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Charlton (surname)
Charlton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alethea Charlton, British actress * Alex Charlton, American politician * Betty Jo Charlton, American politician * Bobby Charlton, English footballer * Brian Charlton, Canadian politician * Chris Charlton, Canadian politician * Conrad Charlton (1888–1976), Australian radio personality * Daphne Charlton (1909–1991), English artist * Dave Charlton (1936–2013), South African Formula One driver * Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player * Edward Colquhoun Charlton, English soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Evan Charlton (1904–1984), British artist * Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), British artist * Hall Charlton, English rugby union footballer * Jack Charlton (1935–2020), English footballer and manager * James Charlton (other), multiple people * John Charlton (other), multiple people * Joseph Charlton (born 1997), American football player * Ken Charlton (basketball), Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alethea Charlton
Alethea Blow Charlton (9 August 1931 – 6 May 1976) was a British actress. Life She was born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and attended Ripon High School and the Northern Theatre School which was based at the Bradford Playhouse.Kenneth Passingham "How Alethea Sees Herself: I Want the Be Bawdy, Brassy and Beautiful", ''TV Times'', 12–18 July 1975, p.48-49 After working in repertory for a few years in Yorkshire, she moved to London in 1960 before touring American universities as a member of a group. Alethea's family history was traced by people investigating the Naylor family history. The report indicates that she was descended from a line of people with the surname Charlton, as well as Blow, Dickerson, Naylor and Heyes. Acting career Charlton was a cast member in episodes two, three and four of the first ever ''Doctor Who'' serial (''An Unearthly Child'') broadcast in late 1963, as a cavewoman called Hur. She returned playing the character Edith in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Charlton
Joseph Charlton (born April 7, 1997) is an American football punter who is a free agent. He played college football at South Carolina. College career Charlton was a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks for five seasons, redshirting as a true freshman. He was named South Carolina's starting punter going into his redshirt sophomore year. As a redshirt junior, Charlton set a new school record by averaging 44.8 yards per punt and was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) by the league's coaches. He broke his own record in his senior season by averaging 47.7 yards per punt and was named second-team All-SEC and was an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Focus. Charlton finished his collegiate career averaging 45.5 yards per punt, a school record. Professional career Carolina Panthers Charlton was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent on July 22, 2020. Charlton was named the Panthers punter at the end of the preseason, beating out Kaar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Charlton
Simon Thomas Charlton (born 25 October 1971) is an English football coach, former footballer and radio summariser. As a player, he was a full back who notably played in the Premier League for Southampton, Bolton Wanderers and Norwich City. He also played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Birmingham City and Oldham Athletic. Over his career he made more than 500 league appearances combined. Although primarily a left back he could also play as a left-sided central defender or occasionally in midfield. During 2012 he earned an international cap for Sealand national football team, a micronation who are not recognised by Fifa. Following retirement he returned to Norwich City as a youth team coach before managing Eastern Counties League club Mildenhall Town. He has since appeared as a co-commentator and summariser on Bolton Wanderers games for BBC Radio Manchester. Club career Charlton was born in Huddersfield and began his career at his home-town club Huddersfield T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Charlton
Samantha Charlton (born 7 December 1991) is a New Zealand field hockey player. She has competed for the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (the ''Black Sticks Women''), including for the team at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Life Born in Wellington, Charlton spent most of her formative years living in Tauranga and attended Otumoetai College. , she resides in Auckland, where she is a student at Massey University in Albany. She was part of the New Zealand teams that won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev .... Overall, she competed in more than 250 games for New Zealand. She married fellow New Zealand hockey player Marcus Child. She participated at the 2020 Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert M
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Charlton
Richard Charlton (1791–1852) was the first diplomatic Consul from Great Britain to the Kingdom of Hawaii (1825–1843). He was surrounded by controversies that caused a military occupation known as the Paulet Affair, and real estate claims that motivated the formalization of Hawaiian land titles. Life Richard Charlton was born in St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall in December 1791. His father was Robert Charlton and mother Christian Charlton. He married Betsy Bastram of Bristol in 1818. He worked for the East India Company in the Pacific as early as 1821, starting as cabin boy to command his own vessel. Charlton knew King Kamehameha II during his early trading visits to the Hawaiian Islands. For example, Charlton commanded the schooner ''Active'' which arrived on 4 February 1823 from Tahiti with English missionary Rev. William Ellis, and was generally well-received. Kamehameha II and his Queen Kamāmalu died in 1824 while in London trying to see the King of Great Britain. Geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percie Charlton
