responsible for some important works on the Great Western Railway including the rebuilding of Newport railway station in 1878, Torquay railway station in 1878 and Penzance railway station in 1879, and also the conversion from broad gauge to standard gauge of the Hereford to Bristol line with J.W. Armstrong. In 1885 he succeeded his father as Chief Civil Engineer of the Great Western Railway. He was elected an Associate of the Institute of Civil Engineers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Court Of New South Wales
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the state in civil matters, and hears the most serious criminal matters. Whilst the Supreme Court is the highest New South Wales court in the Australian court hierarchy, an appeal by special leave can be made to the High Court of Australia. Matters of appeal can be submitted to the New South Wales Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal, both of which are constituted by members of the Supreme Court, in the case of the Court of Appeal from those who have been commissioned as judges of appeal. The Supreme Court consists of 52 permanent judges, including the Chief Justice of New South Wales, presently Andrew Bell, the President of the Court of Appeal, 10 Judges of Appeal, the Chief Judge at Common Law, and the Chief Judge in Equity. The Supreme Court's central location is the Law Courts Building in Queen's Square, Sydney, New So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (New South Wales Judge)
William Owen may refer to: Politicians *William Owen (Oxford MP) (c. 1540–1580), MP for Oxford *Sir William Owen (Shrewsbury MP), MP for Shrewsbury, 1625–1628 *Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (c. 1697–1781), British Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Pembrokeshire * William Mostyn Owen (1742–1795), British landowner and politician * William L. Owen (1809–1881), planter, businessman, and politician from Virginia *William Owen (Australian politician) (1815–1869), businessman and politician in South Australia, prominent Total Abstainer * William Owen (Wisconsin politician, born 1825) (1825–1894), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *William D. Owen (1846–disappeared 1906), United States Representative from Indiana *William Reid Owen (1864–1949), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1924 * William E. Owen (1888–1976), member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly * Will Owen (1901–1981), British politician Sports *William Digby Owen (1857 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryn Calfaria
Bryn Calfaria ("Calvary Hill") is a Welsh hymn tune written in 8,7,8,7,4,4,4,7,7 meter. The melody by William Owen is used as a setting for several hymns, most notably the English hymn "Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor" by George Hugh Bourne and the Welsh hymn "Laudamus". The tune is reputed to have been originally written by Owen on a piece of slate whilst on his way to work at the Dorothea quarry in Gwynedd, North Wales. The melody was the basis for Channing Lefebvre's orchestral composition ''Measures on an Old Welsh Tune'', written in Nova Scotia in 1946 and premiered in Concord on December 7, 1947 by the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra The New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) was an American orchestra, one of three based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was established in 1974, with conductor James Bolle. Its last listed music director was Kenneth Kiesler Kenneth Kiesler (born .... Music References Bibliography * External links Bryn Calfaria at Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (composer)
William Owen may refer to: Politicians *William Owen (Oxford MP) (c. 1540–1580), MP for Oxford *Sir William Owen (Shrewsbury MP), MP for Shrewsbury, 1625–1628 *Sir William Owen, 4th Baronet (c. 1697–1781), British Member of Parliament for Pembroke and Pembrokeshire *William Mostyn Owen (1742–1795), British landowner and politician * William L. Owen (1809–1881), planter, businessman, and politician from Virginia *William Owen (Australian politician) (1815–1869), businessman and politician in South Australia, prominent Total Abstainer * William Owen (Wisconsin politician, born 1825) (1825–1894), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *William D. Owen (1846–disappeared 1906), United States Representative from Indiana *William Reid Owen (1864–1949), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1924 * William E. Owen (1888–1976), member of the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly *Will Owen (1901–1981), British politician Sports *William Digby Owen (1857 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Fitzwilliam Owen
Vice Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen (17 September 1774 – 3 November 1857), was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British naval officer and explorer. He is best known for his exploration of the west and east African coasts, discovery of the Seaflower Channel off the coast of Sumatra and for surveying the Canada, Canadian Great Lakes. The illegitimate son of William Owen (British naval officer), Captain William Owen he was orphaned at the age of four, however, his father's friend Rear-Admiral Thomas Rich (Royal Navy officer), Sir Thomas Rich, kept an eye on both William and his elder brother Edward. In 1788 at age 13 he embarked as a midshipman in Rich's ship, , and from that time the Royal Navy was his life. Self-willed and boisterous, he had not infrequent difficulties early in his naval career. He served at home and on ships in the East Indies. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1797. In 1801 he took command of the fireship . In late 1801 the hired armed vessels, hired ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Owen (painter)
William Owen (1769-1825) was an English portrait painter known for his portraits of society figures such as Pitt the Younger and George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV). Early life William Owen was born at 13 Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire in 1769 and was baptised on 3 November in Ludlow Parish Church. Owen's father, Jeremiah Owen, had trained for the church but instead chose to follow in his father's profession and took over the family barber shop which he later expanded into a stationary and bookshop. Owen found his talent at a young age, and would frequently be found sketching the scenery of his surrounding area, his first identifiable work being a drawing of Ludlow Castle, which is thought to have been given to Margaret Maskelyne, Lady Clive (1735-1817). Career In 1786 Owen moved to London, where he was apprenticed to the coach painter Charles Cotton, RA (1728–1798).This position was most likely arranged by his uncle, who was butler to the scholar and art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
