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John Calvert (other)
John Calvert may refer to: * John Calvert (1726–1804), British politician, MP for Tamworth, Wendover and Hertford * John Calvert (died 1844) (c. 1758–1844), British politician, MP for Tamworth, Huntingdon, St Albans and Malmesbury *John Calvert (mine owner) (1812–1890), Yorkshireman who came to South Wales as a civil engineering contractor and became an important developer of the Rhondda coalfield * John Calvert (magician) (1911–2013), American magician * John Calvert (radio executive), radio commercials producer and voiceover artist *John Calvert Griffiths John Calvert Griffiths CMG KC SC was the Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1979 to 1983. Early life Griffiths was born in Persia, now Iran, on 16 January 1931. He is the son of Oswald Hardy Griffiths and Christina Flora Griffiths (née Li ..., attorney general of Hong Kong * John Calvert (scholar), American scholar of Islamism at Creighton University {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvert (1726–1804)
John Calvert (1726–1804), was an English brewer and politician who sat in the House of Commons for 48 years between 1754 and 1802. Calvert was born on 6 May 1726 the son of Felix Calvert of Albury Hall and his wife Mary Calvert daughter of Felix Calvert of Nine Ashes, Hertfordshire who was his second cousin. The Calvert family were London brewers who owned the Peacock Brewhouse in Whitecross Street and the Hour Glass brewhouse in Thames Street. Calvert was returned as Member of Parliament for Wendover by Lord Verney in a by-election on 25 February 1754 and was re-elected in the 1754 general election. His father died on 29 April 1755 and he inherited a partnership in the family business at the Peacock Brewery, Whitecross Street which he ran successfully for many years. In 1761 Calvert was returned unopposed as MP for Hertford and again in 1774. He then lost his seat at Hertford in the 1780 general election but was returned by Lord Weymouth as MP for Tamworth in a by-electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvert (died 1844)
John Calvert may refer to: * John Calvert (1726–1804), British politician, MP for Tamworth, Wendover and Hertford * John Calvert (died 1844) (c. 1758–1844), British politician, MP for Tamworth, Huntingdon, St Albans and Malmesbury *John Calvert (mine owner) (1812–1890), a Yorkshireman who came to South Wales as a civil engineering contractor and became an important developer of the Rhondda coalfield. *John Calvert (magician) (1911–2013), American magician * John Calvert (radio), radio commercials producer and voiceover artist *John Calvert Griffiths John Calvert Griffiths CMG KC SC was the Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1979 to 1983. Early life Griffiths was born in Persia, now Iran, on 16 January 1931. He is the son of Oswald Hardy Griffiths and Christina Flora Griffiths (née Li ..., Attorney General of Hong Kong * John Calvert (scholar), US scholar of Islamism at Creighton University {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamworth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Tamworth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It has been represented by Chris Pincher since 2010. A former member of the Conservative party, he had the whip removed in July 2022, and sits as an Independent. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Birmingham, the Sessional Divisions of Birmingham and Solihull, part of the Sessional Divisions of Atherstone and Coleshill, and part of the Municipal Borough of Tamworth. 1918–1945: The Municipal Borough of Sutton Coldfield, the Rural Districts of Meriden and Solihull, and part of the Rural District of Tamworth. 1997–2010: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease Valley, Shenstone, Stonnall, and Tame. 2010–present: The Borough of Tamworth, and the District of Lichfield wards of Bourne Vale, Fazeley, Little Aston, Mease and Tame, Shenstone, and Stonnall. History The present Tamworth Constituency replaced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntingdon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Huntingdon is a constituency west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire and including its namesake town of Huntingdon. It has been represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2001 by Jonathan Djanogly of the Conservative Party. Huntingdon is a safe Conservative seat and was the seat of former Conservative Prime Minister, John Major. First established around the time of the Model Parliament in 1295, Huntingdon was the seat of Oliver Cromwell in 1628–29 and 1640–1642. History The constituency of Huntingdon has existed in three separate forms: as a parliamentary borough from 1295 to 1885; as a division of a parliamentary county from 1885 to 1918; and as a county constituency from 1983 until the present day. Representatives for the seat, the standard two burgesses per parliamentary borough, were summoned to form the first fully assembled parliament, the Model Parliament in 1295 and at all parliaments assembled from then until 1868, in which year the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Albans (UK Parliament Constituency)
