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A'Beckett
A'Beckett or à Beckett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ada Mary à Beckett (1872–1948) Australian academic *Arthur A'Beckett (1812–1871), Australian surgeon and politician *Arthur William à Beckett (1844–1909), English journalist and intellectual *Edward a'Beckett (cricketer, born 1836) (1836–1922), Australian cricketer *Edward a'Beckett (cricketer, born 1940) (1940–2011), Australian cricketer *Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856), English humorist *Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837–1891), English writer *Malwyn a'Beckett (1834–1906), English-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria *Mary Anne à Beckett (1815–1863), English composer, primarily known for opera *Ted à Beckett (1907–1989), Australian cricketer who played in four Tests between 1928 and 1931 *Thomas à Beckett (judge), Sir Thomas à Beckett (1836–1919), Australian solicitor and judge *Thomas Turner à Beckett (1808–1892), lawyer and politician in Victoria, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur A'Beckett
Arthur Martin A'Beckett (1812 – 23 May 1871) was an English-born Australian surgeon and politician who served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1856 to 1860. Arthur A'Beckett died in Sydney in 1871. Life Arthur Martin A'Beckett was born in 1812 in London, United Kingdom to William A'Beckett, a solicitor, and Sarah Abbott. A'Beckett studied medicine in Paris and in London at London University From 1835 to 1837, he served as a staff surgeon to the British Legion in Spain, where he received several Spanish decorations including the Knight Bachelor of San Ferdinand. In 1838, A'Beckett married Emma Louise Elwin, with whom he had 5 sons and 5 children, with one of his sons William Channing A'Beckett being born in 1846. They migrated in that year to Colony of New South Wales, New South Wales after encouragement from his brother, William A'Beckett, Sir William A'Beckett. Career In New South Wales, he continued to serve as a surgeon, rising through the ranks of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Anne à Beckett
Mary Anne à Beckett (29 April 1815 – 11 December 1863) was an English composer, primarily known for opera. She was the wife of the writer Gilbert à Beckett, who provided the libretti for two of her operas. Their children included the writers Gilbert Arthur à Beckett and Arthur William à Beckett. Her theatrical connections included her brother, the actor and producer impresario Augustus Glossop Harris, and his eldest son, also an impresario, Sir Augustus Harris. Biography Mary Anne à Beckett was born in London, the eldest daughter of Joseph Glossop and his wife, Elizabeth, ''née'' Feron. Among their other children was the future actor and producer Augustus Glossop Harris, whose elder son was the impresario Sir Augustus Harris.Knight, Josep"Harris, Augustus Frederick Glossop (1826–1873)" rev. Nilanjana Banerji, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, retrieved 21 April 2014 Glossop, a man of doubtful financial means, was at various ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Channing A'Beckett
William Channing A'Beckett (1846 – 16 June 1929) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to Arthur Martin A'Beckett, a doctor who served in the New South Wales Legislative Council, and Emma Louise Elwin. He was sent to England to be educated, returning to Australia to farm in New South Wales in 1865. On 23 February 1884 he married Jessie Gertrude Smith, with whom he had five children. He owned property in the Wellington area, and in 1889 was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Bogan Bogan ( ) is Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated. Depending on the context, the term can be pejorative or self-deprecating. The prevalence of the term boga .... Defeated in 1891, he was re-elected in a by-election in 1892 but did not contest the 1894 election. A'Beckett died at Wellington in 1929. References {{DEFAULTSORT:A'becket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A'Becketts Creek
A'Becketts Creek is a perennial stream and a northern tributary of the Duck River and part of the Parramatta River catchment, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Geography A'Becketts Creek is about long. Starting from its source, near the shopping centre at Merrylands, its upper reaches have been channelized and piped underground. It flows generally east northeast, then east, joining with Duck Creek at Clyde. to flow into the Duck River at Rosehill. In its lower reaches it is a tidal creek. A'Becketts Creek forms part of the boundary of the suburbs of Harris Park to the north, and the suburbs of Granville and Clyde to the south. History From ''circa'' 1860, brickmaking A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ... commenced along A'Becketts Creek, adjacent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William à Beckett
Sir William à Beckett (28 July 1806 – 27 June 1869) was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Background Born in London, he was the eldest son of William à Beckett, also a solicitor. His younger brothers were Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, one of the original staff of ''Punch'' and the author of 'Comic History of England', and Thomas Turner à Beckett (13 September 1808 – 1 July 1892). He was educated at Westminster School, publishing a youthful volume of verse, ''The Siege of Dumbarton Castle'', in 1824. In 1829 he was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn. Legal career In 1837, à Beckett migrated to New South Wales and edited the 'Literary News', a short-lived newspaper. In 1838 à Beckett, along with William Foster and Richard Windeyer, defended the 11 colonists charged with murder in relation to the Myall Creek massacre. He was appointed acting Solicitor General for the colony in March 1841, and Solicitor General in March 1843. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malwyn A'Beckett
