William Whitlock (other)
William Whitlock may refer to: :''Ordered chronologically'' * William Whitelock (1636–1717), also spelt Whitlock, English gentleman and member of parliament for the University of Oxford * William Whitlock Jr. (1791–1875), American businessman * Billy Whitlock (1813–1878), American blackface performer * William Whitlock (journalist) (1891–1977), New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor * William Whitlock (politician) William Charles Whitlock (Southampton, 20 June 1918 – 2 November 2001, Leicester) was a British Labour Party politician. Whitlock was educated at Itchen Grammar School and the University of Southampton. He volunteered for the British Army up ...

William Whitelock
Sir William Whitelock KC (27 December 1636 – 22 November 1717) was an English barrister and Tory politician. His name is also spelt Whitelocke (which was preferred by his father) and Whitlock. Early life Whitelock was the second son of Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675), parliamentarian and one of Oliver Cromwell's Commissioners of the Great Seal of England. He was the first son of his father's second wife, Frances Willoughby (died 1649), a daughter of William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham. As a young man Whitelock joined the Middle Temple in 1647 and was called to the bar in 1655. He married, in 1671, Mary Overbury, the daughter of Sir Thomas Overbury of Bourton on the Hill, Gloucestershire. Parliamentary career In 1659 Whitelock was elected to the short-lived Third Protectorate Parliament called by Richard Cromwell, but sat for only one session, from 27 January to 22 April 1659, as one of the two members of parliament for Westlow in Cornwall. After C ...
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William Whitlock Jr
William is a masculine given name of Norman French 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, Liam, 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 German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-German ...
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Billy Whitlock
William M. Whitlock (1813 – 1878) was an American blackface performer. He began his career in entertainment doing blackface banjo routines in circuses and dime shows, and by 1843 he was well known in New York City. He is best known for his role in forming the original minstrel show troupe, the Virginia Minstrels. Early career Whitlock was born in New York City in 1813. He worked as a typesetter for a religious journal, then went to work for the '' New York Herald''. Whitlock claimed to have met America's pre-eminent banjoist, Joel Sweeney, in 1838 and to have taken some banjo lessons from him. He joined P. T. Barnum's circus in 1839, where he began his blackface act. By 1840, Whitlock was performing circuses, museums, and variety shows and had taken the epithet "King of Banjo players, and the Emperor of Extravaganza Singers". He paired with John Diamond for a time, playing banjo and singing while Diamond danced. Frank Lynch eventually replaced Diamond, though he took ...
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William Whitlock (journalist)
William Arthur Whitlock (1891–1977) was a notable New Zealand journalist, newspaper editor and proprietor. He was born in Nelson, New Zealand, in 1891. In 1953, Whitlock was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ..., for services to journalism. References 1891 births 1977 deaths New Zealand editors New Zealand magazine editors People from Nelson, New Zealand New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century New Zealand journalists {{NewZealand-journalist-stub ...
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