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Courtenay (other)
Courtenay may refer to: Places Australia * Courtenay, Western Australia Canada * Courtenay, British Columbia, a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island * Courtenay River, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * Courtenay Lake, a lake in north-eastern Saskatchewan France * Courtenay, Isère, a ''commune'' in the Isère ''département'' * Courtenay, Loiret, a ''commune'' in the Loiret ''département'' New Zealand * Courtenay, New Zealand, a locality in the Selwyn District * Courtenay (New Zealand electorate), a former electorate in Canterbury, based on the locality of the same name * Courtenay River, the short-lived European name of the Waimakariri River United Kingdom * Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire * Sampford Courtenay, Devon * Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire United States * Courtenay, North Dakota, a city in Stutsman County * Courtenay, Florida, an unincorporated community in Brevard County People Given name Courtenay is a given name variant of Courtney. Notable people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay, Western Australia
Courtenay is a small townsite located in the South West (Western Australia), South West region of Western Australia in the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River. References Towns in Western Australia Shire of Augusta–Margaret River {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Bennett
Sir Courtenay Walter Bennett (11 May 1855 – 17 December 1937) was a British diplomat. Bennett was born in Plymouth, Devon, the son of John Nicholas Bennett and Emily Gribble Prance. He began his career in the India Office. He subsequently moved to Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, and held postings in Spain, Guatemala, Rio Grande do Sul and Réunion. He was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire on 21 June 1900. He served as the British List of Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in San Francisco, Consul-General in San Francisco between 1901 and 1907. He then served as Consul-General in New York between 1907 and his retirement in 1915. He was made a knight bachelor in 1914. In retirement he lived in Devon. Bennett was serving in the British diplomatic mission to the US during the first year of the First World War, and was engaged in early attempts to end American neutrality under the British ambassador, Cecil Spring Rice.Stephen Hartley, Licínia Simão''The Iri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Reece
Courtenay Reece (4 December 1899 – 16 April 1984) was a Barbadian first-class cricketer and cricket umpire. He batted right-handed and was a medium pace bowler who played for Barbados and Oxford University between 1925 and 1930. He stood as umpire in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1935. See also * List of Test cricket umpires __NOTOC__ This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket umpires who have officiated at least one men's Test cricket, Test match. As of June 2025, 500 umpires have officiated in a Test match. Current members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, Emirate ... * English cricket team in West Indies in 1934–35 References 1899 births 1984 deaths Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Oxford University cricketers West Indian Test cricket umpires People from Saint Thomas, Barbados Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Oxfordshire cricketers {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar
Courtenay Charles Evan Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, CBE, KStJ, VD (10 April 1867 – 3 May 1934), was a Welsh peer. Early life Morgan was born on 10 April 1867 at Ruperra Castle near Newport, Monmouthshire.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He was the eldest son of the Hon. Frederick Courtenay Morgan (third son of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar) and the former Charlotte Anne Williamson (a daughter of Charles Alexander Williamson, of Lawers, Perthshire). He was educated at Eton College Career Tredegar was appointed a captain in the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers on 30 December 1891, and was later promoted an honorary major. In early 1900 he was Aide-de-camp to Sir Thomas Fraser, Commandant Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham and Commanding the Thames District. Tredegar was a minor cricketer who played at county level for Shropshire between 1896 and 1898 while playing at club level for Ludlow.''Shropshire Cricketer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Mansel
Sir Courtenay Cecil Mansel, 13th Baronet (25 February 1880 – 4 January 1933) was a Welsh landowner and farmer, barrister and Liberal Party politician who later joined the Conservatives. Family Courtenay Cecil Mansel was the son of Sir Richard Mansel, 12th Baronet Mansel of Muddlescombe in Carmarthenshire. The Mansel Baronets date back to the early 17th century. When his father died in 1892, Courtenay was considered to have succeeded as the 13th Baronet and held the title for eleven years. However it was discovered that the first marriage of his grandparents in Scotland (there was a later one in England) was not invalid as had been thought and that his uncle Colonel Edward Berkely Mansel, not his father Richard Mansel, should have succeeded to the title in 1883. He therefore stood aside and allowed his uncle to bear the title. Edward Mansel died in 1908 without children and Courtenay Mansel once again succeeded to the baronetcy.The Times, 5 January 1933 p12 The branch of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Knollys
Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys (1849 – 16 December 1905) was a British rower and colonial administrator and governor. Knollys was the son of Rev. Erskine Knollys and his wife Caroline Augusta North. His father was rector at Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, among other parishes. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself as a rower. In 1872 he was substituted into the Oxford crew four days before that year's Boat Race which was won by Cambridge by two lengths. However later that year he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta and beat the holder William Fawcus to win the Wingfield Sculls. He joined Kingston Rowing Club and in 1873 won the Silver Goblets with Alfred Trower, but lost the Wingfield Sculls to A. C. Dicker. He also rowed in 1873 Boat Race. Knollys became a colonial administrator. In 1885 he was a colonial secretary in Barbados and up to 1894 was a member of the assembly. In 1904 Knollys was appointed Governor of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Ilbert
Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, (12 June 1841 – 14 May 1924) was a distinguished British lawyer and civil servant who served as legal adviser to the Viceroy of India's Council for many years until his eventual return from India to England. His later career included appointments as the First Parliamentary Counsel (1899–1902) and as Clerk of the House of Commons from 1902 to 1921. Biography Early life and career Ilbert was born at Kingsbridge, Devon to the Reverend Peregrine Arthur Ilbert, rector of Thurlestone, and Rose Anne (daughter of George Welsh Owen, of Lowman Green, Tiverton, Devon). He was educated at Marlborough College (1852–60) and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he won the Hertford, Ireland, Craven, and Eldon scholarships. He took first-class honours in classical moderations and ''literae humaniores'' and was elected a fellow of Balliol in 1864, where he was Bursar from 1871 to 1874. He was President of the Oxford Union in Michaelmas 1865. Legal car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Adrian Ilbert
Courtenay Adrian Ilbert (1888–1956), was a British civil engineer interested in horology, and a collector of watches. Ilbert lived for a time at 10 Milner Street, Chelsea, London, the old ground floor drawing room once housed the Ilbert Collection of clocks, watches, marine chronometers and sundials. He brought together the most important collection of watches ever achieved by a private collector. In 1958, after his death, his collection was acquired by the British Museum. Initially, the collection had been put up for auction, but was saved for the public by a private donation to the British Museum for this purpose and the auction was subsequently cancelled. The collection, now known as the Ilbert collection, includes the Earnshaw 509 chronometer, one of only three surviving out of a complement of 22 from the Second voyage of HMS Beagle, which famously took Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English Natural h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Griffiths
Courtenay Delsdue McVay Griffiths KC (born 10 October 1955) is a Jamaican-born British barrister, who has defended in some high-profile cases. He is a member of Wyeth Thomas Chambers. Early life Born in Kingston, Jamaica, the second youngest child of a carpenter father, Griffiths moved to England with his family in 1961 and was raised in Coventry. Educated at Bablake School, he graduated in 1979 with an LLB (Hons) from the London School of Economics. Career Griffiths pursued a law career after his father told him stories about Norman Manley QC, the first Prime Minister of Jamaica. Griffiths was called to the bar in 1980. He was a Legal Assistant to the Greater London Council's Police Support Committee, and also spent 12 months as a Revson Fellow at City College, New York. On return to the UK he practised mainly in West Yorkshire, in the Leeds and Bradford courts. He was made King's Counsel in 1998. Today he practises predominantly in criminal defence, including murder c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Foote
Courtenay Foote (22 November 1878 – 4 May 1925) was an English stage and silent film actor. Born in Yorkshire, England, Foote attended Oxford, studied engineering in Germany, and worked as a civil engineer in Scotland. Friends who heard him recite blank verse encouraged him to become an actor, but his grandfather opposed that idea. Foote abandoned the plan for a while and became a broker, but his lack of success in that field led his grandfather to drop his opposition to acting. An introduction to F. R. Benson, followed by Foote's recitations as an audition, resulted in Foote's first acting job. He performed with Benson's troupe for 18 months, progressing from smaller parts to more significant roles. He went on to London, performing at the Haymarket Theatre, the Court Theatre, and the Shakesperean Festival. Foote's first play in the United States was ''The Debtors'', in which he debuted as Arthur Clenham in New York, followed by a touring production. A developing inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Hughes Fenn
Courtenay Hughes Fenn, or C. H. Fenn, (April 11, 1866 – 1953) was an American Presbyterian missionary to China, and compiler of '' The Five Thousand Dictionary'', a widely used basic Chinese-English dictionary that has gone through numerous reprints. Fenn's Chinese name was 芳泰瑞 (Fang Tairui). Fenn was born in 1866 at Clyde, New York, U.S.A., the son of Samuel P. Fenn and Martha Wilson, and was ordained in 1890. He married Alice Holstein May Castle (d. 1938) on 8 June 1892 in Washington DC. They had a daughter, Martha Wilson Fenn, and two sons, Henry Courtenay Fenn, well-known American China scholar and architect of Yale University's Chinese language program, more commonly known as H. C. Fenn, (February 26, 1894 - July 1978), and William Purviance Fenn (1902 - April 21, 1993 ) general secretary of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia. In China, Fenn was active in the Presbyterian Overseas Mission Board. He provided a photographic album as firsthand evid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtenay Dempsey
Courtenay Dempsey (born 28 August 1987) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). In 2024, Dempsey was named at Number 94 in Don The Stat’s Top 100 Essendon Players since 1980. Early life Dempsey was born in Mount IsaFrom Mt Isa to the MCG By Simon Conway for Essendon FC 25 May 2016 and has heritage and his ancestry can be traced to the Kalkadoon, a tribe from |
