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Wotton Heights, Christ Church, Barbados
Wotton may refer to: Places *Wotton, Barbados * Wotton, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England * Wotton, Quebec, Canada *Wotton, Surrey, England **Wotton House, Surrey, Grade II listed building *Wotton-under-Edge, town in Gloucestershire, England *Wotton Underwood, village in Buckinghamshire, England **Wotton House, Grade I listed country house People * Anthony Wotton (c.1561–1626), English clergyman and controversialist * David Wotton (born 1942), Australian politician * Sir Edward Wotton (1489–1551), English public official, treasurer of Calais * Edward Wotton (zoologist) (1492–1552), English zoologist *Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton (1548–1628), English diplomat * Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639), English author and diplomat *Henry Wotton (poet) (16th century), English poet and translator * John Wotton (16th century), English politician * Lex Wotton (born c.1968), Aboriginal Australian elder and political activist * Lou Wotton (born 1983), Australian rules footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Wotton
Mabel Elizabeth Emily Wotton (1863–1927) was an English writer.Troy J. BassettAuthor Information: Mabel E. Wotton ''At the Circulating Library'', Accessed 7 April 2020. Life Mabel E. Wotton was born in London to Frances Emily and John Stirling Wilmot Wotton, a civil servant. (Note that her ''Times'' death notice gives her father's name as Henry Stirling Wotton.) Her older brother Thomas wrote plays, and her younger sister Edith was a publisher's reader. In 1895, through the actress Irene Vanbrugh, Wotton met Israel Zangwill. Zangwill introduced Wotton's work to the publisher John Lane, who accepted ''Day-Books'' for his controversial Keynotes series. Wotton and Zangwill kept up a friendship and correspondence until at least 1920. Zangwill based the character Margaret Engelborne in ''The Mantle of Elijah'' on Wotton. Her correspondence with Zangwill shows her connections to London's literary world. She knew George Egerton and Dion Boucicault, and dedicated her story collection ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooten
Wooten is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Wooten (born 1989), German-American professional soccer player *Brian Wooten (fl. 1982–1997), American musician * Chandler Wooten (born 1999), American football player * Dudley G. Wooten (1860–1929), American politician * Gene Wooten (1953–2001), American musician * * John Wooten (born 1936), American football player *Kenny Wooten (born 1998), American basketball player * Kyle Wooten (1897-1935), American musician * Lynn Perry Wooten, American academic administrator * Mike Wooten (football player) (born 1962), American football player * Mike Wooten (trooper), Alaska State trooper tied to the Sarah Palin Public Safety Commissioner dismissal * Ron Wooten (born 1959), American football player *Roy Wilfred Wooten (born 1957), better known as Future Man, American musician * Shawn Wooten (born 1972), American baseball player * Thomas Dudley Wooten (1829–1906), American physician and Confederate veteran * Tito Woo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wotton Tramway
The Brill Tramway, also known as the Quainton Tramway, Wotton Tramway, Oxford & Aylesbury Tramroad and Metropolitan Railway Brill Branch, was a six-mile (10 km) rail line in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England. It was privately built in 1871 by the Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 3rd Duke of Buckingham as a Horsecar, horse tram line to help transport goods between his lands around Wotton House and the national rail network. Lobbying from the nearby village of Brill, Buckinghamshire, Brill led to its extension to Brill and conversion to passenger use in early 1872. Two locomotives were bought, but trains still travelled at an average speed of . In 1883, the Duke of Buckingham planned to upgrade the route to main line standards and extend the line to Oxford, creating the shortest route between Aylesbury and Oxford. Despite the backing of the wealthy Ferdinand de Rothschild, investors were det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wotton Hundred
The Hundred of Wotton, Wotton Hundred or Dorking Hundred was a hundred in Surrey, England. The hundred comprised a south-central portion of the county, clockwise the parishes of Abinger, Wotton, Dorking, Capel and Ockley. The area's owner initially had pecuniary rights (to incomes) over parts of parishes on the borders of the area and just beyond, from just north of Guildford to Sussex. The site of the Hundred Court is indicated in the later medieval records as Dorking, hence its latter alternative name. What vestiges of rights to minor rents and other such rights in the hundred still remained in the 17th century were granted to Sir Edward Zouche in 1620 by James I, and later passed to the Earls of Onslow, heirs to the estates of the Earls of Surrey. Subsequent large village-size settlements within this area include the three Holmwoods collectively and Holmbury St Mary. The majority of it today, which is farmland or woodland, is Metropolitan Green Belt. The largest current s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is an 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine'',''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (Penguin Classics) – Introduction while the novel-length version was published in April 1891. Wilde's only novel, it is widely regarded as a classic of Gothic literature, having been Adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray, adapted for screen, stage, plays, and other forms of art performance. The story revolves around a Oil painting, portrait of Dorian Gray (character), Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward, a friend of Dorian's and an artist infatuated with Dorian's Aesthetics, beauty. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton and is soon enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic worldview: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wotton
