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John Bigg (other)
John Bigg may refer to: *John Bigg (MP) (1652 – c.1710), MP for Huntingdon 1689 * John Bigg (died 1748), MP for Huntingdonshire 1715–1734 * John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865), English poet * John Bigg (hermit) (1629–1696), the Dinton hermit See also * John Bigge (other) * John Big, fictional character *Jack Bigg Frederick Johnstone "Jack" Bigg (May 26, 1912 – April 16, 1975) was a police officer who had obtained the rank of sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Cana ... (1912–1975), Canadian police officer, lawyer and politician * John Biggs (other) {{hndis, Bigg, John ...
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John Bigg (MP)
John Bigg (5 July 1652 – 1710), of Graham, Huntingdonshire, was an English Member of Parliament. He was the son of Walter Bigg, Member of Parliament for Wallingford. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Huntingdon Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ... in 1689. References 1652 births 1710 deaths English MPs 1689–1690 {{17thC-England-MP-stub ...
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John Bigg (died 1748)
John Bigg (died 1748), of Grafham, Huntingdonshire (now in Cambridgeshire) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1734. Bigg was the only son of John Bigg, MP of Grafham and his wife Frances Pedley, daughter of Sir Nicholas Pedley, MP of Huntingdon and his first wife Lucy Bernard, daughter of Sir Robert Bernard, 1st Baronet, MP of Huntingdon. He was exon (an officer rank) of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1689 to 1718. He succeeded his father to Grafham after 1708. Bigg was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire on the interest of the Duke of Manchester at the 1715 general election. He voted with the Administration on all occasions in that Parliament. He was returned again unopposed in 1722 and in 1727. He voted against the Government on the army in 1732 and on the repeal of the Septennial Act in 1734. He retired from Parliament in 1734 Events January– March * January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutheran ...
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John Stanyan Bigg
John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865) was an English poet of the Spasmodic School. His major works are ''The Sea-King; A metrical romance, in six cantos'' (1848), ''Night and the soul. A dramatic poem'' (1854), ''Shifting Scenes and Other Poems'' (1862). In 1858 Stanyan Bigg submitted an entry to the 'Burns Centenary Poetry Competition', organised by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company in London to mark the centenary of the birth of Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 175921 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who ha .... References * External links His poem - placed 7th out of over 600 entries - together with details of the Competition can be found a 1828 births 1865 deaths English male poets 19th-century English poets 19th-century English male writers {{England-poet-stub ...
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John Bigg (hermit)
John Bigg ( 22 April 1629 – 4 April 1696), also known as The Dinton Hermit, was a 17th-century English hermit. Little is known about John Bigg as few people were involved in his life, being that he lived in obscurity. He is recorded as being baptised on 22 April 1629 and a 1712 letter of Thomas Hearne identifies him as the highly educated former clerk of Simon Mayne - a member of the long parliament, magistrate, and judge in the trial of King Charles I. Some sources even identify Bigg as a possible candidate for the executioner of Charles. Upon the restoration of the English monarchy, Bigg's employer, Mayne, was executed for regicide on 13 April 1661. Bigg, either out of fear for his own life or despair at the state of his country, grew reclusive and took to living in a cave in Dinton, Buckinghamshire. Bigg lived on a diet of meat, milk, ale and beer which was supplied to him from unasked charity of local people. He is said to have lived off charity but to only ask for g ...
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John Bigge (other)
John Bigge John Thomas Bigge (8 March 1780 – 22 December 1843) was an English judge and royal commissioner. He is mostly known for his inquiry into the British colony of New South Wales published in the early 1820s. His reports favoured a return to the ... (1780–1843) was an English judge and royal commissioner John Bigge may also refer to: * John Bigge (MP) ( 1411–1421), MP for Lincoln See also * John Bigg (other) * John Biggs (other) {{hndis, Bigge, John ...
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John Big
John James Preston, commonly known as "Mr. Big", is a recurring character in the HBO series ''Sex and the City'', the follow-up film of the same name and its sequel, and epilogue series '' And Just Like That...'', portrayed by Chris Noth. He is the primary on-and-off love interest of the series' protagonist, Carrie Bradshaw, who usually refers to him as "Big". Character history Newspaper column Mr. Big first appeared as a recurring character and love interest of Carrie in Candace Bushnell's column "Sex and the City" in ''The New York Observer''. Bushnell based Mr. Big on Ron Galotti, the former publisher of '' GQ'' and ''Talk,'' whom she had dated. Bushnell told ''New York Magazine'' in 2004, "He was one of those New York guys with a big personality—you just notice him as soon as he walks in the room," and "I called him Mr. Big because he was like a big man on campus." ''Sex and the City'' pilot "Big" appears in the first episode of ''Sex and the City'' as a very attract ...
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Jack Bigg
Frederick Johnstone "Jack" Bigg (May 26, 1912 – April 16, 1975) was a police officer who had obtained the rank of sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He was also a lawyer, and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1972. Political career Bigg first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 federal election. He defeated three other candidates to win the Athabaska electoral district. Bigg ran for re-election in the 1962 federal election, once again he defeated three other candidates in a closely contested race to win a second term in office. Parliament was dissolved a year later after the minority government fell forcing the 1963 federal election. Bigg ran for a third term in office and was returned in a landslide defeating two former Alberta MLAs Richard Hall and Peter Chaba Peter Chaba (May 23, 1903 – March 29, 1964) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of ...
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