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  JAMES QUIN - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES QUIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Quins first London engagement was in small parts at Drury Lane, and he secured his first triumph at Bajazet in Nicolas Rowes Tamerlane, on the 8th of November 1715.
Quin's last regular appearance was on the i5th of May 1757, as Horatio in the Fair Penitent, though in the following year he twice played Falstaff for the benefit of friends.
Some coolness which had arisen between Quin and Garrick before the former's retirement was dissipated on their subsequent meeting at Chatsworth at the duke of Devonshire's, and Quin paid many a visit to Garrick's villa at Hampton in the latter part of his life.
100.1911encyclopedia.org /Q/QU/QUIN_JAMES.htm   (1567 words)

  
 James Quin - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
James Quin (February 24, 1693 - January 21, 1766), English actor of Irish descent, was born in London.
Quin's first London engagement was in small parts at Drury Lane, and he secured his first triumph at Bajazet in Nicolas Rowe's Tamerlane, on November 8 1715.
Quin's last regular appearance was on May 15, 1757, as Horatio in the Fair Penitent, though in the following year he twice played Falstaff for the benefit of friends.
www.free-definition.com /James-Quin.html   (701 words)

  
 Warwickshire
Quin apparently died in late 1866 or early 1867, at the age of 38 or 39.
Quin and Charlotte's oldest son William and his wife Phoebe Ramey had several children, including twins, who died in infancy, and were buried on the Ramey place at Uniontown, listed as "Bessie" and her little brother.
Perry was a great-grandson of Quin and Charlotte Morton.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Meadows/2940/Warwickshire.html   (5283 words)

  
 Port Vila Presse Online Vanuatu News :: Kiwi yachtie held on gay rape charge
Quin, who owns Rowena's Lodge in Wellington's affluent Mt Victoria suburb, has been released on $5000 bail and is to appear in court again on Wednesday.
Quin said he was continuing to hang out at his favourite bar, and was trying to get more information about the allegations against him.
Quin said he was an law-abiding citizen and had never been in legal trouble.
www.news.vu /en/news/national/050320-yachtie-held-on-gay-rape-charge.shtml   (723 words)

  
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The Laureate was now respectfully addressed by one of his admirers, James Quin, the Falstaff of the day, and the rival at this time of Garrick in tragic characters, though the general opinion was, that he could not long maintain a standing against the younger genius and his rising school of art.
James Quin, not to disgrace his generation, attempted a corresponding bow, for which his figure and apoplectic tendency rendered him unfit; and while he was transacting it, the graceful Cibber stepped gravely up, and looked down and up the process with his glass, like a naturalist inspecting some strange capriccio of an orang-outang.
Quin," said he, at last; "and he, who has no prejudice, paid her character the highest compliment." "You have paid it the highest it admits," was the reply.
www.knowledgerush.com /pg/etext03/pgwof10.txt   (19318 words)

  
 Quin, James
Quin made his first stage appearance at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, in 1712.
In 1718 Quin went to Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre and remained there for 14 years.
A noted swordsman, he was convicted of manslaughter for killing another actor in a duel, and at Lincoln's Inn Fields he defended the stage with his sword against rioters.
search.eb.com /shakespeare/micro/490/41.html   (208 words)

  
 KELLY: POLICE COMMISSION PERCEPTIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
James Quin, the grandfather of Edward and Dan Kelly the outlaws, was a native of the County of Antrim, Ireland.
John Quin, though frequently before the courts, has escaped conviction, but when residing at Wallan Wallan he was regarded by the authorities as the organizer of many of the depredations in which the members of his family were concerned.
John Kelly, who married Ellen, the third daughter of the elder Quin, and who was the father of the outlaws, was a convict, having been transported from Tipperary, Ireland, to Tasmania, in 1841, for an agrarian outrage, stated to have been shooting at a landlord with intent to murder.
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/resources/mediality/kelly/KFLMCOMM.HTM   (1705 words)

  
 dunraven.htm
Windham Quin (his Christian name is a contraction of his mother's surname, 'Widenham', and is quite distinct from, the 'Wyndham' which was later double-barrelled with Quin) was the first of the family to become a member of parliament and he was also a great patron of the Turf.
He particularly admired the Pompeo Batonis of Lord Dartrey and 'Mr Quin Junior', the latter of whom was Valentine Richard Quin, later 1st Earl of Dunraven (1752-1824), who was on the Grand Tour in the 1770s and recorded as being in Florence in 1773.
However, the surviving papers of Thady, Valentine and Windham Quin of Adare, 1678-1769, and of Valentine Richard Quin, later 1st Earl of Dunraven, 1770-1824, are all really estate papers, consisting of bonds, case papers, schedules of deeds, accounts, receipts, tenants' proposals (particularly for the period 1804-1814).
www.proni.gov.uk /records/private/dunraven.htm   (2545 words)

