Randol Fawlkes
Randol or Randoll may refer to: People Given name * Randoll Coate (1909–2005), British diplomat and maze designer * Randol Fawkes (1924–2000), Bahamian politician * E. Randol Schoenberg (born 1966), American lawyer Surname * Alanson Merwin Randol (1837–1887), American Civil War officer * George Randol (1895–1973), American film actor and director Places * Randol Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA * Randol Abbey Randol Abbey (''Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Randol'') is a Benedictine monastery situated at Randol near the village of Saint-Saturnin, Puy-de-Dôme department, in the Auvergne mountains of France. History It was founded in 1971 as a priory of Fontgo ...

Randoll Coate
Gilbert Randoll Coate (8 October 1909 – 2 December 2005) was a British diplomat, maze designer and "labyrinthologist". Early life The son of Charles Philip Coate, an expatriate businessman, Randoll Coate was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. After studying at the Collège de Lausanne he won a scholarship to Oriel College, Oxford, reading French and German. In 1940 he was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps, using his language abilities to interrogate prisoners of war in the "London Cage". He also took part in Operation Archery, a commando raid on port Vågsøy, Norway and helped support Greek resistance fighters in liberating Kalamata. Diplomatic career After the war, Coate joined the UK Foreign Office with diplomatic postings to Salonika, Oslo, Leopoldville, Rome, The Hague, Buenos Aires, Stockholm and finally Brussels at which point he took early retirement in 1967. Maze designer Having had a long-standing interest in art and history, Coate took to designing mazes ...
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Randol Fawkes
Sir Randol Francis Fawkes (20 March 1924 – 15 June 2000) was a Bahamian politician, trade unionist and lawyer. He served as Member of Parliament for the St. Barnabas constituency and for a short time as a Cabinet Minister in the first Pindling government. Fawkes was knighted by the Queen in her 1977 Birthday Honours. 1967 General Election Fawkes is best remembered for the part he played in swinging the Bahamas' 1967 general election to bring about black "majority rule". In 1967, the Bahamas was a British colony ruled, despite its approximately 85% black population, by a white elite known as the Bay Street Boys. The predominantly white United Bahamian Party (UBP) government called a snap election in January 1967. Of the 38 seats contested, the ruling UBP won 18 seats and the black Progressive Liberal Party The Progressive Liberal Party (abbreviated PLP) is a populist and social liberal party in the Bahamas. Philip Davis is the leader of the party. History The PLP ...
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Alanson Merwin Randol
Alanson Merwin Randol (October 23, 1837 – May 7, 1887) was a career United States Army artillery officer and graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1860) who served in the American Civil War. He was promoted multiple times for gallant and meritorious service in battle, rising during the course of the war from the rank of second lieutenant to brevet brigadier general of volunteers. While Randol was a noted artillerist who served with the 1st U.S. Artillery in nearly every major land battle of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War, he also commanded the volunteer 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment in battle from December 1864 through April 1865, when he was present to witness General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. At the end of the Civil War, Randol returned to the Regular Army artillery service; he commanded companies of the 1st U.S. Artillery in garrison duty across the United States from 1865 until his death from kidney disease ...
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George Randol
George Randol (1895–1973) was an actor, screenwriter, director, and producer of films in the United States. In 1938 he was honored as an influential film executive in a newspaper writeup of the "Negro" film industry. Randol was born in Buena Vista, Virginia. Randol had numerous theatrical roles. He was a partner in the short-lived Cooper-Randol Production Company of Los Angeles that delivered only ''Dark Manhattan''. He continued on with another partnership. He was in the Broadway production of '' Anna Lucasta''. Filmography Actor *''The Exile (1931 film)'' as Bill Prescott *'' The Green Pastures (film)'' (1936) as High Priest *''Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937) as Sheriff Producer *''Dark Manhattan'' (1937, executive producer) *'' Double Deal'' (1939) *''Midnight Shadow ''Midnight Shadow'' is a 1939 film with an all African-American cast. It was directed and produced by George Randol, who was also African American. Plot The mind-reading Prince Alihabad courts a girl ...
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Randol Township, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Randol Township is one of ten townships in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., .... As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,030. History Randol Township was founded in 1872. The township derives its name from Enos Randal, a pioneer citizen. Geography Randol Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. It contains two unincorporated settlements: Oriole, and Egypt Mills; and ten cemeteries: Ervin, Heuer, Iona, Lange, McKendree, Minton, Noland, Thompson, Vangilder and Zierath. The streams of Juden Creek, Bainbridge Creek, Little Flora Creek and Soakie Creek run through this township. References USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) External links Townships in Cape Girardeau County, M ...
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