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Robert Fletcher (politician)
Robert Fletcher may refer to: *Robert Fletcher (writer), 16th-century English verse writer *Robert Fletcher (East India Company officer) (c. 1738–1776) *Robert Fletcher (North Carolina politician) (1815–1885), American politician *Robert Fletcher (priest) (1850–1917), archdeacon of Blackburn *Robert Fletcher (New Zealand politician) (1863–1918), New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party *Robert Virgil Fletcher (1869–1960), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi *Horace Fletcher (footballer) or Robert Fletcher (1876–1931), English football forward *Robert Fletcher (poet) (1885–1972), uncredited lyricist to Cole Porter's "Don't Fence Me In" *Robert Fletcher (costume designer) (1922–2021), costume and set designer *Bob Emmett Fletcher (1911–2013), farmer who helped interned Japanese during WWII *Robert H. Fletcher (1900–1968), American football player and coach *Robert L. Fletcher (1920–2020), Arizona farmer and businessman who helped develop the Phoenix are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (writer)
Robert Fletcher (fl. 1586) was an English verse writer. Life Fletcher seems to be identical with a student of Merton College, Oxford, who came from Warwickshire, proceeded B.A. in 1564, and M.A. in 1567. He was admitted a fellow in 1563, but in 1569 quarrelled with Thomas Bickley, the new warden. "For several misdemeanors he was turned out from his fellowship of that house (i.e. Merton) in June 1569", and became schoolmaster at Taunton. Later he was a preacher. (Anthony Wood (antiquary), Anthony Wood). Works Fletcher wrote two works: * ''An Introduction to the Looue of God. Accoumpted among the workes of St. Augustine, and translated into English by Edmund [Freake], bishop of Norwich that nowe is … and newlie turned into Englishe Meter by Rob. Fletcher'', London (by Thomas Purfoot), 1581, dedicated to Sir Francis Knollys. * ''The Song of Solomon'', in English verse, with annotations, London, by Thomas Chard, 1586. A third book by a Robert Fletcher, who may be identical with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (East India Company Officer)
Sir Robert Fletcher ( 1738 – 24 December 1776) was an officer of the East India Company and a member of parliament for Cricklade. Fletcher joined the East India Company as a junior clerk in 1757 but soon transferred to its army. As a lieutenant he was cashiered (dismissed) for insolence but was later restored. Fletcher was awarded a knighthood for gallantry in battle and rose in rank to lieutenant-colonel in command of a brigade. He was court-martialled and cashiered for the second time by Robert Clive for involvement in the 1766 Monghyr Mutiny. Returning to Britain Fletcher, during the 1768 general election, stood unsuccessfully at Malmesbury before finding a seat at Cricklade. In parliament, he opposed the government of William Pitt before he was restored to service with the East India Company after the intercession of a fellow MP. He afterwards voted in support of the government. Fletcher returned to India in 1772 to command the Madras Army. He soon came into conflic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (North Carolina Politician)
Robert Fletcher (1815-1885) was a Reconstruction era politician in North Carolina who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He served his community in other positions including being a sub-elector and a county commissioner. Biography Fletcher was born in 1815 in North Carolina and was an African American of Congo descent and described as literate. He was elected in April 1868 to serve as commissioner for Richmond County. Later that year in October he was appointed as a Republican sub-elector for the county. He served on the ''Pitt County Board of Assessors'' in 1869 and then as the Richmond County commissioner the following year in 1870. A convention of the Richmond County Republicans in July 1870 nominated Fletcher to run for the house. H. S. Wade stood as an independent Radical against him. Before the election it was reported that Fletcher was in favor of impeaching governor William Woods Holden. Fletcher was elected to serve in the North Carolina Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (priest)
Robert Crompton Fletcher, MA (9 December 1850 – 27 February 1917) was Archdeacon of Blackburn from 1901 to 1916. He was born in Fremantle, Western Australia and educated at Heath Grammar School, Halifax where he was admitted in 1861, and at Rossall School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and ordained in 1874. He was an Assistant Master at King William's College, Isle of Man then Curate of Tarleton. He became the Rector and Vicar of that parish in 1875 and was in post until 1908. From then he was Rector of Chorley. He married firstly Nina Rawcliffe in 1878, with whom he had eight children; and in 1909 Jessie Tyas née Knowles. He was an Alderman of Lancashire County Council Lancashire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire is smaller than the ceremonial county, which additionally includes Blackburn with Dar ... from 1889;’LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL’ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (New Zealand Politician)
