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Rattigan
Rattigan is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Alf Rattigan (1911–2000), Australian public servant * Benedict Rattigan (born 1965), English writer and filmmaker * Billie Rattigan (1932–2019), Irish footballer * Colin Rattigan (born 1961), British athlete *Cyril Rattigan (1884–1916), English cricketer and British Army officer *Errol Rattigan (born 1956), Jamaican cricketer *Henry Adolphus Rattigan (1864–1920), British judge *Joseph A. Rattigan (1920–2007), American politician * Leon Rattigan (born 1987), British wrestler *Nick Rattigan (born 1992), American musician * Terence Rattigan (1911–1977), British playwright and screenwriter *Thomas Rattigan (born 1937), American businessman *William Henry Rattigan Sir William Henry Rattigan, KC (4 September 1842 – 4 July 1904) was a British judge and Liberal Unionist MP for North East Lanarkshire. Background and education Rattigan was born in Delhi, India, in September 1842, the son of Bartholomew Ratti . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Rattigan
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.Geoffrey Wansell. ''Terence Rattigan'' (London: Fourth Estate, 1995); He wrote '' The Winslow Boy'' (1946), '' The Browning Version'' (1948), '' The Deep Blue Sea'' (1952) and '' Separate Tables'' (1954), among many others. A troubled homosexual who saw himself as an outsider, Rattigan wrote a number of plays which centred on issues of sexual frustration, failed relationships, or a world of repression and reticence. Early life Terence Rattigan was born in 1911 in South Kensington,Wansell, p. 13. London, of Irish extraction. He had an elder brother, Brian. They were the grandsons of Sir William Henry Rattigan, a notable India-based jurist and later a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for North-East Lanarkshire. His father was Frank Rattigan C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Rattigan
Godfrey Alfred Rattigan (16 November 191129 February 2000) was a senior Australian Public Service official and policymaker. Life and career Alf Rattigan was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 16 November 1911. In 1925 he joined the Royal Australian Navy as a 13-year-old cadet Midshipman at Jervis Bay. Between July 1960 and May 1963 he was Comptroller General of Customs and Permanent Head of the Department of Customs and Excise The Department of Customs and Excise was an Australian government department that existed between January 1956 and March 1975. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or government funding allocation could be found in th .... Alf Rattigan was appointed to chair the Tariff Board in 1963, and was subsequently the first chairman of the Industries Assistance Commission when it replaced the Tariff Board in 1974. His book Industry Assistance:The Inside Story, published in 1986, provided an accoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Rattigan
Nicholas Foster Rattigan (born August 6, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, journalist and music video director, originating from Reno, Nevada. He currently releases music under the moniker Current Joys. He also is the drummer and lead singer of the indie surf rock band Surf Curse. As an artist, Rattigan began releasing music as The Nicholas Project from 2011 to 2012, thereafter releasing music as TELE/VISIONS, releasing his debut album, ''Wild Heart'', on January 2, 2013, as well as all of his music on Bandcamp. After 2015, Rattigan began performing as Current Joys, with his second studio album ''Me Oh My Mirror'', released on February 16, 2015, reflecting the significant change in his style of music. He released his third album, ''A Different Age'', on March 2, 2018. His fourth album, ''Voyager'', was released on May 14, 2021. He released his fifth album, ''LOVE + POP'', on August 4, 2023. Career 2011–2015 Rattigan started individ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Rattigan
Sir William Henry Rattigan, KC (4 September 1842 – 4 July 1904) was a British judge and Liberal Unionist MP for North East Lanarkshire. Background and education Rattigan was born in Delhi, India, in September 1842, the son of Bartholomew Rattigan, of Athy, Co. Kildare. He was educated at the High School, Agra, and King's College London, and was admitted to bar as a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1873. He later received a doctorate ( LL.D) from the University of Göttingen. Legal and political career Most of his legal career took place in India. He served as judge in the Chief Court of the Punjab on four occasions, was knighted in 1895, took silk in 1897 and practiced in the High court of the North Western Provinces. He was also an additional member of the supreme legislative council of India 1892–93, and member of the Punjab legislative council 1898–99. In 1887 he was Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University, from which he later received an honorary doctorate (LL.D). An honor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedict Rattigan
Benedict Rattigan (born 1965) is an English writer and philosopher. His theory of dynamic symmetry has been described by the Oxford University scientist Professor Denis Noble CBE as ‘one of the most deep theoretical insights you could have about the nature of the Universe’. The theory gave rise to a symposium at the British Museum, 'The Language of Symmetry', in which ten leading Oxford University professors participated, as well as a Balliol College conference and a book, which was published by Routledge in 2023. Between 1994-2004 Rattigan was a documentary film maker. As a television producer, he made films for the BBC, NBC, C4 and Granada Television. In 2004, he founded The Schweitzer Institute for Environmental Ethics, where he remains Director. Since 2024, the Institute has been affiliated with Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He was educated at Eton College (’79–’83) and Oxford University (’92–’93), where he read philosophy. The son of the Royal portr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Rattigan
