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Righton
Righton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Righton (1905–1982), Australian rugby league footballer * Caroline Righton (born 1958), English television presenter and author * Edward Righton (actor) (1838–1899), English actor * Edward Righton junior (1912–1986), English first-class cricketer * Edward Righton senior (1884–1964), English first-class cricketer *James Righton James Nicholas Righton (born 25 August 1983) is a British musician. As well as singing, he was the keyboard-player of the London-based new rave band Klaxons, which disbanded in 2015. In March 2016, Righton announced his new project Shock Mac ... (born 1983), English musician * Len Righton (1898–1972), New Zealand rugby union player * Peter Righton (1926–2007), child protection expert, social care worker, convicted child molester * Sybilla Righton Masters (1676–1720), American inventor See also * Ride On (other) * Right On (other) * Write On (disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Righton
James Nicholas Righton (born 25 August 1983) is a British musician. As well as singing, he was the keyboard-player of the London-based new rave band Klaxons, which disbanded in 2015. In March 2016, Righton announced his new project Shock Machine with a video directed by Saam Farahmand. Righton released his first solo album ''The Performer'' on Soulwax's Deewee label in March 2020. Early life Righton was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Righton's father, a musician and cobbler, encouraged him to be a part of several bands that performed regularly while he was still at Stratford-upon-Avon High School. Career While attending the High School at Stratford-upon-Avon, Righton met Simon Taylor-Davis and taught him to play the guitar. While working towards a career as a performer, Righton worked as a music teacher. He attended the Benicàssim festival, where he again met Simon Taylor-Davis, and soon after that the two met Jamie Reynolds in New Cross, London. When Reynolds lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Righton
Alexander Alan Righton (1905–1982) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. Background Righton was born in Redfern, New South Wales on 18 February 1905. Playing career Righton went on to become one of South Sydney Rabbitohs greatest fullbacks, and a premiership winner. Righton was a South's junior, and made his first grade debut in 1925. He went on to play seven seasons with South Sydney between 1925 and 1931, and played in three premiership winning teams in 1925,1926 and 1928. He represented N.S.W. City Firsts in 1929 and played for New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ... on one occasion in 1927. He later switched to Newtown and played three seasons with them between 1933 and 1935 before retiring. Righton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Righton
Caroline Anne Righton (born 26 February 1958), is an English television presenter and author, best known for being a presenter on the daily breakfast television station TV-am and being an anchor of the Channel 4 news show, '' The Channel Four Daily''. At the 2010 general election, Righton was the Conservative candidate for the new St Austell and Newquay constituency but lost to the Liberal Democrats. Biography Born Caroline Donovan in Bristol, Righton worked in several restaurants and hotels when she was a teenager; however, she had always intended to become a journalist. She worked as a Junior reporter for ''The West Briton'' and the '' Cornish Guardian''. Also during this time, Caroline was presenting regional TV programmes for '' BBC South West'' in Plymouth. This work enabled her to gain vital experience, and she became one of the founding presenters of BBC Radio Cornwall in 1984. After presenting the ''Duchy Today'' programme with Ted Gundry, Righton became a producer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Righton
Paul Pelham Righton (14 April 1926 12 October 2007),''England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018'' known as Peter Righton, was a child protection expert and social care worker, and a convicted child molester. In 2013, the Metropolitan Police launched Operation Cayacos to investigate claims that Righton was part of an establishment paedophile network. Career Righton worked in children's homes, including in Maidstone, Kent, and was a lecturer in child protection and residential care, including at the Open University and in Birmingham. He was Director of Education at the National Institute of Social Work, and vice-chairman of governors at New Barns School in Toddington, Gloucestershire. He was also a consultant to the National Children's Bureau. Righton justified relationships between adults and children in his academic work - he wrote in ''Social Work Today'' in 1977 that "Provided there is no question of exploitation, sexual relationships freely entered into by residents – incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Righton (actor)
Thomas Edward Corrie Burns Righton (1838 – January 1899), known as Edward Righton, was an English actor. Righton began his career in Liverpool in 1850. Among many other London roles, Righton played the role of Verges in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and Mr. Furnivail in ''Two Roses''. He created the role of Lutin in '' The Happy Land'', a musical burlesque written in 1872 by W. S. Gilbert Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his collaboration with composer Arthur Sullivan, which produced fourteen comic operas. The most fam .... He also created the role of Boomblehardt in Gilbert's '' Creatures of Impulse''. In 1876, he appeared in ''The Great Divorce Case'', a comedy, opposite Charles Wyndham. In ''The Dead Heart'', he played the comic barber, and in John O'Keeffe's comedy ''Wild Oats'', he filled the role of an old sea dog. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Righton Junior
