Welsby

	Welsby Welsby is a surname. It may refer to: * Arthur Welsby (1902–1980), footballer Chris Welsby (born 1948), filmmaker Elton Welsby (born 1951), English television sports presenter John Welsby (1938–2021), Chief Executive of the British Railways Board Thomas Welsby (1858–1941), Queensland businessman, author, politician, and sportsman. William Newland Welsby (d. 1864), legal writer It might also refer to Welsby, Queensland, a locality on Bribie Island Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island. Bribie Island is ... named after Thomas Welsby. {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Thomas Welsby Thomas (Tom) Welsby (29 November 1858 – 3 February 1941) was an Australian businessman, author, politician, and sportsman based in Queensland. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1915. Early life Born in Ipswich, Queensland in 1858, Welsby was the fourth of ten children of William Welsby and Hannah Welsby (née Billsbrough.) His parents migrated from Cornwall, England to Moreton Bay three years earlier in 1855. He was educated at Mr John Scott's school and Ipswich Boys' Grammar School. In his senior year he won prizes in history, arithmetic and Latin. As a child, Welsby aspired to study medicine at Sydney University; however this became impossible following the death of his father in 1874. The loss of his father caused the Welsby family to sell their substantial house in Ipswich and move to Brisbane. He started his working life in June 1874 at age 15 with the Bank of New South Wales in Brisbane and remained there for five years until a conflict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Chris Welsby Chris Welsby (born in 1948) is a British/Canadian experimental filmmaker, digital media and installation artist. In the 1970s he was a member of the London Film-Makers' Co-op (now LUX film distributors), and co-founder of the Digital Media Studio (now Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art) at the Slade School of Fine Arts, UCL, London. He is considered one of the pioneers of expanded cinema and moving image installation and was one of the first artists to exhibit film installations at the Tate and Hayward galleries London. His expanded cinema works and installations have since continued to break new conceptual ground and attract critical attention. A. L. Reece, in British Film Institute's ''A History of Experimental Film and Video'', wrote: "Twenty-five years ago, when he made his first projections for large spaces, film and art rarely met in the gallery; now it is common and installation art is a distinct practice." Life Welsby was born in Exeter, UK. He is a gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Welsby, Queensland Welsby is a coastal locality on Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Welsby had a population of 5 people. Geography Welsby is the central part of Bribie Island. The Pumicestone Channel (also known as Pumicestone Passage) is its western coastal border and the Coral Sea is its eastern coastal border. Almost all of Welsby is within the Bribie Island National Park or the Bribie Island State Forest. Apart from these protected areas, the remaining land is a very narrow strip along the west coast beside the Pumicestone Channel. Welsby has the following points: * Gallagher Point () * Mission Point () Offshore are the following marine passages: Welsby has the following passages: Gallagher Gutter () close to the western shore extending into White Patch to the south * Pumicestone Channel () further offshore on the western side extending from Moreton Bay at Bongaree on the south-westernmost part of Bribie Island through Welsby to the very northernmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Elton Welsby Roger Elton Welsby (born 28 May 1951 in St Helens, Lancashire) is an English television sports presenter who works under the name Elton Welsby. Welsby is a fan of Everton Football Club, and St Helens R.F.C. The ITV years Welsby began his broadcasting career on Liverpool radio station '' Radio City'' as a sports reporter and commentator.Barham, Kathy (2006) ''194 Radio City - The Heart of Liverpool'', Lulu.com, , p. 99 In January 1978 he joined Granada Television, working on its football programme ''The Kick Off Match'' and presented its 1980s successors ''Match Night'' (if shown on a Saturday) and ''Match Time'' (if broadcast on a Sunday) until their demise in 1983. Welsby was primarily a presenter, but did occasionally deputise as commentator. During that time he also presented RL Action taking over from Bob Hall and later Richard Madeley. He was also involved with World of Sport as a reporter for On The Ball and later as a relief presenter, becoming part of the ITV team in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Newland Welsby William Newland Welsby (bapt. 3 January 1802England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 – 1 July 1864) was a legal writer who was born in Acton, Cheshire about 1802, was the only son of William Welsby of the Middle Temple, gentleman. He was admitted as a pensioner at St. John's College, Cambridge, on 28 October 1818, and graduated B.A. in 1823 and M.A. in 1827. On 22 April 1823 he was admitted as student at the Middle Temple, and was called to the bar on 10 November 1826. He went the North Wales and Chester circuit, and in 1841 was appointed recorder of that city. For many years he reported in the court of exchequer, and he was junior counsel to the treasury. He enjoyed the reputation of being an accomplished scholar and lawyer, but his exertions overtaxed his strength, and on 1 July 1864 he died at 19 Holland Villas Road, Kensington, aged 61. He was married, but had no children. Welsby edited, with Roger Meeson, seventeen volumes of "Exchequer Reports", beginning with 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Arthur Welsby Arthur Welsby (17 November 1902 – 24 April 1980) was an English footballer who played as an outside forward. He played for Wigan Borough from 1923 to 1931, and holds the record for most league appearances for the club. Due to the club's financial crisis, he left the club in 1931 and moved to Sunderland, where he made three appearances, scoring one goal. He went on to play for Exeter City, Stockport County, Southport, Cardiff City and Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Welsby, Arthur 1902 births 1980 deaths Footballers from Wigan Men's association football forwards English men's footballers Wigan Borough F.C. players English Football League players Sunderland A.F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Stockport County F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	John Welsby John Kay Welsby, CBE (26 May 1938 – 4 October 2021) was Chief Executive of the British Railways Board from 1990 until 1998; and its Chairman from 1995 to 1999. Welsby was educated at Heywood Grammar School, the University of Exeter and the University of London. He was in the Government Economic Service from 1966 to 1981 when he joined the British Railways Board. He was appointed CBE in the 1990 Birthday Honours and made a Freeman of the City of London The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. In the Middle Ages, this developed into a freedom or ... in 1992. He died from cancer on 4 October 2021, at the age of 83. References 1938 births 2021 deaths Alumni of the University of Exeter Alumni of the University of London British Rail people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Heyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]