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Ashcroft Manor Ranch Sod Building
Ashcroft may refer to: Places * Ashcroft, British Columbia, a village in Canada **Ashcroft House in Bagpath, Gloucestershire, England—eponym of the Canadian village * Ashcroft, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Ashcroft, Colorado, a former U.S. mining town, south of Aspen * Ashcroft (Geneva, New York), a historic house * Ashcroft Technology Academy, a secondary school in London, UK People * Catherine Ashcroft, English musician (Irish Folk) * Charlie Ashcroft, English footballer * Chloe Ashcroft, British television presenter * Christina Ashcroft (born 1964), Canadian sport shooter * Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki, British occultist * Edgar Arthur Ashcroft (1864–1938), invented zinc extraction process in Australia * Ernest Ashcroft (b. 1925), English professional rugby league footballer * Lee Ashcroft, English footballer * Lee Ashcroft (footballer, born 1993), Scottish footballer * Jay Ashcroft, American politician * Jimmy Ashcroft, English footballer * John Ashcro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashcroft, British Columbia
Ashcroft is a village municipality that straddles the Thompson River in the Thompson Country region of south central British Columbia, Canada. East of British Columbia Highway 1, BC Highway 1 and on British Columbia Highway 97C, BC Highway 97C, the locality is by road about north of Spences Bridge and south of Cache Creek, British Columbia, Cache Creek. Pioneers Established by brothers Clement Francis Cornwall and Henry Pennant Cornwall in 1862, the earliest mention of the name Ashcroft Manor Ranch, Ashcroft farm was 1863. That year, the brothers opened a roadhouse. The property lay on the Cariboo Road about due west of the river. The earliest newspaper mention of the name Ashcroft as a locality was 1865. In partnership with E.William Brink, John Christopher Barnes established a ranch in 1868 on the east shore of the river. The post office at the Ashcroft farm opened before 1872 but closed in 1899. Jerome Harper built a gristmill in 1877 on the west shore at the mouth of the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Ashcroft
John Robert "Jay" Ashcroft (born July 12, 1973) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 40th Secretary of State of Missouri from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he is the son of former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft. As Missouri Secretary of State, Ashcroft pushed for stricter voter identification laws, fought against ballot initiatives, supported an investigation into former Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, and restricted library services for minors. Ashcroft was a candidate in the 2024 Missouri gubernatorial election, but came in third place in the primary against State Senator Bill Eigel and Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe. Early life Ashcroft is the son of politician John Ashcroft. Ashcroft attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy, but did not graduate. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in engineering management from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He then worked as an eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Ashcroft
Stella Ashcroft (born 27 July 2002) is a New Zealand former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and finished 13th in the all-around final. At the junior level, she won a bronze medal on the vault at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships and won three medals at the 2016 Junior Commonwealth Championships. Gymnastics career Junior Ashcroft made her international debut at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, and she won the bronze medal on the vault in the junior division. At the 2016 New Zealand Championships, she swept the gold medals in the all-around and all four event finals in the junior competition. She helped the New Zealand team win the bronze medal at the 2016 Junior Commonwealth Gymnastics Championships in Namibia. Individually, she won the gold medal in the balance beam final and the silver medal in the floor exercise final. She finished 10th in the junior all-around at the 2017 WOGA Classic. Senior In 2018, Ashcroft received a New Zealand R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ashcroft
Richard Paul Ashcroft (born 11 September 1971) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He formed the alternative rock band the Verve in 1990 and served as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist throughout the band's lifetime. Ashcroft was the sole songwriter of the group. The band started as a jam-based band, however, McCabe has clarified that Ashcroft was the one who created the lyrics. In 1997, The Verve released the UK number one album '' Urban Hymns'', that in present day is the 18th most sold album in the UK. In 1998, Ashcroft was awarded the Ivor Novello award for Songwriter of the Year. Following The Verve's disbandment in 1999, Ashcroft embarked on a successful solo career, releasing six UK top-three solo albums, including '' Alone with Everybody'', '' Keys to the World'' and '' These People''. The Verve reformed in 2007 and released another UK number one album '' Forth'' and disbanded once again in summer 2009. Ashcroft then released a new album in 2010 under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Ashcroft
Raymond John Ashcroft is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as DS Geoff Daly in ''The Bill'' from 1996 to 2000, and List of Emmerdale characters (2003)#Ronnie Marsden, Ronnie Marsden on ''Emmerdale'' from March to December 2003. Career In the late 1970s Ashcroft was the frontman of The Push, a Sheffield band. He started acting in repertory theatre before working in television and film productions. He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV film ''Birth of the Beatles'' (1979), and he has also appeared in various television productions including ''Coronation Street''. Ashcroft played DS Geoff Daly in ''The Bill'' from 1996 to 2000 before portraying Ronnie Madsen in ''Emmerdale'' (2003). In 2018, he portrayed Tom Jackson, a Yorkshire miner, in the play ''On Behalf of The People''. In 2021, he played the lead role of Horace in the short film ''Mr Wong's Lullaby''. Filmography * Coronation Street * ''Heartbeat (British TV series), Heartbeat'' * ''Survivors (1975 TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition. She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from drama school, and within two years she was starring in the West End theatre, West End. Ashcroft maintained her leading place in British theatre for the next 50 years. Always attracted by the ideals of permanent theatrical ensembles, she did much of her work for the Old Vic in the early 1930s, John Gielgud's companies in the 1930s and 1940s, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and its successor the Royal Shakespeare Company from the 1950s, and the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre from the 1970s. While well regarded in Shakespeare, Ashcroft was also known for her commitment to modern drama, appearing in plays by Bertolt Brecht, Samue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Ashcroft