Robert Fletcher (3 July 1863 – 4 September 1918) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Early life and family Fletcher was born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, on 3 July 1863, the son of David Fletcher and his wife Margaret Ann Duncan. After briefly working for the Midland Railway Company, he became a sailor for eight years with the Dundee Shipping Line, and arrived in New Zealand in 1883. He worked as a sailor in coastal shipping until 1885, when he became a pilot for the Wellington Harbour Board and, later, worked on the wharves. He was a prominent Freemason in Wellington. Political career Local-body politics Fletcher was elected as a member of the Wellington Harbour Board in 1906, and held his seat until his death in 1918. He served as the board's chair between 1910 and 1915. From 1907 to 1915 he was also a member of the Wellington City Council. Fletcher contested the 1915 mayoralty contest, coming second to incumbent Mayor John Luke. Member of Parliament Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Virgil Fletcher
Robert Virgil Fletcher (September 27, 1869 – May 16, 1960) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1908 to 1909. Biography Robert Virgil Fletcher was born on September 27, 1869, in Clermont County, Ohio, and moved with his family to Grant County, Kentucky, when he was one year old. He was the son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher. Fletcher attended the common schools and the high schools of Taylorsville and Williamston, both in Kentucky. He later enrolled in the University of Mississippi in a post-graduate course, but he did not complete it. He then taught in some of Mississippi's public and high schools from 1893 to 1899. After studying law in the office of C. B. Mitchell, he was admitted to the bar in 1899. Career Fletcher was appointed to the office of Assistant Attorney General of Mississippi on January 1, 1906. After the heretofore Attorney General's death, Fletcher was appointed to that position on March 26, 1907. He then ran for a ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Fletcher (footballer)
Horace Robert Fletcher (1876 – September 1931), known as either Horace or Robert Fletcher, was an English footballer who scored 6 goals from 28 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City as an inside left. He played in the Midland League for Mexborough, and also played non-league football Non-League football describes association football, football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country. Usually, it describes leagues which are not fully professional. The term is primarily used for football in England, where it is ... for Rotherham Town. References 1876 births 1931 deaths Footballers from Rotherham English men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards Mexborough F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Rotherham Town F.C. (1899) players Midland Football League players English Football League players Date of birth missing {{England-footy-forward-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (poet)
Robert H. Fletcher was the initially uncredited co-lyricist of Cole Porter's " Don't Fence Me In." Fletcher was born March 13, 1885, in Clear Lake, Iowa, to Henry Clay and Delia Ann (née Camp) Fletcher. After graduating with a degree in mining engineering, he moved to Montana where he found work in mining camps and as a surveyor. In 1914, prior to serving in World War I, he married Virginia Toole Kennett. He moved to Helena, Montana, in 1923 to work for the Montana Highway Department to promote tourism in Montana. Around 1935, he was instrumental in the creation of ports of entry at major highways entering Montana, where visitors were provided with information about Montana's history and points of interest. Fletcher became a student of Montana history and wrote the text for a series of historical markers displayed throughout Montana in the mid-1930s. Several compilations of those markers have been published. In the 1950s he was commissioned by the Montana Cattlemen's Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fletcher (costume Designer)
Robert Fletcher (August 23, 1922 – April 5, 2021) was an American costume and set designer. He was best known for designing costumes for major ballet and opera companies in addition to films, television specials, and New York stage plays. Personal life Fletcher was born in August 1922 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His father was actor Leon Ames. As of 2018, Fletcher lived in Kansas City, Missouri with his husband Broadway dancer Jack Kauflin. He died there in April 2021 at the age of 98. Kauflin predeceased him. Career After the semester in Iowa, Fletcher moved to New York City and worked as an actor, appearing in Ethel Barrymore's last show, ''Embezzled Heaven''. He lived in a cold-water flat with artist Ruth Russell. They had an active social life Fletcher described as "an almost constant state of party", entertaining figures including novelists Gore Vidal and Anais Nin, dramatist Tennessee Williams, and musician Lead Belly. In 1960, Fletcher designed costumes for ''The Tempest'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Emmett Fletcher
Robert Emmett Fletcher Jr. (July 26, 1911 – May 23, 2013) was an American agricultural inspector who quit his job to care for the fruit farms of Japanese families during World War II, after many Japanese Americans were forcibly sent to concentration camps as a result of Executive Order 9066. Early life Fletcher was born on July 26, 1911, in San Francisco, California. In 1929, he graduated from high school in Brentwood, where he had grown up. In 1933, he graduated from University of California, Davis, with a degree in agriculture. During World War II, he married Teresa Cassieri, and they had a son: Robert Fletcher III. After the war, the family purchased land in Florin, and raised cattle. Career After college, Fletcher ran a peach orchard in Red Bluff, California, and then became a state shipping point inspector (agriculture inspector). Starting in 1942, Fletcher began working for the Florin Fire Department. That same year, Fletcher agreed to manage 90 acres of grapes for Japane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