St Albans is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Daisy Cooper, a Liberal Democrat. This article also describes the parliamentary borough (1554-1852) of the same name, consisting only of the city of St Albans, which elected two MPs by the bloc vote system. History The Parliamentary Borough of St Albans was represented by two MPs for over 300 years, until it was disenfranchised as a result of electoral corruption in 1852. The constituency was re-established in an enlarged form by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (which followed on from the Third Reform Act) as one of four Divisions of the abolished three-member Parliamentary County of Hertfordshire, and was formally named as the Mid or St Albans Division of Hertfordshire. 1885 to date ; Political history before 1997 Until 1997 the seat was held by one Conservative or another save for the very early 20th century Official Opposition leadership of Henry Campbell-Banne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmesbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Malmesbury was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1275 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the borough was abolished. History The borough was represented in Parliament from 1275. The constituency originally returned two members, but representation was reduced to one in the Great Reform Act of 1832 until the constituency was finally abolished in 1885. In the 17th century the constituency was dominated by the Earls of Suffolk, based in the family seat at nearby Charlton Park. Members of Parliament MPs 1275–1508 ''From History of Parliament'' MPs 1509–1558 ''(Source: Bindoff (1982))'' MPs 1559–1603 ''Source:History of Parliament'' MPs 1604–1640 MPs 1640–1832 MPs 1832–1885 Election results Elections in the 1830s Elections in the 1840s Elections in the 1850s Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvert (mine Owner)
John Calvert may refer to: * John Calvert (1726–1804), British politician, MP for Tamworth, Wendover and Hertford * John Calvert (died 1844) (c. 1758–1844), British politician, MP for Tamworth, Huntingdon, St Albans and Malmesbury * John Calvert (mine owner) (1812–1890), a Yorkshireman who came to South Wales as a civil engineering contractor and became an important developer of the Rhondda coalfield. *John Calvert (magician) Madren Elbern "John" Calvert (August 5, 1911 – September 27, 2013) was an American magician and film actor. He performed on stage (including Broadway) for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. Siegfried & Roy cited him as an i ... (1911–2013), American magician * John Calvert (radio), radio commercials producer and voiceover artist * John Calvert Griffiths, Attorney General of Hong Kong * John Calvert (scholar), US scholar of Islamism at Creighton University {{DEFAULTSORT:Calvert, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvert (magician)
Madren Elbern "John" Calvert (August 5, 1911 – September 27, 2013) was an American magician and film actor. He performed on stage (including Broadway) for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. Siegfried & Roy cited him as an inspiration, and Bess Houdini said that he was second only to Harry Houdini in "play(ing) the part of a magician.", by Ed Koch, at the ''Las Vegas Sun''; published September 28, 2013; retrieved July 5, 2014 He was also an actor who appeared in numerous movies and was the subject of a biographical documentary entitled ''John Calvert – His Magic and Adventures''. The Society of Young Magicians (S.Y.M.) Assembly #29 of the Boston area is named after John Calvert. Early years Calvert was born in New Trenton, Indiana and became fascinated with magic at age eight when his father took him to see the magician Howard Thurston perform in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, he performed his first trick for his Sunday school class - he made an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvert (radio Executive)
John Calvert is a radio commercials producer, managing director of Airforce: The Radio Commercial and Advertising Music Production Company, a voiceover artist, radio advertising consultant, speaker, and awards judge. Career history *1984-1986: Radio Mercury, Crawley, UK. Commercial Producer. *1986-1996: Essex FM, Essex, UK. Commercial Producer / Creative Director. *1997–Present: Airforce (Radio Commercials & Music Production). Creative Director, Managing Director, Owner. Career path A strong fascination with tape recorders led John Calvert to be inspired by the British Broadcaster Kenny Everett. After an initial stint with 'Radio Dorking', a hospital radio station at Dorking Hospital in Dorking, Surrey UK. John left his job in an electrical store to become a Technical Operator at the new Radio Mercury in Crawley, West Sussex, UK. Within a year, John became Radio Mercury's Commercial Producer. In 1986, John was employed by Essex Radio PLC as a Commercial Producer. 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Calvert Griffiths
John Calvert Griffiths CMG KC SC was the Attorney General of Hong Kong from 1979 to 1983. Early life Griffiths was born in Persia, now Iran, on 16 January 1931. He is the son of Oswald Hardy Griffiths and Christina Flora Griffiths (née Littlejohn). He was educated at St. Peter's School, York where he was a scholar. He then did his National Service from 1949 to 1950 and held the rank of Lieutenant. He then attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1955 and a Master of Arts in 1960. Legal Practice in England Griffiths was called to the bar of the Middle Temple in 1956. He was appointed a Recorder in 1972, a position he held until 1990. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1972. He was a member of the executive committee of the Inns of Court and the Bar from 1973 to 1977 and a member of the Senate between 1984 and 1986. Attorney General of Hong Kong Griffiths first came to Hong Kong in 1976 to prosecute the Ma brothers for importing he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
