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Walmsley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Walmsley (born 10 April 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer. * Anne Walmsley (born 1931), British editor, scholar, critic and author * David Walmsley, Canadian journalist, editor of ''The Globe and Mail'' * David Walmsley, British actor, known for roles in ''Ben-Hur'' (2016) and ''Slow Horses'' (2022) * Emma Walmsley (born 1969), British businesswoman, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline * Ian Walmsley (born 1960), British physicist * Jim Walmsley (born 1990), American long-distance runner * Joan Walmsley (born 1943), British Liberal Democrat politician * John S. Walmsley Jr. (1920–1951), U.S. Air Force bomber pilot, Medal of Honor recipient * Jon Walmsley (born 1956), British-American musician and actor * Joshua Walmsley (1794–1871), English businessman and Liberal Party politician * Kerry Walmsley (born 1973), New Zealand cricketer * Leo Walmsley (1892–1966), English writer * Richard Walmsley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Walmsley
Alex Walmsley (born 10 April 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for St Helens R.F.C., St Helens in the Super League, and England national rugby league team, England and Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain at international level. He previously played for the Batley Bulldogs in the Championship (rugby league), Championship and has spent time on loan from St Helens R.F.C., Saints at his former club in the second tier. Background Walmsley was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Club career Walmsley started his career in the amateur leagues, playing for Dewsbury Celtic, and his university team, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds Met Carnegie. In 2011, he received the National Conference League player of the year award. In February 2012, Walmsley signed for Batley Bulldogs, Batley following a spell on trial at the club. He won Batley's player of the year award and the Championship Young Player of the Year during his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Walmsley
Kerry Peter Walmsley (born 23 August 1973) is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He played three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the national side between 1995 and 2003 as a fast bowler. In domestic cricket Walmsley played for Auckland from the 1994–95 season until 1999–2000, Otago from 2000–01 to 2002–03, and Auckland again from 2003–04 to 2005–06. Early career Walmsley was born at Dunedin in 1973.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 135. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Available onlineat the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.) He played age-group cricket for Auckland from the 1991–92 season before making his debut for the representative side in November 1994, playing in a one-day match against Northern Districts. He made his first-class debut the following month, and after taking six wickets against Otago in February and another six, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walmsley, Virginia
Walmsley is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States .... References * Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Northumberland County, Virginia {{NorthumberlandCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wal Walmsley
Walter Thomas Walmsley (16 March 1916 – 25 February 1978) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for three Australian state teams and for Northern Districts men's cricket team, Northern Districts in New Zealand between 1945–46 and 1959–60. A batsman who could bat at any position in the order and a leg-break and googly bowler, Wal Walmsley made his first-class debut for New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales against Queensland cricket team, Queensland in a friendly match in 1945–46. He moved to Launceston, Tasmania, to coach, where he captained North (of Tasmania) against South in January 1948, taking 10 wickets in the match and scoring 63 in the second innings. He played in Tasmania cricket team, Tasmania's three first-class games that followed shortly afterwards, scoring 180 not out and taking three wickets against the Indian cricket team in Australia in 1947–48, Indian touring team at Launceston. Walmsley was appointed coach of the Queensland Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Walmsley (other)
Thomas Walmsley may refer to: * T. Semmes Walmsley (Thomas Semmes Walmsley, 1889–1942), mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana * Thomas Walmsley (judge) (1537–1612), English judge and politician * Thomas Walmsley (died 1637), English politician * Thomas Walmsley and Sons, a company that manufactured wrought iron * Thomas Walmsley (anatomist) (1889–1951), Scottish anatomist {{Hndis, Walmsley, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Walmsley
Sydney "Syd" Oglesby Walmsley (17 July 1896 – first ¼ 1973) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Millom, Leeds and Huddersfield, as a goal-kicking . Background Syd Walmsley's birth was registered in Bootle district, Cumberland, and his death was registered in Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Playing career International honours Syd Walmsley won caps for England while at Leeds in 1923 against Wales, and in 1924 against Wales. Challenge Cup Final appearances Syd Walmsley played , and scored a try in Leeds’ 28-3 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1922–23 Challenge Cup Final during the 1922-23 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield, the only occasion the Challenge Cup final has ever been staged at Belle Vue. County Cup Final appearances Syd Walmsley played , and scored a try in Leeds’ 11-3 victory over Dewsbury in the 1921–22 Yorkshire Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walmsley (other)
