Thomas Watt (other)
Thomas Watt may refer to: *Thomas Watt (politician), South African politician *Tom Watt (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey scout and coach *Tom Watt (actor), English actor, writer and broadcaster *Tommy Watt, Scottish jazz bandleader *Thomas Watt, prosecution witness, see Kenneth Littlejohn See also * Thomas Watts (other) *Thomas Watt Gregory *Thomas Watt Hamilton The Dunblane massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, near Stirling, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton killed 16 pupils and one teacher and injured 15 others before killing himself. It remains the ...

Thomas Watt (politician)
Sir Thomas Watt Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, KCMG (18571947) was a South African politician and cabinet minister. Early life and education Watt studied at the University of Glasgow and became a lawyer. In 1883, he emigrated to Natal (region), Natal and settled in Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal, Dundee. Political career After serving Britain in the Anglo-Boer War, Watt was elected to the Natal Legislative Assembly and became minister of justice and education for the colony and, later from 1908 to 1909, he was appointed as a member of the National Convention which drafted the South Africa Act 1909, South African Act, enabling the Union in 1910. After the unification, he served as the minister of posts and public works in Louis Botha's cabinet. He later served in various capacities under Botha and Jan Smuts, holding positions such as minister of public welfare, home affairs and railways. His political career ended when the South African Party lost pow ...
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Tom Watt (ice Hockey)
Tom Watt (born June 17, 1935) is a professional ice hockey scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). Watt previously served as a coach in the NHL for 11 seasons, including seven as a head coach, and won the Jack Adams Award with the original Winnipeg Jets organization in 1981–82. Early career In 1964 Watt became the head of men's phys-ed at Monarch Park Secondary School in Toronto. In 1965, he began a highly-successful 15-season stint as head coach at the University of Toronto of the CIAU (Canadian Inter-University Athletic Union), where he had also played during his undergraduate studies. Under Watt's guidance, the University of Toronto's Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team hockey teams captured 11 conference titles and nine CIAU championships. Returning in 1984–1985 between his NHL tenures in Winnipeg and Vancouver, he replaced NHL-bound Mike Keenan, and was later honoured by Ontario Universities Athletics in 1992. Professional coaching care ...
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Tom Watt (actor)
Thomas Erickson Watt (born 14 February 1956) is an English actor, writer and broadcaster, known for portraying the role of Lofty Holloway in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. He is also known for his appearances on the BBC radio show '' Fighting Talk'' and his documentary films for BT Sport. Career Acting Born in Wanstead, Watt studied drama at Manchester University where he directed several stage productions. One of his first television roles was in the comedy series ''Never the Twain'' in 1981, but his big break came in 1985 when he was cast as one of the original characters in the BBC One soap opera, ''EastEnders''. Watt portrayed the role of Lofty Holloway, the barman of the Queen Vic pub from the show's inception until 1988. Other acting credits have included roles in the BBC drama ''South of the Border'', a South London detective show; the role of Norman in the 1990 film for ITV called ''And the Nightingale Sang'', a love story set during the war; '' Boon'' 199 ...
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Tommy Watt
Thomas Mitchell Watt (31 October 1925, Glasgow – 20 May 2006, Bristol, England) was a Scottish jazz bandleader. Born to a working-class family, his father a machinist toolmaker, Watt was hired as a pianist by Carl Barriteau at age 17, and served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He moved to London following the war, where he played with Ambrose, Harry Roy, and Ken Mackintosh. He teamed up with actor Brian Rix, whom he had met during the war, in 1955 to record a demo, which eventually led to a contract with the BBC. After making appearances behind Matt Monro, Watt was hired by Parlophone for session and arranging work. In 1956 Watt put together his first big band, which played at Quaglino's, a London restaurant. Among his sidemen were Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Ross, Jackie Armstrong, Tommy McQuater, Bert Courtley, and Phil Seamen. Watt became one of the better-known British bandleaders of the 1950s, winning an Ivor Novello Award for the song "Overdrive" and releas ...
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Kenneth Littlejohn
Kenneth Littlejohn ( Kenneth Austen; born c. 1941) is a convicted armed robber and gaol-breaker who claimed to be a Secret Intelligence Service/Official IRA double agent. The Littlejohn affair concerned allegations of British espionage and use of agents provocateurs in the Republic of Ireland during the Troubles. Beginnings Littlejohn had been dishonourably discharged from the Parachute Regiment. He served three years for robbery before being released from prison in 1968 from which time he worked as a car dealer.Martin Dillon, ''The Dirty War'', pp. 88-89; . In 1970 the Midland Motor Cylinder Company in Smethwick, Birmingham was robbed of £38,000. The wages clerk, Brian Perks, claimed to have been overpowered by an Indian man who then took the money. Perks was Littlejohn's brother-in-law and the police suspected a staged incident involving the two men. Littlejohn claims he went on the run, first to London, where he made contact with a police officer who showed him his arrest ...
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Thomas Watts (other)
Thomas Watts may refer to: * Thomas H. Watts (1819–1892), Democratic Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1863 to 1865, during the Civil War * Thomas Watts (1868–1951) (1868–1951), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament * Thomas Watts (1689–1742) (died 1742), English Member of Parliament, academy master and leading figure at the Sun Fire Office * Thomas Watts (cricketer) (1899–1976), English first-class cricketer for Surrey See also *Thomas Watt (other) Thomas Watt may refer to: * Thomas Watt (politician), South African politician *Tom Watt (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey scout and coach *Tom Watt (actor), English actor, writer and broadcaster * Tommy Watt, Scottish jazz bandleader *Thomas Watt, ...

Thomas Watt Gregory
Thomas Watt Gregory (November 6, 1861February 26, 1933) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a progressive and attorney who served as US Attorney General from 1914 to 1919 under US President Woodrow Wilson. Early life Gregory was born in Crawfordsville, Mississippi. He graduated from the Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee) in 1881 and Southwestern Presbyterian University, today known as Rhodes College, in 1883, and was a special student at the University of Virginia. Gregory entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1884 and graduated a year later with a degree in law. He began the practice of law in Austin in 1885 and served as a regent of the University of Texas for eight years. Gregory Gymnasium was named in honor of his efforts to provide an adequate exercise facility for the students and faculty of the university. He declined appointment as assistant attorney general of Texas in 1892 and an appointment to the state bench in 1896, but he "gained experience as ...
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