John Sturrock (other)
John Sturrock may refer to: *Sir John Sturrock (colonial administrator) (1875–1937), British colonial official *John Sturrock (politician) (1878–1943), British politician and journalist *John Sturrock (rugby union) (1880–1940), Scottish rugby union player *John Sturrock (rower) (1915–1974), English rower *John Sturrock (writer) John Anning Leng Sturrock (14 June 1930 – 15 August 2017) was an English writer, editor, reviewer and translator who was closely associated with the ''Times Literary Supplement'' and later the ''London Review of Books The ''London Review of ...

John Sturrock (colonial Administrator)
Sir John Christian Ramsay Sturrock CMG (20 March 1875 – 13 February 1937) was a British colonial administrator. He served as Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, from 1926 to 1935. Early life and education Sturrock was born in Madras, British India, the second son of John Sturrock of Dundee, Scotland, and his wife, Regina Mary Dobbie, daughter of Gen. George Staple Dobbie.''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947'' He was educated at Charterhouse School. He graduated B.A. at Balliol College, Oxford in 1898, M.A. in 1902.''The Carthusian'' June 1917 (PDF)
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John Sturrock (politician)
John Leng Sturrock (23 August 1878 – 22 July 1943) was a Scottish newspaper publisher and Liberal politician. Family and education John Leng Sturrock was born in Newport-on-Tay, Fife. He was educated at the High School of Dundee and at University College, Dundee. In 1925 he married Winifred, the daughter of William Anning JP of Torquay. They had one son and a daughter.Who was Who, OUP 2007 Sturrock's grandfather was Sir John Leng, a journalist and newspaper proprietor, who was Member of Parliament for Dundee from 1899 to 1906. His great-uncle was Sir William Christopher Leng, who was also a newspaperman and active in Conservative politics in Sheffield. He owed his middle name to the Leng family connection and sometimes hyphenated his surname to Leng-Sturrock. His son was the writer John Sturrock. Career Sturrock followed the family trade and was himself originally a journalist but later entered the newspaper publishing business and became managing director of John Len ...
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John Sturrock (rugby Union)
John Sturrock (1 November 1880 - 6 May 1940) was a Scottish rugby union player. He became an international rugby union referee. He later became the 52nd President of the Scottish Rugby Union. Rugby Union career Amateur career Sturrock played for Royal HSFP. In a Royal High Sports Day in 1898, he won the 300 yards dash with a time of 33 and 1/5 seconds. Referee career Sturrock referred in the Border League in 1906. He refereed in the Scottish Unofficial Championship in 1914 and in 1929. Sturrock refereed the 1921 England versus Wales match; and the France versus England match that same year. In 1922, he refereed the Wales versus Ireland match. Administrative career He was a committee member of Royal HSFP in 1909. He gave a speech in 1927 on behalf of the Scottish Rugby Union at the Edinburgh Borderers rugby club dinner on the scarcity of referees in Scotland. He stated it was nearly 25 years since he had become a referee and he would likely continue this until he dropped ...
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John Sturrock (rower)
John Duncan "Jan" Sturrock OBE (20 March 1915 – 20 July 1974) was an English rower who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he was a member of the British boat which won the silver medal in the coxless four event. At the 1938 British Empire Games he was a member of the English boat which won the gold medal in the eight competition. He was born and died in Weymouth, Dorset Weymouth is a seaside town in Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,427 in 2021. It is the third .... References 1915 births 1974 deaths English male rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Rowers at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Olympic medalists in rowing English Olympic medallists Medal ...
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