  
 CONTEXT: Giles Gordon Reading Ann Quin's Berg
Ann Quin was born there in 1936, and swam out to sea there, in 1973, drowning herself in the process.
James Joyce and Virginia Woolf were long since dead, both in 1941 (the latter, like Quin, by drowning).
Although Ann Quin was educated at a convent, her characters, with the exception of Edith, do not have a religious belief, nor is there much "morality" about.
www.centerforbookculture.org /context/no8/gordon.html   (1757 words)

  
 Quinn coat of arms Quin coat of arms
The Quins, whose ancestors were Chiefs of the Clan Hy Ifearnan, gave their name to Inchiquin and also became Earls of Dunraven, and are one of the rare families of true Gaelic origin in the Irish peerage.
Thady Quin (born 1645), who settled in Adare, County Limerick, was the ancestor of Valentine Quin who, between 1720 and 1730, built the first Quin manor at Adare by the River Maigue.
Walter Quin (1575 - 1634), a Dublin-born poet, left for London to become a tutor and lifelong friend of Charles I. His son, James Quin (1621 - 59), who was expelled from Oxford for his royalist views, is said to have been reinstated when he charmed the uncharming Cromwell with his "fine singing voice".
www.araltas.com /features/quinn/index.html   (5678 words)

  
 Ancestry Message Boards - Message [ Quin ]
James Quin married to Mary Emma Craigie in 1875
James Quin has been found in 1881 British Cenus and lists his birthplace as Mincestraerier Ireland.
James and Mary were married on 17/8/1875 in the parish of Tynemouth.
boards.ancestry.com /mbexec?htx=message&r=an&p=surnames.quin&m=79   (96 words)

  
 EARLY CATHOLIC FAMILIES IN PATERSON
Barney married a daughter of James WADE; he was an insurance agent, a justice of the peace, and a lay judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this county.
James, the oldest son, carried on a machine shop in Mill Street, being the senior partner of the firm of Plunkett and Thompson.
James was a butcher and had his store on the southwest corner of Ellison and Cross Streets, opposite his brother’s place.
www.rootsweb.com /%7Enjpchsgc/chu/early_pat_catholics.htm   (8446 words)

  
 Gordon & Elena Davenport - pafg255 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
James QUIN was born about 1786 in Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
She married James QUIN on 4 May 1811 in Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
James Patrick QUINN [Parents] was born on 27 Nov 1835 in Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
users.bigpond.net.au /gdaven/pafg255.htm   (537 words)

  
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These houses were built for James Quin, the rubber man, we believe to the design of David Grant, the architect.
While Quin Street can easily be seen to relate to James Quin the rubber worker, it may not be realised that Newsome Street is also named after a pioneer of the local industries.
It was later occupied by amongst others, James Iddon, the founder of Iddon Brothers; Charles Elliott, manager of the Leyland Gas Co; Dr Johnson before he built his house on the corner of Hough Lane and Towngate.
www.houghton59.fsnet.co.uk /fest%2003.htm   (2280 words)

  
 Chapter Chapter 5 of The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett
James Quin is, certainly, one of the best bred men in the kingdom.
He is not only a most agreeable companion; but (as I am credibly informed) a very honest man; highly susceptible of friendship, warm, steady, and even generous in his attachments; disdaining flattery, and incapable of meanness and dissimulation.
I argued, on the contrary, that those plebeians who discovered such eagerness to imitate the dress and equipage of their superiors, would likewise, in time, adopt their maxims and their manners, be polished by their conversation, and refined by their example; but when I appealed to Mr.
www.bibliomania.com /0/0/44/83/17306/2.html   (786 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In the Calendar of State Papers for the period the sept is referred to as O'Quins, Quins, O'Quynnes.
With the nineteenth century the prefix O' came finally to be dropped in English, Quin was now the most common form of the surname but before the middle of the century it had been surpassed by Quinn.
On the other hand literate people were certainly not going to be told how to spell their own surname, and would write it as they would have understood how their forebears had done with only one n.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~irishancestors/Quinn/Corruption.html   (390 words)

  
 James Quin
JAMES QUIN was born in the parish of St Paul,
Quin into the green-room and complained to him of the
Quin immediately surrendered himself to the laws of his
tarlton.law.utexas.edu /lpop/etext/newgate2/quin.htm   (775 words)

  
 STUFF : NATIONAL NEWS : COURTS - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
James Bernard Quin, 56, is vowing to fight the charges, which relate to alleged activity that took place on his yacht, the Marie Chantal, earlier this month.
Quin strongly denies the charges and has said he has evidence that the two youths had tried to rip him off before the alleged incident.
Quin also had two wins as an owner at Trentham the previous weekend, winning with both Downwind and Supreme Command.
www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3228184a12855,00.html   (541 words)

  
 Definition of index.php?search=James&limit=20&offset=100   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
James J. Jeffries was elected to the [[International Bo...
1: '''James Relly''' was a [[Universalist]] minister and ment...
3: '''James Plunkett''' was the pen-name adopted by James Plunkett Kelly, an Irish writer born in 1920.
www.wordiq.com /knowledge/index.php?search=James&limit=20&offset=100   (403 words)

