John Flower (musician)
John Flower may refer to: *John Flower (sheriff) (1535–1620), MP for Rutland * John Flower (MP), MP for Maldon 1406, 1411, 1414 * John Flower (theologian) (c. 1624–after 1658), English nonconformist theologian *John Flower (artist) (1793–1861), English landscape artist * John Flower (cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer *John Beresford Fowler (1906–1977), English interior designer. See also *John Flowers (other) John Flowers may refer to: * Jackie Flowers (born 1958), American football player * John Flowers (cricketer) (1882–1968), English cricketer * Johnny Flowers (), American baseball player * John Flowers (footballer) (born 1944), English footballer ...

John Flower (sheriff)
John Flower (1535–1620) was an English MP and Sheriff of Rutland. He was the eldest son of Richard Flower of Whitwell, Rutland and trained for the law at Lincoln's Inn. He was elected a Knight of the Shire (MP) for Rutland in 1563. He was appointed three time as High Sheriff of Rutland (in 1556–65, 1569–70 and 1577–78) and a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the county c. 1573–78. He married Margery, the daughter of Anthony Colly Anthony Colly (1502/3–1574), of Glaston, Rutland, was an English politician. He married Catherine, the daughter of William Skeffington, MP for Leicestershire, and they had three daughters. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for ... of Glaston, with whom he had two sons and two daughters. References 1535 births 1620 deaths Members of Lincoln's Inn People from Rutland English MPs 1563–1567 {{1563-England-MP-stub ...
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John Flower (MP)
John Flower may refer to: *John Flower (sheriff) (1535–1620), MP for Rutland * John Flower (MP), MP for Maldon 1406, 1411, 1414 * John Flower (theologian) (c. 1624–after 1658), English nonconformist theologian *John Flower (artist) (1793–1861), English landscape artist * John Flower (cricketer) (born 1938), English cricketer *John Beresford Fowler (1906–1977), English interior designer. See also *John Flowers (other) John Flowers may refer to: * Jackie Flowers (born 1958), American football player * John Flowers (cricketer) (1882–1968), English cricketer * Johnny Flowers (), American baseball player * John Flowers (footballer) (born 1944), English footballer ...

Maldon (UK Parliament Constituency)
Maldon is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sir John Whittingdale, a Conservative. Constituency profile Maldon covers a rural area of Essex including the Dengie Peninsula. The main settlements are Maldon and Burnham-on-Crouch on the coast, and the new town of South Woodham Ferrers. The seat is slightly wealthier than the UK average. History The Parliamentary Borough of Maldon, which included the parish of Heybridge, had sent two members to Parliament since 1332 (36 years after the Model Parliament). Under the Reform Act of 1867, its representation was reduced to one and in 1885 the Parliamentary Borough was abolished and replaced with a Division of the County of Essex (later a County Constituency) under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election following the Third Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies, but re-established for the 2010 general elect ...
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John Flower (theologian)
John Flower (1624 – 1658) was a nonconformist theologian and the son of William Flower of Cubley, Derbyshire. He became a commoner of New Inn Hall, now St Peter's College, Oxford, in Act term 1640. He became a Bachelor of Arts on the 2 April 1647, and was created M.A. by the parliamentary visitors on 14 April 1648. According to Anthony WoodWood's Fasti Oxon. (Bliss), ii. 101, 112; Notes and Queries, 2nd ser. xii. 46.] Gr. G. "he was soon after preacher of God's word at Ilmington in Warwickshire, and afterwards at Staunton in Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ..., where I find him in 1658." Publications # ' The Free and Honourable Servant, set forth in his Privileges and Prerogatives,' London, 1652. # ' Several Quaeries concerning the Church of Jes ...
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John Flower (artist)
John Flower (14 Oct 1793 – 29 Nov 1861) was an English landscape and architectural artist known to locals as "the Leicester artist". Flower was born in Leicester, the son of John Flower, a wool comber, and his wife Mary, whose family had for generations owned the Castle Mill on the River Soar. The family became reduced in circumstances after the early death of his father and in 1806 he was apprenticed to a framework knitter, Benjamin Withers. However, Flower's talent for drawing was noticed by a local doctor who gave him art lessons, and he was eventually taken under the wing of Mary Linwood (a local schoolmistress and celebrated seamstress) who arranged for him to study art in London with Peter de Wint for a year. On returning to Leicester he became a professional art teacher and landscape artist. In 1813, he married Francis Clark - they had 3 children, but only one, Elizabeth (b. 10 Nov 1816), survived to adulthood. By 1819, he was a member of the Unitarian church. H ...
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John Flower (cricketer)
John Flower (born 7 November 1938) was an English cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Berkshire County Cricket Club, Berkshire. He was born in Berkshire. Flower, who made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the team in 1964, made his only List A appearance the following year, in the 1965 Gillette Cup, against Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset. From the lower order, Flower scored a single run. External links

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John Beresford Fowler
John Beresford Fowler (20 June 1906 – 27 October 1977) was an English interior designer. Early life Fowler was born in Lingfield, Surrey, son of Robert Richard Fowler, clerk of the course at the fashionable Lingfield Park Racecourse, and Blanche Beresford, née Forster. He moved with his family to Bedford Park, London following his father's death in 1915. He was educated Tormore prep school, and at Felsted School. He left school aged 16 in 1923. Career He joined the decorating and antiques firm Thornton Smith, where he painted Chinese-style wallpaper (sold as 18th century originals), and learned other paint decoration techniques, such as marbling and graining. He moved to work in the studio of decorator Margaret Kunzer, and started to decorate furniture for Peter Jones. He established his own business on the Kings Road in Chelsea in 1934, and then went into business with Sybil Colefax, founding Colefax & Fowler. His short sightedness made him medically unfit for ...
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