Malwyn a'Beckett (26 September 1834 – 25 June 1906) was an English-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in London and died in Sale, Victoria. A'Beckett made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851–52 season, against Tasmania. From the tailend, he scored three runs in the first innings and seven in the second. Six seasons later, he played in a Gentlemen v Players match on a Gentlemen's team which won by an innings margin. A'Beckett's brother, Edward, played two first-class matches for Victoria, while his great-nephew, Ted played four Test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * Indoor cricket, Test match (indoor cricket) * Test match (rugby union) * Test match (rugby league) * Test match (associa ... for Australia. External linksMalwyn a'Beckettat CricketArchive Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Melbourne Crick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward A'Beckett (cricketer, Born 1836)
Edward a'Beckett (16 April 1836 – 25 March 1922) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria. Born: 16 April 1836 Holborn, London, England Died: 25 March 1922 (aged 85) Beaconsfield Upper, Victoria, Australia See also * List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers t ... References 1836 births 1922 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers People from Holborn Sportspeople from the London Borough of Camden Cricketers from Greater London Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers {{Australia-cricket-bio-1830s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (9 January 1811 – 30 August 1856) was an English humorist. Biography He was born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas Becket. He was educated at Westminster School and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1841. He edited the comic paper ''Figaro in London'' and was one of the original staff of ''Punch'' and a contributor until his death. He was an active journalist on ''The Times'' and '' The Morning Herald'', contributed a series of light articles to the '' Illustrated London News'', conducted in 1846 ''The Almanack of the Month'' and found time to produce some fifty or sixty plays, among them dramatized versions of Charles Dickens's shorter stories, written in collaboration with Mark Lemon. He is perhaps best known as the author of ''The Comic History of England'' (1847–48), ''The Comic History of Rome'' (1852) and a ''Comic Blackstone'' (1846). He wrote the book for two operas with music comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted à Beckett
Edward Lambert à Beckett (11 August 1907 – 2 June 1989) was an Australian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1928 and 1931. He played in 47 first-class matches for Victoria. À Beckett was the second of three sons born to solicitor Thomas Archibald à Beckett and his wife Ada Mary à Beckett, née Lambert. His grandfather was the judge Sir Thomas à Beckett. He studied law at the University of Melbourne, entering Trinity College in 1927, where he excelled at sports, and represented the university in both cricket and Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ... before being seriously injured, fracturing his skull.Piesse & Davis, p. 8. A solicitor by profession, after his retirement a'Beckett was involved in the administratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Turner à Beckett
Thomas Turner à Beckett (13 September 1808 – 1 July 1892) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Early life à Beckett was born in London, England, son of William à Beckett (senior) and his wife Sarah, ''née'' Abbott. Thomas junior was brother of Sir William à Beckett and Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. Thomas was educated at Westminster School. In 1829 he joined his father in practice as a solicitor. Before leaving London, Thomas a'Beckett published "''Remarks on the Present State of the Law of Debtor and Creditor''", 1844; "''Railway Litigation, and How to Check It''", 1846; "''Law-reforming Difficulties: a Letter to Lord Brougham''", 1849. Career in Australia à Beckett migrated to Victoria, Australia, in 1850 and was called to the Victorian Bar a year later. From 14 July 1852 to March 1856 he was a nominee member of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council, replacing James Ross. In October 1858 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Mary à Beckett
Ada Mary à Beckett MSc (18 May 1872 – 20 May 1948), née Lambert, was an Australian biologist, academic and leader of the kindergarten movement in Australia. She was the first woman appointed lecturer at Melbourne University. History Ada Mary Lambert was born in Adelaide, the eldest daughter of Rev. Henry John Lambert (c. 1836 – 14 July 1924) and Helen Lambert, née Garrett ( – 10 October 1914), of Norwood, South Australia. Her father was born in London, and was a Baptist pastor in King's Lynn, Norfolk and emigrated to South Australia to take charge of the Baptist church at Moonta, South Australia around 1860. He was appointed the first pastor of the Baptist church at Norwood in 1867 and served there until October 1888, when he left for England. Around 1890 he returned to South Australia, where he joined the Presbyterian Church, and served at Spalding, Koolunga, and Wallaroo, then in 1905 succeeded Matthew Johnson as Moderator of the South Australian General Assembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beckett (other)
Beckett is a surname. Beckett may also refer to: Places * Beckett, New Jersey, United States, a census-designated place and unincorporated community * Beckett, Ohio, United States, an unincorporated community * Beckett, Oklahoma, United States, an unincorporated community * Beckett (crater), a crater on Mercury * Beckett Hall or Beckett House, a 19th-century mansion in Oxfordshire, England * Beckett Nunatak, Victoria Land, Antarctica, a rock nunatak * Beckett Park, a residential area and park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England * Beckett Point, Washington, United States, a small point Businesses * Beckett Media, an American company focusing on collectibles, especially sports collectibles Other uses * Beckett baronets, two extant titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom * Beckett Bould (1880–1970), British actor * Beckett (horse), an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse * Beckett (band), an English hard rock band * ''Beckett'' (film), a 2021 thriller film * Beckett Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
