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Billson may refer to: People *Alfred Billson (British politician) (1839-1907), English Liberal Party politician * Alfred Arthur Billson (1858-1930), Australian politician * Anne Billson (born 1954), British writer, photographer, and film critic *Bruce Billson (born 1966), Australian politician * Charles J. Billson (1858-1932), English translator, lawyer and collector of folklore *Herbert George Billson (1971-1938), British colonial administrator, scientist, and rugby player * John Billson (1862-1924), British-born Australian politician *William W. Billson (1847-1923), American lawyer and politician Fictional * Battling Billson, a short stories character by P.G. Wodehouse See also *Bilson Bilson is a surname, and may refer to: *Bruce Bilson (born 1928), American film and television director *Carly Bilson (born 1981), Australian rowing coxwain *Danny Bilson (born 1956), American writer, director, and producer * John Bilson (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Billson
Bruce Frederick Billson (born 26 January 1966) is a former politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Dunkley in Victoria from 1996 to 2016.About Bruce – Bruce Billson: Member for Dunkley Billson served as the Minister for Small Business from September 2013 to September 2015. Early life and education Billson was born in Albury, New So ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Billson
John William Billson (10 January 1862 – 23 December 1924) was a British-born Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Fitzroy from 1900 to 1924 and the deputy leader of the state Labor Party from 1913 to 1924. Billson was born in Leicester, England, where he became a bootmaker and trade unionist. He married Sarah Jane Sarson Coverley on 14 October 1882; they had three children. Billson migrated to Australia in 1886, continued working as a bootmaker and became president of the Victorian Operative Bootmakers' Union in 1893-95, serving in that capacity during the prominent 1894-95 bootmakers' strike. His unionism made finding work difficult; he went briefly to Sydney, before returning to Victoria to become the union's general secretary from 1895 to 1901. Billson was also a City of Richmond councillor from 1898 to 1900, a member of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council from 1890 and the council's president from 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Billson (British Politician)
Sir Alfred Billson (18 April 1839 – 9 July 1907) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. Born in Leicester, he was fifth son of William Billson. He was admitted a solicitor in 1860, and moved to Liverpool, where he became partner in the law firm of Oliver Jones, Billson, and Company. He became a J.P. for the city, and was active in local Liberal politics as secretary of South West Lancashire Liberal Association from 1866 to 1884, and of Liverpool's Liberal Association. Billson was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for three different constituencies: from 1892 to 1895 for Barnstaple in Devon, from a by-election in 1897 to the 1900 General Election for Halifax in West Yorkshire, and from the 'Liberal landslide' 1906 General Election, until his death in 1907, for North West Staffordshire, after defeating a Conservative Member. He had also unsuccessfully contested Conservative-held Bradford East in 1896, being defeated by the Honourable Ronald Greville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Billson
Anne Billson (born 1954) is a writer, photographer, and film critic who was born in Southport, England. Her fiction is characterized by the combination of horror with satire and includes the novels ''Suckers'' (1993), ''Stiff Lips'' (1997), ''The Ex'' (2012). In 2019, she self-published a fantasy novel, ''Blood Pearl''. ''Granta'' named Billson one of the " Best Young British Novelists" in 1993. Billson was the film critic of ''The Sunday Telegraph'' (1992–2001) and ''Today'' (1986). She has written film reviews for '' Time Out'', ''Tatler'' (1989–90), and the '' New Statesman & Society'' (1991–92). Billson has written several volumes of nonfiction, including monographs on movies such as John Carpenter's '' The Thing'' and Tomas Alfredson's '' Let the Right One In''. Her 2017 book ''Cats on Film'' claims to be "the definitive work of feline film scholarship." In 2015, she was chosen by the British Film Institute as one of “25 Female Film Critics Worth Celebrating.” She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert George Billson
Herbert George Billson (1871–1938) was a British colonial administrator and natural scientist who worked for the Imperial Forestry Service in India and became Chief Conservator of Indian Forests. Early life Herbert Billson was the son of Edwin Billson and he was born in Bedford, England in 1871. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and he studied forestry at the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, Surrey. Forestry service He joined the Imperial Forestry Service in India in 1893 and rose to become Assistant Inspector-General of Forests, Government of India in 1912-13. From 1914-20 he was Conservator of Forests and from 1920-22 Officiating Chief Conservator. In 1922 this position was made permanent and he remained as Chief Conservator of Indian Forests until his retirement in 1926. He also served as a Member of the Legislative Council, United Provinces. He was appointed CIE in the 1925 New Year's Honours. Rugby Herbert Billson was a good rugby pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battling Billson (other)
Battling Billson is a 1923 short stories character by P. G. Wodehouse. He is featured in the following short stories: * The Debut of Battling Billson * The Return of Battling Billson * The Exit of Battling Billson * The Come-back of Battling Billson Billson is a semi-professional pugilist. He is very large, very strong, usually friendly and obliging, and very stupid. He is devoted to his fiancée Flossie. He has flaming red hair. All four stories feature Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, the charismatic but unlucky man-about-town who always has a get-rich-quick scheme. In these stories, the schemes involve betting on, or rigging, Battling Billson's fights. Billson is mentioned in Wodehouse's 1957 novel Something Fishy. He is now married to Flossie, whose brother Augustus Keggs is one of the main characters in the novel. See also * Battling (other) * Billson (other) Billson may refer to: People *Alfred Billson (British politician) (1839-1907), English Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Billson (Australian Politician)
Alfred Arthur Billson (11 January 1858 – 31 October 1930) was an Australian politician. He was born at Wooragee to brewer George Billson and Isabella Blades. He attended Beechworth Grammar School and Scotch College before succeeding his father as a brewer. On 28 June 1881 he married Laura Annie Fielder, with whom he had five children. The family brewery, Billson's Brewery, became the Anglo-Australian Brewery in 1892 (incorporated in 1902), which was amalgamated with brother George Henry Billson's Albury Brewing and Malting Company, to become the Border United Co-operative Breweries, Ltd in 1911. This sold out to a newly formed company, Murray Breweries, 1914. Billson served on Beechworth Shire Council from 1884 to 1893 and from 1895 to 1910, with three terms as president (1888–89, 1899–1901, 1908–09). In 1901 he won a by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Bogong as a ministerial liberal, but he was defeated in 1902. He returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles J
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
