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Akehurst
Akehurst is an old English name derived from "ake," meaning oak, and "hurst," meaning "a grove of trees." The name likely comes from the modern town of Oakhurst, once called "Acersc." The name is primarily found in the Sussex area of England. Notable people with the surname include: * Bailey Akehurst (born 2003), English footballer * Elizabeth Akehurst (born 1975), South African cricketer * John Akehurst (1930–2007), British Army officer * John Akehurst, American fashion photographer * Len and Dorothy Akehurst, founders of Doomadgee Mission in Queensland, Australia * Luke Akehurst (born 1972), British politician * Michael Barton Akehurst (1940–1989), British lawyer and author See also * Akhurst * Wakehurst Wakehurst may refer to: Places: *Electoral district of Wakehurst, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales *Wakehurst (formerly known as Wakehurst Place), a property owned by the National Trust and m ... Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Akehurst
Luke Akehurst (born 2 March 1972) is a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for North Durham (UK Parliament constituency), North Durham since 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024. He is also a Labour Party official, and a former councillor. Since 2020, Akehurst has been a member of the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party (NEC), having previously been on the NEC from 2010 until 2012. Education and early career Akehurst was privately educated at Kent College, Kent College, Canterbury. He received a Bachelor of Science in Politics from the University of Bristol in 1993. Akehurst worked in the BBC Research & Development, BBC Political Research Unit from 1996 to 2000, and at the communications firm Weber Shandwick from 2000 to 2011. Political career Early activity (1993–2005) Akehurst joined the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party at 16 years old. He contested Cabot war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bailey Akehurst
Bailey Roy Akehurst (born 9 October 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for club Dover Athletic. Career Despite being a second-year scholar, Akehurst made his league debut for Gillingham in a 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday on 13 September 2021, having made his first senior appearance in an EFL Trophy match against Crawley Town earlier in the season. On 7 June 2022 he signed his first professional contract with the Kent side. Shortly into the 2022–23 season, he signed for Hastings United on loan. He was released at the end of the 2022–23 season. Following his release from Gillingham, Akehurst returned to Hastings United on a permanent basis. In November 2023, he joined National League South club Dover Athletic Dover Athletic Football Club is a semi-professional association football club based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Akehurst (British Army Officer)
General Sir John Bryan Akehurst, (12 February 1930 – 20 February 2007) was a British Army officer who rose to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Military career Educated at Cranbrook School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, John Akehurst was commissioned into the Northamptonshire Regiment in 1949.Obituary: Sir John Akehurst The Times, 27 February 2007 He was seconded to the in 1952 during the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomadgee Mission
Doomadgee is a town and a locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Doomadgee, Queensland, Australia. It is a mostly Indigenous community, situated about from the Northern Territory border, and west of Burketown. The settlement began with the establishment of the Doomadgee Mission in 1933, which relocated from Bayley Point to Nicholson River in 1936. In the , Doomadgee had a population of 1405 people. History Indigenous peoples The Waanyi and Ganggalidda (Yukulta) people are the recognised Aboriginal Australian peoples who are the traditional owners for the region surrounding Doomadgee. Historically, Gadawa, Lardil, Mingginda and Garawa groups inhabited or traversed the area. The Waanyi language (also known as ''Wanyi'', ''Wanyee'', ''Wanee'', ''Waangyee'', ''Wonyee'', ''Garawa'', and ''Wanji)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language of the Gulf Country. The language region includes the western parts of Lawn Hill Creek and Nicholson River, from about the boundary betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Akehurst
Elizabeth Akehurst (born 24 June 1975) is a South African former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She appeared in eight One Day Internationals for South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... between 1997 and 1999. References External links * * 1975 births Living people South African women cricketers South Africa women One Day International cricketers {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Akehurst (fashion Photographer)
John Akehurst is a photographer who specializes in fashion, beauty, and advertising. Biography He studied mathematics at the University of Nottingham. After graduation he moved to New York where worked as an assistant to Steven Meisel and Albert Watson. He moved to London, eventually publishing the story "The Egg" in ''The Face The face is a part of the body, the front of the head. Face may also refer to: Film * ''The Magician'' (1958 film) or ''The Face'' * ''The Face'' (1996 film), an American television film * ''Face'' (1997 film), a British crime drama by Antonia ...'' in 1997. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Akehurst, John American photographers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Barton Akehurst
Michael Barton Akehurst (1940 – 4 October 1989) was an international lawyer. He was the author of the ''Modern Introduction to International Law'' which remains the most widely used student text in the field. Seven editions have been published, it has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and Japanese and it was updated after his death by Peter Malanczuk under the title 'Akehurst's Modern Introduction to International Law'.[See Vaughan Lowe, Colin Warbrick (eds.), ''The United Nations and the principles of international law'' (Routledge) available online through Google Books https://books.google.com/books?id=x7ARJEGziIIC,M1] Akehurst was educated at Monkton Combe School, Somerset, then Emmanuel College, Cambridge (MA, LLB) and the University of Paris, where he received a doctorate. After working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Beirut, he spent the rest of his career in the Department of Law at Keele University and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhurst
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Akhurst is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Carl Akhurst (1886–1953), Australian politician *Daphne Akhurst (1903–1933), Australian tennis player *Lucy Akhurst (born 1975), British actress * William Akhurst (1822–1878), Australian actor See also *Akehurst *Wakehurst Wakehurst may refer to: Places: *Electoral district of Wakehurst, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales *Wakehurst (formerly known as Wakehurst Place), a property owned by the National Trust and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire .... It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literature, Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman (a langues d'oïl, relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Sussex, kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English Channel, and divided for many purposes into the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial counties of West Sussex and East Sussex. Brighton and Hove, though part of East Sussex, was made a unitary authority in 1997, and as such, is administered independently of the rest of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove was granted city status in the United Kingdom, city status in 2000. Until then, Chichester was Sussex's only city. The Brighton and Hove built-up area is the 15th largest conurbation in the UK and Brighton and Hove is the most populous city or town in Sussex. Crawley, Worthing and Eastbourne are major towns, each with a population over 100,000. Sussex has three main geographic su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Wakehurst
Baron Wakehurst, of Ardingly in the County of Sussex, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1934 for the Conservative politician Gerald Loder, fifth son of Sir Robert Loder, 1st Baronet (see Loder Baronets for earlier history of the family). He had previously represented Brighton in the House of Commons and was the creator of Wakehurst Place Gardens in Ardingly, West Sussex. His only son, the second Baron, was also a Conservative politician and served as Governor of New South Wales and later as Governor of Northern Ireland. The third baron, who was known by his middle name Christopher, was a barrister and businessman: he died in July 2022. the title is held by the latter's son Timothy, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year. Barons Wakehurst (1934) * Gerald Walter Erskine Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst (1861–1936) * John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst (1895–1970) * John Christopher Loder, 3rd Baron Wakehurst (1925– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