Percie Chater Charlton (9 April 1867 – 30 September 1954) was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests in England in 1890 and played first-class cricket for New South Wales from 1888 to 1897. Cricket career Charlton was regarded as an all-rounder, but he was more successful with his fast-medium bowling than with his batting. He was also an excellent slips fieldsman.''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 104–5. A return of 7 for 44 against South Australia in February 1890 led to his selection in the Australian team to tour England later that year. In his two Test matches in England, he didn't score many runs (6,2,10,11) but can claim the "honour" of being dismissed LBW to WG Grace in the second innings of the first test. Charlton didn't bowl in the first test, however in the first innings of the second he took 3 wickets for 18 runs off 6 overs. Unfortunately, he didn't get a decent opportunity to bowl as it seems in this early p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Charlton
Norman Wood Charlton III (born January 6, 1963), nicknamed "The Sheriff", is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Atlanta Braves, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Early life Charlton was born in Fort Polk, Louisiana, and graduated from James Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Rice University in Houston, Texas, playing for coach David Hall, before being drafted by the Montreal Expos with the 28th pick in the first round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft. Professional playing career The left-handed Charlton was best known as being part of the infamous "Nasty Boys" relief pitching corps for the Reds team who won the World Series. Randy Myers and Rob Dibble were the other two members. The Boys were renowned for their clutch, shutdown performances, particularly during the playoff run; their blazing fastballs; and their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Charlton
Neville Charlton, nicknamed "Boxhead" (1928–2014), was an Australian professional rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ... footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Western Suburbs and Eastern Suburbs as a prop. Playing career Charlton began his career with Canterbury in 1948 and spent 6 seasons with the club playing a total of 61 games. In 1954, Charlton moved to Western Suburbs and played 143 games for the club. Charlton was a member of the 1958 and 1961 sides which made the grand final but were on the losing side against St George on both occasions the latter playing as captain. In 1962, Charlton joined Eastern Suburbs and spent two seasons there before retiring. Charlton also played for New Souths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Charlton
Michael Charlton (born 1 May 1927) is an Australian-born Gold Logie winning former journalist and broadcaster, who worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for many years. Biography Charlton was born in Sydney to broadcaster Conrad and Hazel Charlton, both born in New Zealand, and is the elder brother of Australian sports broadcaster and Order of Australia recipient Tony Charlton. He initially worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) as a presenter in current affairs and commentator for Test cricket matches, but later moved to London. He was the Australian representative on the BBC radio cricket commentary team for the 1956 Test series between England and Australia.Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''Ball by Ball: The Story of Cricket Broadcasting'', 1990, p181. In 1961 he was the inaugural presenter of ''Four Corners'', an Australian current affairs programme. In 1963 he was the recipient of the Australian Gold Logie award. From 1962 to 1976 he was a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Charlton
Matthew Charlton (15 March 1866 – 8 December 1948) was an Australian politician who served as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition from 1922 to 1928. He led the party to defeat at the 1922 and 1925 federal elections. Charlton was born in Linton, Victoria, but as a child moved to Lambton, New South Wales. He left school at a young age to work in the coal mines, initially as a hurrier. Charlton became prominent in the trade union movement, and in 1903 was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party. He switched to federal parliament in 1910. Charlton was an anti-conscriptionist, and remained with Labor after the party split of 1916. He was elected party leader in early 1922, following the death of Frank Tudor. He increased Labor's vote at the 1922 election but suffered a backwards slide in 1925. He resigned as leader in early 1928, succeeded by James Scullin, and left politics later that year. Early life Littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Ridley Charlton
Margaret Charlton (10 December 1858 – 1 May 1931) was a pioneering Canadian medical librarian who was instrumental in founding the Association of Medical Librarians, which became the Medical Library Association in 1907. She was the association's first secretary. Early life She was born on December 10, 1858, in La Prairie, Quebec, a small town on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River near Montreal. She was christened Margaret Anne but later changed her second name to Ridley, to honour her descent from the family of the martyred Bishop Nicholas Ridley, who was burnt at the stake in Oxford in 1555. In addition to being a librarian, she was also a literary journalist and wrote several historical sketches, book reviews and wrote two books with her friend Caroline Augusta Fraser. Career The McGill University Medical Library was founded on August 27, 1823. It was part of the university's Faculty of Medicine and, as was common practice in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
