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William Speight Carrington
Sir William Speight Carrington (20 February 1904 – 6 May 1975) was an English accountant. The son of William Carrington (died 1962) of Blackpool, he was schooled at Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire and then Manchester Grammar School. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1926 and joined Whinney, Smith and Whinney of London in 1928, becoming a partner in 1932. He was a senior partner of its successor, Whinney Murray and Co. from 1967 to 1970. He was elected a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales's council in 1942, sitting until 1968; he was the Institute's President for the year 1955–56. He was also a member of the Central Valuation Board under the Coal Nationalisation Act 1946, a Member of the Tucker Committees on taxation of trading profits, a Member of the Royal Commission on Taxation from 1951 to 1955 and a Younger Brother of Trinity House in 1952. He was knighted A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, between the River Ribble, Ribble and River Wyre, Wyre rivers, and is north of Liverpool and northwest of Manchester. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of Blackpool had an estimated population of 139,720 while the urban settlement had a population of 147,663, making it the List of settlements in Lancashire by population, most populous settlement in Lancashire, and the fifth-most populous in North West England after Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton and Warrington. The Blackpool Urban Area, wider built-up area (which also includes additional settlements outside the unitary authority) had a population of 239,409, making it the fifth-most populous urban area in the North West after t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