Edward Grantham Righton (24 September 1912 – 2 May 1986) was an English first-class cricketer who played four matches for Worcestershire, two in 1934 and two in 1936. He batted at six in the 1934 matches, and opened in the 1936 games, but was not a success in either role: his innings were 6, 0, 0, 19, 1, 0 and 1; the 19 came against Derbyshire in June 1936. Righton was born in Evesham, Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ..., and died in the same town at the age of 73. His father Edward (also, in fact, named Edward Grantham Righton) also played four times for Worcestershire, between 1911 and 1913. External links * 1912 births 1986 deaths People from Evesham English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Cricketers from Worcestershire { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Righton Senior
Edward Grantham Righton (23 November 1884 – 3 January 1964) was an English first-class cricketer who played four matches for Worcestershire between 1911 and 1913. Although he had appeared for Worcestershire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship as early as 1907, Righton made his first-class debut in July 1911, playing against Leicestershire at Worcester. It proved to be by far the most successful of his four games at this level: Righton hit a first-innings 48 and took his only first-class wicket, that of England Test cricketer Albert Knight. He did nothing in his three subsequent games, other than to hold a catch to dismiss Thomas Langdon in his final match, against Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ... in June 1913. His son Edward ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Righton
Leonard Stephen Righton (12 October 1898 – 14 February 1972) was a New Zealand rugby union player. Primarily a lock, Righton represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1923 and 1925. However, he missed selection for the 1924 "Invincibles" tour. He played nine matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any internationals. On 3 August 1927, Righton married Eileen Gladys O'Leary at St Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland The Cathedral of St Patrick and St Joseph (usually known as St Patrick's Cathedral) is a Catholic church in Auckland CBD, situated on the corner of Federal Street and Wyndham St. It is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Auckland .... He died in Auckland on 14 February 1972. References 1898 births 1972 deaths Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand rugby union players New Zealand international rugby union players Auckland rugby union players Rugby union loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sybilla Righton Masters
Sybilla Righton Masters (c. 1676 – 23 August 1720)Blashfield JF Women Inventors, Volume 4 Capstone, 1996/ref> was an American inventor. Masters was the first person residing in Thirteen Colonies, the American colonies to be given an English patent, and possibly the first known female Caucasian machinery inventor in America. Masters was given a patent for a corn mill in 1715 in her husband's name, as women were not allowed to have their own patents.Samuel C. Inventors and Inventions in Colonial America. The Rosen Publishing Group, 200/ref> She also patented a process for making hats. Early life Not much is known of Masters' early life. It is possible that she was born in Bermuda as her father had emigrated from there in 1687. It is believed that she was born around 1676, and in 1687 she and her six sisters emigrated from Bermuda to Burlington Township, New Jersey (along the Delaware River) with her Quaker parents Sarah and William Righton. Sybilla Righton first showed up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride On (other)
Ride On may refer to: Music * ''Ride On'' (Christy Moore album), an album (and song) by Christy Moore * ''Ride On'' (Izzy Stradlin album), an album by Izzy Stradlin * ''Ride On'' (Texas Hippie Coalition album), an album (and song) by American red dirt metal music ensemble Texas Hippie Coalition *''Ride On'', an album by Albert Järvinen * "Ride On" (AC/DC song), song from the 1976 album ''Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap'' *"Ride On, Baby", a song by Jagger/Richards *"Ride On", a song by Gotthard from the 1996 album '' G.'' * "Ride On", a song by Jimmy McCarthy ** covered by Christy Moore, on the 1984 album '' Ride On'' Other *Ride On (bus) Ride On (formerly Ride-On) is the primary public transportation system in Montgomery County, Maryland. Managed by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, Ride On serves Montgomery County as well as the community of Langley Park in Pri ..., the bus system in Montgomery County, Maryland * ''Ride On'' (film), 2023 film starred by Jacki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right On (other) , an American ...
Right On may refer to: Albums * ''Right On!'' (Jenny Lee Lindberg album), 2015 * ''Right On'' (The Supremes album), 1970 * ''Right On'' (Wilson Pickett album), 1970 Songs * "Right On" (song), by Lil Baby *"Right On", by Marvin Gaye from his album '' What's Going On'', (1971) *"Right On", by Boogaloo Joe Jones from ''Right On Brother'', 1970 *"Right On", by Gotthard from ''Firebirth'', 2012 *"Right On", by Ike Turner, 1972 *"Right On", by OMC, 1996 *"Right On", by The Rascals from '' Search and Nearness'', 1970 *"Right On!", by Silicone Soul Other uses * ''Right On'' (TV series), a Canadian youth television series * "Right On" (''Beavis and Butt-head''), an episode of ''Beavis and Butt-head'' *Right On! (magazine) ''Right On!'' is an American teen magazine first published by the Laufer Company in 1971. It was headquartered in New York City. It continued publishing on a regular basis until 2014, focusing on African-American celebrities. The magazine was ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Write On (other)
Write On may refer to: * Write On (TV series), an educational television show which was produced and broadcast by TVOntario * ''Write On'' (album), a 1976 album by The Hollies See also *Right On (other) *Righton Righton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Righton (1905–1982), Australian rugby league footballer * Caroline Righton (born 1958), English television presenter and author * Edward Righton (actor) (1838–1899), English ... (surname) * Ryton (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
