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William Bury (other)
William Bury may refer to: * William Bury (MP New Shoreham) (''fl.'' 1449), for New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency) * William Bury (Roundhead) (c. 1605–1669), fought for Parliament during the English Civil War. A Member of the First Protectorate Parliament * William Bury (cricketer) (1839–1927), English cricketer, clergyman and Poor Law reformer * William Henry Bury (1859–1889), Jack the Ripper suspect * William Bury (footballer) (born 1865) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back for Burnley See also * * William Berry (other) {{hndis, Bury, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bury (MP New Shoreham)
William Bury may refer to: *William Bury (MP New Shoreham) (''fl.'' 1449), for New Shoreham (UK Parliament constituency) *William Bury (Roundhead) (c. 1605–1669), fought for Parliament during the English Civil War. A Member of the First Protectorate Parliament *William Bury (cricketer) (1839–1927), English cricketer, clergyman and Poor Law reformer *William Henry Bury (1859–1889), Jack the Ripper suspect *William Bury (footballer) (born 1865) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back for Burnley See also * *William Berry (other) {{hndis, Bury, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Shoreham (UK Parliament Constituency)
New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election. A modern constituency called Shoreham existed from 1974 to 1997. Boundaries, franchise and boundary changes New Shoreham is a part of Shoreham-by-Sea, located around its port. The borough, in 1800, had about 1,000 electors. The qualification for the vote before 1832, unusually for a borough, was the possession of a 40 shilling freehold which was the normal franchise for a county constituency. The explanation for the franchise qualification was the result of a disputed by-election in 1770. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bury (Roundhead)
Sir William Bury (–1669) fought for the Parliamentary causes during the English Civil War and was a colonel in the New Model Army during Interregnum (England), Interregnum. He was also a Member of the First Protectorate Parliament, and held various Commonwealth (England), Commonwealth government offices. Biography Bury was only son of William Bury (died 28 March 1617), of the Friars, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Emma, his wife, the youngest daughter of John Dryden, of Canons Ashby, and Elizabeth (''née'' Cope). He was baptised at Grantham on 3 June 1605. Bury entered at Gray's Inn on 18 May 1631. He was found guilty of High Treason for taking up arms against King Charles I of England, Charles I, April 21, 1643 (see Declaration of Lex Talionis). The same year he had been appointed to collect subsidy from Lincolnshire, He was named in despatches of the Committee of Both Kingdoms 1644–1645, and was one of the commissioners for the reduction of Belvoir Castle in June 1649. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bury (cricketer)
William Bury (14 October 1839 – 21 May 1927) was a clergyman, welfare administrator and a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire and Cambridge University between 1860 and 1862. He was born in Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and died at Borough Green in Kent. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, Bury played cricket as a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played for Cambridge University in matches in 1860, 1861 and 1862, appearing in the University Match against Oxford University in the last two seasons, though he made little impact. In both 1861 and 1862, Bury played for Nottinghamshire when the university cricket season was over, and in 1862 he played a final match for a "Gentlemen of the North" side against an equivalent team from the south of England, and in this, his last first-class match, he made a score of 121 in his second innings, almost doubling the number of runs he made in his career. Bury graduated from Cambridge University in 1862 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Bury
William Henry Bury (25 May 1859 – 24 April 1889) was suspected of being the notorious serial killer "Jack the Ripper". He was hanged for the murder of his wife Ellen in 1889, and was the last person executed in Dundee, Scotland. Bury was orphaned at an early age and was educated at a charitable school in the English Midlands. After a few years in regular employment, he fell into financial difficulty, was dismissed for theft, and became a street peddler. In 1887 he moved to London, where he married Ellen Elliot, who was probably a prostitute. During their stormy marriage, which lasted just over a year, they faced increasing financial hardship. In January 1889, they moved to Dundee. The following month, Bury strangled his wife with a rope, stabbed her dead body with a penknife, and hid the corpse in a box in their room. A few days later, he presented himself to the local police and was arrested for her murder. Tried and convicted, he was sentenced to death by hanging. Shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bury (footballer)
William Henry Bury (1865–1939) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He was born in Darwen and played in the Football League for Burnley. Bury came to Turf Moor from local rivals Padiham in 1887, having built up a reputation as a hard-tackling defender with a number of local clubs. He immediately established a full-back partnership with Sandy Lang, who had also arrived at Turf Moor from Padiham and the two became stalwarts in the Burnley defence. William Bury appeared in twenty of Burnley's twenty-two League games in that historic first season of League football. 1888-1889 William Bury made his League debut on 8 September 1888, playing as a full–back, at Deepdale, the home of Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste .... P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