William Wotton (13 August 166613 February 1727) was an English theologian, classical scholar and linguist. He is chiefly remembered for his remarkable abilities in learning languages and for his involvement in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. In Wales he is remembered as the collector and first translator of the ancient Welsh laws. Life Early years William Wotton was the second son of the Rev. Henry Wotton, rector of Wrentham, Suffolk. He was a child prodigy who could read verses from the Bible in English, Latin, Greek and Hebrew before he was six. In April 1676, when he was not yet ten years old, he was sent to Catharine Hall, Cambridge, and graduated in 1679. By this time Wotton had acquired Arabic, Syriac, and Aramaic, as well as a knowledge of logic, philosophy, mathematics, geography, chronology, and history. His parents died whilst he was still at Cambridge, and as a teenager he was taken into the household of Gilbert Burnet, later bishop of Salisbury. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Wotton (other) (1587–1630), English peer
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Thomas Wotton may refer to: * Thomas Wotton (surgeon) (1582–1669), with first colonists to Jamestown, Virginia * Thomas Wotton (genealogist) (died 1766), compiler of ''The English Baronetage'' * Thomas Wotton (sheriff) (1521–1587), sheriff of Kent * Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton (1587 – 2 April 1630) was an English peer. Wotton was the eldest son and heir of Edward Wotton, 1st Baron Wotton, and inherited his father's title in 1626. In 1608, he married Mary Throckmorton, a daughter of Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Wotton
Roger Corfield Anson Wotton (14 June 1919 – 6 September 2012) was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party (later National Party) member for Burrendong from 1968 to 1971 and from 1973 to 1981, and then for Castlereagh from 1981 to 1991 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Wotton was born in Ardlethan, New South Wales, and attended the local public school and then Yanco Agricultural High School. He served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force 1940–45, rising to the rank of lieutenant and serving in Darwin, Morotai and Borneo. He married Shirley Crick on 3 February 1945, with whom he had five children. He became a farmer and grazier after the war, and joined the Country Party in 1950. He served on Coonabarabran Shire Council from 1963 to 1968, and as Deputy Shire President from 1965. Political career In 1968, Wotton was selected as the Country Party's candidate for the new state seat of Burrendong, which largely replaced the old seat of Mudg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Wotton
Rob Wotton is a British television sports presenter. For 27 years, Wotton presented football topics for Sky Sports and on Sky Sports News. He was previously the sports editor at Capital Radio in London. A fan of Chelsea FC, his commentary has appeared on their club DVD. Wotton has covered England games home and away for Capital Gold and worked with Jonathan Pearce. Career Before beginning his long service at Sky, Wotton was the sports editor at Capital Radio in London, where Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup in France were among the highlights, as well as annual broadcasts from Wimbledon. Sky Sports Wotton joined Sky Sports in 1998. A Chelsea fan, he presented a number of programmes for the network. His most regular role though was the early Saturday evening slot, where he takes the viewers through the Premier League talking points and Football League goals as soon as the Soccer Saturday team are off air. Since joining Sky Sports News, Wotton presented a number of their fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wotton
Paul Anthony Wotton (born 17 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who is the manager of Torquay United. Having begun his career with his home-town side, Wotton went on to become the club's most successful captain as they won two Football League titles in three seasons. By the time he left Plymouth in 2008, Wotton had broken into the top ten of the club's all-time appearance list – playing in more than 400 matches – and won their Player of the Year award twice. A year later, he was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. Wotton went on to spend three seasons with Southampton, with whom he won the Football League Trophy at Wembley Stadium during the 2009–10 season. Towards the end of his time with the club, he was loaned out to Oxford United and Yeovil Town before joining the latter permanently. A year later, Wotton returned to Plymouth Argyle. He was appointed player-coach at Argyle at the end of the 2013–14 season and formally retired from playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Wotton
Nicholas Wotton (c. 1497 – 26 January 1567) was an England, English diplomat, cleric and courtier. He served as Dean of York and Royal Envoy to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Life He was a son of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, and a descendant of Sir Nicholas Wotton (mayor), Nicholas Wotton, Lord Mayor of London in 1415 and 1430, who was Member of Parliament for the City of London, City from 1406 to 1429. Soon after ordination Wotton was granted the benefices of Boughton Malherbe and of Sutton Valence, and later of Ivychurch, Kent. Desirous of a more worldly career, he entered the service of Cuthbert Tunstall, Prince-Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall, then Bishop of London. Having helped to draw up the ''Institution of a Christian Man'', Wotton in 1539 went to arrange the marriage between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves and the union of Protestant princes which was to be the complement of this union. Wotton crossed over to England with the new royal bride but, unlike T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