Robert Walmsley may refer to: * Robert Walmsley (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley, (1 February 1941 – 4 August 2022) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy who served as Chief of Defence Procurement at the UK Ministry of Defence from 1996 to 2003. Early career Robert Walmsley was born in ... (1941–2022) * Robert Walmsley (anatomist) (1906–1998), Scottish anatomist * Robert Mullineux Walmsley (1854–1924), British electrical pioneer {{hndis, Walmsley, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldbug (band)
Goldbug were a United Kingdom, British pop music, pop musical ensemble, band in the 1990s. The band were formed in London and Brighton in 1995 by a former member of the Beatmasters, Richard Walmsley, drummer Tony Horkins and DJ Adil Magik, with a session vocalist, Sandy McKenzie, who was recruited through an advertisement in ''Melody Maker''. Goldbug are best remembered for their UK hit single with a cover version, cover of Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love", also sampling "Asteroid" (the Pearl & Dean theme tune), and released on 15 January 1996 on the Acid Jazz Records, Acid Jazz label. "Whole Lotta Love" was played heavily by Chris Evans (presenter), Chris Evans on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, and the track entered the UK Singles Chart on 20 January 1996 at number 3, and stayed in the charts for 5 weeks. It hit the number one spot on the ITV chart, Dance chart and Indie chart. The band made their sole appearance on Top of the Pops on 25 January 1996, performing the song with rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatmasters
The Beatmasters are an English electronic music group who gained success in the UK in the late 1980s with four top 20 hit singles. They then went on to produce and remix records for other artists, including Pet Shop Boys, Erasure and Marc Almond. The group's string of chart hit singles include "Burn It Up", " Hey DJ! (I Can't Dance to that Music You're Playing)", "Who's in the House" (featuring Merlin) and " Rok da House". The latter, having been recorded in 1986, is one of the earliest examples of hip house and most likely the first song of the genre. Hip house is a subgenre of house music which features rap vocals performed over a house rhythm track. Their initial success brought comparisons with pop record producers Stock Aitken Waterman, but the Beatmasters cited rival producers Coldcut as their major competitor. History Manda Glanfield and Paul Carter (both regulars on the London club scene) were working in the TV commercial jingle industry where they were intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Walmsley
Leo Walmsley (born Lionel Walmsley; 29 September 1892 – 8 June 1966) was an English writer. Walmsley was born in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, but brought up in Robin Hood's Bay in the North Riding. Noted for his fictional ''Bramblewick'' series, based on Robin Hood's Bay, he fought in the Royal Flying Corps, later the Royal Air Force, in the First World War, being awarded the Military Cross. Life He was born Lionel Walmsley, at 7 Clifton Place, Shipley in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1892. Two years later, his family moved to Robin Hood's Bay on the coast of present-day North Yorkshire, where he was schooled at the old Wesleyan chapel and the Scarborough Municipal School. He was the son of the painter James Ulric Walmsley (1860–1954) who studied under Stanhope Forbes in Cornwall before settling in Robin Hood's Bay. During the First World War he served as an observer with the Royal Flying Corps in East Africa, was mentioned in dispatches four times and was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Walmsley
Sir Joshua Walmsley (1794–1871) was an English businessman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Early life and education The son of John Walmsley, an architect, builder and marble mason, he was born in Liverpool on 29 September 1794, and educated at Knowsley, Merseyside, Knowsley, Lancashire, and Eden Hall, Westmorland. Career Following the death of his father in 1807, Walmsley became a teacher in Eden Hall School, and after returning to Liverpool in 1811, he took a teaching position at Knowles's school. He entered the service of a corn merchant in 1814, and at the end of this engagement went into the same business himself. He was an early advocate of the repeal of the duty on corn, and was afterwards an active worker with Richard Cobden, John Bright, and others in the Anti-Cornlaw League. In 1826 he took the presidency of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution. At about the same time Walmsley got to know George Stephenson, in whose railway schemes he was interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Walmsley
Anne Walmsley (born 1931) is a British-born editor, scholar, critic and author, notable as a specialist in Caribbean art and literature, whose career spans five decades. She is widely recognised for her work as Longman's Caribbean publisher, and for Caribbean books that she authored and edited. Her pioneering school anthology, ''The Sun's Eye: West Indian Writing for Young Readers'' (1968), drew on her use of local literary material while teaching in Jamaica. A participant in and chronicler of the Caribbean Artists Movement, Walmsley is also the author of ''The Caribbean Artists Movement: A Literary and Cultural History, 1966–1971'' (1992) and ''Art in the Caribbean'' (2010). She lives in London. Education and career Anne Walmsley has a BA in English from Durham University, and an MA in African Studies from Sussex University. Eddie Chambers''Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present'' I.B.Tauris, 2014, Note 35, pp. 214–215. In the late 1950s, she worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
