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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 (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 Other * Righton Big Wing, a New Zealand glider See also * Ride On (other) * Right On (other) * Write On (other) * Ryton (other) {{surname ... [...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 New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ... on one occasion in 1927. He later switched to Newtown and played three seasons with them between 1933 and 1935 before retiring. Righton d ... [...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] |
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, and died in the same town at the age of 73. His father Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ... (also, in fact, named Edward Grantham Righton) also played four times for Worcestershire, between 1911 and 1913. External links * 1912 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Evesham English cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Cricketers from Worcestershire 20 ... [...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 County Cricket Club, 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 County Cricket Club, Leicestershire at New Road, Worcester, 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 cricket team, England Test cricketer Albert Knight (cricketer), Albert Knight. He did nothing in his three subsequent games, other than to hold a catch to dismiss Thomas Langdon (cricketer), Thomas Langdon in his final match, against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire in June 1913. His son Edward Righton junior, Edward (also, in fact, named Edward G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
