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Rockliffe's Folly
Rockliffe may refer to: People *Rockliffe Fellowes (1883–1950), Canadian actor *David Lunn-Rockliffe (1924–2011), British businessman *Thornton Rockliffe (1887–1961), Australian cricketer Others *Rockliffe Park (Hurworth), training facility of Middlesbrough F.C. *Rockliffe (TV series), ''Rockliffe'' (TV series), British TV series See also *Rockcliff (other) *Rockcliffe (other) *Rockliff {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockliffe Fellowes
Rockliffe St Patrick Fellowes (17 March 1884 – 28 January 1950), was a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He starred in films such as ''Regeneration (1915 film), Regeneration'' and ''Monkey Business (1931 film), Monkey Business''. Biography Rockliffe St Patrick Fellowes was born in New Edinburgh, Ottawa, Ontario on St Patrick's Day 1884, a descendant of noted Canadian families. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rockliffe Fellowes, and he had three brothers. After following a business career for some years, he gave it up to go onto the stage in 1907 and later made his entry into films as the redemptive hero of Raoul Walsh's 1915 silent gangster film ''Regeneration (1915 film), Regeneration''. He appeared in over 60 films, mostly silent films, silents and is best remembered today for his role as gangster Joe Helton in ''Monkey Business (1931 film), Monkey Business'' (1931) starring the Marx Brothers. Partial filmography * ''Regeneration (1915 film), Regenerati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Lunn-Rockliffe
David Lunn-Rockliffe (28 December 1924 – 23 August 2011) was a British businessman, rowing supporter, and co-founder of the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, England. Lunn-Rockliffe was the youngest son of an English father, a doctor, and Swiss mother. He was brought up near Winchester in Hampshire, southern England. He was educated at Stowe School and Jesus College, Cambridge, reading land economy, with a break between to serve with the Worcestershire Regiment in Burma during World War II. He started working as a dairy farmer in Hampshire, before becoming a development officer at the Institute of Corn and Agricultural Merchants. He later worked in the paint industry. Lunn-Rockliffe was Executive Secretary of the Amateur Rowing Association (now known as British Rowing) in the United Kingdom from 1976 until 1987, overseeing the move towards a more professional organization. He was then central to the foundation of the River and Rowing Museum in Henley, opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thornton Rockliffe
Thornton Rockliffe (5 July 1887 – 18 March 1961) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ... in 1909/10. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers References External links * 1887 births 1961 deaths Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Cricketers from Tasmania 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockliffe Park (Hurworth)
Rockliffe Park near Hurworth, County Durham, is Middlesbrough Football Club's training facility and sports complex. History of Rockliffe Park Early years (1863-1996) In 1863, Arthur Backhouse (a member of the Quaker banking family of Darlington) built Rockliffe Hall, then known as Pilmore Hall. The grounds and hall were then sold off to Lord Southampton and used as a command headquarters during World War II. The estate was then split amongst the family and then sold to the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God in 1948. The brothers built St Cuthbert's Hospital, and remained there until the Order moved to nearby Scorton in 1991. Ownership by Middlesbrough F.C. (1997-date) Following a period in which the area had been unused, Middlesbrough purchased Rockliffe Park in 1997. Following extensive research including visiting the academies of clubs like AFC Ajax, Middlesbrough finally developed Rockliffe Park training complex. It was constructed by Riverside Stadium builders T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockliffe (TV Series)
''Rockliffe'' is a British television police procedural drama series, produced by the BBC, which ran for three series between 9 January 1987 and 14 December 1988. ''Rockliffe'' was devised by Richard O'Keeffe, and produced by Leonard Lewis. The first two series, entitled ''Rockliffe's Babies'', starred Ian Hogg as Alan Rockliffe, a detective sergeant assigned to train a team of inexperienced plain-clothed Crime Squad PCs in inner-city London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ..., which include Steve Hood ( Brett Fancy), Gerry O'Dowd ( Joe McGann), David Adams (Bill Champion), Janice Hargreaves ( Alphonsia Emmanuel), Paul Georgiou (Martyn Ellis), Keith Chitty (John Blakely) and Karen Walsh (Susanna Shelling). The series featured writing contributions from Richard O`Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockcliff (other)
Rockcliff may refer to: *Sir Walter Rockcliff Farquhar, former owner of Polesden Lacey *'' Isodendrion laurifolium'' (rockcliff isodendrion), flowering plant in the violet family found in Hawaii *''Rockcliff'', a boat which was wrecked in 1836 * Whitley Bay Rockcliff RFC, English rugby union team See also * Rockcliffe * Rockliff * Rockliffe {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockcliffe (other)
Rockcliffe may refer to: Places Canada * Rockcliffe Park, Ontario * Rockcliffe-Smythe, a neighbourhood of Toronto United Kingdom ;England * Rockcliffe, Cumbria * Rockcliffe, Lancashire * Rockcliffe Cross, Cumbria ;Scotland * Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway ;Wales * Rockcliffe, Flintshire, see List of places along Wales Coast Path United States * Rockcliffe Mansion, in Hannibal, Missouri Other uses * Rockcliffe Park Public School, in Rockcliffe Park, Ontario * CFB Rockcliffe, a former Canadian Forces Base in Ottawa * * Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport or Rockcliffe Airport , a former military base, is a non-towered airport located on the south shore of the Ottawa River, northeast of Downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The airport is the home of the Canada Aviation and S ... * Rockcliffe Flying Club * Rockcliffe railway station, in Cumbria, disused See also * Rockcliff * Rockliff * Rockliffe {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