  
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When James Quin brought the new rubber industry to Leyland in 1862, he purchased a small factory in East Street.
James Quin learned these techniques from his successor, James Lyne Hancock, with the result that Hancock's employees were sent to Leyland to pass on their skills to the Leyland workforce.
When the Workhouse was closed after the New Poor Law Act of 1834, it was let in 1851 to a Mr Smith and later taken by Mr James Quin for the manufacture of rubberised cloth and hosepipe in 1868.
www.houghton59.fsnet.co.uk /lanes%2009.htm   (2863 words)

  
 Quin, James - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Quin, James   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The rest of his career was divided between Covent Garden and Drury Lane.
Quin was acknowledged to be the finest tragic actor in England until the appearance of David Garrick in 1741.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Quin,%20James   (115 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Blue Pearl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
One is John Tark, a fellow PI whose desire for Quin complicates their relationship; another is Rita Vail, a judge and confidante of Florida's incumbent woman senator whose seat is being challenged by a wealthy conservative businessman from another old Miami family.
Mike, suffering from expressive aphasia, can't tell Quin what he learned about the dead woman, her connection to the senate hopeful and a well-funded research facility probing the powers of psychics and healers.
Quin and Mike investigate, but Mike is wounded in a...
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0786860618   (342 words)

  
 Who is Mrs. Quin?
Nanette McQuaid Quin, known as 'Nancy' to her friends, was born in Co Tipperary in 1899.
She was brought up in Dublin and studied medicine at T.C.D. During this time, she took a course at the Rotunda, where she met the Assistant Master, Dr James Quin.
I worked with Nancy Quin and she was extraordinary.
www.mrsquins.ie /who_is.php   (439 words)

  
 Japanese Lacquerware
John James Quin, a British diplomat living in Japan, was commissioned by the new Museum of Economic Botany at Kew to gather a collection of the materials used and objects produced in the lacquer industry.
By 1882, Quin’s collection was complete, with nearly 200 objects demonstrating every phase of lacquer-making.
Quin also brought to Kew examples of the tools necessary for lacquerware production.
www.rbgkew.org.uk /collections/ecbot/JapaneseLacquerware.htm   (487 words)

  
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She married Thomas Francis Joseph Quin, son of Thomas Quin & Rosina Brown Hood, 31 Dec 1908 in Irvine, Ayrshire.
James MacGregor; Born 14 Jun 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland.
William James Quin; Born 22 Jan 1989 in Victoria, BC Canada.
www.lesleyquin.com /camlinfamilyreport..doc   (683 words)

  
 Internet Book List :: Book Information: Storm Surge
Quin St. James, now a mother as well as a crack private investigator, leaves her home north of the city to get to the bottom of the mysterious death of old friend and mentor Charlie Potemkin, a criminologist and former instructor at the CIA Academy in Langley, Virginia.
A series of cryptic notes and photographs, which Charlie mails to friends right before his death, provides fragments of a puzzle Quin is determined to piece together with the aid of her husband and partner.
Leaving their daughter in the care of her aunt, Quin and Mike set out to penetrate the layers of intrigue that surround Crandall and his associates.
www.iblist.com /book9785.htm   (331 words)

  
 o quin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tassie, James, 1735-99, Scottish gem engraver and modeler.
At first a stonemason, he went to Dublin, where he assisted the gem engraver Dr. Henry Quin.
His style of acting was radically different from the prevailing declamatory style of James Quin and Barton Booth.
www.sport-life.biz /o-quin.html   (179 words)

  
 Quinn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
No doubt some families spelled their names differently to show that they were not related to the 'other'.
Among prominent men of the name James Quin (1693-1766), the famous actor, andd Walter Quin (1575-1634), the Dublin born poet who was tutor and lifelong associate of Charles I, and his son James Quin (1621-1659), noted singer, may be specifically mentioned.
Thady Quin (1645-1726), of Adare, who was a descendant of the Thomond O'Quins, was the grandfather of the first Earl of Dunraven: this peerage is one of the few held by old Gaelic families, other being O'Brien, O'Callaghan, O'Daly, O'Grady, MacLysaght, and O'Neil.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~jkmacmul/namemeanings-coatofarms/quinn.html   (481 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Storm Surge: A Quin St. James and Mike McCleary Mystery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Rumors of irregularities in the Crandall company prompt the police to send Quin undercover as Crandall's new secretary; in this guise, she comes up against John Gabriel Tark, a tracker and hit man who has been sent--by whom is the question--to recover Heckler's incriminating information.
As Hurricane Alfred wreaks havoc in south Florida, Mike and Quin follow separate paths to the corker of a conclusion.
As Quin, undercover as Crandall's secretary, noses out hints of what's really going on at Chique Cherries, his flavoring factory, Mike begins to uncover...
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1562827898/geometrynet-20/ref=nosim   (392 words)

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