William Weston may refer to:
Politicians
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William Weston I
William Weston I (c. 1351 – c. 1419) was the member of Parliament for Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in South East England, bordering Greater ...
(c.1351–c.1419), MP for Surrey 1380–1419
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William Weston II, MP for Sussex in 1415
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William Weston III, MP for Guildford 1415, 1419, 1423 and 1431, and for Surrey 1447
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William Weston (c. 1546–1594), MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in 1593
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William Weston (Australian politician)
William Pritchard Weston (28 November 1804 – 21 February 1888) was the third Premier of Tasmania.
Early life
William Weston was born in Shoreditch, England, to John Weston, a surgeon. He was educated in Brighton and spent several years ...
(1804–1888), third Premier of Tasmania
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William Weston (Vermont politician) (1803-1875), member of the Vermont Senate
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William Weston (MP for City of London) (died c.1427)
Others
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William Weston (billiards) (1847–1935) billiard player
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William Weston (engineer) (1763–1833), canal engineer
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William Weston (explorer)
William Weston, a 15th-century merchant from Bristol, was probably the first Englishman to lead an expedition to North America, the voyage taking place most likely in 1499 or 1500. Evidence of Weston's leadership has been discovered only in the ...
(circa 1445 – 1504/5), English merchant and explorer
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William Weston (footballer) (1882–1948), English soccer player
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William Weston (Jesuit)
William Weston born at Trimworth Manor, Crundale, near Canterbury, Kent, ''c.'' 1551; died at Valladolid, Spain, 9 June 1615) was an English Jesuit missionary priest. He was appointed superior of the Jesuits on the English Mission.
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(c. 1550–1615), English Jesuit
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William Weston (prior)
Sir William Weston (c. 1470 – 7 May 1540) was the last Prior of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, during the reign of King Henry VIII. As such he ranked as ...
(died 1540), English prior of the knights of St. John
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William Basil Weston
William Basil Weston (3 January 1924 – 3 March 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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(1924–1945), British Army officer, awarded the Victoria Cross
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William C. Weston (1886–1932), New Zealand-born architect (
City Federal Building in Birmingham, Alabama)
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William H. Weston, Jr. (1890–1978), American mycologist
*William Weston, character in ''
Ecotopia
''Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston'' is a utopian novel by Ernest Callenbach, published in 1975. The society described in the book is one of the first ecological utopias and was influential on the counterculture and the gr ...
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Bill Weston (1941–2012), British stuntman
See also
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William Weston Patton
William Weston Patton (October 19, 1821 – October 21, 1889), was an abolitionist, academic administrator, and scholar. He served as the fifth president of Howard University, and one of the contributors to the words of "John Brown's Body". He was ...
(1821–1889), American abolitionist
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William Weston Young
William Weston Young (1776–1847) was a British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick.
Biography
William Weston Young was born on 20 April 1776 at Lewin's Mead, Bristol, England ...
(1776–1847), American Quaker entrepreneur
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