Leon Rattigan (born 4 October 1987) is a British freestyle wrestler who is in the Great Britain national squad. He started Freestyle Wrestling at the age of ten in Bristol Olympic Wrestling Club under the late legendary coach Amir Esmaeli. Rattigan has won the British Senior Championships and the English Senior Championships multiple times in his wrestling career. Rattigan competed in the 96 kg class in the 2009 world championship for GBR and also won the gold medal in the British Senior Championships 2009. Rattigan won the bronze medal for England in the men's freestyle 96 kg event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in October 2010. During 2011, Rattigan has also won the British Open wrestling championships and the Sassari International Tournament. In 2013, Rattigan won the British Open wrestling championships and was selected to represent Great Britain at the FILA International Olympia Tournament where he secured a silver medal. Leon Rattigan is also the head c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Rattigan
Cyril Stanley Rattigan (5 August 1884 – 13 November 1916) was an English first-class cricketer, civil servant and British Army officer. The son of the judge and politician Sir William Henry Rattigan, he was born at Camberwell in August 1884. He was educated at Harrow School, where he was a talented runner who competed three times in the 200 and twice in the 100 yards, in addition to being runner-up for the school in rackets two years in succession. From Harrow, he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University from 1906 and 1907, making six appearances. He scored 146 runs for Cambridge, averaging 18.25 with a high score of 42. With his right-arm medium pace bowling he took 5 wickets with best figures of 3 for 61. His interests outside of cricket while at Cambridge included golf. Having graduated from Cambridge in 1907, Rattigan made a final first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club ''agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rattigan
Thomas John Rattigan (born 20 July 1937, in Boston) is an American businessman. Early life Rattigan earned a BS at Boston College in 1960 and an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1962. He joined PepsiCo in 1970 where he rose to the position of CEO of PepsiCo International in 1982. In 1985 Commodore, an early producer of home computers, hired Rattigan as COO intending to prepare him to become CEO (competitor Apple Computer had hired Pepsi president John Sculley in 1983). In 1986 Rattigan took over as CEO from Marshall F. Smith. He continued the downsizing his predecessor had initiated, cut unprofitable product lines and initiated the development of two more models of Commodore's flagship Amiga 1000 computer. Despite turning the company from a US$237 million three-quarter loss to a $22 million profit in one quarter, Rattigan was fired by major shareholder Irving Gould, who temporarily took over as CEO. Rattigan sued Commodore for $9 million of lost income, due to the breach of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Adolphus Rattigan
Sir Henry Adolphus Byden Rattigan (11 October 1864 – 11 January 1920) was a barrister and judge in British India. He served as the Chief Justice of the Chief Court of the Punjab, which became the Lahore High Court. Biography He was born in Delhi, British India, the son of Sir William Henry Rattigan and Teresa Higgins. He was educated in England at Harrow School and later Balliol College, Oxford. Thereafter he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1874. In 1889, he returned to India and enrolled as an advocate at the Chief Court of the Punjab. In 1900 he was made Legal Remembrancer to the Punjab government. He served as a Judge of the Chief Court of the Punjab from 1909 and in 1917 was made Chief Justice. He was knighted in 1918 and remained as Chief Justice until 1920 when he died in Lahore. He published a number of notable works including ''Tribal Laws of the Punjab'' (1895) and ''Laws of Divorce in India'' (1897). His brother was the first-class cricketer Cyril Stanle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yana Rattigan
Yana Rattigan (born Yana Stadnyk; 20 January 1987 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Ukrainian born wrestler who competes internationally for Great Britain and England. She competed in the 2009 World Wrestling Championships finishing 5th in the 48 kg category and was 7th in the same weight category at the 2010 World Wrestling Championships. Her most notable performance came in the 2010 European Wrestling Championships where she won a silver medal, a feat repeated in 2013. She was the first woman to win a medal at European championship level for Britain. In 2014, representing England she again won the silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Personal life Rattigan's brother is Olympic medallist Andriy Stadnik. Her sister-in-law Mariya Stadnik Mariya Stadnik ( uk, Марія Василівна Стадник; Mariya Vasylivna Stadnyk; born 3 June 1988) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani female wrestler. She is a four-time Olympic medalist. Personal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billie Rattigan
William Rattigan (1932 – 14 December 2019) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for club sides Dunshaughlin and Drumree and at inter-county level for the Meath county team. Career Rattigan began his football career with the Dunshaughlin club in the early 1950s. He became the first secretary of the Drumree club when it was re-formed in 1957 and was a key member of the team which won the junior championship in 1959. Rattigan was captain when Drumree won the intermediate championship in 1961 and was also involved in the intermediate championship win in 1969. At inter-county level, Rattigan won a Leinster Championship medal in 1954 after lining out at left wing-forward in the final against Offaly. He later won an All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute following the 1–13 to 1–07 defeat of Kerry. Honours ;Drumree * Meath Intermediate Football Championship (2): 1961 (c), 1969 *Meath Junior Football Championship (1): 1959 ;Meath *All-Ireland Senior Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Rattigan
Colin Rattigan (born 12 November 1961) is a British bobsledder and long jumper. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron .... He won the 1981 national long jump title. References External links * 1961 births Living people British male long jumpers British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics Bobsledders at the 1992 Winter Olympics Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom Black British sportsmen {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