Neil William Ashcroft (27 November 1938 – 15 March 2021) was a British solid-state physicist. Early life and education Ashcroft was born in London on 27 November 1938, and migrated to New Zealand in 1947. He was educated at Hutt Valley High School, and completed his undergraduate studies at Victoria University College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree, in 1958. He received his PhD in 1964 from the University of Cambridge for research investigating the Fermi surfaces of metals. Career Following his PhD, Ashcroft completed postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago and at Cornell University, where he became a Professor in 1975. In 1990 he was named the Horace White Professor of Physics, and was elected to emeritus status in 2006. He served as the director for the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics at Cornell University (1979–1984), the director for the Cornell Center for Materials Research (1997–2000), and as the deputy director for the High Energy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft
Michael Anthony Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, (born 4 March 1946) is a British-Belizean businessman, pollster and politician. He is a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party. Ashcroft founded Michael A. Ashcroft Associates in 1972 and was the 132nd richest person in the UK, as ranked by the ''Sunday Times'' Rich List 2021, with an estimated fortune of £1.257 billion. He was created a life peer in 2000, and sat on the Conservative benches of the House of Lords until resigning in 2015. The Cabinet Office stated that he would take up permanent residence in the UK for tax purposes, but it was reported a decade later that he had not done so. Ashcroft holds dual British and Belizean nationality, and is a belonger of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Early life and education Michael Anthony Ashcroft was born in Chichester, West Sussex. His father Eric was a British colonial civil servant; Ashcroft spent some of his early years in British Honduras (now Belize) and Malawi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Arbuthnot Ashcroft
Michael Arbuthnot Ashcroft (1920–1949) was a code breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, working in Hut 8 under Alan Turing. Early life Ashcroft was born in 1920 to parents of German descent. He was the fourth child of Frederick Noel Ashcroft, a keen geologist and treasurer for 18 years (1924-1945) and later president of the Royal Geological Society and of Muriel Ashcroft (''née'' im Thurn) the niece of the explorer and colonial governor Sir Everard im Thurn. He was educated at Bancroft's School and then Eton College where he was a King's Scholar, making his mark as a mathematics specialist and winning various school prizes. In 1940, he went up to Magdalen College, Oxford, where, as a natural sciences scholar, he became Secretary of the Union in Hilary Term 1941. In June 1941, after only two full terms at Oxford, he was recruited by Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander to join Hut 8 at Bletchley Park. Bletchley Park Ashcroft joined Hut 8 in Bletchley Park in June 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Ashcroft
Marcus Ashcroft (born 25 September 1971) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played 318 games for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions and held the position of General Manager of Football at the Gold Coast Football Club until 2018. The Marcus Ashcroft Medal, awarded to the player judged best on ground in the QClash football match played between the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Football Club, is named after him. Early life Ashcroft was born in Melbourne and raised on the Gold Coast. As a child he lived in Victoria until the age of 3 when he moved to the Gold Coast with his family. He attended Merrimac State High School throughout his teenage years. Ashcroft began playing junior football on the Gold Coast for the Surfers Paradise Demons and later moved to the Southport Sharks to complete his junior football. In 1988 he made his senior QAFL debut for Southport as a 16-year-old. Later that year, Ashcroft would become the only Queenslander to be drafte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Ashcroft
Ken Ashcroft is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played in Australia's major competition – the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) premiership. Ashcroft, a hooker, played 151 matches for Eastern Suburbs during the years (1957–67) his 11 seasons at the club. Ashcroft was a member of the Eastern Suburbs side that was beaten by the St George Dragons The St. George Dragons are an Australian rugby league, rugby league football club from the St George, Sydney, St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales Rugby League, New South Wales competition ... in the 1960 premiership decider.Whiticker/Hudson p. 12 Sources * Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) ''The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players'', Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney References 1938 births Living people Australian rugby league players Rugby league players from Sydney Place of birth missing (living people) R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, Lobbying, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the 79th United States attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. A Republican Party (United States), Republican from Missouri, Ashcroft represented the state in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2001, and held statewide office as the 29th State Auditor of Missouri, auditor (1973–1975), 38th Missouri Attorney General, attorney general (1976–1985), and 50th governor of Missouri (1985–1993). He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm. Ashcroft graduated from Hillcrest High School (Springfield, Missouri), Hillcrest High School in 1960 before receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and a Juris Doctor, J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. After unsuccessfully running for the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives, he was elected Missouri State Auditor in 1974. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
